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Unified Sports holds first tournament of the year
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Last Friday, Nov. 12, Unified Sports held their first tournament of the year: a bocce ball tournament against Westlake High School and Thousand Oaks High School. The Newbury Park team won against Thousand Oaks High School but lost to Westlake High School by one game. Unified Sports is a club that brings together students…
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Girls’ water polo makes a splash
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With a new coach, Chet Hardy, girls’ varsity water polo is ready to make new adjustments and create more memories during this season. Hardy has been coaching for the last five years. “I think when I finished playing [water polo], I thought that I still had some stuff left to contribute to the sport.…
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Girls’ XC works their way to the top
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The NPHS girls’ cross country team has pushed themselves harder than they ever have this season, and their hard work is starting to pay off. The team is now ranked as fourth overall in the nation, which is a drastic change from last season, when they were ranked 17. Coach Sean Brosnan, head coach…
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Girls’ tennis team serves into CIFs
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For the ninety-fourth year in a row, the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) continues to host their annual sports competitions, which includes the girls’ tennis section. Both individuals and teams from NPHS will be competing against top athletes from other schools and organizations in this year’s CIF. In order to perform to the best of…
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Drew Caswell dances their heart out
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As the NPHS football field lights up again and the bleachers fill with roaring crowds, the Panther dance crew is back to performing at halftime shows. On their team, they carry Drew Caswell, junior, the first male dance member on the team since 2019. Prior to being on the Dance team, Caswell has danced…
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NPHS wrestling team rolls back onto the mats
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With the new season just beginning, the NPHS wrestling team is starting to get back in shape and prepare for upcoming matches. Brandon Bauman, senior, is glad to be spending his third and final year on the team with a full in-person season and actual matches. “One of my friends did wrestling, and I…
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Girls’ Tennis serves into a new season
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The varsity and junior varsity girls’ tennis teams are still thriving even after the pandemic shut down most sports. The tennis players were able to return to their full season at the start of the year because tennis is a low contact sport which abides by safety regulations. Elizabeth Benson, senior, is excited to…
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NPHS XC sprints through national records
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On Sept. 18, Newbury Park High School further established their name as a nationally-ranked team at the Woodbridge Cross Country Invitational. Woodbridge is the first official meet of the year and also the largest cross country High School meet in the country with just under 10,000 runners. Teams from all over the country come…
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Boys Waterpolo returns after dry season
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The boys water polo team has returned with a new coach for all teams and a new routine after being postponed for two months due to the pandemic. New protocols to ensure the players’ safety has led the team to take many new precautions, making it different from past years. Water polo is…
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Volleyball team sets their way to victory
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After years of being underdogs to Westlake, NPHS has taken their first step towards dethroning the Warriors by claiming a victory of 25 – 22 on Sept. 9. After their slow and short season last year before COVID-19 hit, the volleyball team resorted to zoom calls. Despite the first tournament of the season being…