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Ever since she can remember, 18-year-old Noama Iftekhar has begun her day with a glass of milk. Her healthy eating habits have landed the Adrian C. Wilcox High School 2012 graduate a $7,500 college scholarship awarded to athletes who make breakfast a priority. As a role model for youth, she gets to appear in a … Read more
With budgets in the Santa Clara Unified School District repeatedly cut – from the state pulling money back to just plain not providing the funding promised – schools and their programs have had to resort to many different forms of fundraising. The main problem with most fundraising methods, is over-saturation. At some point in time, … Read more
The Santa Clara High School Cheerleading squad took third place out of twenty teams at the USA Nationals competition, which was held in Anaheim, California. It is the first time since 2008 that the team has made it to the finals of this national competition. Only the top 25% of teams competiting make it to … Read more
Parishioners from across the Bay Area filled the lower section of Santa Clara University’s Leavy Center February 3 for the sixth annual Priests (Revs) versus Seminarians (Sems) basketball game to benefit seminarian formation in the Diocese of San Jose. Going into this year’s event, the series was 3-2 Revs. The Sems, were determined to continue … Read more
On Saturday, October 8th, Sporting 00B Green will have a Goals for a Cure hair booth open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., located at Curtis Field. For a $5 donation, you can have pink hair tinsel braided into your hair (two strands maximum), temporary pink and/or purple hair color sprayed on your hair and … Read more
Jamboree Weekend Who would have thought that the Lions (Midget Team) would start the season against Campbell and come out on the short end to open the season? Looking young and looking to find themselves, these young men of the Lions learned a lot – within the first few plays it was clear that Coach … Read more
There are hundreds of gymnastics programs across the nation and each year, these programs compete to receive the honor of being named one of the top ten programs in America by MeetScoresOnline.com. As of July 17, Santa Clara’s Airborne Gymnastics is considered to have the second best women’s team program in the country and the … Read more
Say “roller derby” and chances are you’ll think of 1970s sexploitation flicks – say, “Unholy Rollers” and its drive-in diva star, Playmate Claudia Jennings, or Raquel Welch as “the hottest thing on wheels in “Kansas City Bomber.” But sensationalism – sex-sationalism? – actually plays just a supporting role in the nearly century-old history of roller … Read more
Records are meant to be broken and no matter how quick you are, there is always someone better, faster and stronger just waiting for their moment to shine. Such was the case at the 44th Annual Santa Clara International Swim Meet on June 16-19. The event, held at Santa Clara’s George F. Haines International Swim … Read more
As part of USA Swimming’s Grand Prix Series, swimming elite Ryan Lochte, Michael Phelps and Natalie Coughlin among other members of the US and Australian National Teams will be hitting the water at the 44th Annual Santa Clara International Swim Meet June 16-19. Santa Clara Swim Club’s own Russell Payne, an Olympic hopeful for the … Read more