The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

Junior and Varsity Girls Basketball captain Julianna Kimm stands before the Chinese flag.

Representation in sports matters

Irene Tang and Matthew Yoshimoto February 8, 2022
Exploring how students are inspired by professional athletes of the same race
Juniors Julianna Kimm and Varshini Peddinti guard an opponent from passing the ball to a teammate.

Girls Basketball beats Fremont High School 45-34

Anna Jerolimov, Sarah Liu, and Kalyani Puthenpurayil January 29, 2022
Matadors remain undefeated in league with 6-0 record
Sophomore Ekom Mann lunges at junior Hayden Ancheta after coach Andrew Pappas signals the wrestlers to “go live” — beginning a practice match that lasts a few minutes.

Introducing the winter season sports

Showcasing games and practices from MVHS's basketball, soccer and wrestling teams
The Cross Country team runs laps around the track, while being socially distant and wearing masks.

Athletic conditioning

Anjali Singh and Anika Sharma September 24, 2020
Exploring the impact of COVID-19 on team conditioning
Junior Kelli Kosakura shoots a floater over FHS. Photo by Lance Tong

Girls Basketball: Matadors defeat Fremont HS on senior night

Sophia Chen and Lance Tong February 22, 2020
MVHS wins its last home game after an emotional senior night ceremony
Junior Eshani Patel attempts to catch the ball after a rebounding shot off the hoop.

Girls Basketball: MVHS falls to Homestead HS

Jayanti Jha, Elena Khan, and Neysa Singh February 10, 2020

MVHS lost to Homestead HS in its eighth game of the season, bringing their current league standing to 5-3.  During the first and second quarter, HHS players played a hard defense, making it difficult...

Senior Ashley Liu dribbles past a Santa Clara defender.

Athlete of the Month: Ashley Liu

Rucha Soman February 7, 2020

After watching people who played at her elementary school and noticing her dad’s keen interest in the sport, senior Ashley Liu started playing basketball in sixth grade. At first Liu would shoot hoops...

Photo by Anish Vasudevan

Ball in the family

Anish Vasudevan and Jayanti Jha February 7, 2020
Sisters Emi and Kelli Kosakura share the girls varsity basketball court
Girls Basketball: Team narrowly defeats Santa Clara HS

Girls Basketball: Team narrowly defeats Santa Clara HS

Rucha Soman, Justine Ha, and Kamyar Moradi January 28, 2020
The Matadors win by four points at the Women in Sports celebration game
Senior Jocelyn Chang jumps up and high fives her teammate in their warm up lines as they get set to play Santa Clara HS in their home opener. Photo by Anish Vasudevan

MVHS girls basketball defeats Santa Clara HS

Kamyar Moradi and Neysa Singh November 24, 2019

he MVHS varsity girls basketball team began their season with a victory against Santa Clara HS: 40-35.  The Matadors were the first on the board as Senior Daphne Lam knocked down a baseline jumper...

Defining Success

Defining Success

Rucha Soman and Sophia Chen September 27, 2019
How teams measure success besides winning
Girls Basketball: Matadors fall to Homestead HS after losing an early lead

Girls Basketball: Matadors fall to Homestead HS after losing an early lead

Sreya Kumar, Iman Malik, and Tina Low February 10, 2019

Senior Jessica Ji walked down the court hand in hand with her parents, clutching a bouquet of flowers and colorful balloons given to her by her teammates. Coach Sara Borelli read out her thank you letter...

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