Sports

  • On campus team traditions

      The water polo teams began training for the 2017 school year one week after the June 2016 graduation. They trained for most of the summer with a three week break, picking up the intensity one week before the new school year. Despite the hours of practice, the boys’ and girls’ teams made time…

  • USA dominates Olympics: claims majority of medals

    Every four years the best athletes in the world come together to compete for the gold in the summer Olympics. This year, the Olympics were held in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. The United States came home with forty-six golds, thirty-seven silvers, and thirty-eight bronze. While all of the American athletes definitely made their mark…

  • NFL Draft: The Next Generation

    The NFL Draft has gone from an unheard-of event that no one cared about to a major sporting event that spans three days. Millions of fans tune in to see which college prospects will be playing with their favorite team come next September. The NFL Draft has seven rounds and each team picks at…

  • Clarke brothers swing into senior year

    For twins Zach and Chris Clarke, seniors, it was clear at a very young age they had found their niche on the baseball diamond.   “We played football and then basketball for a year or two, and then after that it was basically just baseball,” Zach said. After roughly twelve years playing baseball, the…

  • Girl’s basketball: Winning down to the wire

    Going into halftime in the second round of CIF playoffs,  the girl’s varsity basketball team was down by nine points. Avery Brunk, senior, remembers being in the locker room before the second half began. “We were all a little frustrated and just kind of upset that we were down by nine and that things…

  • Triple sport athletes do it all

    Playing a sport requires skill, dedication, and commitment. The scheduling for one sport can be overwhelming with practice, training, and games. Some athletes balance three sports throughout the school year. Known as triple threat athletes, These players cope with injury and exhaustion  because they love what they do. Joe Clemen, senior, has been a…

  • Playing ahead: underclassmen earn spots on varsity teams

    A spot on a high school varsity team is often a privilege reserved for upperclassmen who have put in time and effort to attain a certain level of skill. However, there are a select few underclassmen who have the talent necessary to compete at the highest high school level. This year’s boys’ varsity basketball…

  • Leading the team to victory: Isaiah Garza-Bolton attempts to take his team back to CIF

    From a young age, Isaiah Garza-Bolton, junior, was always playing sports – whether it was wrestling, or basketball, or soccer. In high school, he has devoted himself and excelled in one sport – soccer. Playing soccer started at a young age for Garza-Bolton, when his mother signed him up for AYSO (American Youth Soccer…

  • 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 in our area are saying about us. “I think they are always very smart and social. We hear about their football games a lot and how they are always…

  • 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 teamwork. What makes the difference for these extreme sports is that they involve a shooting aspect, often with very realistic equipment in a combative environment. “It’s adrenaline pumping….It’s almost…