El Estoque

EE Tries Sports: Football

Nameek Chowdhury, Yash Thapliyal, and Michelle Zheng • March 9, 2023

El Estoque competes against the MVHS Varsity Football team in Flag Football

Football defeats Saratoga High School 42-35 in a thrilling comeback

Arjun Dhruv, Lily Jiang, and Sameer Maheshwari • October 7, 2022

Varsity Football defeated Saratoga High School 42-35 in a close matchup on Friday, Sept. 30, bringing its overall record to 2-3. Although MVHS was able to score a touchdown early in the first quarter,...

Football loses 17-13 against Fremont High School

Nameek Chowdhury, Jiya Singh, and Aashi Venkat • September 18, 2022

Matadors miss a game-winning touchdown in the final minute of the fourth quarter

Black Lives Matter

Sarah Liu and Mira Wagner • April 22, 2022

On Thursday, March 10, junior Greyson Mobley found that the bathroom in the lower B building at MVHS had been graffitied with the phrase “Kill all n******.” He perceived the act as “stupid and childish,”...

Bathroom vandals perpetuate hate

Shivani Verma and Kripa Mayureshwar • March 16, 2022

MVHS administration responds to racial slurs, hate symbols and other vandalism

Mobley family members share about their preschool

Jayanti Jha • December 8, 2021

Examining the behind the scenes of running Montecito Preschool as a family

Homecoming 2021: Football falls to Los Altos High School 34-6

Michelle Chen and Matthew Yoshimoto • October 3, 2021

A close score in the first half ends with the Matadors’ defeat in their Homecoming game

Football team defeats Burton 58-6 in second home game of the season

Anna Jerolimov, Irene Tang, and Michelle Zheng • September 14, 2021

Matadors maintain strong lead throughout all four quarters

Post-lockdown getaways

Meggie Chen, Anna Kaminitz, Aditya Shukla, Matthew Yoshimoto, Nika Zamani, and Michelle Zheng • August 21, 2021

Students recount their first summer vacations following quarantine

The Impact of Cheering

Lance Tong • November 5, 2020

Student athletes share the effect of crowds on their performance

Out of Action

Tabitha Mendez, Swara Tewari, and Lance Tong • September 27, 2019

Although tradition holds that no American high school experience is complete without football, sophomore and varsity football player John Masegian believes that MVHS is an exception to that norm. In his...

Football: MVHS falls 32-6 against Mills HS

Lance Tong, Sophia Chen, and Kamyar Moradi • September 7, 2019

A promising start to the Matador’s first home game ends in an overwhelming defeat