By Noah Miyamae Staff Writer Photos by Brian Kojima The girls’ varsity tennis crushed the Mark Keppel Aztecs on the road by a score of 14-4 on Monday, September 14. Despite having no games in the previous week, the team was able to continue the Tigers’ hot win streak during the preseason so far. All […]
Eight SPHS students selected as National Merit Semifinalists
By Nick Michael Staff Writer Photo by Thomas Forman Nearly a year after taking their PSAT, the semifinalists of the National Merit Scholarship Program were announced on Wednesday, September 9. Seniors Olivia Chiu, Raymond Gilmartin, Madeline Hellwig, Somi Jun, Helena Roberts-Mataric, Richard Ruan, James Song, and Emily Ye were among those selected from South Pasadena. […]
Travel Blog: Trip to Zion National Park
By Vaughn Huelsman Staff Writer Photos by Vaughn Huelsman My feet entered first and I expected to land on the rocky bottom, but soon the frigid water enveloped my entire body. The stress that had been restricting me dissolved in the cleansing stream. At that moment, I felt something I’d been waiting to feel all […]
Football dominates Hoover in first home preseason match
By Ryan Nakamura Staff Writer Photos by Tucker Judkins With the South Pas Alma Mater closing off the night, the Varsity Football team sent home the Hoover Tornadoes in a 44-6 victory last Friday, September 11. Playing bigger, faster, and stronger gave the Tigers an advantage that the Tornadoes never saw coming. Those advantages became […]
Girls’ volleyball cruises past Arroyo to bounce back from loss
By Riley Segal Staff Writer Photos by Matthew Scholtz The girls’ volleyball team crushed Arroyo High School at home in three sets with scores of 25-12, 25-11, and 25-14. This game provided more of a challenge to the Tigers as they were assigned specific goals by their coach, and were missing a key player, Molly […]
Girls’ volleyball falls to Mayfield in narrow matchup
By Riley Segal Staff Writer Photos by Matthew Scholtz The girls’ volleyball team fell to Mayfield Senior School in an away preseason match in four challenging sets with scores of 15-25, 27-25, 22-25, and 19-25. The Cubs have been an extremely successful team in the past, and the Tigers felt that despite the results, they […]
FYF music festival lives up to its name
By Cole Cahill Staff Writer Photos by Cole Cahill After much deliberation and persuasion, I acquired tickets to the second day of the festival back in May, after which the 23rd of August couldn’t come fast enough. When the highly anticipated weekend finally rolled around, I was shaking in my boots until I stepped […]
Fantastic Four is anything but fantastic
By Nick Michael Staff Writer The Fantastic Four series has had its share of reboots lately. The 2005 film Fantastic Four and the 2007 sequel Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer were both adequate, but did not fulfill the great potential that the series had. So when the latest offering, Fantastic Four, was released, […]
Boys’ water polo continues to impress with a 22-6 victory over Burbank
By Nick Michael Staff Writer Photos by Stephanie Kim The varsity boys’ water polo team continued its blazing start to the new season at home on Tuesday, manhandling Burbank High School by a score of 22-6. The Tigers took control of the game right from the start. Junior DJ Myer kicked off the scoring with […]
Girls’ volleyball sweeps Polytechnic in clean three sets
By Riley Segal Staff Writer Photos by Matt Scholtz The girls’ varsity volleyball team defeated Polytechnic School in three hard-fought sets with scores of 25-19, 25-16, and 25-23. This was a change from the last time South Pas faced Poly, when Poly knocked the Tigers out of the running for a CIF championship. The Panthers […]
Football opens season with exciting 31-28 win over Santa Clarita Christian
By Ryan Nakamura Staff Writer Photos by Tucker Judkins A 31-28 victory over Santa Clarita Christian kicked off the varsity football teams new season in a hotly contested win at Canyon High School. “It was an exciting game and we saw a lot of different parts of football from passing to running and defense,” Head […]
Girls’ tennis stays hot with convincing victory against Duarte
By Noah Miyamae Staff Writer Photos by Brian Kojima The girls’ varsity tennis team pummeled the Duarte High School Falcons in a blowout score of 16-2 at home on Friday, September 4. This victory reinforces the team’s possibility of a dominant run this season. The two teams appeared to be on friendly terms from the […]
Girls’ golf defeats Westridge to win two straight
By Kevin Park Staff Writer Photos by Tucker Judkins The Tigers defeated the Westridge Tigers, 207-300 at the Alhambra golf course, increasing its record to 2-0 in pre-season. Junior captain Caitlyn Yamashita led girls’ golf to its second victory in Thursday’s match against Westridge high school. Yamashita finished with the top score in Thursday’s match […]
Boys’ water polo showcases an incredible 23-1 victory against Aztecs
By Nick Michael Staff Writer Photos by Stephanie Kim The boys’ water polo team yet again strolled to an easy victory on Thursday, as the Tigers picked up an incredible 23-1 win at home against the Mark Keppel Aztecs. “We came out strong today, and we were the aggressors the whole game,” junior Rob Decker […]
Girls’ Volleyball cruises past Mark Keppel to win two straight
By Riley Segal Staff Writer Photos by Matt Scholtz The girls’ volleyball team swept Mark Keppel High School in another three-set win at home. Though the Tigers were fatigued from the previous game against Campbell Hall, the Aztecs provided little challenge, which was evident in the resulting scores of 25-3, 25-7, and 25-12. In the […]
Season Preview: Cross Country
By Isabel Barbera Staff Writer Photo by Tucker Judkins The coed varsity cross country team has everything going its way this year. With virtually no key member losses, and under the new leadership of former assistant coach Joe Soto, the team is looking at a possible Rio Hondo League Championship. “This year, all of us […]