May 18

Dear freshmen,

You guys should be proud of yourselves! You made it through the first year of high school, and all we want for you now is to make sure you make it through the next three years, as proud as you are this year. So, here’s some tips provided by your other school mates of higher grades about what we think you should know about the next few years.

· “Make sure you become friends with upper class men.” (Edward Abinsay, eleventh grader in Communication Arts and Sciences)

Starting at the young age of 6 years old, Clara Obstfeld played catch with her older brother and father and found a passion for playing softball. Immediately drawn to the sport, Obstfeld began playing club softball for the Bears, an team that plays all over California, Nevada, and Colorado. She enjoyed traveling with the club for a while, but got tired of flying somewhere every weekend and found that playing on a high school team was much more enjoyable than playing for club “because the team is much closer and you get to play with the same people for up to four years,” Obstfeld expressed.

This thousand–year–old sport has been played by the Berkeley High School Yellowjackets for many years. BHS’ Boy’s Lacrosse has always been an exciting spring experience for both players and spectators, and this year has been no exception. Unfortunately, last week, the Varsity Boys’ Lacrosse team’s season came to an end. The Jackets have been BSAL (Bay Shore Athletic League) champions for three years in a row: 2009, 2010, and 2011 respectively. This was a great feat for Head Coach Ed Hill, who moved on to coaching at University of California, Berkeley this year.

Giants or A’s? At Berkeley High School, we’re lucky enough to have two baseball teams just a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) ride away. Who should our team be? Most of us live in Berkeley, which is obviously a lot closer to the Oakland Athletics (A’s) geographically, but there are still a lot of Giants fans around.