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Junior Thalea Charton passes the ball during an after-school practice.

Season preview: Girls’ water polo tries to stay afloat with only 8 players

Emily Wu and Nika Svizhenko September 19, 2024

Head Coach: Michael Allegretti Last season’s record: 11-1 Recap: Losing only one game against Mountain View, the team finished first in the El Camino league with a senior-heavy roster and five...

Class of ‘23 alumnus Eli Tsives pursues club water polo at UCLA.

Alumni further their athletic careers in college outside of NCAA

Agastya Vitaldevara January 9, 2024

For many athletes, the culminating achievement of a successful high school sports career is being recruited, which puts them on the path to continue playing their sport at the collegiate level. However,...

Sophomore Thalea Charton dances at Dance Nationals in March 2023.

A balancing act: Sophomore learns to juggle water polo and dance

Isabelle Wang November 16, 2023

After the end-of-the-day school bell rang this fall, sophomore Thalea Charton headed to her dance studio to practice for an hour. Then, after an intense session of ballet and other forms of dance, Charton...

Junior goalie Lera Polyakova gets ready to block the shot on goal during a home game against Homestead on Sept. 26. 

1-loss girls’ water polo celebrates success in league 

Richard Fan October 21, 2023

The girls’ water polo team has concluded their season in first place with an overwhelmingly successful league record of 11-1 as of Oct. 20. They won every game in the El Camino League except for a 7-2...

Boys’ water polo struggles to find traction in first few weeks

Mitchell Chen October 3, 2023

Each game for the boys’ water polo team so far has followed a familiar pattern: bad spacing and poor passes. The result: an 0-8 record as of Sept. 29.  The Falcons have yet to win a game this...

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