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Junior Samuel Hong prepares to dive into the Sunny Hills pool on Wednesday, Feb. 19, during swim practice after school.

SPORTS RECAP: Swim and dive remains undefeated throughout entire league season; girls place first, boys place second

Katelyn Ahn, Business Manager & Spotlight Team Reporter • May 30, 2025

After a six-year consecutive win streak, the Lady Lancers went undefeated in the new, revamped Freeway League, qualifying for CIF-SS preliminaries and finals with a 4-0 league record and a 7-0 season record...

Sophomore Josef Hudak accelerates toward the finish line as the anchor leg of the 4x100 meter relay during the Thursday, April 10, meet against the La Habra Highlanders at Buena Park High School stadium. The boys won the meet with a score of 150 and the girls won with a score of 119.

SEASON WRAP-UP: Track & field league finals end with seven qualifying for CIF

Yena Oh, Entertainment Editor • May 30, 2025

Seven athletes qualified for CIF after league finals at the Fred Kelly Stadium, officials said. “The majority of them have strong athletic backgrounds, so it helped that we were able to share athletes...

Sophomore Madelyn Sooter enters the takeoff zone for the high jump in an attempt to jump over the bar at the Freeway League quad meet No. 2 on Thursday, April 3, 2024.

GAMEBALL: A (wo)man for all seasons

Yena Oh, Entertainment Editor • March 12, 2025

This is the first in a series on student-athletes playing a sport during each season in the 2024-2025 school year. The Accolade profiles their contributions and what they do to keep them on top of their...

Pitcher sophomore Alexis Perez positions to catch a softball at the Sunny Hills field in an afterschool practice Monday, March 27.

SOFTBALL PREVIEW: Lady Lancers bounce back from their ‘short stop’ of win streak hoping to win Freeway League, advance deeper in CIF

Alexxa Berumen, Editor-in-Chief • March 29, 2023

Coaches: Elise Laws (head coach), Dale Lopes (assistant coach), Vanessa Moreno (assistant coach)  Top Returning Players: Gabrielle Flores (12), Madison Moreno (11),  Olivia Pedraza (11), Alexis Perez...

The boys volleyball team celebrates a point against Cerritos on Thursday, March 9, in the Sunny Hills gym. After losing the first set, the Lancers bounced back and swept the next three to win, 19-25, 25-20, 25-18 and 26-24.

BOYS VOLLEYBALL PREVIEW: Lancers looking forward to challenge of competing in higher division

Kayla Martinez, Staff Reporter • March 14, 2023

Coaches: Albert Soliguen (head coach), Victoria Guillory (assistant coach) Top Returning Players: Ryan Axe (12), Nathan Casasola (12), Logan Filadelfia (12), Ryan Mesnik (11), Owen Taylor (12), Payton...

Senior Kaitlyn Yee swims the 100-yard backstroke during the 2019 Freeway League preliminaries at Troy High School, where she placed first. She then advanced to the 2019 CIF-SS Division 3 finals, where Yee also broke the Sunny Hills record for the 200-yard medley relay alongside her teammates and contributed to her team’s second-place victory.

Game Ball: UC Davis-bound record-setting swimmer traces time in the pool all the way back to when she was 1 year old

Kate Yang, Editor-in-Chief • October 23, 2020

At 1 year old, many boys and girls are just beginning to learn how to walk. Their first words are usually “mama” or “dada.” On top of those developmental milestones, senior Kaitlyn Yee’s...

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