Idol No More
September 26, 2018
thought meeting Roger Federer would change my life. Roger Federer is considered by many to be the best tennis player of all time, holding the greatest number of Grand Slams for men and collecting 20 Majors in the Open Era, an era of tennis after 1968 when professionals could compete with amateur...
History of the Helmet: The significance of the MVHS and Cupertino HS rivalry
Collin Qian, Rana Aghababazadeh, Ankit Gupta, Tabitha Mendez, Keshav Taneja, and Sreya Kumar
September 24, 2018
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Girls volleyball: Team loses season opener to Palo Alto HS
Julia Yang, Kamyar Moradi, and Collin Qian
September 16, 2018
Filed under Game Reviews, Girls Volleyball, SPORTS
On Sept. 11, the MVHS girls volleyball team entered the field house excited for their first home game of the season. However, with all the excitement also came nervousness as they had lost to their tough opponent — Palo Alto HS — the year before. “I felt like we were pretty prepared, like we definitely did p...
How two MVHS students found their love for fencing
September 5, 2018
Filed under Best of Sports, SPORTS
rom traveling to Paris on a school week to representing a whole entire country at an international competition, MVHS sophomores Isak Westelius and Richie Hsiung have dedicated countless days and nights in order to compete at the highest levels in one of the world’s most cerebral sports — fenc...
No kap: How Colin Kaepernick went from kneeling on the field to kneeling on the sidelines
Rana Aghababazadeh, Co-editor-in-chief
September 5, 2018
Filed under SPORTS
ll football games start with the national anthem, showing the patriotism of sports teams, leagues and fans in the country. Athletes and fans alike are expected to stand and put their right hand over their heart. But in 2016, former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick refused to stand and kneeled during the ...
From dream to reality
September 1, 2018
Filed under Boys Volleyball, SPORTS
It was February 2016 and I was a freshman, eager to be joining the ranks of the MVHS volleyball team and donning the purple and gold. Throughout tryouts, I’d find myself gazing at the purple championship banners with gold embroidery. There was one there for every sport. Every sport except volleyball. ...
Helmet game liveblog: Football vs Cupertino HS
Roshan Fernandez, Rana Aghababazadeh, and Keshav Taneja
August 31, 2018
Filed under Fall Sports, Football, SPORTS
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Matadors stun Westmont HS beating them 22-12
Julia Yang, Tabitha Mendez, Collin Qian, and Kamyar Moradi
August 30, 2018
Filed under Football, Game Reviews, SPORTS
The team is excited about its strong start in the first game of the season beating Westmont for the first time in three years
From the sideline to the front line
August 29, 2018
Filed under SPORTS
I heard a thud. Four yards away, I watched the quarterback of my junior varsity football team get slammed to the ground by an enormous linebacker, a kid that looked too big to even be on junior varsity. I watched in shock as he laid there motionless waiting for the arrival of the trainer. I glanced to my...
Field Hockey: Matadors deal with first loss of the season
Sreya Kumar, Kamyar Moradi, and Keshav Taneja
August 27, 2018
Filed under Fall Sports, Field Hockey, Game Reviews, SPORTS
The MVHS field hockey team played its first game of the regular season against Leigh HS on Thursday, Aug. 23. Despite hazy conditions, the team fervently prepped for their game, eager to face their opponents in the first match of the year. Leigh was offensively dominant from the start, completing long p...
End of the line
Michelle Wong and Aditi Gnanasekar
May 25, 2018
Filed under Baseball, SPORTS, Spring Sports
Editor's note: Although Anthony Moll is on the El Estoque staff, he has been included in this story in order to include all graduating seniors on the MVHS baseball team. From walk-on beginners to ten year veterans, the 2018 seniors all came into the MVHS baseball team with varying experiences, goals,...
Dancing through life
Sreya Kumar and Carol Lei
May 24, 2018
Filed under SPORTS
She walks onto the stage, sometimes alone, sometimes with a group of friends. She takes her starting pose and waits for the music to fill the stagnant air. The spotlight shines on her and she empties her mind of worries and fears, as she absorbs the rhythm and becomes the movement of the music. She starts...
