Back to back: How boys volleyball overcame immense expectations
Roshan Fernandez and Kamyar Moradi
May 22, 2019
elief — that’s what Coach Paul Chiu felt last year when the boys volleyball team took home its first major championship. He says it was delightful to watch everyone celebrate the NorCal Championship — the parents, the athletes, the community all rejoicing in the heat of the moment. But beyond th...
Recapping boys volleyball’s CCS championship and NorCal playoff run
May 12, 2019
itting on the left-most side of the bench, Coach Paul Chiu clicked his pen rapidly. On, off, on, off — he kept doing it, paying close attention to his players on the court. It was the third set of the CCS Championship, and his team had nearly made history by winning CCS for the first time in th...
Boys volleyball: MVHS defeats Cupertino HS 3-0
Kamyar Moradi and Stuti Upadhyay
April 25, 2019
It was Friday before break as the MVHS boys volleyball team faced off against CHS. Parents and fellow students lined the bleachers as the confident Matadors team prepared to face their division rival, the CHS Pioneers. Although MVHS was facing a team with a sub .500 record in their league, it was ...
Boys Volleyball: Matadors triumph in 3-0 victory against Homestead HS
Charlotte Chui, Sreya Kumar, and Rucha Soman
April 11, 2019
n the first game of the season, the Matadors played against Homestead HS, and though they came away with a win, MVHS ended the game with a score of 3-1, giving up one set to HHS. The Matadors met HHS on the court again on March 10, for the second time this season. While the first and second sets dragge...
Boys volleyball: MVHS glides past Lynbrook HS in first home game
Anish Vasudevan and Gauri Kaushik
March 18, 2019
Ballerinas, snipers, rowing and baseball. These aren’t actions that one would expect to see from a volleyball team’s bench during a game. However, MVHS boys volleyball is not a regular team. After winning the NorCal championship last season, the team aims to repeat its achievements from last year...
From dream to reality
September 1, 2018
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. ...
Boys volleyball: Team defeats Los Altos HS in senior night game
May 6, 2017
p against a Los Altos HS team with a 2-10 league record, the Matadors came into their senior night game feeling confident of a win. After a brief ceremony for seniors Prathik Rao and Yash Hegde, MVHS took the court and the players seemed laid back, all smiling and sharing jokes. “I think a lot of us p...
Boys volleyball: Team’s loss to Deer Valley HS in NorCals semifinals ends season
May 31, 2015
Photos by Aditya Pimplaskar and Christine Liang. even seniors and four years of volleyball makes one heck of a team. The kind of team that wins a lot, that laughs at themselves on the court, that makes history. On Mar. 11, they beat Mountain View High School for the first time in MVHS’ history. ...
Live blog: Boys volleyball vs. Deer Valley HS
May 28, 2015
The boys volleyball team advances to the NorCals semifinals against Deer Valley High School today at 7 p.m. Click below to keep up with the team's last home game of the year. (function(d, s, id) {var js,ijs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//embed.scribblelive.com/widgets/embed.js";ijs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, ijs);}(document, 'script', 'scrbbl-js'));...
Live blog: Boys volleyball vs. St. Francis HS for CCS championship
May 19, 2015
The boys volleyball team will face St. Francis High School for the CCS championship at Independence High School. The game will begin at 7:30 p.m. on May 19. Keep up with the match with the live coverage below. (function(d, s, id) {var js,ijs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id)...
Boys volleyball: Matadors conquer the Los Gatos Wildcats 3-2 in CCS semifinals
May 17, 2015
Additional reporting, photos and videos by Aditya Pimplaskar hat happens when you take two co-champions and put them in a CCS semifinals match? You may see the higher seeded team triumph, like Los Gatos High School did for their first league game against MVHS on Apr. 1. There is also a possibility that you’d see an upset with the lower seeded team winning, like MVHS did in their second league game against LGHS on Apr. 29. Or perhaps, you’d see the match go to five se...
Game highlights: Boys volleyball defeats Los Gatos High School in a close match
May 3, 2015
he boys volleyball team’s league record was 9-1 before the game, and their one loss of the season was a 3-1 against Los Gatos High School on Apr. 1. So on Apr. 29, the Matadors were ready to defeat the Wildcats at home. For the boys volleyball team, which is used to dominating games, the compe...
