Author: Amber Chen

SPUSD introduces draft plans for elementary school renovation

Story by Amber Chen Staff Writer Photo courtesy of South Pasadena Unified School District Contributor The South Pasadena Unified School District (SPUSD) introduced its draft plan to renovate the three elementary schools on Tuesday, Jan. 14 at a school board meeting. Although plans are still in their beginning stages, SPUSD presented the current focuses of renovation […]

Boys basketball falls in overtime to Flintridge Prep

Story by Amber ChenStaff Writer Photo by Matthew TsaiSports Editor Boys basketball narrowly lost to Flintridge Prep, 50-46, on Monday, Jan. 6, in its final preseason game. The Tigers will enter the league season with an 11-3 record. A gritty defensive battle sent the game into overtime, where South Pas suffered from multiple turnovers. The […]

Sophomore cross country runner Sydney Morrow competes at State Championships

Story by Amber ChenStaff Writer Photo by Colin GraceContributor Sophomore Sydney Morrow competed at Division IV Cross Country State Championships in Fresno Saturday, Nov. 30. She was the only South Pasadena runner to individually qualify for this race. Morrow placed 27th with a time of 18:48.4. She finished the first mile in a blistering 5:30 […]

Compelling acting and exciting set elements collide in fall production ‘Metamorphoses’

Story by Amber Chen Staff Writer Photos courtesy of Shari CorrelContributor Drama director Nick Hoffa’s goal is to bring an exciting, one of a kind experience to the stage. This year’s play, Metamorphoses, which debuted on Friday, Nov. 15, accomplishes just that, putting a modern spin on classical Greek myths in a manner that is […]

Cross country advances to CIF Finals after shining at Prelims

Story by Amber ChenStaff Writer Photo by Colin GraceContributor The varsity cross country teams competed at the CIF Division IV Southern Section Preliminaries on Saturday, Nov. 16, both qualifying for Finals. Despite many injured and sick runners, the girls team placed sixth and the boys team finished fifth. Sophomore Sydney Morrow led the girls team, […]

Girls and boys cross country both earn first place at Apache Invitational

Story by Amber ChenStaff Writer Photo courtesy of Michael ParkinsonContributor The girls and boys cross country teams both placed first in the Jade D-IV races at the Apache Invitational on Friday, Nov. 1. Star sophomore Sydney Morrow placed first, a whole 18 seconds before the second place finisher. Morrow earned a personal record of 17:42.00, […]

Cross country shows out at Mount SAC Invitational

Story by Amber ChenStaff Writer Photo by Isabelle WhetselContributor Cross country team dominated at the Mount SAC Invitational, one of the largest high school meets in the nation with over 14,000 runners, on Friday, Oct. 25.  The boys and girls teams both competed in the highly competitive D-III, IV, and V Individual Sweepstakes races. Despite […]

Cross country pushes through fatigue and excels at second RHL meet

Story by Amber ChenStaff Writer Photo by Alex ParraWebmaster & Videographer The SPHS cross country team asserted its dominance at the second Rio Hondo League meet on Tuesday, Oct. 15.  After competing at the Clovis Invitational just three days ago, many runners ran a minute or more slower than usual. Still, the boys finished in […]

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