Photo Credit: Raphael Ghieuw Sien caption: Junior Paige Diamond (11) chases a player in the opposing team, who attempts to kick the ball into the goal. American and Washington tied the game.
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January 28, 2010
Kaylee Miu
The girls soccer team started league season slow, going 0-1-1, tying American at 2-2, then losing to Mission San Jose 0-3. However, the girls have come out stronger than ever, not losing a single league game since participating in the Tri-Valley tournament. Junior Paige Diamond led WHS in defeating Irvington, scoring four goals in the huskies 5-0 shutout over the Vikings. The team’s rival, Mission San Jose has been a strong opponent this season, defeating WHS 3-1 in the opening league game. On Jan. 19, Washington faced Mission for a second time at Tak Stadium, but this time defeating the warriors 2-1 after a long brutal game.
“Our team gets better after each game, and I’m so proud of them,” co-captain junior Andrea Bonilla said.
The game started off with a quick assist by junior Natalie Sanchez to junior Shadin Awad who scored a quick goal giving the huskies a 1-0 lead after the first half. However, Mission San Jose’s 5-11 mid-fielder Sarah Welker made her move, scoring a goal off a corner kick with her head that bounced off the keeper, tying the match 1-1. Huskies junior Megan Ravenscroft finished the game off by scoring a goal off a free kick. The Huskies defeated the Warriors with a final score of 2-1.
“Oh my God, I’m so excited!” senior Julia Bartolo said. “Our first couple of weeks were a little shaky but we definitely stepped up to the plate.”
After Tuesday’s game against Mission San Jose, Washington (6-2-1) not only claimed the win, but are now ranked first in league.
“We’ve tackled American and Mission, but our next big challenge will be against James Logan,” senior Megan Leibowitz said, “I’m sure that we will have a good game.” The girls previously defeated James Logan in a close 1-0 match and will face them again Feb. 2 at the James Logan field in Union City.
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December 17, 2009
Anterpreet Kaur
Link crew hosted its third academic follow-up, Dec. 9. Link Crew is a group of upperclassmen dedicated in guiding the freshmen class through their first year of high school. Link Crew leader senior Alfonso Bonilla coordinated the event after participating in the past.
“It was actually quite stressful trying to make sure everything turns out right. [However] the end result is always worth it,” Bonilla said. “Just like last spring, many freshmen, along with the teachers, enjoyed the games a lot. The link crew members also had a great time.”
This year the members improved the event by involving more classes so fewer freshmen were left out. In the Academic Follow-up, the freshmen class learned high school skills through games and lectures.
“I especially liked the beneficial advice that the senior link crew members gave to the class,” freshmen Shubreen Kaur said.
One game that freshmen played was human tic-tac-toe.
“It emphasizes competition and cooperation for them to succeed in high school,” said Bonilla.
The ultimate goal of the tic-tac-toe game was to teach important success skills for high school. Link Crew members also focused on some other common high school survival techniques, such as time management.
“All the stuff that it took upperclassmen a little while to learn, we want it to be available for them now,” Bonilla said.
