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Colin Shannon 17 returns the ball during the first game of the season against Notre Dame. Credit: Bennett Gross /Chronicle

Numbers Game: boys volleyball uses stats to analyze the game

Juliana Berger April 19, 2016

There is always a video camera trained on the boys’ volleyball team. During every practice, every game, the boys are being recorded so that the coaches can use the footage to apply data analysis and...

New lacrosse coach Erik Krum gets involved with players during practice. Credit: Elly Choi/Chronicle

New coach, new season: Boys’ Lacrosse Team adjusts to new changes

Dario Madyoon April 17, 2016

It’s Friday afternoon, and after a long week of games, practice and lifting, any other team might have a sluggish practice that day. "Let’s go, let’s go," first-year boys’ Lacrosse coach Erik Krum...

Pitcher Benjamin Geiger 17 attempts to pick off an opponent during a league game. Credit: Bennet Gross/Chronicle

New man in charge

Connor Reese April 16, 2016

Although baseball is coach Jared Halpert’s focus now, it wasn’t always. Halpert began his long and illustrious baseball career at Chatsworth High School, where he was part of the 2000 and 2001 CIF-SS...

Basketball manager Eddie Mack 17 collects balls for the team during a warm-up. Credit: Joe Levin/Chronicle

Mack is back: Eddie Mack ’17 carries on his family legacy

Joe Levin April 15, 2016

Eddie Mack ’17 is in limbo. He’s at the top of the key, in a grey Nike Wolverines coach’s polo, black jeans and grey Nike sneakers. He slouches and crosses his arms, watching the boys’ basketball...

Cami Katz 16 dives into the Copses family pool during a meet. Credit: Emily Rahhal/Chronicle

Diving in: divers feel close to teammates despite individuality

Zac Harleston April 14, 2016

As Cami Katz ’16 prepares for a meet for her UCLA club dive team, she knows that each individual dive is the result of hours of arduous training. Before even jumping off the boards, Katz starts with...

Senior attendees of the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference travelled to Boston March 11 and 12 to learn about sports stats/ Printed with permission of William Thill

Seniors hear panels at analytics conference

Bennett Gross April 12, 2016

Twelve students and three faculty members attended the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in Boston on March 11 and 12 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. The conference consisted of 32...

Freshman basketball phenom ushers in Rebibo Era

Freshman basketball phenom ushers in Rebibo Era

Jake Liker January 8, 2016

Cassius Stanley ‘19 models his game after Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook. “I think his explosion, I think I have similar athleticism like him, and, (although) I am bigger than...

Jayda and Jayla Ruffus-Milner are identical twins both playing on the girls varsity basketball tema. Credit: Pavan Tauh/Big Red

Double Trouble: twins Jayla and Jayda Ruffus-Milner compete side-by-side (video)

Rian Ratnavale January 7, 2016

As Jayla and Jayda Ruffus-Milner ’18 watch the waning seconds of the Varsity Football game at Homecoming, it’s easy to see how much the twins enjoy sports. While their other friends are talking or...

The fanatics section explodes in Taper gym as Cassius Stanley 19 throws down a dunk during a game against the Heritage Christian School Warriors. Credit: Cameron Stine/Big Red

Guest Column: A letter to the Wolverine faithful

Gabe Golob January 6, 2016

I still remember watching my first high school basketball game at Harvard-Westlake like it was yesterday. To add to the hype, the game was against Loyola, and I was as excited and pumped up as ever. I...

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Pay your way to the top: students play FIFA to relieve stress

Zac Harleston January 6, 2016

After getting home from school everyday, Ray Mueller ’17 sits down to do his homework, knowing that as soon as he finishes, he can return to playing FIFA 16. Once he finishes his homework, he turns on...

The cheerleading squad performs at halftime of the boys basketball game. Credit: Cameron Stine/Big Red

Loud and proud: cheerleaders work hard behind the scenes

Rian Ratnavale January 5, 2016

Although the cheer team is not out there on the gridiron or dribbling the ball up and down the court in Taper Gymnasium, its presence is a welcome constant to the ups-and-downs of a sports season. Cheerleaders...

Alec Katz 19 takes the ball up the pitch during a game against the Palisades High School Dolphins. Credit: Cameron Stine/Big Red

A young boys’ soccer team looks to improve upon team chemistry

Connor Reese January 4, 2016

Following the graduation of both starting senior center backs Cole Fletcher ’15 and Parker Converse ’15, Ethan Blaser ’17 has shifted from his normal position as a defensive center midfielder to...

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