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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
“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 ever-growing sports group nicknamed NPBA, the Newbury Park Basketball Association. Newbury Park Basketball Association is a recreational league that gives all high school students a chance to play…
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 great moments. The room rises far above your head, every inch of space covered. But the most impressive part of the room is the jerseys. Lining one of the…
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 become their true passion. After playing tennis for a brief period, the Wood twins stepped onto the grass to give golf a try. “We played tennis for a long…
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 in stiff skirts pump up the crowd behind them. Other people in white shirts and khakis mill around on the sidelines, observing the game, refilling water bottles, or stretching…
[slideshow_deploy id=’1547′] 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 does that really happen? To most it seems as likely as a lightning strike. However, these lightning strikes are more common than some might think. Among the…