Sports
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Mens Soccer Looks to Return to Championship Form
After a rocky start to the 2012 mens soccer season, which saw an uncharacteristically poor win-loss record, player dissatisfaction and resignation, and the eventual dismissal of a new head coach, the defending BSAL champion Cougars appear to have righted the ship. The Cougars have brought… -
Cougar Wrestling Team Competes Well at Colton Christmas Classic
Congratulations to the Albany High School wrestling team for placing 6th overall out of 24 teams at the Colton Christmas Classic wrestling tournament in southern California. This was their highest team finish in Albany wrestling history. Individual medalists and their respective weight classes include seniors… -
Slammin’ Home: Championship Season in Review
Cougar Volleyballers win NorCal title, lose state final in exciting fifth set.
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Debate Club Starts the New Year with a Strong Performance
This past weekend, the Albany High Debate Club attended a tournament at Dougherty Valley High School. With five of the ten Albany teams in attendance winning awards for their performance in a tournament of approximately 400 debaters from around the Bay Area, the event was… -
EDSET Poster Sessions Highlight Environmental Issues
On Friday, January 13, junior EDSET students unveiled their environmental research projects, presenting them to their peers, teachers, and administrators in the school library. For several weeks, the students had been researching environmental subjects ranging from sustainable transportation to green academies to investment in energy-efficiency…. -
New Policy Shines Light on Tardies
Today, the school administration implemented the “New Albany High School Tardy Policy.” On Monday, school officials handed out the the new policy to students coming in late. It reads: “Beginning Wed. Jan. 25, all students who are tardy to any class must first go to… -
Call of the World: Connect
Participation in CONNECT is a wonderful alternative to a traditional Albany High School education. Rather than taking a variety of unrelated courses of seemingly little value in the real world, CONNECT students take classes with focused curriculum that is applicable outside of the classroom. Additionally,… -
Zian Liu Announces Completion of “Dragon’s Fury: Legend of the Dragon Master”
As the morning announcements draw to an end, a familiar crowd filters in to the Little Theater. Pamela Lim-McAllister, Zian Liu’s teacher, club advisor, and longtime supporter, takes a seat in the back end of the room, sporting her trademark expression of enthusiasm. Key members… -
Call of the World: EDSET
Taping lecture posters to the shuttle stop of Lawrence Berkeley Lab, senior Mark Tingwald describes his aspirations of being an engineer. He has high hopes for college, but tries to keep things in perspective as he had grades in the past that were not strong… -
A Gift of Warmth
One of the most incessantly distracting feelings is the feeling of being cold. It makes it difficult to focus on anything else. In fact, One Warm Coat Organization states that, “Even a 2-degree drop in body temperature results in reduced heart rate, loss of coordination,… -
Remaking Holleywood
Movie remakes are not a brand new concept. Hollywood has been pumping them out for decades. But recently, movie remakes have been making themselves a more common presence. The question is why? With accessibility to Netflix and the Internet, it is easier than ever to… -
The Class of 2012: Kagawa Graduates
Kagawa crosses the stage into retirement.
