El Estoque

Film fanatics

Arjun Dhruv and Lily Jiang • April 13, 2024

Before the football season starts, MV Football Head Coach Ceazar Agront begins watching films of previous games and filling the holes left by seniors for the upcoming season by finding new people to replace...

Time Out! Ep. 19: Anisha Pant

Arjun Dhruv and Lily Jiang • April 6, 2024

· Time Out! Ep. 19: Anisha Pant AD: Hi everyone, my name is Arjun Dhruv. LJ: And I’m Lily Jiang. AD: Welcome to Episode 19 of Time Out! Each episode, we dive into the sports scene here at...

“eternal sunshine” is a vocal and emotional triumph, yet falters on other fronts

Arjun Dhruv and Aashi Venkat • March 11, 2024

“I'll play the bad girl if you need me to / If it makes you feel better” – “true story” (Track seven on “eternal sunshine”) After three years of anticipation, pop megastar Ariana Grande...

Playing the odds

Arjun Dhruv • March 2, 2024

Student A will remain anonymous due to privacy concerns. Social Studies teacher Scott Victorine recalls when he was in his 20s, a time in which he gambled money on different sports games. Especially...

Teamed-up takedowns

Shannon Yu and Arjun Dhruv • January 28, 2024

It was 2022 when freshman Kennedy Ancheta wrestled for the first time. Despite Ancheta being one of just a handful of girls on her club team, nurtured by her team’s support, her love for wrestling grew....

Girls Soccer defeats Prospect High School 4-3

Arjun Dhruv, Sagnik Nag Chowdhury, and Kaia Yuan • December 9, 2023

Varsity Girls Soccer defeated Prospect High School 4-3 on Thursday, Dec. 7, marking its first win of the season. Although PHS quickly scored two goals within the first 10 minutes of the game, MVHS made...

Snap judgement

Lauren Chuu and Arjun Dhruv • December 9, 2023

Growing up a sports fan, junior and long snapper Zachary Mommer became immersed in football at a young age. With a background in flag football and baseball, Mommer wanted to use his experience to foster...

Get the ball rolling

Arjun Dhruv and Raj Thapliyal • November 3, 2023

‘‘That's half! Saratoga High: 28, Monta Vista: 6.’’ On Sept. 30, 2022, Football Head Coach Caesar Agront looked up at the scoreboard and tried to find the words that would motivate his team....

EE-SPN Ep. 5: NBA Eastern Conference Preview 2023-24

Manas Kottakota and Arjun Dhruv • October 26, 2023

AD: What's up everybody? Welcome back to Ep. 5 of EE-SPN. My name is Arjun Dhruv and I’m joined here with my co-host Manas Kottakota. Last episode, we previewed the Western Conference for the upcoming...

Cam on camera

Arjun Dhruv and Ananda Singh • October 3, 2023

Cam Inman became a professional sports journalist at 16 years old — at least, that’s what he likes to tell people when they ask how his career in sports journalism took off. Since athletes turn professional...

EE-SPN Ep. 4: NBA Western Conference Preview 2023-24

Arjun Dhruv and Manas Kottakota • September 29, 2023

AD: What's up everybody? Welcome back to Ep. 4 of EE-SPN. My name is Arjun Dhruv and I'm joined here with Manas Kottakota. We got a new NBA season for you guys and we're going to be previewing that...

EE-SPN Ep. 3: NBA Finals 2023

Arjun Dhruv and Manas Kottakota • June 5, 2023

AD: What's up everybody? Welcome back to the third episode of our podcast EE-SPN. Today we'll be wrapping up the 2023 NBA Playoffs with the NBA Finals, where we got the Miami Heat matched up against...