Last week’s rundown of MVHS boys volleyball
Rana Aghababazadeh
March 7, 2018
Filed under Boys Volleyball, Game of the Week, Game Reviews, SPORTS, Sports Editor's Picks, Spring Sports
"Win leagues. Win CCS. Win NorCals." The boys volleyball team has been repeating this phrase consistently for the last three years, yet every year they have fallen short. The team came close last season, with a nearly undefeated record, but eventually fell to Bellarmine College Preparatory in the ...
Four teams, one rival
Akshara Majjiga
January 28, 2018
Filed under Best of Sports, Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Main slider, Multimedia, MULTIMEDIA PACKAGES, SPORTS, Sports Editor's Picks, Winter Sports
Covering ground: Nike’s Pro Hijab aims to accommodate Muslim athletes
Amanda Chan
April 17, 2017
Filed under From the magazine, SPORTS, Sports Editor's Picks
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]t a cross country race in middle school — one or two years after senior Salma Sheriff began wearing the hijab — a boy from another school approached Sheriff and asked her a question. “How can you even walk around like this, much less run?” “How can you even walk aro...
Running down the clock: MVHS athletes deal with sleep deprivation
Om Khandekar
March 8, 2017
Filed under Boys Volleyball, From the magazine, SPORTS, Sports Editor's Picks, Track & Field, Wrestling
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he mental aspects of sleep deprivation can hit a student particularly hard; drowsiness, irritability and a general reduction in mental ability turn the average school day into a series of challenges. MVHS students have heard people condemning sleeping late for its mental effects....
Baseball: Matadors open up season with home loss to Los Altos HS
Om Khandekar
March 7, 2017
Filed under Baseball, Game Reviews, SPORTS, Sports Editor's Picks, Spring Sports
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]hat started as a miraculous comeback ended in a staggering loss for the MVHS baseball team. A chilly day was capped off by an even colder turn of events as fans and players alike watched a four run deficit vanish thanks to a miraculous offensive effort by MVHS, but then was cancelled...
Girls basketball: Team beat by Milpitas HS on senior night
Amanda Chan
February 24, 2017
Filed under Game Reviews, Girls Basketball, SPORTS, Sports Editor's Picks, Winter Sports
With flowers in their hands and family by their sides, the girls basketball seniors walked up the court one by one as friends in the stands cheered. The four seniors donned matching white shirts with a picture of the seniors cut out in the shape of a heart. While each senior stood in the middle of the...
Keep Tahoe true: The significance of Tahoe’s changing culture
Om Khandekar
February 8, 2017
Filed under From the magazine, SPORTS, Sports Editor's Picks
[dropcap]C[/dropcap]hristmas came early for the greater Lake Tahoe area this year. Bare patches of dirt that had been eyesores across the mountain were now blanketed by an early snowfall. Even better, that thin layer of snow had remained frozen on the mountain face in the chilly days since. It wa...
MVHS football’s finest: Inside the lunchtime Madden bracket
Om Khandekar
January 29, 2017
Filed under Football, SPORTS, Sports Digital, Sports Editor's Picks
It’s been months since the lights dimmed on the final football game of the 2016/17 football season. So what's MVHS supposed to do until the first kickoff of 2017 flies through the air? Well, it’s Madden Time! The popular football video game has found a spot on campus in room A112, where MVHS studen...
Taking their shot: Two players pursue soccer at the Academy
Rana Aghababazadeh
December 11, 2016
Filed under Boys Soccer, From the magazine, SPORTS, Sports, Sports Editor's Picks, Sports Features
[dropcap]S[/dropcap]ophomore Itay Rabinovich can hardly remember his life before soccer. At the age of five, his grandfather introduced him to the game by giving him a ball to play with. "He was always kicking something around," Itay's father, Roberto Rabinovich, said. "We would always play with him ...
MVHS students try to start Sports Medicine Club on campus
Om Khandekar
December 6, 2016
Filed under Best of Sports, Multimedia, SPORTS, Sports Editor's Picks
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]hen an athlete is injured on the field, extensive help is needed in order to ensure recovery. With that in mind, three high school athletes set out to learn more about the physiology of their bodies and recovery process for fellow athletes. The three students, Sophomores Jacquelyn ...
Michael Martinez
Om Khandekar
October 21, 2016
Filed under From the magazine, SPORTS, Sports Digital, Sports Editor's Picks, Sports Features
Thirty years ago, Michael Martinez thought wrestling was his life. Instead, he sat down and talked about his change of pace from the wrestling mat to the front office as an assistant principal. EE: You used to wrestle in high school until you broke your neck sophomore year and ended your competitive wr...
Kneeling down to stand up: Colin Kaepernick’s national anthem protest spreads to high school football teams
Amanda Chan
October 10, 2016
Filed under Best of Sports, SPORTS, Sports Editor's Picks
When San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick first took a knee during the national anthem before a preseason game on Sept. 1, senior Vincent Kao was shocked. "I couldn't believe someone was actually doing this,” Kao said. “Because the conventional thing is to stand up and respect you...
