Baseball fell 2-0 to Cypress High School last night in the CIF division one championship at Dodger Stadium. The squad looked for its second ever title since its first win in 2013 as well as redemption following two back to back first round playoff exits. The team’s run in the North Carolina National High School […]
This morning at all-school assembly, shortstop and Stanford University commit Drew Bowser ’20 announced he will be playing in the Prospect Development Pipeline League this summer at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. According to PDP’s official website, the League is a collaborative effort between MLB and USA baseball to establish an official identification and player […]
Waking up on game day is the best feeling in the world. There is nothing like putting on my white long-sleeve Harvard-Westlake softball shirt and packing my red hair ribbon for our game after school. Throughout the day, I see my teammates, wearing the same long-sleeve, and we point to our shirts, exchanging an ‘ayyy.’ […]
Baseball has continued its strong season with consistent tournament play, an overall record of 23-5-1 and league record of 4-3-1, placing second in Mission League to rival Notre Dame High School. One of the team’s three losses this season was to Orange Lutheran, ranked first in the nation according to MaxPreps, in the championship of the National […]
Baseball has begun its season with a strong 9-1 record after losing to Valencia High School in the first round of the CIF Playoffs last season. The team won the Easton Tournament to start the year, defeating the Notre Dame Knights in the final. Outfielder Tyler Ganus ’20 said close bonds between members of the […]
The school hosted its first pop-up play festival March 9, in which students wrote, directed, cast and performed eight plays in a 24-hour time period. Assistant Features Editor Zoe Redlich ’20 proposed and organized the event, with the help of Performing Arts teacher Michele Spears and Justin Park ’20. About 30 total students participated in […]
I believe sports have the power to connect people like little else can: from championships to heartbreaks, long bus rides to brutal conditioning, every member of the team is engaged and connected. While I love to train, compete and push myself to new goals, my favorite part of playing sports at Harvard-Westlake over the past […]
I started playing soccer when I was five. My parents never forced me to play, but, as a Brazilian, soccer was ingrained in my life from the second I was born. One of my earliest memories was setting up two trash cans in my front yard as goals and playing my dad one-on-one or listening […]
Boys’ basketball finished its regular season and lost in the third round of the CIF SS Division I tournament to Santa Margarita High School. Despite early season struggles, the team ended with a 21-9 overall record and won the Mission League title for the first time since 2011. Program head David Rebibo said that although […]
With the sun beating down on the field, Caroline Sturgeon ’20 crouched in the goal, her heart racing as her eyes focused on a quick Huntington Beach High School midfielder weaving through defenders. The score was tied 1-1. Her job became simple: protect the goal. Not only was the LAFHA championship on the line but […]