Irvington’s Superheroes Rock Fall Rally North
October 29, 2009 • By Shilpa Sharma
Filed under Local News, News, Top Stories
Key Club fundraises in California’s Great America On October 24th, Irvington’s Key Club attended the annual Fall Rally North fundraiser in California’s Great America, where they joined hundreds of other key club members in Northern California to raise money for Pediatric Trauma Prevention and Pediatric... Read more »
Drug-Free Door Decorating Contest
October 29, 2009 • By Karishma Patel
Filed under Irvington News, News, Top Stories
ASB hosts annual red ribbon week door decorating contest It all went down on Friday, October 23, 2009 to see which advisory class was all about “drug free.” Participation and competition were fierce this year, but Mr. Ryan Willer’s advisory class took the win and proved that they knew... Read more »
Flipping and Twisting Across the Floor
October 29, 2009 • By Karishma Patel
Filed under Fall, Sports
New year, new members, but same hope With gymnastics being “10% inspiration, 90% perspiration,” it definitely is one of the toughest sports–flipping along a beam four inches wide and four feet of the ground is no piece of cake. This season, many athletes from other sports are turning over to... Read more »
Trophy Time!
October 29, 2009 • By Divya Gowthaman
Filed under Fall, Sports
Girls Water Polo wins third-place trophy at Newark Memorial Tournament The girls’ varsity water polo team got off to a great start this season with a third-place trophy they won at a three game tournament at Newark Memorial High. With the tournament lasting two days, the team won two games out of three... Read more »
Bump, Set, Spike, Win!
October 29, 2009 • By Alexandra Perlegos
Filed under Fall, Sports
Irvington volleyball girls show their skills, and work as a team. Through a series of remarkable blocks, spikes, and over-hand serves, Girls’ volleyball came out of their pre-season and proved that they were in charge. They were ready for anything that was thrown at them. In the first game of the season,... Read more »
Fresh Start for Girls’ Tennis
October 29, 2009 • By Neetu Puranikmath
Filed under Fall, Sports
Viking Tennis Tries to Recover and Rebound The mood was quite somber last November when the girls’ tennis team waved off its 13 seniors at the last home match. “We lost a huge portion of the team,” said sophomore Karina Uchiumi. After losing half of its varsity team – including #1 singles seed... Read more »
Cheering to Success
October 29, 2009 • By Raji Ramanathan
Filed under Fall, Sports
Viking cheerleaders prepare for their competition “One-two-three-four, five-six-seven-eight.” Almost every day after school, one could often hear Viking cheerleaders chanting on cheers during practice for their competition. On September 26th, Irvington cheerleaders will be competing against many... Read more »
Cheer is Soaring High
October 29, 2009 • By Karishma Patel
Filed under Fall, Sports
Cheerleaders compete in competitions and place This year, Viking cheerleading is participating in competitions. The team has a new coach who wants the cheerleaders to showcase their skills to other schools. Varsity cheerleading already attended their first competition on September 26th in Santa Cruz.... Read more »
Water polo: Smack-down on the Waterfront
October 29, 2009 • By Neetu Puranikmath
Filed under Fall, Sports
To those of us not well-versed in aquatic sports, water polo evokes an image of basketball players throwing a ball into a net while somehow managing to stay afloat. Water polo is considered by many an underappreciated sport, an unknown sport. Water polo players are taking this all in stride by attempting... Read more »
Serve it Up, Spike it Down
October 29, 2009 • By Justine Yan
Filed under Fall, Sports
Irvington’s varsity girl’s volleyball team finished the first half of its season with a 5-1 record. Irvington’s win over Mission San Jose, the team’s most prominent opponent, early in the season was a big encouragement to many players. Immediately after, the team focused its attention on the... Read more »
