Spring sports are flying high
Alec Bandler, Eric Yee, Luke Finkel, and Austin Hille
April 30, 2013
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The Grizzlies baseball team is continuing their success on the diamond as they look to return to the NCS Championship next month. Cal (11-5 overall, 4-3 EBAL) won their first EBAL game of the season on March 20 by beating San Ramon Valley 3-2. Senior Nick Truex and junior AJ Velasquez both had a... Read more »
Gymnast makes national team
Erica Drake, Staff Writer
April 29, 2013
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Some people spend their whole lives chasing after their dreams. Luckily for freshman Amanda Waterson, her recent acceptance to the USA National Gymnastics teams will make her dreams come true. After competing with a club team for five years locally, Waterson tried out for the national team in February. Waterson... Read more »
NBA playoffs are here
Andrew Evans, Staff Writer
April 29, 2013
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This is the best time of the year to be a fan of the NBA. In these best of seven series, where it’s win or go home, the stars really start to shine. As always, the West will be a hard-fought battle, but the defending Western Conference champion Oklahoma City Thunder is the main team that stands... Read more »
Soccer teams fall short in NCS
Eric Yee and Andrew Evans
March 19, 2013
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The men and women’s soccer teams represented Cal’s winter sports in the NCS. But both teams fell short of winning it all as the men’s team lost in the semifinals, while the women’s team lost in the second round. The men’s team earned the seventh seed in the NCS, and fourth place... Read more »
Softball eager to return to NCS
Arman Tafazzoli, Andrew Evans, Eric Yee, Alec Bandler, and Sam Canter
March 19, 2013
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Baseball Head Coach: Chad Ross 2011-12 record: 15-3; second in NCS Key Newcomers: Austin Chauvin, Sam Cabral Key Returners: Nate D’Emilio, Adam Kimmel, Daniel DeFazio, Nick Allman Key Losses: Thomas Peter, Kevin Farley Many of the strong core players that brought the team tantalizingly... Read more »
What’s in with Cal athletes
March 15, 2013
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See what's in with Cal athletes this month!
Goalkeeper headed to Oregon
Joyce Ho, Staff Writer
February 11, 2013
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While most soccer players shoot for scoring a winning goal or assiting with a teammates’ triumph of sneaking a shot past a goalie, Cal High senior Lauren Holden has spent the past four years trying to block every opponent’s attempt to do that against her team. Since her freshman year, Holden has... Read more »
Who’s got it better than us?
Eric Yee and Alec Bandler
February 11, 2013
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Five years ago, the Bay Area’s professional sports teams were complete failures. The Giants and A’s both completed sub-.500 seasons, the 49ers and Raiders were complete disasters, and the Warriors had fallen back into the dysfunctional franchise that they had been for the previous 13 seasons. The... Read more »
Teams up and down during winter
Ashwath Mohan, Eric Yee, Luke Finkel, and Marisol Montes
February 11, 2013
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The men’s soccer team was back on top of the standings and fulfilling preseason goals before recently dropping three of their last four games. The Grizzlies (7-4-1) are fourth in the league standings behind Monte Vista, De La Salle and San Ramon Valley. According to maxpreps.com, the Grizzlies... Read more »
Volleyball digs out North Coast title
Luke Finkel, Managing Editor
December 19, 2012
Filed under Sports
Cal High had one of the most successful postseason runs in school history last month when the women’s volleyball team won their first NCS championship in 30 years and reached the second round of the CIF state championship. The Grizzlies won the Division I championship for the first time since... Read more »
