sports Archives - The Tam News

Title IX’s foul ball

April 22, 2020

Title IX was meant to end gender imbalance in high school and college sports. But it also led to a lack of female coaches — a disparity that our community is no exception to.

Tags: Alyssa Nakken, Ariana Greenberg, coaching, Female coaches, gender disparity, Katie Sowers, Lia Pletcher, lily bowman, Luke Ferris, Mike Smith, Nathaniel Burroughs, NCAA, samantha nichols, San Francisco 49ers, San Francisco Giants, sports, tam high, Tenacity Lacrosse, Theresa Sherry, Title IX, Tucker Institute, Verity Breen

Spring sports season canceled

(From left: Courtesy of Leslie Owen, Anne Elisco-Lemme, Grant Jarrett, and Jon Cronander)

By Jordan Cushner and Jessica Bukowski

April 13, 2020

Spring sectional, regional, and state championship events have also been canceled as a result of the coronavirus.

Tags: Candace Murphy, Christina Amoroso, coronavirus, COVID-19, Jessica Bukowski, jordan cushner, Mason Marks, Mike Smith, pandemic, Ron Nocetti, sports

Tennis coach turmoil continues

Former girls' and boys' tennis coach Bill Washauer poses with the girls' tennis team after a tournament victory last season. (Courtesy of Tenaya Tremp)

By Logan Little

March 15, 2020

Longtime girls' and boys' tennis coach Bill Washauer was dismissed without explanation in December. Now his replacement has abruptly left the position.

Tags: bill washauer, Jamilah Karah, Katie Bulger, Ken Broad, logan little, MCAL, sports, tennis

Monster Jam

By Emily Stull

March 14, 2020

A monster truck competition is the one sporting event I wouldn’t miss.

Tags: Emily Stull, Monster Jam, monster trucks, Race, review, sports

Smooth sailing

The 2020 Tam High sailing team. (Courtesy of Luke Marshall)

By Tenaya Tremp

March 13, 2020

Take a look at one of Tam's lesser-known sports teams: sailing.

Tags: Lily Hock, Luke Marshall, Renee Corpuz-Lahne, Sailing, sports, Tenaya Tremp

Girls’ varsity soccer goalie Ellie Flad breaks MCAL record

Flad dives for a save during the MCAL championship game against Redwood on February 15. (Courtesy of Raffi Baumann)

By Kavi Dolasia

March 6, 2020

Girls' varsity soccer goalie Ellie Flad has broken the MCAL regular season shutout record, and has helped the Hawks to the number one seed in the NorCal state tournament.

Tags: Ellie Flad, Kavi Dolasia, MCAL, North Coast Section, record, Shane Kennedy, shutouts, soccer, sports

Girls soccer’s perfect season rolls on

The Girls Varsity team huddles before a game vs. Branson.
Photo Courtesy of Ian Boyd

By Quinn Rothwell

February 6, 2020

The girls varsity soccer team just wrapped up their first undefeated MCAL championship season in history

Tags: MCAL, Quinn Rothwell, soccer, sports, undefeated

Winter sports preview

The seniors on the boys basketball team. (Courtesy of Tam Boys Basketball)

By Leah Fullerton

December 19, 2019

A preview from each coach on their upcoming seasons.

Tags: basketball, boys sports, girls sports, Leah Fullerton, MCAL, Season Preview, season previews, soccer, sports, winter, wrestling

With no field lights, Friday night football games are a thing of dreams. Tam's neighbors' arguments against the installation of field lights are weak at best and it's time to kickstart the conversation.

Tags: eli blum, field lights, friday night lights, opinion, sports