Sunny Hills boys basketball team beats Fullerton 72-65 to keep playoff hopes alive
February 5, 2020
Facing playoff elimination and a fifth straight loss, the Sunny Hills boys basketball team overcame a nine-point deficit in the third quarter to beat Fullerton 72-65 on Senior Night Feb. 4 at the Sunny Hills gym. “It was a great win overall, especially for our seniors,” head coach Joe Ok said. ...
Sunny Hills girls soccer defeats La Habra in 5-0 shutout
January 31, 2020
Coming off a three-game winning streak, the Sunny Hills girls soccer team dominated La Habra, shutting out the Highlanders 5-0 in a Jan. 29 home game. “It was a perfect game,” head coach Jeff Gordon said. “We had more than three goals and had a shutout.” Before the game against the Highl...
Early goals propel boys soccer to 2-1 victory against Buena Park
January 29, 2020
With three games left before CIF playoffs, the Sunny Hills boys soccer team narrowly defeated Buena Park 2-1 in a Jan. 24 home game. “[The win] wouldn’t have happened without the great performances by everybody, and today is one of those days where so many players played well,” head coach Mike...
Overcomer: Blind student wrestles with adjusting to new contact sport; finds his place on JV team
January 26, 2020
The "Overcomer" story is the first in a series of articles featuring Sunny Hills students who are also athletes despite their physical or emotional disabilities. Whenever junior varsity and frosh/soph wrestling coach Josue Chew demonstrates a move for his student athletes in the Sunny Hills wrestlin...
Wrestling team rolls through La Habra en route to a Senior Night win
January 22, 2020
The wrestling team ended its Senior Night Jan. 15 with a 47-25 win against La Habra in the Sunny Hills gym, securing victories in nine out 14 of matches. “Our [wrestlers] pulled through, and we needed those big points in the beginning,” assistant coach Josue Chew said. “I was most worried a...
Senior quarterback ends his high school career with CIF championship and future plans for D2 football
January 22, 2020
He was only 5 years old when he began playing football. Over a decade later, he would go on to join Sunny Hills High School’s football team as a freshman and work his way up to the varsity team to finally win a CIF championship ring. Quarterback and defensive back senior Luke Duxbury spent his ...
Running back commits to D1 program after lighting it up on the gridiron
January 11, 2020
Coming into high school, he knew nothing about football. However, three varsity seasons and a CIF-Southern Section Division 8 championship later, he’s looking forward to his future athletic and academic plans. “I was encouraged to join football through my cousin’s friend,” running back and def...
Season Recap: Lancer football’s historic season full of broken streaks and dramatic finishes comes to a close
December 19, 2019
This story was updated on Dec. 20 to include more honors. Fifteen weeks. Twelve wins. Six games decided in the final minute of play. Four players selected to the Orange County Register Hot 150. Two, two-and-a-half hour road trips. Two game-sealing interceptions at the goal line. O...
Lancer Nation claims No. 14 ranking for Orange County Register’s end of football season’s OC Varsity Student Section
December 19, 2019
Students lined the stands with their eyes focused on the field beneath them. The students’ roaring chants echoed throughout the stadium and onto the field. Beneath them, the Sunny Hills football team made history, claiming the CIF-Southern Section Division 8 title for the first time since 1992....
Sunny Hills offers rooter bus for third week in a row — this time to the Dec. 7 Lancers football game in Bakersfield
December 6, 2019
Students who want to be a part of Lancer sports history will once again have a chance to ride a rooter bus to Bakersfield Christian High School stadium, where for the first time ever, the Sunny Hills football team will compete in a state CIF playoff game. Assistant principal Hilda Arredondo sent a m...
Game recap: Cardiac kids do it again, erase halftime deficit to beat Santa Barbara in CIF final 24-21
December 4, 2019
A shorter recap is available on this story. Update: The story was updated Dec. 9 at 11:00 a.m. to change the number of total CIF championships won by the team from three to four. For the Lancers’ 2019-2020 football season, it wouldn’t be a Sunny Hills playoff win without a comeback. In t...
Sunny Hills football team defeats Santa Barbara 24-21 to take CIF-Southern Section Division 8 title
December 1, 2019
Sunny Hills football captured its first CIF title in 27 years after a 24-21, come-from-behind victory Nov. 30 against Santa Barbara at San Marcos High School stadium. “It’s still surreal," head football coach Peter Karavedas said. “I’m really proud of our guys; they battled tonight, and they...
