Sports

Irving, Harden, and Durant walk down the court together (Photo: NBA.com) By Max Mwaniki, staff writer The Nets are one of the strongest teams in the league after picking up Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and James Harden. After their transition to the Nets, they each received backlash and criticism from fans of their former teams […]

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 […]

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 […]

By Ben Chan, staff writer On Feb 18, 2021, the NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced that there would be an All-Star game on Sunday, March 7, at State Farm Arena in Atlanta. However, as COVID-19 continued to run rampant through the United States, many players and even fans asked, “Why?” The NBA All-Star game is […]

by Luke Shimer, staff writer Coming off of the worst record in the NBA last season at 15-50, the Warriors are looking to come back with a big season. Many new faces have joined the Warriors, including the number two overall pick of the 2020 NBA draft, James Wiseman. Others such as Kelly Oubre Jr., […]

by Jon Donohue, staff writer New guidelines released by the California Department of Public Health, as well as the regional stay at home order being lifted on Jan. 25, made it possible for the Santa Rosa City Schools district to confirm a season for cross country, track and field, tennis, and golf. The new CDPH guidelines […]

by Jon Donohue, staff writer Update Dec. 16: From a district email: “While a county is under a Stay at Home order, team sports and practice [are] not permitted. Outdoor physical conditioning, practice, skill-building and training are allowed but must be limited to a single household. Competition will not be allowed until January 25 at the […]

by Josephine Rivera-Hoagland, staff writer After interrupting sports in the spring, the pandemic has continued throughout the start of school and now well into fall. High school athletes haven’t had the same opportunity to train in enclosed bubbles approved by the league as many college and professional players have. However, the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) […]

By Luke Shimer, staff writer At this point Maria Carrillo High School still plans on having a full season of each of the fall sports typically offered, but if cases spike or the pandemic gets worse, this might not happen. Some of the precautions being put in place are wearing masks at all times, being […]

By Owen Pugh, sports editor Sports will not be taking place for the rest of this school year at Maria Carrillo High School. The California Interscholastic Federation officially announced the cancellation of its spring sports on April 3, two days after Governor Gavin Newsom announced that all schools were ordered to close for the remainder […]