Middle school swim fosters ‘love for the sport’ despite cancelled championship
By Avery Fox, Staff Reporter
December 4, 2019
Since joining the Pacific Basin League [PBL] in 2011, the middle school swim team has won five PBL championships and placed second the other two years. This year, the team continued defending their title by winning almost every event. Then, the league final was cancelled due to fires. “I saw the team grow, a...
Junior varsity volleyball improves skills, ‘creates positive dynamic’
By Allie Worchell, Voices Editor
December 4, 2019
Faith Soriano ‘22, an outside hitter on the junior varsity volleyball team, ran to pass the ball at an Oct. 3 game. Suddenly, she forgot she was playing front row and sprinted back to the position only for the volleyball to hit her in the face. "It was crazy, and it was so embarrassing because a l...
Q&A with varsity basketball captains: Nadia Charles, Ariel Heimanson
By Lizette Gonzalez, Staff Reporter
December 4, 2019
The varsity basketball team had its first game of the season on Nov. 19, playing against Vistamar High School at Park Century. The team won with the score of 30-21. The team consists of 12 players from ninth, tenth and eleventh grade. As their season takes off, the Oracle sat down with captains and juniors...
Getty fire impacts athletes’ practice, game schedules
By Lizette Gonzalez, Rio Hundley, and Celeste Ramirez
November 14, 2019
Archer remained closed and in the evacuation zone from Oct. 28 to Oct. 31 due to the Getty fire. This impacted multiple sports teams' practice and game schedules. The Oracle sat down with the six sports teams that are still in their fall season to discuss how the players were affected. Varsity tennis J...
‘You make sacrifices’: Athletes practice time-management, prioritization
By Chloe Fidler, Staff Writer
November 14, 2019
Sophomore Naya Ben-Meir participates in classes, scrimmages on the tennis court and rides the bus from 6:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. She describes her day as "active" as she manages everything from tests and papers to extracurriculars. Ben Meir is far from alone. 50% of Archer students are athletes who...
Practice makes perfect: JV tennis experiences ‘growth’ throughout season
By Nicki Rosenberg, Managing Editor
November 3, 2019
The JV Tennis team members kicked off their season on on Sept. 5 with a match against Crossroads, which they won 18-0 and left feeling "excited" about more opportunities to play this year. Now, at the end of their season, having won six out of their eight matches, the seven freshman and sophomores h...
Q&A with varsity cross country captain: Sophie Larbalestier
By Lizette Gonzalez, Vaughan Anoa'i, and Celeste Ramirez
October 24, 2019
Senior Sophie Larbalestier is in the middle of college admissions season, but she's also in the middle of cross country season. The varsity cross country team has had seven meets so far and are currently in the second place of the Liberty League. At their last meet on Oct. 4, sophomore Lauren Robson...
Q&A with MS Volleyball captains: Chloe Chu, Gemma Larbalestier, Callie Wicklander, Juliette Hoeber
By Rio Hundley, Sports Editor
October 24, 2019
This season, 27 middle schoolers tried out for the volleyball team. Since only 6 players can be on the court at a time, the sheer number of prospective team members prompted the athletics department to create two middle school teams. The purple team is made up exclusively of the class of 2024 and...
Q&A with varsity volleyball player Bella Morgan
By Lola Lamberg, News and Features Editor
September 27, 2019
Varsity volleyball has played ten games so far this season, losing only two despite having moved up to CIF-SS Division 5. The Oracle sat down with the varsity volleyball team's libero, defensive specialist and outside hitter, junior Bella Morgan, to discuss her experience playing a varsity sport in high...
The ball is in our court: Coaches, students celebrate return of field, sport court
By Nicki Rosenberg and Rio Hundley
September 18, 2019
The end of the summer brought new classes, faces and schedules to every Archer student. However, the beginning of the school year also introduced a new home for athletics: a new and improved sport court and field. "I think [the sport court and field are] great in the sense that they brought back community,"...
Middle school ‘tennis family’ ends successful season
By Chloe Richards, Staff Writer
June 6, 2019
The middle school tennis team had a record-breaking season, with both the purple and green teams making it to the playoffs for the first time ever. The purple team ended in third place in the league, while the green team ended in sixth place. The season ended on April 26, followed by the team playoffs,...
Track and field sprints to first-place finish in league championship
By Ella Frey, News & Features Editor
May 30, 2019
The first Olympic Games began approximately in 776 B.C. and included a variety of athletic events like track and field and wrestling. During the festival, athletes participated in track events, including the stade race, field events and long distance runs. Today, Archer has its own varsity track...
By Lena Jones, Columnist
December 6, 2019 • 1 Comment
“Symptoms?” Painful pressure on the right side of my face. Forehead, temples, down my neck. “Does it hurt now?” Only if I take off the sunglasses. “So...
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