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Students glide down the snowy mountains this season
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As students at Newbury Park High School get ready for the cold, winter weather, they look forward to strapping on their skis or snowboards and sliding down the snowy slopes of a variety of mountain resorts all over the country. Christina Michael, junior, first started skiing at the age of six, but switched to…
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Girls’ basketball dribbles into another season
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Winter sports have begun and the Newbury Park High School Girls Basketball team is preparing for another great season. Kierabella Coletta-Todd, junior, started playing basketball at the age of seven. As a child, she was constantly surrounded by the sport, with many family members playing at different levels. “My brother played basketball in high…
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“Heading” all the way to the top
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Although the final football games are wrapping up, the football field will not have an absence of noise, as the vibrant soccer group will fill its place with warmth and comradery. Banking on killer kicks, intense defending and over-the-head shots, the boys’ soccer team is bound for victory this upcoming season. Starting soccer at…
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Girls’ water polo swims to the top
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While the start of the cool fall weather means the end of pool days for most people, that has not stopped Girls’ Water polo from diving headfirst, both physically and figuratively, into their new, and surely successful, season. Cooper Eskigian, senior, enjoys being in the water whether she is playing water polo, surfing or…
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Panther football battles through CIF
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After defeating Ventura High School and Foothills High School in the fifth division of the California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section [CIF], the Panthers made it all the way to the first ever CIF semifinal against cross city rival, Thousand Oaks High School [TOHS]. The day leading up to the game was the calm before…
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Girls’ Softball wins Best Dance Crew
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On Nov. 4 at 7 p.m. in the NPHS stadium, lights illuminated the field and bleachers, setting the stage for a night of dancing in NPHS’s annual Best Dance Crew competition. The show groups together dance and activity groups within both our community and student body to bring everyone together in harmless competition. Each…
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Water polo focuses on regrowth
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Though this water polo season was very different that the season prior, Newbury Park High School’s boys water polo team maintains its sense of community. The team graduated 15 seniors last year and are currently working toward rebuilding their program and training their newer players. Chet Hardy, the head coach of Newbury Park water…
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Girls’ soccer prepares with a new coach
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Newbury Park High School welcomes Emily Williams, the former girls’ varsity soccer assistant coach of six years, as she steps up to become the team’s head coach. Williams has been a part of the Newbury Park community for many years. She herself is an NPHS alumna and played for the soccer team during her…
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Figure skaters spin across the ice
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Living in California, where the cold is a rarity, figure skating is often an overlooked sport. However, whether skaters are drilling double flips or refining their balance, they are passionate about the sport they devote their time to. Clare FitzGibbon, a junior at Newbury Park High School, started figure skating at the age of…
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Panthers pump iron across the street
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School has been out for about 15 minutes. Across the street from NPHS, Fitness 19, sits grounded as it continually braces for the impact of students crowding into the facility like sardines crammed straight into an aluminum can. A student lies flat above a bench, clutching a 130-pound metal bar, dangerously dangling over his…