Air Quality Affects Sports
November 23, 2018
Filed under Sports
The deadliest, most destructive wildfire in California's history, known as the Butte County Wildfire destroyed around 14,000 residences and killed at least 85 people as it raged across Northern California. The fire, nicknamed as The Camp Fire, started early Thursday morning of November 8th and was not fin...
Has Tennis become too Traditional?
October 17, 2018
Filed under Sports
Like a few other sports, tennis is considered a gentleman’s sport and gentleman’s game. However, not just gentlemen now play. When people view sports they typically imagine sports such as soccer, baseball, basketball, and American football: team-oriented sports with huge crowds and massive stadium...
Haight Wins Coach of the Year
June 11, 2018
Girls golf coach John Haight was awarded this year’s Coach of the Year award by the Tam Administration. Haight, who has coached the team for ten seasons, was given the award for his leadership, positive attitude, and sportsmanship. Haight first learned he had received the award in a letter fr...
Roddy and Marks Serve Up NCS Banner
Jacob Swergold and Jacob Swergold
June 11, 2018
Sophomore Mason Marks and senior William Roddy claimed the MCAL doubles title, finishing 2nd in Division 1 NCS, and leading Tam tennis to the MCAL win. Marks and Roddy have been playing together for the last seven years and have developed remarkable chemistry. “We’re able to focus during a match an...
Nygaard Steps Down as Golf Coach
June 10, 2018
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P.E. teacher Dustin Nygaard ended his tenure as boys golf coach following the conclusion of the spring 2018 season. “I just stepped down from the position, and I’m going to be an assistant coach working with Shane [Kennedy] on the girls varsity soccer team next season,” Nygaard said. Nyga...
The Gain Train Has Left The Station
May 8, 2018
Filed under Sports
The baseball season is beyond its halfway point, and that means mid-season fatigue is setting in. Fastball velocity can dip a couple miles per hour, the break on curveballs becomes less crisp, and hitting batting practice home runs becomes a struggle. The cause is known as “the grind”. Daily pract...
Haynesworth And Johnson Win Tam Student Athletes Of The Year
April 23, 2018
On March 13, Principal J.C. Farr and Athletic Director Christina Amoroso announced the Tam student athletes of the year: seniors Noah Haynesworth and Reilly Johnson. Haynesworth had a three-year varsity basketball career and was a captain his senior year. He also earned all-league honors in his onl...
Bleacher Report
February 9, 2018
Filed under Sports
When discussing sports of any kind, especially those with particularly passionate fans, the age-old phrase “It’s just a game” seems to be a go-to argument used to criticize overzealous displays of spirit. I never quite understood how and why this preposterous fallacy gained popularity, because I ha...
Connor Jenkins: Sophomore Stud
February 2, 2018
Filed under Sports
Before moving to the United States and starting his sophomore year at Tam, sophomore Connor Jenkins was balling on the international hardwood in New Zealand and Japan. Jenkins fell in love with basketball at seven years old while living in Tokyo. After spending the first 12 years of his life in Japa...
Tam Students Take On Mavericks
Ava Finn, Ava Finn, Ava Finn, and Ava Finn
February 2, 2018
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Three Tam students surfed Mavericks, the notorious 25- to 30-foot break located north of Half Moon Bay, on January 11. Junior Mac Castaneda, junior River Galland, and senior and Tam News reporter Jacob Swergold trained for years before heading down to Mavericks. Even though January 11 was one of...
Humans of Tam: I Had Begun a Spiral of Hatred
Kennedy Cook and Michael Diamandakis
December 9, 2017
Filed under Featured, Features, Humans of Tam
“It seemed like you weren't there mentally during that fly. Your strokes were sloppy, you barely kicked off the walls and your drive wasn’t straight.” [My coach] was trying to make the feedback a little nicer. I just stared at her, having no excuse for my awful swim. In the weeks following the meet...
Crewe Hutson: Overcoming Obstacles
Kennedy Cook and Michael Diamandakis
June 2, 2017
Filed under Sports
Freshman Crewe Hutson is not your average dual-sport athlete. Although he played running back for the Junior Varsity football team and guard for freshman basketball team, the quality that truly separates him from his peers isn’t obvious. “If you talk to most people, I look like a normal athlete out ...
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