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Athletes Reflect on club vs. high school sports - Soccer: Alexis Bromberg

Athletes Reflect on club vs. high school sports – Soccer: Alexis Bromberg

May 17, 2019

Sophomore standout center back Alexis Bromberg has been engaged in soccer since the age of five. His skills have progressed significantly since he first started playing. As a freshman, Bromberg made the varsity soccer team. “I joined American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) when I was five,”...

The Oracles picks on the NBA draft

The Oracle‘s picks on the NBA draft

May 17, 2019

Top Pick: Zion Williamson Ever since Zion Williamson’s junior year in high school, the whole world has known that he would be a top player in the 2019 National Basketball Association (NBA) draft. Williamson, who played for Duke, has drawn comparisons to basketball legends LeBron James and...

Athletes Reflect on Club vs. High School Sports - Luke McFaul

Athletes Reflect on Club vs. High School Sports – Luke McFaul

Peter Oh, Reporter May 17, 2019

  Sophomore Luke McFaul has played basketball for almost his entire life, starting at five  years old. Last season, he played his first year of varsity basketball at Gunn after playing on the junior varsity (JV) team in his freshman year.  McFaul has enjoyed playing basketball for Gunn, something...

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Gunn Athletes Dispel Harmful Sports Stereotypes: Golf

Annika Bereny, Lifestyle Editor March 29, 2019

Another sport that is often stereotyped and considered undeserving of its status as a sport is golf. “I think there is an obvious stereotype with golf, that golf is an elitist sport played only by rich, privileged people,” vice captain of the boys varsity golf team senior Jamie...

Q&A with head athletic trainer Gagan Cheema

Devon Lee, Tech Editor March 29, 2019

The Oracle: Have you always known you wanted to be a trainer? Gagan Cheema: Yes. In school, I started off in a different health care discipline, but a lot of the prerequisites followed athletic training. Having known what an athletic trainer does—because in high school I had to see our athletic trainer...

Gunn Athletes Dispel Harmful Sports Stereotypes: Cheerleading

Annika Bereny, Lifestyle Editor March 29, 2019

Captain of the cheer team senior Brenda Cornelio doesn’t believe a lot of people see the full picture when they think about cheerleading. “Most people only see the cheer side to cheerleading where we stand on the sidelines and cheer up the crowd or support the team playing,” she said....

Staff members participate in marathons: Science Teacher Maria Powell

Staff members participate in marathons: Science Teacher Maria Powell

Joy Huang, Features Editor March 29, 2019

Science teacher Maria Powell stood on tiptoes to reach for something between lab stations two and three in her biology classroom—crowded with freshmen doing the bacterial transformation lab—and felt the muscles of her right calf tear. “It felt like a zipper unzipping,” she said. She...

Staff members participate in marathons: English teacher Paul Dunlap

Katie Zhang, Reporter March 29, 2019

For English teacher Paul Dunlap, running marathons is a great way to release stress and finish off the day. “After a busy day of facilitating discussions, thinking about big literary—and life!—issues and reading papers, running is a great way to release stress and pent-up energy,” Dunlap said....

Basketball Player Stereotypes

Calvin Cai, Copy Editor March 29, 2019

One of the many stereotypes surrounding basketball is the idea that the sport is mainly for boys and men. “If you see the difference between the crowds at the guys and the girls games, it’s very obvious, and you can see that everyone gravitates towards watching the guys,” girls varsity basketball...

Spring sports kick off season with strong start: lacrosse

Spring sports kick off season with strong start: lacrosse

Angela Wong, News Editor March 28, 2019

Gunn’s lacrosse teams are back for the spring season after months of practice on the field. Lacrosse teams have met on the turf as early as 6:30 a.m. and after school until 7 p.m. for weeks of pre-conditioning. The girls’ junior and senior varsity team, coached by Doug Arakawa, are excited for the...

Boys Volleyball

Boys Volleyball

Peter Oh, Assistant Business Manager March 8, 2019

Even though it is only the Boys Volleyball team’s second season, the players have high hopes for the year. “We feel really excited about our upcoming season,” said sophomore Boris Bukchin.  “The team has been working really hard in practice and it’s already paying off.” The team has...

Senior Derek Han Finds Outlet in Weightlifting

Calvin Cai, Copy Editor March 1, 2019

In April 2017, senior Derek Han found a new passion that changed his life: weightlifting. Since then, Han has worked hard to become stronger and surpass his goals. When he first started weightlifting, he wasn’t too serious about it and just wanted to see how it went. “[I started lifting] out of boredom,”...

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