MCHS Varsity boys cross country team pose with their championship banner after winning NBL (Curtesy of Michael Lucid) By Luke Shimer, sports editor Football: Our MCHS football team finished the season with a 4-6 record and ranked 7th in NCS Division 4. Even with things not going our way with last-second losses and many crucial […]
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Around the league: fall sports in full swing
Senior Sam Mortimer rushes in for a touchdown to increase the lead to 25 points (Photo courtesy of Myiah Lucio, The Puma Prensa) By Luke Shimer, sports editor Football: The MCHS football team is off to a solid 3-4 start with three close losses as well as a big upset victory, the first win coming […]
San Francisco Giants expect a regression from an exceptional season
San Francisco Giants face off against the Miami Marlins (Photo: Carson Dillon, Windsor High School) by Luke Shimer, sports editor The San Francisco Giants head into the 2022 season with tremendous optimism after outlasting the Los Angeles Dodgers for the 2021 National League West Division title. The Giants set a franchise high with 107 wins […]
Around the League: spring sports arrive
Junior Gio Lucchesi pitches against Tamalpais High School (Photo: Caroline Cooper, MCHS Junior) by Luke Shimer, sports editor Men’s Soccer: The men’s soccer team finished 13-5-2 and went 8-3-1 in the North Bay League. They made it to the quarterfinals of the NCS Division two playoffs where they lost to Bishop O’Dowd High School. Women’s […]
Around the League
Senior Luc Guggiana shoots a free throw (Photo: Luke Shimer, The Puma Prensa) by Luke Shimer, sports editor Men’s Basketball: The men’s basketball team is currently 7-17 overall and 2-8 in NBL- Oak play. They are eliminated from NCS playoff contention. The Pumas have faced many difficult opponents and have had to go through missing […]
Cal thrashes Stanford 41-11, reclaims the Axe
Cal kicks off to Stanford to start off the Big Game (Photo: James Hart, The Puma Prensa) by Luke Shimer, sports editor The yearly Big Game between the Cal Golden Bears and Stanford Cardinal came and went, with Cal thrashing Stanford 41-11. Cal came off a two-week COVID-19 break where 44 staff and players tested […]
Giants exceed expectations
Beautiful day at Oracle Park (Photo: JP O’Donnell, Student at Montgomery High-School) by Luke Shimer, Sports Editor The San Francisco Giants exceptional season has come to a heartbreaking end with a 2-1 loss in game five of the National League Division Series to the Los Angeles Dodgers. According to FanGraphs, the Giants entered the season […]
The Future of The 49ers
By: Luke Shimer The future of the 49ers is bright with third overall draft pick Trey Lance coming and seven more draft picks to add to their stellar team for the 2021-2022 season. This draft is extremely important with the 49ers coming off of a bad season finishing last in their division. The big question […]
March Madness Recap
All images from the NCAA March Madness website. By Luke Shimer, staff writer March Madness ‘21 delivered special moments for all college basketball fans. The upsets and overtime thrillers really shaped this year’s big show of the nation’s best teams. The tournament, as usual, consisted of four regions with 16 teams per region. The men’s […]
Most Influential Award in Sports
By: Luke Shimer The annual National Football League awards excites football fans with the hope of their favorite player winning MVP or rookie of the year, but the award that gets the least amount of attention might be the most important of them all. The Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year award is presented […]