Senior Jonah Lachs began playing volleyball his sophomore year at Berkeley High. “I wanted to play a sport, so I went to volleyball tryouts, somehow made the team, and just fell in love with the sport from there,” he said.
With the 2024 spring athletics season at Berkeley High School coming to a close, many BHS spring sports teams have experienced yet another successful season.
On Friday, April 12, the Berkeley High School swim team had their senior night, a goodbye to both their teammates and their coach. The women’s team won, beating Castro Valley, Bishop O’Dowd, and Hayward.
In skateboarding competitions, competitors can participate in a variety of categories such as street, park, and bowl skateboarding. They are given two to three attempts to complete their combination of tricks called ‘runs.’ Judges award points based on the execution, difficulty, and flow of the run. Zael Johnson, a junior, started competing in skateboarding during
Bo Speirs is a Berkeley High School senior who has spent the last four years on BHS’s varsity tennis team. He began playing tennis in fifth grade, whilst he was still playing competitive soccer.
What sets dance apart from other sports is the element of art and visual beauty within it. Dance is meant to be an artistic medium, which means the dancers must always be wearing their best face and putting on the most captivating performance.
“Last year when I came, no one was playing … so I had a bat, and my friend brought one bat, and we just started playing here, and the balls got stuck every day.
On April 23, 2024, the Berkeley High School boys volleyball team won their senior night game against San Lorenzo. BHS took an early lead, winning the first set 25-15, then losing the second set 23-25.
On Friday, April 19, Berkeley High School’s varsity boys baseball team had a home game against Bishop O’Dowd. Berkeley won 3-2, bringing their record this season to 10 wins and 6 losses.
From being oversexualized in media portrayals, to being treated with a lack of respect in professional settings, obstacles are constantly being launched at women in everyday life.
“Play with no doubt,” is Berkeley High School junior Oona Capristo’s motto as a dedicated softball player of ten years. As a female athlete, Capristo noted that the sports environment doesn’t always prioritize competitiveness among girls.
On March 7, 2024, Berkeley High School girls varsity lacrosse faced off against Dublin High School. This was the first time the team had played against Dublin in three seasons, so coach Jess Seggman was unsure of what to expect.
In the diverse sports landscape of the Bay Area, opportunities to play a wide variety of sports at different levels of competition are abundant. However due to the lack of ice in the Bay Area, the ice hockey community is noticeably smaller than those of other sports.
This year, the Bay Area welcomed its first professional women’s team, sparking a wave of empowerment for young athletes, especially girls. Bay FC, a women’s professional soccer team in San Jose, has recently become part of the National Women’s Soccer League and played their first game on March 17, 2024.
On Thursday, Feb. 22, girls wrestling captain Shiella Paredes-Akimoto competed at the state championships. It was a three-day long event held at Mechanics Bank Arena in Bakersfield, California.
The Berkeley High School girls varsity lacrosse team is led by senior Lane Imen. As captain, Imen expressed that “learning how to implement different leadership styles and interact with different types of people has really been one of the hardest things, but also one of the most beneficial things learned.” Imen said, “I take
After finishing second in their league, the Berkeley High School School boys varsity soccer team advanced to the first round of the North Coast Sectional Division 1 playoffs, having only lost two games in the regular season.
Tilda Koven, senior and co-captain of the Berkeley High School womens’ crew team, is not the first in their family to be a rower. “Most of my dad’s family has rowed or still rows,” they said.
