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

Freshman Siva Kumaraguru readies his bat as he waits for the pitch.

Varsity Baseball falls to Saratoga High School 6-0

Daphne Huang, Megha Mummaneni, and Niveda Hari March 2, 2024

Varsity Baseball fell to Saratoga High School 6-0 on Thursday, Feb. 29. Batting first, SHS quickly gained the early lead, scoring one home run in the second inning and two in the third. Having difficulty...

Freshman Vatsel Dave, dressed in traditional Bharatanatyam uniform as he practices this art form

Playing by their own rules

Pranati Kotamraju and Arushi Singh December 11, 2023

Living in Australia, freshman Vatsel Dave was in a constant state of boredom trying to fill up his free time by watching YouTube videos. It was by chance that a dance video popped up on his feed, and before...

Sophomore Nilay Srikantappa prepares to hit the ball in the third inning. Photo by Stephanie Zhang

Baseball falls to Lynbrook High School on its senior night 6-4

Stephanie Zhang May 12, 2023

Varsity Baseball lost narrowly to Lynbrook High School during its senior night game on Tuesday, May 9. Although the Matadors started out with an early lead, scoring once in the first inning and then once...

An empty dugout

An empty dugout

Arjun Dhruv, Staff Writer April 21, 2023

At the beginning of the spring sports season, the Varsity Softball team was unsure if they would have a season this year due to a lack of players. They were fortunate to recruit enough players to continue...

Fantasy fanatics

Fantasy fanatics

Brandon Xu and Kripa Mayureshwar April 15, 2023

Journalism teachers across the country play in a fantasy baseball league together, one of them being Palo Alto High School Journalism teacher Rod Satterthwaite. Over a decade ago, one of Satterthwaite’s...

Sophomore Yotaro Sato pitches the ball during the second inning of the game against Saratoga High School on March 24, which they lost 13-1.

Spring season sports recap

Showcasing games and practices from MVHS’s spring season sports teams
The Apple Watch offers a variety of features that track activity 
Graphic | Irene Tang

Down to the bits: technology in sports

Exploring how MVHS sports uses technology
The Hudl Focus and accompanying app simplify the process of recording and sharing sports footage. Photo by Hudl

MVHS sports teams implement technology

Krish Dev, Website Editor March 25, 2022

This January the Monta Vista Athletics Department replaced their existing Pixellot auto-tracking cameras with two Hudl Focus cameras for $8,000 so that teams can record practices and games and review the...

Sophomore Ace Chow wearing his football gear | Photo Courtesy of Ace Chow

Preparing for the big game

MV athletes share different ways that help them get ready before their game
Skipping into Retirement

Skipping into Retirement

Jai Uparkar May 22, 2019

here were two things math teacher Skip Mueller never wanted to become: a salesman or a teacher. He ended up working in sales engineering for 17 years after graduating from college with a civil engineering...

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