In my house there is a strict schedule for football on Sundays. My mom and I choose three games we will watch the night before. Then, we go to bed and wake up exactly at 8 a.m. to give us two hours to make breakfast and prepare for the 10 o’clock game. I love…
As we enter into Spring and welcome all the new adventures it brings, we wave goodbye to winter and the sports that came with it: boys and girls basketball, boys and girls soccer, wrestling and girls water polo. Wrestling wrapped up their season on Feb. 5. The team was able to practice conditioning during…
Offseason track brings with it the promise of hard work paying off in winning races and improving times. “Offseason begins after cross country ends,” said Lexi Bolanos, junior, “We begin preparing for our spring season so we race in some indoor meets and outdoor meets that are local or we just had one in…
Dance Team Starts Competition Season With a Bang This past weekend, the NPHS dance team started their competition season by clinching third overall grand champions and placing five soloists in the top 16 out of over 200 competing dancers. The competition took place in San Diego at Rancho Bernardo High School with over 15…
Cronies Sports Grill is given that banners, posters and a scoreboard can be found with the family friendly restaurant’s name plastered on them. This is due to the fact that Cronies is NPHS’s biggest sports sponsor. Whether it be football, basketball, or baseball, the Cronies Sports Grill logo is a constant. Cronies is NPHS’s…
What a game! The heavy favorite, Alabama, was taken down by Clemson. The game was an instant classic as Clemson scored a touchdown in the final two seconds of the game to take the lead and win the national championship. This win is Alabama coach Nick Saban’s first loss in a national championship game.…
After being defeated via knockout in a career changing fight against Holly Holm on Nov.14, 2015, Ronda Rousey, currently a bantamweight mixed martial artist with a fighting style heavily influenced by Judo techniques, was waiting for a chance to return. The world of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, UFC, anticipated her career defining comeback fight…
It’s pitch black outside. Most people are cozy in their beds, safe from the biting cold that signifies the coming of winter. The sun hasn’t woken yet. Outside, not even the crickets chirp. Most are still in deep sleep, dreaming about not going to school. A group of adolescents, with sleep filled eyes, all…
Football is one of the most entertaining sports to watch. Games are filled with excitement, relief and occasionally heartbreak. Fans feel the same emotions as the players do whether you’re on the sideline, or at home watching on TV. But the NFL has taken action against something truly unnecessary and it has affected multiple…
As the weather gets colder, basketball season begins. Both boys’ and girls’ teams have a good chance of winning the league championships and look forward to a good run in playoffs. “We are 2-4 and off to a rough start, but we’ve played some pretty good competition and I believe we have a good…