A mass reorganization within the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League has left MHS in a lower division, Varsity Football Special Team Coach Vito Cangemi said. A merger of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League with the Peninsula Athletic League was enacted last year due to concerns regarding the lower leagueContinue Reading
For the second year in a row, the boys varsity swim team qualified for the annual California Interscholastic Federation Central Coast Section (CIF-CCS) Championship, according to team captain senior Howard Chen. Qualifying for both the men’s 200 medley relay and men’s 200 freestyle relay, the team ended their season inContinue Reading
For some, sports can be a hobby, as many students utilize sports as learning experiences and ways to pursue their passions. This experience can be amplified by having a sibling involved in the same sport, as shared experiences can serve as a way to grow and improve through the supportContinue Reading
Many students join a sports team in high school because they have played the sports for many years. However, there are others who start playing a new sport for the first time in high school and are able to find success and enjoyment in a place where they may notContinue Reading
The MHS varsity softball team’s winning record is 21-4 this season, and they are currently on a six-game winning streak, according to MaxPreps. The team consists of many players who have played travel softball together for years, varsity softball player junior Priyah Quinonez said. This prior knowledge of playing softballContinue Reading
On Feb. 3, 2023, California officially made flag football a girls’ high school sport for the 2023-2024 school year, ABC news reported. MHS plans to have flag football next year in some capacity, Athletics Director Joanna Butcher said. Despite the addition of girls flag football, football will remain a co-edContinue Reading
Class of 2018 alumnus TaRiq Bracy played multiple sports — football, basketball, and baseball — essentially year-round from middle school through his junior year, Bracy said in a Zoom interview. In his senior year of high school, since he received interest to play football for Division I schools, he choseContinue Reading
Very few junior badminton players can claim that they are among the best in the nation, but MHS is home to two of them — sophomores Anderson Lin and Mia Hundley, who both play on the varsity badminton team. According to the USA Badminton Junior Rankings on Tosszone, a websiteContinue Reading
Math teacher Marian Doan has taken over as the assistant coach for the varsity and junior varsity boys and girls badminton teams, Doan said. One of the most significant changes to badminton in the past year has been previous head coach Jerell Maneja stepping down from his position after multipleContinue Reading
A longstanding part of athletics at MHS, Coach Vito Cangemi has been involved with coaching at MHS for 15 years, including coaching varsity football and boys varsity golf starting this year as well, Cangemi said in an interview. Cangemi has been playing golf for over 35 years, but originally playedContinue Reading
Coaching is not for everyone, and the number of coaches at MHS has fluctuated during the 24 years that varsity boys basketball coach Champ Wrencher has been coaching and teaching, he said. At the start of his career, there were a multitude of on-campus coaches, and while many quit eventually,Continue Reading