winter sports

  • Snow sports swoop into town

    As winter approaches, it is time for the skis and snowboards to be brought out and be put into action. Even though the California heat does not offer the best snowy places, those who are interested, do have a few places to go to. The most popular, being Mammoth. Tim Schaeffner, senior, moved from…

  • Boys’ wrestling prepares for upcoming season

    This November marks the start of sophomore Ryan Augustine’s second season of boy’s wrestling, and the team has already begun their rigorous training. “The preseason has helped me a lot in getting stronger, and improving my stamina and wrestling skills,” Augustine said.  During the season, wrestling practice occurs every day after school. “We go…

  • Boys’ basketball enhances past successes

    The NPHS Boys’ Basketball team went through a major transition during the 2017-18 season. During the 2016-17 year, the team unsuccessfully finished with a record of 8-19, failing to make the CIF (California Interscholastic Federation) playoffs. Yet after a complete revamp in coaching staff to begin last year, the team finished with a record…

  • Say goodbye to winter sports

    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…

  • What Wood Jake do?

    “I don’t think he’s very good at being a normal person,” said Joe Shimamoto, senior and varsity wrestler, about his teammate Jake Wood, senior. After winning the school’s first CIF wrestling title since 1992 on March 5, 2016, Wood rose from the mat as “all the other kids there were jumping and screaming,” Shimamoto…

  • Winter Sports Wrap-Up

    Boys’ Soccer “Knowing that a banner with my team and all of our names will be up at our school means a lot to me,” said Isaiah Garza, sophomore. “This was the most memorable season of my soccer career by far.”  Varsity: 6-3-1 JV: 7-1-1 Frosh/Soph: 7-0-0 Girls’ Soccer “We connected, which definitely showed on the field, and…

  • Winter Sports Update

    Boys’ Basketball: 0-6 Because of their success in the past few years, the team has been moved up into Division 1A, the most competitive division of CIF. A few close calls have not gone the way the team would have hoped this year, with score margins falling in favor of rival teams. However, the…