Photo by Helena Fu Staff Photographer After winning first place in the triple jump at CIF Division 3 Finals, sophomore Tianhao Wei placed second at the prestigious CIF Masters Meet. He jumped 47’06”, a new school record, and qualified for the CIF State Prelims meet. His jump on Saturday, May 26 at El Camino College was […]
Track and field participates in the CIF Finals
Against the best Division III jumpers in Southern California, sophomore Tianhao Wei won first place in the boys’ triple jump with an extraordinary 46’06” jump on Saturday at CIF Finals. His new personal record in the event was nearly a foot farther than his previous personal best of 45’07”. Wei’s astounding jump at El Camino […]
Track enjoys strong showing in CIF preliminaries
Photo by Helena Fu Staff Photographer After dominating the rest of the Rio Hondo League all season, the SPHS Track and Field went toe to toe with some of the best competition in Southern California at CIF preliminaries in Costa Mesa. Both the girls’ 4×100 and 4×400 relay teams placed in the top nine, and will […]
Track competes admirably at the Rio Hondo finals
Photo by Helena Fu Staff Photographer The South Pasadena track and field team competed against the best athletes from other Rio Hondo League schools at the league finals meet on Friday, May 4. Under the bright lights of Roosevelt Field, nine boys and ten girls from SPHS qualified for the CIF Prelims meet, three short from […]
Track and field sweeps La Cañada in fourth dual meet of the season
Photos by Helena Fu Staff Photographer The SPHS track and field teams’ domination of Rio Hondo league continued on Tuesday, April 17, with the boys beating La Cañada 105-19 and the girls also winning comfortably by a score of 95-28. The boys’ team had one of its best efforts as a whole this season, taking […]
Track and field dominates San Marino in its second league meet
Photo by Helena Fu Staff Photographer The varsity track team was once again victorious, beating San Marino and Blair in a dual meet on a hot afternoon at the San Marino track on Wednesday April 11th. In the second league meet of the year, junior Christina Taylor and sophomore Gianna Beasley once again dominated the competition […]
Track and field competes admirably in prominent Arcadia Invitational meet
Photo by Helena Fu Staff Photographer Ten athletes from the SPHS varsity track team competed against some of the best runners and jumpers from across the country this past weekend at the prestigious Arcadia Invitational meet. This annual meet is one of the most competitive high school meets in the nation, with Olympians and world-record holders […]
Track and field maintains winning streak in league opener against Monrovia
Track picked up right where they left off last year, sweeping Monrovia across all four divisions in their first league meet on Wednesday, March 28. Girls’ and boys’ varsity won by a large margin, with scores of 76-51 and 85-42, respectively. Both teams beat the Wildcats in the 4×400-meter relay, but the girls’ team was […]
SPHS students win prizes in the Rotary Club Ethics Essay Contest
Photo courtesy of Diane Shires SPHS student writers put their skills to the test in the annual South Pasadena Rotary Club’s Ethics Writing Contest. Junior Andrew Shim, freshman Gillian Terhune, and junior Kyle Lam were awarded first, second, and third, respectively, at a ceremony Tuesday night. The three students’ essays were chosen out of over 100 […]
Football defeated by San Marino on homecoming
Photos by Luke Quezada Staff Photographer The SPHS football team wasn’t to qualify for CIF on Saturday night, losing 55-14 to San Marino in its final game. The rival Titans were dominant from the start, scoring on every one of their first half possessions. The Tigers were unable to get any offensive rhythm early in […]
Students spar in heated debate over DACA
Photos by Isaac Marziali Videographer Thomas Forman Photo Editor Politically curious students poured into the SAC room on Friday, October 13 during lunch to attend the student debate over President Donald Trump’s repeal of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), which provided work permits and amnesty for children of undocumented immigrants. The debate, the […]
Baseball gloves stolen in second locker room heist
Written by Preston Sharkey Staff Writer $1500 worth of baseball gloves were stolen from the locker room Thursday afternoon, marking the latest locker room heist at SPHS. The robbers entered the locker room at around 1:55 pm, as it had recently been unlocked for baseball practice at 2:00. There are currently no suspects, but head varsity […]