Competitive and Sideline Cheer Are Now Independent
CLAIRE JUDSON, reporter
October 4, 2018
Filed under Sports
For the first time, CHS cheer is set to have a strictly competitive cheerleading team for the upcoming 2018-2019 season. In previous years, a cheerleader would be required to participate in sideline cheer in order to be eligible to tryout for the competitive team. This year, competition tryouts, which...
Lynch Focuses on Golf
SARAH PINO, reporter
October 4, 2018
Filed under Sports
Esteemed physical education teacher Terrance Lynch is stepping into a new realm of sports after coaching the boys golf team for the past six years, and the football team for the last 22. Lynch assumed the position after Octavio Hernandez stepped down in order to focus on driecting ASB. Initially focused...
Cavanaugh Coaches XC
SEQUOIA CLARK, reporter
October 4, 2018
Filed under Sports
This year CHS alumna Kiana Cavanaugh is joining the cross country coaching staff to assist with the junior varsity and freshman girls. At CHS, Cavanaugh ran four seasons on the varsity cross country team and three seasons of track and field. After graduating in 2016, she attended UC Davis for one quarter...
JV Boys Soccer Players Aren’t Beginners; They Armas-ters
CASEY SHOULTZ, reporter
October 4, 2018
Filed under Sports
Watch out Wolfpack—the JV soccer team is about to change for the better. This year, CHS welcomes new coach, Nathan Armas to the Pack family, and everyone is buzzing to see what he has in store. Armas has played soccer since he was four-years-old, and has played within the Claremont community since...
New Coaches Dive Into Polo
Asiya Junisbai, reporter
October 4, 2018
Filed under Sports
Last year was one of the most successful seasons that the CHS girls water polo team has ever seen. With all of the coaches’ collaboration, the frosh, JV, and varsity teams all went undefeated and were able to collectively secure the title of league champions. However, the coaching arrangement has changed...
Coach Castillo Makes a Splash
JAIDEN CURLIN, reporter
October 4, 2018
Filed under Sports
Coach Ray Castillo, a senior currently studying at the University of La Verne studying biology, will be joining the boys (JV/Var) water polo coaching staff this season. Castillo is excited to be coaching again, after a three-year apparatus he took in order to focus on college. In high school, he was...
The Problem with Online PE
ROWAN ORLIJAN-RHYNE, reporter
October 4, 2018
Filed under Sports
Online physical education is not functional as a class and must come to an end. The goals of online PE are usually to imbue the importance of the ideas of habitual exercise and having a good diet, but the methods employed during the course do not convince students of these important components to a healthy...
New Challengers in Palomares League
CHARLIE WARREN, reporter
October 4, 2018
Filed under Sports
New challengers approach the Wolfpack as the Palomares League season kicks off, both literally and figuratively. Diamond Bar and South Hills, two longtime members of the Palomares League, dropped out in favor of the Mount Baldy League. They were replaced by two strong newcomers from the Mount Baldy League:...
Coles Crushes Competition at Cool Breeze
SEQUOIA CLARK, reporter
October 4, 2018
Filed under Sports
This year, freshman Maddie Coles joined the varsity cross country team and has already surpassed all expectations. Coles started running in seventh grade on the El Roble cross country and track team. While she was initially hesitant about joining the CHS cross country team, Coles realized she could not...
Pottorff Caught in Cheer Scandal
Gbemi Abon, Reporter
May 11, 2018
Filed under 2017-2018, Cheer/Dance, Sports
Four-year participant of CHS’s very own cheer team Julia Pottorff was told that it was required to wear a cheer bow for the upcoming 2018-2019 cheer season. It is known that Pottorff has very short hair and it is nearly impossible to wear a bow. This issue of her short hair was brought to attention...
Inside Your Favorite Sports Brand: Nike
Luke Kendall, Reporter
May 11, 2018
Nike is one of the most iconic and recognizable brands in the world. The brand is well known and even famous for making athletic wear and sports equipment. Currently, Nike has been a dominant force in their sector. They made $34.4 billion in 2017 compared to other sports brands, such as Adidas and Puma,...
Inside Your Favorite Sports Brands: Champion
Jaiden Curlin, Reporter
May 11, 2018
Lately, as many have noticed, brands that were originally thought of as average, or maybe even cheap have been becoming much more highly regarded. Some of these brands would be Champion, which in months went from something shoes that gets bought at Payless for 25$, to a designer brand where a simple...