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Boys’ and Girls’ wrestling teams surge in size
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The wrestling team has gotten off to a good start this season, following months of off-season training. Team captain JM Abaya, senior, and team captain hopes to end his high school wrestling career with his best season yet. “My goal this year is to lead the team. So I want us to be champions…
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Boys’ cross country races into nationals
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Our boys’ cross country team traveled to Portland, Oregon on Dec. 3 for Nationals at Nike’s headquarters. Teams for all over the national who qualified participated in the 5k race. The team placed first. Senior, Aaron Sahlman, feels the team did a really good job in CIF’s leaving him with a good feeling. “Winning…
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Girls’ water polo splashes into their season
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The girls’ water polo season started off with a splash and with six games behind them, they are ready for another great season. For their first game, the girls’ water polo team played a home game against Notre Dame High School and have since played three league games against Westlake, Agoura and Oaks Christian…
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Boys’ basketball shoots for success
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The boys’ basketball team has been strategizing since their practices began during summer break, all for the momentous occasion of the start of their season come October. The group continues to work hard at practice every day for two hours, constantly studying their opponents in order to play their best every game. The head…
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UC campuses are striking for a change
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All over California, thousands of students are on strike against University of California (UC)–the world’s leading public research university system. The protesters, postdoctoral scholars, academic researchers and graduate students employed as researchers, instructors, teaching assistants, tutors and readers are aiming to have higher wages, improved leave for parents and caregivers, childcare support and full…
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Girls’ basketball is shooting for the win
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The NPHS girls’ basketball season started on Nov. 14 after six months of off-season where they developed their physical abilities, strategies and connected as a team. This year, the athletes plan on taking home the title of CIF champions come March. Darren Burge, Varsity Coach, has been at NPHS for 11 years and has…
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Cross country sprints their way into CIF
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The NPHS girls’ cross country team is ready to compete another year and go to state finals to win CIFs. The team has been ranked number one in Division II with the top seven teams advancing to the state meet on Nov. 26. Ailish Hawkins, a senior and varsity runner on the cross country…
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Football and girls’ volleyball charge into CIF
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Winning the prestigious California Interscholastic Federation [CIF] is a title high school sports teams dream of winning, but even qualifying for playoffs is a difficult task. During the season, teams compete against other schools in their league. The top performing teams within a league then qualify for CIF playoffs, and compete for a chance…
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Sparkles cheer team shines like no other
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The Sparkles club has been a crowd favorite for all the years it has been active at NPHS. With the cheers, dances and smiles, it is truly a unique program that brings joy with every performance. Averie Lomas, junior, is president of the Sparkles and has been participating since her freshman year. She takes…
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Marching Band ceases to join in competitions
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In past years, band students at NPHS learned a marching band routine that they performed during halftime shows at football games and competed in competitions. Thousands of dollars were spent transporting equipment and students, and on professional choreography. Due to reduced student interest, this is no longer the case. Dennis Crystal, band director, explained…