El Estoque

Refuse to lose

Anna Jerolimov and Michelle Zheng • March 18, 2022

Girls Basketball goes 12-0 in league and competes in three rounds of CCS playoffs

Analyzing Girls Basketball’s undefeated league season and CCS run

Anna Jerolimov and Lance Tong • March 12, 2022

A timeline of the Varsity Girls Basketball team’s 2021-2022 season achievements

Race in Sports

Sophia Chen, Geethikaa Tarra, Irene Tang, Matthew Yoshimoto, and Nika Zamani • March 7, 2022

Exploring the different facets of race in sports

Athlete of the Month: Vivian Ong

Anna Jerolimov • February 14, 2022

Sophomore Vivian Ong began playing basketball in fifth grade after her dad’s encouragement to try the sport. After playing in the Amateur Athletic Union for a year, she joined the basketball team...

Girls Basketball defeats Gunn High School 69-40 on its senior night

Krish Dev and Aashi Venkat • February 12, 2022

Girls Basketball secured its league championship on Wednesday, Feb. 9, defeating Gunn High School with a final score of 69-40. The team started off strong with a score of 21-9 by the end of the first quarter,...

Representation in sports matters

Irene Tang and Matthew Yoshimoto • February 8, 2022

Exploring how students are inspired by professional athletes of the same race

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

Introducing the winter season sports

Taryn Lam, Anna Jerolimov, Anna Kaminitz, Matthew Yoshimoto, Ishaani Dayal, and Michelle Zheng • December 10, 2021

Showcasing games and practices from MVHS's basketball, soccer and wrestling teams

Athletic conditioning

Anjali Singh and Anika Sharma • September 24, 2020

Exploring the impact of COVID-19 on team conditioning

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

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...

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...