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Sophomore Corey Gonzales leads the Varsity boys pack in the first mile of the final League meet. Overall, four members of the school's cross country team advanced to the CCS Championships individually.

Cross country league finals wraps up season

by Allison Sun November 1, 2012

A pack of over 70 runners stampeded down a dusty hill at the sound of the gun, marking the approaching end of the cross country season. The boys' and girls' Varsity and Junior Varsity teams traveled to...

Senior Ashley Del Alto (middle) stands with the rest of her JV volleyball teammates. She was honored as the only senior in the program on Tuesday, October 30.

Ashley Del Alto honored at volleyball senior night

by Sheridan Tobin October 31, 2012

Before the game against Crystal Springs Uplands School yesterday, JV girls volleyball co-captain Ashley Del Alto (12) was honored as the only senior in the girls’ volleyball program. Over the summer,...

The Eagles line up on defense in the first quarter. On their senior night, the team played against Monta Vista High School and lost 6-48.

Varsity football honors seniors at home game against Monta Vista

by Shay Lari-Hosain October 20, 2012

Ten seniors on the football team were honored yesterday during one of the last games of the season. The team lost to Monta Vista High School 6-48. Seniors Spenser Quash, Drew Goldstein, Adrienne Mendel,...

Varsity girls head coach Allison Lamb presents Sonia Sidhu (12) a bouquet of flowers at senior night. The girls won 9-8 against Monta Vista High School at their last home game.

Water polo seniors recognized at their last home game

by Angeline Pan and Roshni Pankhaniya October 19, 2012

The Varsity water polo teams honored 13 seniors, six boys and seven girls, at their last home game yesterday. The girls won narrowly against Monta Vista High School 9-8, while the boys lost to Lynbrook...

Junior Anna Levine throws the ball while being guarded closely by a Bruin. The Eagles played against Santa Clara High School on Thursday, October 11, and won 6-5.

Girls Varsity water polo defeats Santa Clara High 6-5

by Jessica Zhu October 11, 2012

The Varsity girls’ water polo team battled Santa Clara High School on Thursday, winning 6-5. The Eagles had played the Bruins once before this season and won by one point last time as well. Both...

Senior Keri Clifford prepares to take a shot while being guarded by one of the Firebirds. She led the team in goals.

Girls Varsity water polo dominates Fremont High 9-5

by Sadhika Malladi October 10, 2012

The Varsity girls’ water polo triumphed against Fremont High School on Wednesday at an away game, winning 9-5. The team started by scoring numerous successive goals, accumulating the majority of their...

The football team attempts to defend their side during the fourth quarter. On Friday, October 5, the Eagles lost to the Titans by a score of 21-49.

Varsity football falls to Gunn High School 21-49

by Katy Sanchez October 7, 2012

The Varsity football team played against Gunn High School on Friday, October 5, losing 21-49. In the first half of the game, the Eagles started off strong but were unable to defeat the Titans, despite...

Eric Swenson (12) participates in a portion of the test focusing on a technique called flow drill. This test, which took place at West Valley College, was hosted by the Ernie Reyes West Coast World Martial Arts. Ernie Reyes, according to Eric Swenson, "is an 8th degree black belt, founded the association in 65, and still kicking."

Two student martial artists obtain second degree black belts

by Jessica Fred Chang October 5, 2012

Kicks, punches, and beads of sweat flying everywhere. Such intensity was present at the martial arts second-degree-black belt test this past weekend, which sophomore Ashwini Iyer and senior Eric Swenson...

Arden Hu (10) and Sahithya Prakash (11) high-five each other after winning their doubles match 2-0. Despite their win, the team lost the match against Menlo, setting the overall record to 6-1.

Varsity girls tennis team defeated by Menlo 2-5

by Anokhi Saklecha and Jessica Zhu October 5, 2012

The girls Varsity tennis team faced Menlo for the first time this season in a match at Blackford. Although both teams started the match as undefeated, the Eagles lost the game 2-5, falling to 6-1 this...

Freshman outside hitter Shannon Richardson leaps to execute one of her three kills in the game. She had the second highest number of kills in the game, following Shreya Dixit (11) who had six.

Girls’ Varsity volleyball prevails against Eastside College Prep

by Sadhika Malladi October 4, 2012

The Varsity girls' volleyball team defeated Eastside College Prep on Tuesday in a sweeping three-set match held at Eastside. The team won their first set 25-7, earning the majority of their points by...

Michael Cheng (12) fakes the ball at the goal before passing it to a fellow player.  The team used the second half to fine tune skills such as faking as they already had a 8-1 lead.

Boys water polo team triumphs over Cupertino High School

by Sonia Sidhu September 28, 2012

On Thursday, September 27, the boys water polo team defeated Cupertino High School 13-4. After Cupertino scored the first goal of the game, the boys team started one point behind.  However, the team...

Pushing back to defense with the rest of his team, junior Stephan Pellissier attempts to block a shot as Wilcox nears the goal.

Varsity boys water polo defeated by Wilcox 5-8

by Vasudha Rengarajan September 21, 2012

On Thursday, September 20, the Varsity boys’ water polo team played against Wilcox High School, losing the game 5-8. The team scored no goals in the first quarter, ending it with a 3-0 Wilcox lead....

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