Category: Spring
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M-A’s Varsity Girls Soccer Team Suffers 4-0 Loss to Hillsdale In League Opener
Photographed by Katherine Welander On Tuesday night, the M-A’s Varsity Girls’ Soccer team opened their league season with a tough 4-0 loss to Hillsdale High School, but despite the difficult game, junior Kate Trevor said she remains hopeful that “the team can grow from here.” [caption id="attachment_69462" align="alignleft" width="300"] Players on watch the game from…
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Baseball Loses Season Opener in Extra-Innings Against Saint Ignatius
On Tuesday, a little more than a year since their last game, the Varsity Baseball team played Saint Ignatius in their season opener. In what proved to be a wild and nail-biter of a game, the Bears ultimately came up short, losing 6-3, as late offense by the Saint Ignatius Wildcats proved too much to…
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Boys and Girls Swimming Have Mixed Results in Meet against Carlmont
Last Friday, the girls teams lost their first virtual game against Carlmont 68-116 for the JV girls and 41-129 for the Varsity girls. However, the Boys teams had a huge win: beating Carlmont for the first time in five years with a score of 100-86 for JV and 93-77 for Varsity. Coach Smith describes Carlmont…
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Girls Lacrosse Defeats Woodside in First Game of the Season
On Wednesday night, girls varsity lacrosse beat Woodside High School 18-11 in their first game of the season. M-A scored quickly in the first few minutes of the game, leading 2-1, and held that lead throughout the game even with Woodside beginning to catch up in the second half. The bears had a lot of…
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M-A Track Team Dominates at PAL Finals, Moves on to CCS
In scorching heat, with the chance to move onto the CCS trials, the M-A Track Team had a strong outing in the PAL Finals on Saturday, May 4. The girls beat out other schools by 44 points, and the boys by 19 points, resulting in M-A winning the 2019 PAL Track and Field Championship and…
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Softball Struck Out due to Shortage of Players
The girls softball season ended early this year due to a roster that could not reliably hold nine girls, the minimum necessary to play a game. The team was first forced to forfeit a PAL match against Sequoia on April 10 when several players got injured, bringing their record down to 1-2 for league. The…
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Boys Lacrosse Loses a Heartbreaker
On Thursday, April 25, the boys varsity lacrosse team had a hair-raising game against Palo Alto High School. Although M-A fought hard, Paly beat M-A 10-8. Before the game, Captain John Mills said, “I think it’s gonna be a competitive game both ways and at the end of the day if we’re able to stay…
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Picking a Perfect March Madness Bracket with Cole
With the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2019 Basketball Tournament starting today, millions of people are predicting who they think will win. However, choosing a perfect March Madness bracket is proven to be one of the hardest tasks known to mankind in terms of probability. Year after year, I think to myself that this will…
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Boys Varsity Baseball: Much Ado About Weather
The biggest obstacle for the M-A Boys Varsity Baseball team should be the opponents; unfortunately for the Bears, weather has played a big role in their season so far. Varsity baseball has a 2-2 record so far this season, coming off a two-game streak, although many of the games have been played at other schools.…
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A Close Call for M-A Badminton
M-A’s varsity badminton team faced tough competitors from Sequoia High School. The two teams were neck in neck the entire competition, until Sequoia took the lead and defeated M-A 9-6. [caption id="attachment_66810" align="alignright" width="300"] Alondra Loza and Louie Malan discuss rules and an upcoming game.[/caption] Louie Malan and Alondra Loza were able to defeat their…
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M-A Kickstarts its Rugby Team
Written by Maxine Moss and Emilie Mueller. Photo credit: Lauren Lanahan. Although football season is well over, many of the players can still be found practicing on the field each day. That’s because M-A has introduced its first-ever competitive rugby teams. A boys JV and varsity team, composed largely of M-A football players, as well…
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Boys golf closes successful season with disappointing finish
Boys golf finished with an impressive overall regular season record of 11-1, finishing first in league. Some key wins for the team included a huge win over Burlingame, a non-conference beat down against rivals Sacred Heart Prep, and two wins over a solid Aragon team. After this impressive regular season, the team brought six players…