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Joelle Anderson (12) prepares to kick the soccer ball. She ended her high school career with 101 goals.

Senior Joelle Anderson passes 100th goal milestone

by Alex Wang, Sports Editor February 21, 2017

Varsity girls soccer player Joelle Anderson (12) surpassed the 100-career goal mark on her senior night, ending her three-season high school soccer career with 101 goals. The varsity girls soccer team...

The varsity girls soccer team huddles up during their senior night game. The girls won their senior night game against Eastside College Preparatory.

Varsity girls soccer defeats Eastside College Preparatory on senior night

by Neal Sidhu, Reporter February 16, 2017

The varsity girls soccer team won their senior night game against Eastside College Preparatory, 5-1, yesterday. The team ended the season with an 11-5-1 record, earning them second place in their league....

Seniors Abhay Varmaraja, Jordan Goheen, Alex Youn, Justin Jia, Jonathan Liu pose on their senior night. The varsity basketball team beat Crystal Springs on senior night.

Winter sports seasons draw to a close

by Alex Wang, Sports Editor February 10, 2017

As the spring athletics season kicks off, winter athletes enter the final stretch of their seasons, involving CCS, playoffs and final league standings. Varsity boys basketball is currently 2-9 in league...

Seniors Kailee Gifford, Lyndsey Mitchell, Joelle Anderson all sign to their respective colleges to play soccer during National Signing Day. Kailee will attend UC Berkeley, Lyndsey will play at Nebraska Wesleyan, and Joelle at Pepperdine University.

Three seniors sign to play college soccer during National Signing Day

by Anjay Saklecha, Sports Editor February 2, 2017

Seniors Kailee Gifford, Joelle Anderson and Lyndsey Mitchell each signed official contracts to play for college soccer programs today. Kailee signed to University of California Berkeley and will play...

Students practice a pose during a yoga session. The athletic department offers yoga, along with capoeira, as an alternative for earning P.E. credits.

Yoga and capoeira activities offer an alternative to P.E. or team sports

by Maya Valluru and Alex Wang January 26, 2017

Yoga Students can obtain athletic credits by partaking in yoga sessions, which are held after school every day Monday through Friday. Yoga is a variety of spiritual, mental, and physical exercises...

A Harker player makes a free throw during the first quarter of the game. The score at the end of the game was 38-66.

Varsity boys basketball loses to Pinewood

by Anvi Banga, Reporter January 25, 2017

The Varsity Boys lost against Pinewood 38-66 at the Blackford gym yesterday. After Pinewood won the tip-off, they quickly gained a lead, ending the first quarter with Harker behind 6-21. Harker fought...

Lyndsey Mitchell (12) lines up for a goal kick in last years Kicks Against Cancer game. The boys and girls soccer teams played Eastside College Prep last Friday for this years games.

Fighting cancer one kick at a time

by Anjay Saklecha and Ashley Jiang January 24, 2017

Students and faculty supported the varsity boys, junior varsity boys and varsity girls soccer teams during the annual Kicks Against Cancer event last Friday. The three teams played games back-to-back,...

Captain Vedant Shah (11) attempts to fake out the opposing player with fancy footwork. The boys varsity soccer team defeated Eastside 2-0.

Soccer teams defeat Eastside College Preparatory in annual Kicks Against Cancer games

by Michael Sikand, Social Media Editor January 22, 2017

As a downpour of rain fell on a slick Davis Field, the Harker soccer teams defeated Eastside Prep during the annual Kicks Against Cancer event last Friday afternoon. The varsity boys, varsity girls...

Senior Jordan Thompson takes a free throw. She recently surpassed the previous Harker record for most career points.

Jordan Thompson becomes leading all-time scorer

by Alex Wang, Sports Editor January 13, 2017

Senior varsity girls basketball player Jordan Thompson now holds Harker’s record in career points for both the girls and boys teams. Thompson recently broke Alex Abarca’s (09’) previous record...

Varsity basketball head coach Samuel Butch Keller talks to his players. Keller reached his 600th career win on Tuesday.

Coach Keller reaches 600-win milestone

by Alex Wang, Sports Editor January 12, 2017

The varsity boys basketball team defeated Crystal Springs Uplands last night and Head Coach Samuel “Butch” Keller reached the milestone of 600 wins in his career as a coach. Keller has coached basketball...

A league championship patch is displayed. Many fall athletes won both team and individual awards this past season.

Fall athletes win league and division awards

by Alex Wang, Sports Editor December 8, 2016

Fall athletes have completed their seasons, accumulating many awards in the process. Girls Volleyball The girls volleyball team finished its season with a 3-6 record in league, 6-18 overall. The...

Jordan Thompson (12) attempts a lay-up.

Girls varsity basketball wins first home game of season against Kirby Prep

by Jin Tuan, Reporter December 7, 2016

The varsity girls basketball team won against Georgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory School 62-31 in a non-conference game at the Blackford gym yesterday. The Eagles led following the first quarter by a...

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