Basketball, football programs temporarily shut down because of possible COVID-19 exposure
September 19, 2020
This story was updated at 8:40 p.m. Monday, Aug. 21, with an additional quote from principal Allen Whitten and information about how many athletes have been exposed to COVID-19. In what’s been a wild and tumultuous year for high school athletics, the coronavirus pandemic has pitched yet another...
13 try out for boys soccer, but recent poor air quality has prevented coach from scheduling more sessions for newcomers
September 16, 2020
This is the second of a series of reports the Sports section will cover regarding team tryouts in the 2020-2021 school year. Before the coronavirus pandemic affected high school sports nationwide, boys soccer head coach Mike Schade would’ve been able to figure out what his team roster would look...
Time to take a stand — or a knee — against athletes making political statements in a game
September 12, 2020
During the Sept. 10, National Football League season opener between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Houston Texans, both teams joined together at midfield at the Chief’s stadium to have a “Moment of Unity” before starting their game. A loud chorus of boos erupted among many watching the game from ...
Girls soccer tryouts Sept. 3 draw interested players — including nearly a handful of freshmen
September 6, 2020
This is the first of a series of reports the Sports section will cover regarding team tryouts in the 2020-2021 school year. Accolade staff writer Henry Lee contributed to this report. With girls soccer starting its first practice session last week, head coach Jeff Gordon also held his first tryou...
Back-to-back eSports League of Legends national title winners aim for another legendary championship season
August 29, 2020
Head coach: Casey McDonald Top new gamers: Ryan Gae (11), Cole Sass (10) Top returning gamers: Dylan Kim (12), Erik Kim (12), Soonchang Kwon (12) Last season: Playing from gamers’ homes because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Sunny Hills eSports League of Legends Gold team became the bac...
Aquatics, football and wrestling resume practices under strict, COVID-19 guidelines
August 29, 2020
It’s not the same. Too many restrictions. Uncomfortable masks. Empty stands. That’s what many of the Lancer athletes in football, wrestling and aquatics have observed about their return to on-site practices since Aug. 17. As of Aug. 28, volleyball, softball, tennis and golf have not ...
Coaches, players react to revised CIF bylaws for 2020-2021 season
Kristima Aryal and Grace Johnson
August 4, 2020
While the reorganizing of the sports seasons and their delay no sooner than December took center stage in the California high school prep sports world July 20, CIF State and CIF-SS made two unprecedented changes for the upcoming school year. The most significant change is CIF State’s decision to suspend...
Sunny Hills sports delayed until end of 2020 given spread of COVID-19 cases
Andrew Ngo, Kristima Aryal, and Grace Johnson
July 23, 2020
On March 12, the Sunny Hills boys volleyball team walked out of the SH gym with a 3-0 victory over Artesia, the Lancers’ first best-of-five set win in its inaugural season. It would also be the last match involving an SH varsity squad until December at the earliest. After a July 6 letter from ...
Combining cheer, song to create new Pep Squad at Sunny Hills is such a great idea that I even auditioned for the team
May 30, 2020
The theater lights shine brightly and the music cues. Backstage, the dancers stretch anxiously before their routine. The audience roars with excitement to greet these performers. I have always had a passion for participating in environments like this. Dance has always been one of my favorite act...
Moving from Argentina at the age of 14, Freeway League Player of the Year looks back at his 14-year soccer career
Andrew Hong and Kristima Aryal
May 28, 2020
Midfielder senior Dylan Lee (center) searches for a teammate to pass to during a 2-1 home victory over Buena Park on Jan. 24. Photo taken by Accolade photographer Paul Yasutake That South American country has become synonymous with the word, “soccer,” as its national men’s futbol team has w...
Coaches, players use Zoom sessions, self-guided exercise schedules to keep team members fit during state-mandated stay-at-home order
May 22, 2020
They are shut in, but they are not shut out — from staying fit as Sunny Hills student-athletes. Though the spring sports season has been canceled because of COVID-19-related school closures statewide, and California Gov. Gavin Newsom has yet to lift his stay-at-home order, several athletes are ch...
May 20: My junior varsity softball season gets the Mercy Rule on account of COVID-19 pandemic
May 22, 2020
LIVING UNDER THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS This is part of a series of columns about students’ various experiences during the school closure because of the coronavirus pandemic. If you would like to submit some of your experiences, please email us at [email protected] “That’s ball game!...
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