On Wednesday, April 12, Berkeley High School boys baseball had an away game against Castro Valley High School. Players had high hopes for this game, and were confident that they could take home the win after beating them last year.
Noah Millikan Noah Millikan, a senior at Berkeley High School, has been playing baseball for the past 15 years, and will continue to play in college, as a pitcher for the University of Pennsylvania.
On July 20, a historic moment took place when Alyssa Nakken became the assistant coach of the San Francisco Giants, making her the first ever female coach in Major League Baseball. Similar to most other sports, baseball has historically not been a welcoming place for women.
It comes as no surprise that the Berkeley High School boys’ baseball team is finding success this season on and off the field yet again. Already, they have won the WACC Foothill league title, with a 12-3 record, and entered the North Coast Section championships as the ninth seed with an overall record
Photograph by Mattias de Los Rios Berkeley High School’s boys baseball season is back in action. Although the Yellow Jackets are only six weeks into the season, they have raced to first place in the West Alameda County league, an outstanding record of 13-2, and a ranking of third in the North Coast Section
In a sports team, a coach can completely change the way a team functions and the success a team has. But Berkeley High School’s baseball team has a bit of a coaching dilemma.
Zariyah King is a junior and guard for the Berkeley High School girls’ varsity basketball team. While she and her family were living in Georgia, they lived across from a basketball court where her brother would take her to play with him.
Superstitions, which can be of religious origin, a ritual, or even something as simple as a lucky watch, are important to many people. At Berkeley High School, many student athletes have their own superstitions to help them towards success.“You just want to be as comfortable as possible.
In recent years, several Major League Baseball teams have been involved in improper conduct regarding legal signing age for players in other countries.
“I went to a mountain bike race in the morning, I left as soon as I was finished, slept in the car, and then had to go to a track meet at 9 p.m.. So that was a little hectic,” said Berkeley High School sophomore Carina Nottingham.
As regular seasons wrap up, Berkeley High School spring sports teams prepare for postseason tournaments. The BHS boys’ baseball team finished 2nd place in their league with a record of 18 wins and seven losses.
On April 19, the Oakland A’s announced an agreement to purchase land in Las Vegas to build a new ballpark after over 50 years in Oakland. This move comes after decades of tense negotiations between the A’s and the city, with the two sides failing to make progress on a stadium at Oakland’s Howard Terminal.
“Before I found out you could get full-rides from sports and that I would be successful in football, I was just planning on going to community college because I didn’t feel like it was worth being in that much debt,” said Berkeley High School senior and Stanford football commit Jackson Harris.
Oliver Shrieve, junior and Berkeley High School boys volleyball captain, started playing volleyball at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School when he was 11 years old.
For some sports, success is rooted in talent and physique, while for others it is diligence and time. Simply put, there are some sports where it is nearly impossible to be good if you do not start engaging with them at a young age.
A couple years ago, Samir O’Brien, a junior on the Berkeley High School varsity basketball team, went up for a layup and fell on his hand. “I knew right away that my pinky was messed up,” O’Brien said.
As the annual cycle has it, Berkeley High School has been hit with yet another wave of freshmen. Here is a population of students hailing from a wide range of pre-teen experiences, and, consequently, with varying abilities to tackle life in their newfound territory. The transition from middle to high school can be a
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