By: Laurel Comiter
Familiar faces join this year’s boys basketball team as it gets ready to take on another season. Many returning players hope to have an even better season. Junior Evan Dray is confident that their team dynamic will lead them to a successful season. “We definitely have a chance...
by: Sohini Ashoke
Chemistry teacher Heather Mellows views swimming as a pastime that reaps various mental and physical benefits. Better yet, Mellows swims as a method to get substantial exercise and to relax and take a break from any stressors in her life.
Mellows has turned to swimming consistently...
Written By Ryan Manesh
Archery is a sport that requires dedication, skill, patience and consistent effort. Sophomore Thomas Rowe has been shooting for seven years and loves everything about the sport. Rowe has spent a lot of time on archery fields mastering his technique.
Rowe started archery in elementary...
Written By Ryan Manesh
The NBA has had super teams in the league for decades. A few of the strongest examples have been the 2016-17 Golden State Warriors, 2007-08 Celtics and 2011-12 Miami Heat. According to basketball-reference.com, the Warriors had 73 wins and nine regular season losses in the 2015-16...
Written by Eric Epstein
For the 2017-18 NBA season, many superstar basketball players joined forces to create team rosters chock-full of ridiculous talent and stardom, dubbed “super teams.” This phenomenon has likely sprouted in response to the Golden State Warriors assembling a squadron of...
Written by Jennifer Gao
Freshman Joshua Yang grips a purple-and-green hued, metallic saber blade in his hand, his knees bent and his back completely vertical. As soon as the referee puts his hands together, he lunges, grazing his opponent’s mask and scoring a touch.
Yang has been fencing since...
written by Emma Chiao
Junior Jake Humble passes the ball to his teammate, who hits it down onto the net and scores the eleventh and winning point for the team. This is spikeball: a sport composed of four players, two teams and one net. Spikeball was first introduced in the 1900s and has gained popularity...
By Julia Cheunkarndee
Pushing through the pain, junior Alvin Li and his team maneuver their oars to propel the boat swiftly through the water. They competing in crew, a rowing sport that has risen in popularity over the years. For Li, the teamwork aspect is the best part of the sport and is what drove...
Compiled by Chelsie Park
The Oracle: What inspired you to start running?
Joyce Shea: I started in sixth grade because I had bad allergies and my dad made me go running. But I grew to eventually like it, and I began running with him in the mornings before school. In seventh and eighth grade, I attended...
Written by Chelsie Park
Previously junior varsity water polo coach and assistant varsity coach, Peter Olsen is starting his first year as the head coach for boys’ varsity water polo.
Swimming has been an important aspect of Olsen’s life since his childhood, and water polo added a more interesting...
Written by Grace Tramack
Exercising over six hours per day sounds insane, and it is even more ridiculous that this is a reality for some students. Currently, to meet the requirements of an Independent Study (a self directed class in which a student creates a project), a student must play a sport...
Written by Kaya van der Horst
Nicole Christie’s youthful age has led to awkward situations in which referees mistook her for a player rather than a coach. Such humorous encounters will continue as Christie joins the Gunn volleyball team this fall from Palo Alto Volleyball Club
Volleyball...
