All posts tagged "Sports"
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Athletic, smart and basic: what other schools think of NP
Everyone has their own opinion about Newbury Park High School from admiring the IB program to criticising us. Here’s what some students from other schools...
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Paintball brings on the pain
Ping-pong sized bruises, offensive-defensive lines, and hard helmets; much like other traditional in-school sports, paintballing and airsofting incorporate basic elements of friendly competition, exercise and...
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The NPBA season begins
“Are you ready to get destroyed tonight, son?” Yaser Khokhar, senior, taunted one of his friends. The subject of his banter is the popular and...
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Honoring our athletes
Inside the Miami Dolphins stadium, there is the Hall of Glory. Lining this hall are busts of players, signed footballs, and blown up pictures of...
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The Woods take the green
Madison and Skyler Wood eat, sleep and breathe golf. The two juniors have been playing golf for roughly half their lives and the sport has...
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Behind the lines – Athletic Trainers treat and prevent injuries
On the sidelines of the football field, players shift restlessly in their jerseys. Coaches in polo shirts pace in front of the players and cheerleaders...
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Colleges recruit top student athletes
Almost every high school athlete’s dream is to be offered a full-ride scholarship to the Division I school of their choice. But how often...
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Freshman phenoms take the field
“The fact that they can earn spots and keep them is very impressive,” said Breezy Wise, junior. Wise is referring to the three freshmen infielders...
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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...
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15-Love to the ladder system
Girls’ Tennis Coach Harvey Mardyks has adapted a unique method of team tryouts from those used at country clubs that he feels eliminates unfairness and...