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Juniors Nicole Lee, Amy Pan, and Anjali Biju getting ready for a track warmup.

I finally understand why people sign up for Track

Nicole Lee May 5, 2024

It was a blissful morning in February. The atmospheric river rains had taken a break, and the moody clouds had drifted away to reveal a blue sky. As I was working on my computer in the Journalism Room,...

Although there are still comparatively few, the number of Asian-American athletes is on the rise.

What is behind the low Asian-American racial makeup in American sports?

Florence Hu and Bryan Zhao March 14, 2024

While Asian Americans make up 6.3% of the U.S. population, only 2.2% of active student-athletes in the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) are Asian. This underrepresentation, combined with...

Girls’ soccer Instagram home page. 

Student-run social media accounts hype up school sports teams 

Richard Fan December 2, 2023

Browse school-related Instagram accounts these days and you might find posts like this recent one: “ITS FINALLY THAT TIME OF YEAR‼️ If you have any interest in playing school soccer at all come...

While sports can only rely on donations, they require a considerable amount of money to be able to run.

Parent donations crucial to keep sports running

Grace Lin November 16, 2023

This fall, the JV girls’ water polo team ran short of money due to a lack of parent donations, leading them to cancel one appearance in a tournament. Funding shortages like this are rare at the school,...

The golf team poses after a match on September 18th against Palo Alto

Golfers adjust to new rules that speed the pace of plays

Sunny Cao and Ruiyan Zhu September 29, 2023

Since the golf season started during mid-August, players have been adjusting to a new double par rule that has been introduced this season, drastically increasing the speed at which tournaments move.  Par...

Tired of sweating? Try the sports on the right!

Top 10: unathletic sports

Richard Fan and Alec Guan September 24, 2023

10. Sailing Tired of motor engines and smelling gas, but also tired of rowing and smelling sweat? Try sailing, an innovative and freeing approach to transport across the ocean. Try not to eat before...

Senior Mag 2023:Football, basketball? Nah. I’ve spent months watching two more ‘out of the box’ sports

Anirudh Iyer August 30, 2023

 In terms of sports fandom, I like all things New England. The Celtics won’t win the NBA championship after falling to the Heat, but at least they’re likely to be highly competitive for years...

Plant supervisor Paul Weir, who is a certified pool operator, tests the pH of the pool.

Sport facilities upkeep demands a marathon of maintenance from a small crew

Kathy Wang May 17, 2023

On a Saturday evening in April, a steady stream of 20 to 30 people, ranging from high school track athletes to elderly joggers, were walking or running in the school track and field area. Composed of...

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