El Estoque

Season Superlatives: Boys Basketball

Nika Zamani • May 21, 2021

Athletes share the best and worst games of the season, and everything in between

Boys soccer: The Matadors fall to Gunn HS on the team’s senior night

Justine Ha, Tabitha Mendez, and Kamyar Moradi • February 13, 2020

MVHS falters in upholding strong defense after back-and-forth plays, which resulted into the teams’ fourth league loss of the season

Girls Soccer: The Lady Mats secure their fourth league victory against Wilcox HS

Justine Ha, Anjali Singh, and Collin Qian • February 7, 2020

After an intense match, the Matadors gain their sixth overall win with a final score of 4-2

Girls Basketball: MVHS falls to Mountain View HS after struggling to maintain possessions

Jai Uparkar • January 18, 2020

Lack of steady possession and inability to convert leads to eighth loss of the season with a final score of 31-52

Girls Basketball: The Matadors suffer a landslide defeat to Sequoia HS

Vivian Jiang and Rucha Soman • December 6, 2019

Despite having a strong start to their season, the MVHS varsity girls basketball team was defeated by Sequoia HS 45-17. Senior Daphne Lam made the first points of the game, scoring a 3-pointer shortly...

Girls Soccer: Matadors fall to Branham HS in their first 2019 preseason game

Justine Ha, Vivian Jiang, and Elena Khan • November 27, 2019

MVHS loses to BHS with a final score of 1-5

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...

Girls Volleyball: Matadors win against Prospect HS in three sets

Oishee Misra, Justine Ha, and Collin Qian • September 7, 2019

Team secures a blowout win, but loses a key player due to injury in the process

Boys soccer: Team falls 3-0 to Lynbrook HS

Sreya Kumar and Ankit Gupta • January 18, 2019

Matadors suffer first league defeat of the year

Boys Basketball: Matadors secure a win against Saratoga HS

Oishee Misra and Justine Ha • January 18, 2019

enior AJ Falak raced down the court hoping to score the first points of the game. Coming back from a defeat against Lynbrook HS during their first game of 2019, the Matadors were hoping to secure a strong...

Boys baseball: MVHS wins three consecutive games in three days

Michelle Wong • April 2, 2018

Additional reporting by Sannidhi Menon and Himani Yalamaddi hree consecutive games. Three consecutive wins. Last week, the MVHS baseball team played two games against Fremont HS and one non-league game...

Girls varsity soccer loses 2-0 to Gunn HS

Shayon Moradi • February 8, 2018

On January 26, a cold Monday night, with a fire alarm blaring in the middle of the match, the MVHS girls varsity soccer team hoped to continue their better-than-expected season. After a lackluster season...