By Vaughn Huelsman Staff Writer Photos by Tucker Judkins The softball team lost in a 6-5 thriller against the Montebello Oilers at home on Monday, February 2. The squad struggled defensively in the first inning as the Tigers ended the inning with a score of 4-1 in favor of the Oilers, but gradually made a […]
By Declan Chin Staff Writer Photos by Matt Scholtz The South Pasadena baseball team displayed its dominance over Eagle Rock with convincing 12-3 and 10-0 victories. These wins start the Tigers off with a 2-0 record on the season. The Tigers kicked off the season with their ace, senior Brandon Louie, on the mound. Louie […]
By Nick Michael Assoc. News Editor The 2016 GQ nominees were announced on Friday, February 26, at lunch on the Tiger Patio. Three nominees were introduced for the freshman, sophomore, and junior classes, and nine were announced for the senior class. The nominees were selected based on the results of a school-wide voting ballot. On […]
By Riley Segal Staff Writer Photos by Matt Scholtz The girls’ basketball team ended its CIF run in a 62-45 loss to Antelope Valley on Wednesday, February 24. The away loss concludes the Tigers’ season with an overall record of 16-7. Though South Pas was one point down at halftime, the Lady Lopes ultimately took […]
By Faye Witherall Feature Editor South Pasadena High School’s Academic Decathlon placed first in Los Angeles County for the second consecutive year to finish ahead of more than 60 schools at the two-part regional competition. The team’s results were announced two weeks after the initial section of the competition at the award ceremony on February 10. […]
By Isabel Barbera Assoc. Opinion Editor Dismayed residents gathered at the South Pasadena Unified School District Board Room Tuesday night, February 16 for the third public meeting concerning the controversial Mission Place project. The meeting was held by request of the public to further voice concerns and questions about the potential development on the […]
By Sandy Grossman Staff Writer Aspiring entrepreneurs from the varsity Virtual Business team and the Intro to Virtual Business class represented SPHS at the Long Beach Virtual Enterprise Trade Show. Sixty-nine companies from 66 Southern California schools participated in the two-day event on February 11 to 12. Judges awarded senior Alyssa Schwantner and […]
By Cole Cahill & Sandy Grossman Tiger Staff Staff and ASB members hosted the annual Eighth Grade Night where incoming freshmen were given a tour of the high school on February 17. The event is organized each year to help ease the transition from the middle school to a new campus. “We introduced the […]
By Olivia Chiu Copy Editor Student programmers of all skill levels gathered to build apps and games, attend workshops, and meet with mentors at the first CodeDay Los Angeles of 2016. The SPHS Coding Club went to Santa Monica for the 24-hour event from February 13 to 14. CodeDay is a triannual event that […]
By Nick Michael Assoc. News Editor 24 The annual SPHS Talent Show, held on Friday, February 19 in the auditorium, featured eleven student performances. Eight of the eleven acts were vocal performances, and most of them were covers. Senior Jung Su Park kicked off the show with a mashup of Justin Bieber’s “Sorry” and “I’ll […]
By Declan Chin Staff Writer Ninety students from SPHS traveled to Youth and Government Model Legislature and Court’s Sacramento conference to participate in a variety of program areas including debating bills in the Senate and Assembly, and arguing court cases in Bench Trial or Appellate Court. An important event of the Sacramento conference is […]
By Ross Lelieur Senior Staff Writer The pressures of schoolwork may be pushing some students to turn to drugs like Adderall and Ritalin to stay on task for long periods of time. These drugs, normally prescribed for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), can be used non-medically to help individuals focus for significant periods of […]
By Riley Segal Staff Writer Seventy-six students received a total of 124 Western Region awards after freshmen and juniors from Ms Diane Shires’ English classes, as well as other independent students from SPUSD, submitted their works to the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards Regional Competitions in December. Nineteen of these students received the Gold […]
By Jung Su Park Sports Editor Numbers play a huge role in sports. Outside sources rate a team based on its record, spectators and players alike judge levels of individual skill through statistics, and match outcomes are determined by what appears on the scoreboard. Although such approaches are obviously essential to understanding athletics, displaying favorable […]
By Brandon Yung Staff Writer The Tigers finished their 2015-2016 season unable to send any of the seven viable wrestlers to Masters during CIF this past weekend. The CIF tournament took place at Santiago High School on Friday and Saturday, February 19 and 20. Individuals were eliminated after two losses. Out of the seven wrestlers […]
By Kevin Park Staff Writer The varsity girls’ water polo 2015-2016 season came to end on Saturday, February 20 with a tough loss to Los Altos High School in the CIF quarterfinals at home. This year’s season was filled with several surprises, most notably when the Tigers secured a spot in playoffs through a wildcard […]
