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Swim team splashes into season
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This upcoming swim season for NPHS, swimmers are excited to improve as well as connect with one another and motivate their teammates. With an influx of new people and a mixture of the old, the season is looking up. Emma Lythgoe has been coaching the Panthers’ swim team for five seasons, and is an…
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Community cultivated through pickleball
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Originally created as a fun familial summer activity, pickleball was popularized as a less strenuous alternative to tennis. Due to its relatively simple rules and small court, the game is favored among senior citizens and teenagers alike. What was created as a way to beat summer boredom has amassed into a sport with its…
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Boys’ tennis swings into victory
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Love all, 15-love, 30-love, 40-love, point, game, set and that is match. The excitement and adrenaline that flow when stepping onto the court is not a new feeling for the members of the Newbury Park boys’ tennis team. On the cusp of a new season, the athletes have been working tirelessly to ensure the…
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Spinning into the world of roller skating
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Slip, fall, crash, cry, give up. Miss out on the sport that made the girl the world sees today, who she is. This could have been the reality for Delilah Grant, Samantha Grant and Alli Sangiacomo, all of whom fell a few too many times for their liking, but fortunately, never let that discourage…
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Girls’ Basketball claims a win streak
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Making history, Newbury Park High School’s girls’ basketball team has accomplished a 20-game winning streak. Through hard work and perseverance, the team has made a renowned comeback where they have acquired an outstanding winning streak, with the team averaging 56.3 points per game. Kierabella Coletta-Todd, junior, has been a part of the girls’ basketball…
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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…