N! P! H! S! NPHS! Go! Fight! Win! Woo! The team cheer echoes across the tennis courts as players gather around their coach, bringing excitement and intensity to the Girls’ Varsity Tennis team before their matches. For these athletes, success is derived from bolstering teammates who celebrate one another’s progress and stay positive even…
The 21st century has catalyzed arguably one of the most impactful movements in modern sports: emphasis on recovery. At Newbury Park High School [NPHS], our athletic trainers facilitate athlete recovery, guiding our players toward long-term health so they can be at their best on and off the field. Brody Bailey, junior, has a background…
While most high school sports play four quarters under stadium lights, cheerleaders and dancers train for months to perfect a routine lasting 2 minutes. Despite the intense training and high-risk stunts both sports require, peers often disrespect their athleticism. This dismissal reflects a wider issue: a cultural stigma treating female-dominated sports as entertainment rather…
“Verity” feels like if a 13 year-old rewrote “Gone Girl”. The film is one of the many Colleen Hoover book-to-film adaptations to have come out in the past few months. It follows Dakota Johnson’s character, Lowen Ashleigh, a struggling author who is approached to finish a popular book series by well-known and incapacitated writer…
Viewers around the world are enjoying and eagerly anticipating season 52 of Saturday Night Live [SNL], and I am certainly among the fired-up fanatics. SNL has been a staple in many homes since its premiere in 1975, and 41 years later its influence has remained persistent. Season 52 of SNL features two new cast…
Fall may have arrived in Newbury Park, but that does not typically put the forecast below 80 degrees. As an avid coffee drinker and maker, I chose to experiment with what is the best iced pumpkin latte in Conejo Valley. To me, what constitutes a perfect pumpkin latte is one with a strong pumpkin…
Growing up in a house of diehard Boston sports fandom, I’ve become almost spiritual. Wearing dirty T-shirts and being assured my presence in front of the garage TV was crucial to the Patriots’ win has helped to formulate beliefs that appear in various forms of my life. When I’m struggling, I look away from…
Transporting me to England in the 1700s, the 2026 remake of “Sense and Sensibility” tells the story of two sisters, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, after the death of their father and loss of their generational wealth. The movie opens directly on Marianne, laying in a field of grass, playing with a caterpillar as horse…
Driving down the 101, one cannot help but notice the fields of pumpkins, sunflowers and corn fields filled with families and visitors. Conejo Valley Family Farms made its debut last fall and has gained business across California due to their increased publicity and featured events. Farm co-owner and supervisor Elizabeth Rozoni said the farm…
Ukraine responds to Russia’s strikes leading to a power outage At least 600,000 people across Ukraine are left without power following Russia’s aerial attack on energy infrastructure on the night of Oct. 13. Including 39 missiles and more than 120 drones, the attack damaged at least 26 power facilities and four in the gas…