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The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

2016 NFL draft exposes college lifestyle debate

2016 NFL draft exposes college lifestyle debate

by Alex Youn, TALON Sports Editor May 4, 2016

Lights. Camera. Action. Last fall, hundreds of men donned their helmets, then prepared for 60-minute wars on college turf. Last night, 32 of these men dressed in suits and stepped onto the red carpet...

The boys huddle during a timeout in the game. They played a non-conference match against Pacific Collegiate on April 13.

Boys volleyball sweeps league with a 9-0 record

by Ruhi Sayana and Ria Gupta May 4, 2016

Varsity boys volleyball kicked off the season with strong wins in their first three games against Eastside College Prep on March 25, Adrian C. Wilcox High School on April 6, and Santa Clara High School...

Co-captain Natasha Mayor (12) runs while cradling the ball as two opponent players chase after her. The girls lost 7-20 to the Christian Brothers.

Girls lacrosse loses to Christian Brothers in home league game

by Ashley Jiang, Winged Post Photo Editor April 29, 2016

The varsity girls’ lacrosse team lost 7-20 to the Christian Brothers High in a home league game Wednesday on David Field at 5 p.m. During the first half of the game, even though they were one man...

Matt Kennedy (10) completes his swing. The boys lost 1-9 against San Mateo High School.

Varsity Baseball loses to San Mateo

by Justin Su, Asst. Sports Editor April 15, 2016

The varsity baseball team lost 1-9 today afternoon against San Mateo High School at the Blackford baseball diamond. The boys played San Mateo Tuesday earlier this week, losing 2-10. “We’ve played...

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Kobe Bryant to retire after win over Utah Jazz last night

by Alex Wang, Reporter April 14, 2016

Kobe Bryant played in his final game yesterday, ending his NBA career with a 101-96 win over the Utah Jazz. Bryant scored 60 points from 22 out of 50 shooting and added four rebounds and four assists. Bryant...

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Warriors break record with 73 wins in the season

by Alex Wang, Reporter April 14, 2016

Last night, the Golden State Warriors broke the record for most wins in the regular season, beating the Memphis Grizzlies 125-104 at Oracle Arena to end the regular season with a 73-9 record. Stephen...

Libero Jonathan Schwartz (11) digs a hit from Wilcox while Andrew Gu (11), Ray Song (11) and Jarrett Anderson (9) get into hitting position.

Varsity boys volleyball defeats Wilcox High 3-0

by Melissa Kwan, TALON People Editor April 6, 2016

The varsity boys volleyball team won their second league match 3-0 against Wilcox High Wednesday to improve to 2-0 in league and 4-8 overall. The Eagles won the first two sets decisively, scoring 25-14...

Junior Aditi Maheshwari prepares to catch the ball during a match.

Girls lacrosse kicks off season

by Jenna Sadhu, Reporter March 27, 2016

The varsity girl’s lacrosse team played their first league game against Burlingame’s Mercy High School yesterday on Davis Field. The girls have played against top lacrosse teams in their league...

Vivian Wang (10) comes up for air during her 100 yard breaststroke. This was the second invitational and the fourth meet of the season.

Upper school swim team competes against other schools in invitational swim meet

by Ashley Jiang, Reporter March 20, 2016

The upper school swim team participated at the Small School invitational at Sacred Heart Prep yesterday at 9 a.m. Swimmers competed in a variety of relay and individual races, including the 400 yard...

Ray Song (11) prepares to make a kill after Charlie Molin (9) sets the ball. Harker lost to Mountain View High School today after playing three sets.

Varsity boys’ volleyball loses to Mountain View High School at home

by Catherine Huang, Asst. Photo Editor March 15, 2016

Varsity boys’ volleyball played against Mountain View High School today at home and lost three sets with scores of 20-25, 16-25, and 21-25, and their record for this season so far is 1-4. Coach Alex...

Freshman Taylor Lam pitched the entire junior varsity game today. The team scored 21 runs and held Gunderson High to 2 runs.

Junior varsity softball scores blowout win 21-2 against Gunderson High School

by Aneesha Kumar, Reporter March 14, 2016

The upper school softball team remains undefeated with their commanding 21-2 win over Gunderson High School. This game was a junior varsity game, so seniors were not permitted to play. The eagles started...

A Harker tennis player prepares to hit the ball during the teams match yesterday. They won 5-2.

Boys tennis wins matchup against Aragon High

by Adrian Chu, Reporter March 10, 2016

Boys tennis defeated Aragon 5-2 yesterday at the Santa Clara Tennis Center. Ronak Baldua (12) and David Wen (10) won their singles match. Randy Zhao (10) and Anjay Saklecha (9), Neil Bai (10) and Aman...

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