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10 NCAA Football Top Ten Highlights of the Year - Harrison Shane
The 2011 college football season had its highs and lows. From the infamous Penn State allegations to Ohio State suspensions, scandal rocked the 2011 season. However, the turmoil certainly did not ruin what we know and love about college football: Cinderella stories (Houston), hometown success (Stanford), and of course, sensational . . . (Continue Reading)
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1 Bears Fall to Aragon - Sabiha Visiwanathan
The Bears fought it out against Aragon on a rainy Friday night in a close loss to Aragon High. Starting out the first quarter, the Dons assumed the lead, as their quick pace game gave them an edge over the lagging Bears. The quarter began to close with a score of 12 . . . (Continue Reading)
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1 Boys’ Soccer Fends Off Half Moon Bay - Megan Kurtz
Boys' soccer took on Half Moon Bay Friday night and emerged with a convincing victory. The Bears' superior passing skills stood out from the start, with sophomore Elvis Arbarca showing off especially fancy footwork. Senior Edgardo Molina pulled off a hat-trick in the first half with three goals, one of which . . . (Continue Reading)
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1 Boys’ Basketball Scrapes Another Win With a Low-Scoring Game - Hannah Ellefritz
Wednesday’s tilt against Carlmont was a must-win for the Bears’ varsity boys’ basketball team, who entered the match one game behind league leaders Half Moon Bay and Aragon earlier in the PAL season. M-A entered the game expecting a defensive battle, as the Scots allowed just 40 points per game entering . . . (Continue Reading)
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0 Girls’ Basketball Routs Burlingame - Meredith Geaghan-Breiner
Girls’ basketball took down Burlingame last night, defending the home court in an uplifting league triumph. The game remained relatively close throughout most of the game. After the first period, the Bears and the Panthers were neck-and-neck at 7-7, and in the next two quarters, M-A only outscored its visitors incrementally, . . . (Continue Reading)
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2 District Debates PE Substitution: Should Out-of-School Teams Count? - Meredith Geaghan-Breiner
When the Board of the Sequoia Union High School District meets tonight, its trustees will settle a debate affecting every member of the M-A community: the question of how students should obtain PE credit. Confronted with the issue of PE substitution, the Board faces four possible options. It can maintain the . . . (Continue Reading)
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1 Bears Pull Off Thrilling OT Victory over South San Francisco - Sabiha Viswanathan, Katie Woods
The Bears challenged South San Francisco High last Friday and emerged with a narrow league win, in a fierce game ultimately won at the free throw line. The game started off close, but M-A was able to maintain a narrow lead over the visiting Warriors throughout the first quarter with the . . . (Continue Reading)
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0 Boys’ Soccer Crushes Aragon - Kurt Songer
Friday’s varsity soccer match against Aragon was a smashing success for the Bears. With outstanding offense and defense, M-A quickly came back from an early 0-1 deficit, scoring three goals for a score of 3-1 at halftime. Though Aragon couldn't hold M-A's explosive offense in the first half, both defenses tightened up . . . (Continue Reading)
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0 Boys’ Basketball Falls Short in PAL League Opener - Katie Woods
Coming off a disappointing loss to Paly in a nonleague game last week, M-A was hungry for success on Wednesday at the PAL Bay Division league opener. Unfortunately for the Bears, the visiting Half Moon Bay Cougars snagged an early lead, and M-A trailed 12-14 as the buzzer rang signaling the . . . (Continue Reading)
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1 Squash: Smashing the Opposition Through Finesse and Brute Strength - Jacob Pfau
At 175 mph squash trails close behind Jai Alai as one of the world's fastest ball sports. Squash is a two player indoor sport played with four walls, a golf-sized ball and a 27-inch racquet, much like racquetball. However, according to US Squash, "Compared to racquetball...the better players become, the . . . (Continue Reading)
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1 Basketball Looks Forward to a Slam-Dunk Season - Caleb O'Neel, Aditya Sinha
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0 Boys’ Basketball Suffers Loss to SHP - Sabiha Viswanathan
Basketball let the cheering crowd down this Friday night with a tough loss against crosstown rival Sacred Heart Prep. The Bears started off strong in the first quarter with some standout rebounds under the basket by senior Dominic Tully. Sacred Heart was slow in the beginning, making multiple travels in the . . . (Continue Reading)
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0 Lack of Interest Leaves Field Hockey In Question - Jordan Zuk
Popular among high schools throughout Northern California, the growing sport of field hockey is played competitively at both varsity and JV levels. For over 60 years, many schools around the Bay Area have competed in various divisions of the Central Coast Section conference. M-A, however, has not sponsored a team since . . . (Continue Reading)
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1 Peer Tutors Score Success with Athletes - Caleb O'Neel
In previous years, many talented student-athletes have been rendered ineligible to play because of their grades. However, a spike in peer tutoring for athletes has reduced the number of ineligibilities. The National Honors Society (NHS) is largely accountable for this surge, sending its members to ensure that athletes better understand . . . (Continue Reading)
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