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The Student News Site of Sunny Hills High School

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Utility player sophomore Lauren Jacobsen gets ready to throw the ball during the girls water polo practice on Tuesday, Dec. 12 at the Sunny Hills pool.

GIRLS WATER POLO PREVIEW: Lady Lancers look to keep undefeated streak alive in Freeway League play, return to CIF title match

Nathan Lee, Layout Editor • December 13, 2023

Coaches: Keith Nighswonger (head coach), Jordan Jaime (assistant coach)  Top Returning Players: Sienna Bertsch (12), Eden Buell (12), Isabella Castaneda (12), Katelyn Fu (12), Julianna Garcia (12),...

Former girls varsity soccer coach Jeff Gordon (center) holds a glass trophy and a certificate as part of his induction into the CIF Hall of Fame on Wednesday, Oct. 18, at The Grand’s Conference Center Ballroom in Long Beach. To Gordon’s left stands a plaque that contains the names of past and present Hall of Fame inductees.

Ex-girls soccer head coach Jeff Gordon gets inducted into CIF Hall of Fame

Aashna Dialani, Opinion Editor • December 12, 2023

Walking into social science teacher Jeff Gordon’s classroom is like entering a sports memorabilia museum.  On the left wall, Gordon has on display brown frames containing 16-by-14- inch photos of...

Freshman Alexis Arroyo Garcia, who plays midfielder, dribbles a soccer ball across the Sunny Hills field during sixth period on Thursday, Nov. 30. The team’s non-league record is 4-1-1, with its only loss to Canyon High School in Anaheim, and the first Freeway League game will begin Tuesday, Dec. 12.

BOYS SOCCER PREVIEW: Lancers set their sights on another Freeway League title and a return to CIF title game

Nicole Park, Feature Editor • December 11, 2023

Coaches: Jordan Brinkley (head coach), Jonathan Burtea (assistant coach), David Torres (assistant coach) Top Returning Players: Anthony Aguiar-Casillas (12), Ezra Arias (12), Zachary Cardona (11), Ethan...

Sophomore Elly Sweeney reaches for the soccer ball at the Sunny Hills field during an after school practice on Monday, Dec. 4. The Lady Lancers will kick off their Freeway League season at an away game against Sonora High School.

GIRLS SOCCER PREVIEW: Lady Lancers kick off the season with a strong comeback, aims to progress further into CIF playoffs

Claire Lee, Entertainment Editor • December 11, 2023

Coaches: AJ Arenas (head coach), Sergio Miramontes (assistant coach), Ezequiel Paz (assistant coach) Top Returning Players: Rachel Haan (12), Isabel Miramontes (12), Katie Sweeney (12), Celine Villasenor...

Junior Caleb Kim (right) spars against another player during practice Wednesday, Nov. 15, in the wrestling room. The Lancers defeated the Sonora Raiders Wednesday, Nov. 29, at home in their first Freeway League match of the season.

BOYS WRESTLING PREVIEW: Coaches aim for Lancers to finish in Top 3 in Freeway League

Chris Lee, Staff Reporter • November 30, 2023

Coaches: Matthew Acosta (head coach), Fernando Mora (assistant coach), Ethan Nguyen (assistant coach) Top Returning Wrestlers: Derek Edwards (12), Cristian Gomez (12), Caleb Kim (11), Gavin Kim (10),...

Senior SooRin Hwangbo (top) and sophomore Keira Suh practice their techniques in the Sunny Hills wrestling room Wednesday, November 15, to train for their first Freeway League match at home against the Sonora Raiders on Wednesday, Nov. 29.

GIRLS WRESTLING PREVIEW: Lady Lancers hope to body themselves into CIF

Jiwoo Han, Opinion Editor • November 29, 2023

Coaches: Matthew Acosta (head coach), Fernando Mora (assistant coach), Ethan Nguyen (assistant coach) Top Returning Wrestlers: Kayla Alamos (12), SooRin Hwangbo (12), Sage Moreno (12) Top Newcomer:...

Boys volleyball takes its game to the ‘beach’

Boys volleyball takes its game to the ‘beach’

Chris Lee, Staff Reporter • November 18, 2023

It was during the March 2020 COVID-19 pandemic that the boys volleyball team’s inaugural season ended abruptly. Three years and a CIF Southern Section Division 5 title later, the Lancers are going...

Outside hitter senior Kayla Taylor holds up two fingers to signify the number of available hitters for the opposing team during the quarterfinal match against Windward School on Wednesday, Oct. 25.

GAME BALL: Girls volleyball team captain reaches 1,000 career kills, receives Dream Team recognition

Nicole Park, Feature Editor • October 28, 2023

In the midst of the black-and-yellow coded Sunny Hills gym, bright splotches of leprechaun green fill the stands and the court. The nine-meter net separates six players from the SH girls volleyball...

Right side hitter senior Jasmin Sonboli prepares for a kill against a Windward School blocker in the Sunny Hills gym Wednesday, Oct. 25. The Lady Lancers won the CIF Southern Section Division 4 quarterfinal match in straight sets and will compete in the semifinal round again at home on Saturday, Oct. 28, against the Capistrano Valley Christian Eagles.

CIF PLAYOFFS RECAP: Girls volleyball advances to semifinal round after defeating Windward in straight sets

Jiwoo Han, Opinion Editor • October 28, 2023

In her nearly decade-long tenure as the head coach of the Sunny Hills girls volleyball team, Amanda Donaldson had not been able to find a way to get her players to advance beyond the CIF quarterfinal playoff...

Senior Connor Irons (center) wears an Air Force Academy jersey while standing next to his parents and holding a California flag. The three celebrated Irons’ commitment to play football for the Air Force with a full-ride scholarship during their visit to the military university in Colorado earlier this summer. Irons has played as a defensive end on the football team for four years, being the captain for his senior year.

GAME BALL: Football team co-captain, defensive end’s gridiron journey to continue at Air Force Academy in Colorado

Alexxa Berumen, Editor-in-Chief • October 28, 2023

University of Pennsylvania [UPenn]. U.S. Military Academy [West Point]. U.S. Air Force Academy.  These are three of the colleges that football defensive end and co-captain senior Connor Irons...

Athletic trainer Lauren Wukadinovich, newly hired to serve full time, treats student-athletes in Room 141 during lunch, sixth period and after school. Depending on the sports schedule, she attends games to handle injuries or emergencies with her student interns.

WRAP UP: Ex-Regional Occupational Program teacher now Sunny Hills’ new full-time athletic trainer

Seowon Han, Web Editor-in-Chief • October 22, 2023

Lauren Wukadinovich was a flyer in cheerleading her senior year at Riverside Polytechnic High School in 2006 when she suffered her first major injury. “I was trying to do a heel stretch, which is...

Student athletes find themselves carrying the burden of success and expectations to win.

DEALING WITH PRESSURE: Athletes learn to balance the weight of recognition

Stacy Kim, Feature Editor • October 22, 2023

It was the first time the Sunny Hills girls water polo team reached the CIF title game. For six years, the Lady Lancers had dominated the Freeway League, remaining undefeated. In previous years,...

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