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Smash hit: Badminton finishes a promising season

Smash hit: Badminton finishes a promising season

Mateo Rangel, Student contributor May 2, 2025

Sneakers slide across the court, with quick paces back and forth. Fingers draw across handles, grips tightening as seconds pass. A fast drawback builds anticipation on the opposing side as a glare gets...

Killing it: Boys volleyball are league champs, CIF bound

Killing it: Boys volleyball are league champs, CIF bound

Momo Tonthat, Student contributor May 2, 2025

The Scott Gym buzzes with energy as the boys’ volleyball team takes the court, their jerseys sparkling under the lights and their minds focused, ready for any hit that comes their way. The Panthers started...

Athlete of the Issue: Catherine McFarlane

Athlete of the Issue: Catherine McFarlane

Buddy Hall, Student contributor May 2, 2025

As the bright lights of John Burroughs High School’s track shine down on the Panthers, one of Poly’s most crucial athletes paces herself on the red runway, concentrating before her first jump. As the...

Athlete of the Future: Sam Andrade

Athlete of the Future: Sam Andrade

Buddy Hall, Student contributor May 2, 2025

As the whistle blows and the crowd swallows the noise of the gym, sophomore Sam Andrade calmly stands in the backcourt, eyeing his competition. He closes his eyes, takes a deep breath and bounces the volleyball...

Nearing the finish line: Track looks to the end of the season

Nearing the finish line: Track looks to the end of the season

Celine Chao, Student contributor May 2, 2025

Bang! The starting gun fires as anticipation explodes onto the track with electric energy. This season, the Poly track and field team has been rewriting their own limits and beating their personal records...

Golf gets into the swing of things

Golf gets into the swing of things

Robert Panossian, Student contributor May 2, 2025

The glistening, white golf ball lays there on the green, eager to complete its final task. With one swift motion of the putter, the ball rolls slowly, pulling closer and closer to its ultimate destination....

Athlete of the Issue: Eila Chan

Athlete of the Issue: Eila Chan

Mia Chang, Assistant sports editor May 2, 2025

As the softball cuts through the tense, still air, junior Eila Chan swings her bat with focused precision, sending the ball soaring in the opposite direction. While according to maxpreps.com, the national...

Boys tennis looks to finish the season strong

Boys tennis looks to finish the season strong

Graydon Felgner, Student contributor May 2, 2025

After a dominant 16-2 victory over EF Academy on Tuesday, Apr. 15, the Polytechnic School boys’ tennis team is proving they’re here to compete. The Panthers are on the rise, led by a mix of experienced...

Baseball bounces back

Baseball bounces back

Arjun Singh and Alex Teng May 2, 2025

A swing and a miss! This sums up the Poly boys baseball season thus far. The Panthers started the season 1-6 with multiple close losses. But despite their slow start, the team is on an upward trajectory...

Athlete of the Issue: Oliver Mann

Athlete of the Issue: Oliver Mann

Alex Teng, Assistant sports editor March 21, 2025

As the final buzzer echoed through the pool, all eyes were on a junior Oliver Mann and his 200 freestyle relay team who had just shattered a school record on the biggest stage possible, the 2024 State...

Girls softball is an early season hit

Girls softball is an early season hit

Celine Chao, Student contributor March 21, 2025

Returning from last year’s performance which ended in the second round of the Division VII CIF playoffs, Poly’s softball team is gearing up for a thrilling season. New additions to the team have allowed...

Baseball struggles in early season play

Baseball struggles in early season play

Michelle Xu and Olivia Zee March 21, 2025

The sun is out and spring is here, which, for Head Coach Wayne Lovett and his team, can mean only one thing—it’s baseball season. The varsity baseball team kicked off their season this last month,...

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