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Women’s sports are ready to be seen Thursday, November 17, 2022, 4:26 pm | Lancer, St. Francis High School
by Keira Schultz (’26) | November 18, 2022 “This is an important step towards closing the media coverage gap for female athletes, for women’s sports” – Angela Ruggiero, CEO of Sports Innovation... Read More >>
Football Passes King’s Academy, Will Head to Live Oak for CCS Div. III Semifinals Thursday, November 17, 2022, 2:57 pm | Coat of Arms, Menlo School The varsity football team began their Central Coast Section Division III playoff run with a 37-20 victory over The King’s Academy on Saturday, Nov. 12th at home on Cartan Field. The team will go on to face Live Oak High School in an away semifinal game this Friday. Despite the decisive victory, the Menlo Knights... Read More >>
Sophia Kurisu on how to love the game Thursday, November 17, 2022, 1:26 pm | Talon, Los Altos High School
It started like a bad joke: What does an airport bomb threat, missing a layover in France and eating canned fish for dinner have in common? Los Altos High School soccer player and junior Sophia Kurisu might know the answer. Before Sophia arrived in Sweden with the NorCal Premier team for the Gothia Cup, the... Read More >>
Female Athlete Profile: Kate Hirsch, Water Polo Thursday, November 17, 2022, 10:26 am | Coat of Arms, Menlo School Making a varsity team as an underclassman, especially as a freshman, is an uncommon accomplishment; however, freshman Kate Hirsch has done so this year. Hirsch plays varsity water polo for Menlo despite only recently having begun playing the sport. Hirsch first played club water polo for Stanford Water Polo Club last year and fell in... Read More >>
Paly Girls Waterpolo Season Recap Wednesday, November 16, 2022, 1:44 pm | Viking, Palo Alto High School
The Paly girls water polo team have wrapped up another success-filled season with their final game being in the CCS semi-finals. With the final loss to Lehigh, the team was knocked out of the tournament, placing an overall third in CCS Division 1. Lehigh went on to win the entire tournament. The team finished... Read More >>
Girls Golf Season Recap 2022 Wednesday, November 16, 2022, 1:20 pm | Viking, Palo Alto High School Girls golf wrapped their season up last week, finishing sixth at the CCS playoff tournament, missing the cut to go to states. This past season, they did not reach the goals they set at the beginning of the season as they came up short. They began their season with a strong showing in a tournament,... Read More >>
Mountain View dominates Homestead 48-23 Sunday, November 13, 2022, 10:42 pm | Oracle, Mountain View High School
The Mountain View football team won its playoff game against Homestead on Friday. The team had lost 34-20 to Homestead earlier this season. MV and Homestead battled for the first points, but Homestead ultimately took the lead by scoringing a touchdown 10 minutes into the game. The Spartans continued to fight, but ended the first... Read More >>