Sports

  • A Victory Flip: Gymnasts excel on and off campus

    Victory Gymnastics is living up to its name; it’s one of the highest ranked teams in California. Contributing to Victory’s success are Joe Dixon, sophomore, and Chris Osgood, freshman. “Chris and Joe are two of our highest level gymnasts,” said Howard Laguna, owner of Victory Gymnastics. The two competed at the State Championships and…

  • Baseball’s Christmas Tree Lot is a Home Run

    Between Nov. 29 and Dec. 21, more than one thousand Christmas trees made their way to the parking lot of the Newbury Park Library for the baseball team’s 20th Annual Christmas Tree Lot. Every year, team members, coaches, and parents work to sell and deliver Christmas trees to raise money for the Baseball Boosters.…

  • The CIF Mud Bowl: Football ends season with a bang

    For the first time in 19 years, the Varsity football team played in the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) finals against Paso Robles High School on Dec. 7. Although the game ended in a 13-10 loss, meaning the Panthers are not moving on to regionals, the team was undefeated in the Camino league and won…

  • The season of touchdowns

    1983: that’s the last time the freshman football team went undefeated until this year, when they finished an undefeated season with a 49-7 win against Thousand Oaks. “It’s always high anticipation playing Thousand Oaks, even if we won all our games before that, since they are our school rivals,” said Kevin Koenig, head freshman…

  • Marching band: A force to be reckoned with

    “These forces are working behind the scenes to create everything that we see, hear, feel, and experience … our show is called ‘The Fabric of Reality’,” said Dennis Crystal, director of the marching band. The 68-student marching band, run by Crystal, spent their four-month season creating a show to perform at competitions. The theme…

  • Football Players Bleach their Hair for Rivalry Week

    Which came first, the successful football team or the abundance of school spirit? As with all great questions, no one can be certain, but the football team experienced a bit of both during Rivalry Week, the week leading up to their game played against Thousand Oaks. Rivalry Week has been a tradition since 1971.…

  • Girls’ golf qualifies for CIF

    For the second year in a row, Girls’ Varsity Golf has swung their way into CIF playoffs. After losing four of their first six tournaments, the team won their next three tournaments against Agoura, Calabasas, and Nordhoff High Schools, keeping their momentum rolling into the post-season. “I think we can all say we improved…

  • Mandi Nishimori: Dancer, libero, traveller, winner

    After her sister watched a video on river dancing, Mandi Nishimori, senior, signed up for an Irish dance class and has been competing since kindergarten. Freshman year, she would also begin playing volleyball. Nishimori now competes with the Varsity volleyball team, while also travelling (and winning) internationally with her Irish dance team. Due to…

  • Holly Maine competes in Lifesaving World Championships

    “It was an experience of a lifetime,” said sophomore Holly Maine. This year, Maine joined the US youth team to compete in the Lifesaving World Championships, an international event that brings youth and adult teams from all over the world to compete in lifeguard simulations Teams traveled to France on Sept. 16 to compete…