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Nikko's Burgers
The Student News Site of Sunny Hills High School

The Accolade
Nikko's Burgers
The Student News Site of Sunny Hills High School

The Accolade
With a strong lead, senior Mia Gonzales runs to the finish line to end her 3.1-mile race, scoring a first-place medal at the 31st Wayne Walker XC Invitational on Friday, Sept. 26.

SH cross country team delivers strong performances, placements at Wayne Walker XC Invitational

Emily Lee, Social Media Team & Staff Reporter • October 8, 2025

Cross country head coach Hannah Batchelor said the Lancers competed with about 300 other runners from a total of nine schools on Friday, Sept. 26.  Of the Lancer cross country runners, 15 placed in...

Senior rusher Sydney Kim runs with the ball in her hand to pass the opposing team’s attempt at removing her flag during the game against Whitney High School on Monday, Sept. 8.

GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Lady Lancers build on their first year and set sights on CIF stage

Emily Lee, Social Media Team & Staff Reporter • September 10, 2025

Coaches: Troy Nelson (head coach), Chablis Bates (assistant coach, JV head coach), Dylan Kuhn (assistant coach) Top Returners: Solaio Arredondo (10), Julia Cabrera (11), Annalise Glynn (11), Elly Sweeney...

Shooting guard junior Jayden Bai holds the ball, preparing to pass to his teammate during an away game against Fullerton Union Tribes on Tuesday, Dec. 10.

BOYS BASKETBALL PREVIEW: Lancers head North in new league with fresh mix of starters

Kyuwon Han, Opinion Editor • January 3, 2025

Coaches: Joe Ok (head coach), Chris Camus (assistant coach), Don Shaw (assistant coach) Top Returning Players: Jayden Bai (11), Raeden Bobadilla (12), Ryan Chang (10), Nathan Johnson (12), Jaden Shim...

New principal Craig Weinreich, who replaces Allen Whitten, has a conversation on his first day on the job with seniors Lindsay Bridges and Samantha Perez in the quad on April 13. Weinreich said he plans to continue Whitten’s policy of talking with students during break and lunch in order to be accessible with students.

Newly hired principal Craig Weinreich, who was an assistant principal here until 2019, aims to reconnect with students, staff

Jaimie Chun, Editor-in-Chief • April 28, 2022

For some veteran faculty members at Sunny Hills, Craig Weinreich is remembered as an up-and-coming English teacher in 1999 and a social science instructor a few years later. While for boosters of the...

In response to the opposing team’s lineup announcement, many students in the Sunny Hills home section in the gym deliberately flip through The Accolade’s most recent issue, “Going Viral,” at the Feb. 18 boys basketball game against Ontario Christian High School. Since students are now allowed back onto the bleachers at home basketball games this school year, they have found more ways to increase audience participation to build school spirit after not being allowed to do so last season because of the pandemic.

Are they really reading newspapers? Return of fans to basketball games leads to revival of student section antics

Henry Lee, Web Editor-in-Chief • March 1, 2022

They're reading newspapers! They're reading newspapers! Well, sort of. The Associated Student Body [ASB] and other students sitting in the Sunny Hills home bleachers of the varsity boys basketball...

Point guard junior Chad Nguyen dribbles the ball in front of a sparse crowd as a result of the indoor audi- ence limit at a home game against Buena Park on Wednesday.

Omicron forces limit to indoor sports spectators to 500

Kate Yang, Editor-in-Chief • February 1, 2022

Victory chants from the student section echoed across the gym floor. Students dressed in white spirit wear spilled out from the bleachers as the buzzer signaled the end of the fourth quarter — Sunny...

Linebacker senior Kevin Hu runs around a cone during a June 23 practice. The Lancer football team currently practices Monday-Thursday from 3:30-5:00.

Athletes in Cohort C still ‘C’ to it that they stay in shape, contribute to their sports team

Lauren Jung, Guest Columnist • December 8, 2020

After spending his first five class periods listening to his teachers’ lectures on Zoom and completing his work digitally from his room at home, freshman Aiden Ko rushes to campus for his sixth period...

Then-sophomores pose for a picture at the 2019 Track & Field banquet last May in the Sunny Hills quad. Photo used with permission from Ella Eseigbe. 

With spring sports season abruptly axed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, so goes any chances of virtual or in-person banquets for teams

Grace Johnson, Web Managing Editor • May 27, 2020

Tacos sizzling on the grill in the Sunny Hills quad while student athletes sit at tables chit chatting; then the lights go off. The jumbotron suddenly lights up with a slideshow in dedication to all...

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