On September 28, the Berkeley High School varsity girls water polo team defeated the Castro Valley High School Trojans 10-8 at the Jacket Pool. While COVID-19 protocol restricted the crowd capacity, the game was sold out and fans were cheering passionately.
Jasmine Moreira-Cortes, a junior in Berkeley International High School, joined the cheerleading team for the community, and has grown into a leader of a sisterhood.
Over the past years, youth sports have become highly competitive. As a result, youth athletes are being pushed to train harder and longer. Along with an increase in intensity, there has been an uptick in the number of sports-related injuries.
On Friday, September 10th, Berkeley High School’s varsity and junior varsity football teams played American Canyon in our first home games of the season.
Berkeley High School offers a plethora of extracurricular activities. The athletics department, in particular, offers a wide variety of sports, from orienteering to crew.
Throughout the country, the long-time niche sport of rock climbing is steadily becoming popularized. Factors such as the Oscar Award-winning documentary Free Solo and rock climbing’s Olympic debut may have contributed to this seemingly out-of-the-blue climbing boom.
According to YouGovAmerica, every Sunday during football season, 37 percent of the US population watches football, 17 percent of whom participate in the game of fantasy football. In essence, fantasy football is a math-based game in which various teams compete parallel to real life football.
Senior cross country runner Quinn Koch of Berkeley International High School hopes to help lead the Berkeley High School cross country team to a league championship.
As college sports kick off, former Berkeley High School athletes Ben Morgan and Ryan O’Sullivan anxiously await the start of their first college sports season.
The 2020 sexual harm walkouts were a monumental moment in Berkeley High School’s history. Many students hoped that it would be a turning point in policies, administrative measures, and the overall climate at BHS.
As the various scholastic endeavors of the year approached, fall sports at Berkeley High School began before the school year’s start. Water Polo – The girls and boys water polo teams took a plunge into the fall season, the boys team coming off of a West Alameda County Conference championship.
The Olympic Games, being one of the most complex and most watched sporting events in the world, immediately gives a huge platform to its competitors. When athletes make choices outside of the norm, an insane flurry of media coverage follows
On Tuesday, April 20, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted by a jury on all three charges against him for the murder of George Floyd.
In loving memory of Berkeley High School girls volleyball coach James Manuel. His exuberance, passion, and generosity lives on within his family, his teams, his colleagues, and all those he connected with.
For student athletes at Berkeley High School, the past year has been a roller coaster. As fall and winter sports were cancelled or postponed, players faced uncertainty and disappointment.
March Madness, the annual college basketball tournament run by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, ran from March 18 to April 5 of 2021. The tournament draws many viewers, and typically involves 64 college teams that get together in six different locations.
After 18 months of empty stands, fans were welcomed back into the Oakland Athletics and San Francisco Giants’ stadiums on Thursday, April 1, and Friday, April 9, respectively.
“Having a teen coach brings a different insight and energy to the game. … It feels like a very lively and collaborative process,” shared Kai Kai Spencer, a senior in Berkeley International High School at Berkeley High School.
