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

Alexxa Berumen, Spotlight Editor • 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...

Great Gatsby 1920s-themed homecoming events full of firsts

Kayla Martinez, Staff Reporter • September 30, 2023

The Associated Student Body [ASB] will turn back the clock in the quad with a 1920s Great Gatsby-themed homecoming dance on Saturday, Sept. 30. “We loved the elegant Roaring ‘20s aesthetic and thought...

DID YOU KNOW? Cafeteria mural’s origins remain a mystery for most but serves its meaningfulness to wrestlers

Seowon Han, Spotlight Editor & Business Manager • May 6, 2023

As a continuing feature, The Accolade investigates some of the mysterious spots on campus. For this story, we wrap up our third in a series on campus murals and their origins. The Accolade sends copy editor...

VIDEO: 2022 Homecoming Football Game

Nathan Le, Videographer • October 10, 2022

Lancers hold off Fullerton Tribe 14-13 in Sept. 30 homecoming game, Freeway League opener

Kate Yang, Editor-in-Chief • October 7, 2022

Five years. Those years amounted to the winning streak the Sunny Hills football team has over the Fullerton Union High School Tribe. And last week, the streak continued – but barely. After...

Photo Gallery: Homecoming Assembly 2022-23

Rebekah Kim, Noah Lee, and Asaph Li • October 5, 2022

Photo Gallery: Homecoming Football Game

Summer Sueki and Sheila Neri • October 5, 2022

ASB vice president crowned homecoming queen

Henry Lee, Web Editor-in-Chief • October 3, 2022

Senior Lindsey Kang, the Associated Student Body vice president, was named homecoming queen Friday, Sept. 30, during halftime of the Sunny Hills football team’s Freeway League home opener against Fullerton...

Coach Wilde’s Upturn: Journey from CIF winning team player to head coach

Aiden Park, Opinion Editor • September 27, 2022

His efforts on the Sunny Hills football team led to two Freeway League titles. In 1990, he played defensive back and wide receiver on the Lancer football squad that won a CIF title. New head football...

FOOTBALL PREVIEW: New head coach, new players hope for winning formula

Kate Yang, Editor-in-Chief • August 26, 2022

Coaches: David Wilde (head coach/offensive coordinator/running backs/outside linebackers), Ron Newton (defensive coordinator/defensive line/special teams), Bruce Wallace (offensive line), Andrew Guerva...

CALLING AN AUDIBLE: Ex-football head coach/social science teacher starts 2022-2023 school year as SH’s new assistant principal

Susie Kim, Web Editor-in-Chief • August 14, 2022

This is the first of a series of feature profiles of new, full-time teachers or administrators at Sunny Hills High School for the 2022-2023 school year. Subsequent stories will be posted soon in the Feature...

Pursuing my lifelong dream through The Accolade

Grace Johnson, Web Managing Editor • May 27, 2022

When I was a little girl, all I ever wanted to be was a dolphin trainer at SeaWorld. It was my dream, at that time, to just dance in the water with them all day and put on shows for people. But I soon...