Sports

BHS Boys’ Volleyball Prepares for Success in Upcoming Season

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By Tal Litwin

The Berkeley High School boys’ volleyball team is coming off from one of their most successful seasons in years, going nine and three in the regular season and making it to the first round of NCS last year. However, despite last year’s season being the most successful in over a decade, the new coach, Lisa Young, aims to further improve the current young squad and develop a talented volleyball team.

Sports Stop: 3/8/13

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By Miguel de Laveaga

Welcome to the third edition of Sports Stop. As sports fans look forward to March Madness college basketball, we look back on the regular college basketball season, and what a season it has been.

Berkeley High Girls’ Soccer Team Makes it to NCS Semifinals in Record Year

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By Bowen Johnson

The never–disappointing varsity girls’ soccer team came through with another great and exciting season. This team did something no other Berkeley High School girl’s varsity soccer team had ever done before, which was go to the semi–finals of NCS. With all of the talent on this team, everyone knew they were going to be good, but not everyone know they would be this great.

Finishing the season with a 14–4–2 record overall and 13–2–1 in league was quite an achievement considering all of the tough completion the team faced.

BHS Swim Team Looks Forward to Season

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By Jesse Barber

As spring arrives, frozen lakes thaw around the world and the Berkeley High School swim team kicks off once again.
Swimming is a sport that combines great competitiveness with a rigorous physical workout, and is rapidly gaining international popularity. Swimming has become not only one of the most popular sports but also one of the most looked forward to on the largest, most exciting international stage, the Olympics.

Athlete Profile: Emmit Fenn

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By Mindy Ng

Emmit Fenn picked up his first lacrosse stick when he was in fourth grade, encouraged by his close friend to join the Skyline Lacrosse Club. After taking a short break to pursue his swimming career, Fenn returned to lacrosse in eighth grade, and hasn’t stop playing since. “I love the team aspect of the sport — being with my friends and making friends,” Fenn said. So far, one of his favorite experiences with the sport has been playing for the Brady’s Bunch organization — a team that raises awareness for childhood cancer.

Berkeley High Track and Field Gets Fired up for Start of Season

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By Michael McCabe

It’s springtime, and that means a number of sports are starting up, including the wonderful set of track and field sports. Springtime tends to bring good weather, which allows all of the athletes to get outside more often. Track and field offers students the ability to compete in a variety of different ways, besides just endurance running and sprinting. Many of the field sports are interesting, like shot–put or the long jump, which measure different kinds of athleticism than the normal running associated with the track team.

Berkeley Boys’ Baseball Bounds Toward Bountiful Season

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By Kevin Flood-Bryzman

The Berkeley High School boys’ baseball team is looking better than ever this year. The team is strong and has high hopes for the upcoming season. Though the team has lost many players since last year, the players remain confident.
Tucker McPhaul, a varsity senior, stated with much optimism, “We are definitely going to do better than last season.” Tucker went on to say, “We have a lot of new talent, and we are looking really good.” He hopes this will translate into a victorious season that will break all previous records.

Sports Stop: 2/22/13

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By Miguel de Laveaga

Welcome to the second edition of Sports Stop. These last two weeks in professional and collegiate sports haven’t seen an overwhelming amount of action. Highlighting the action was the NBA All–Star Game and the Cal Basketball team’s rolling towards tournament qualification.

Berkeley Boys’ Tennis Seeks to Start Strong

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By Jesse Barber

Spring is approaching. Grass is growing, flowers are blooming, and the Berkeley High School boys’ tennis team is starting a brand new season.

Tennis is a fun and exciting sport that is often overlooked or under–appreciated in the world today. Unique and dynamic, tennis combines the technique and skill of sports like baseball or golf and the vigorous activity of sports like basketball or soccer. Tennis demands agility, skill, and athleticism, all at once.

Girls’ Lacrosse Hopes for More Improvement

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By Bowen Johnson

Girls’ lacrosse is not always a sport one hears a lot about, but that will surely change soon with Berkeley High School’s great talent in the sport. Although it has been overlooked a lot over the past few years because of its struggle to post a winning record, lacrosse is on the rise at BHS. In the 2010–2011 season, the team went 10–10 overall and 5–5 in league play. When a sport is on its way up, the records appear to jump. This was the case for this team, as they went 13–7 and 10–2 in league play the following year.

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