1. 2010 Football Season Underway
“New season of Friday night lights premieres this week!” exclaimed senior Brendan Ward, comparing tonight’s opening varsity football game at Cougar Field to the hit NBC show. Friday’s game will likely provide clues to the balance of the season as the Cougars take on another pack of cougars from Campolindo High. After losing several key players to graduation, the ...
2. Jaicko to Perform at AHS
“Then I peep to little miss muffin, fresh out the oven Can I take a bite? ‘cause you look so scrumptious Voluptuous, I’m lovin’ it Now you’ve got me singin’, ‘Oh yeah!’” Albany students have been constantly singing these lyrics in anticipation of Jaicko’s upcoming concert at AHS. The obsession with this up-and-coming artist from Barbados originated in Ned Purdom’s English 3 Honors classes. ...
3. Cougar Basketballers Take Red Brown Title
On a dark and stormy night in Marin, Myles Babbit brought a little precipitation of his own, raining down seven three-pointers on the Novato Hornets and leading the Cougars to the championship of the Red Brown Tournament, 59-33. Babbit’s 23-point performance, which earned the junior tournament MVP honors, was particularly important for the injury-plagued Cougars, now 7-2. Seniors Connor Freeberg ...
4. Lip Sync 2010
Anticipation was building up quickly as the Pep Rally came to a close. People rushed off the bleachers and down to the amphitheater to get front row spots for the infamous Albany High Lipsync competition. The freshmen class started off with a bang as Oscar Rodriguez put on an undeniably catchy solo act. Typically a group effort, it was surprising to ...
5. Tagivakatini Qualifies For State Track Meet
Junior Talei Tagivakatini continued her impressive track season by qualifying for this week’s California State Track Championships in the shotput and discus events. She earned her berth by finishing first in the shot put and third in discus at Saturday’s Meet of Champions in Berkeley. She now holds a school record of 41’ 2” in shotput and personal ...
6. O’Dowd Denies Cougars NCS Softball Title
Albany High's hopes for repeating as NCS softball champions were crushed by a hard-hitting Bishop O'Dowd team that jumped out to a 4-0 first inning lead and then cruised to a 9-0 victory Saturday afternoon at Chabot College. The Cougar's usually solid defense faltered early on and the Dragons took advantage of every opportunity. At the plate, the Cougars lacked punch, with ...
7. Cougars Blank Mustangs, Gain NCS Final
Riding the bat of sophomore Ellie Arkin, the pitching of junior Sara Muse and a sound defense, the Albany High Cougars gained their second consecutive NCS softball final after beating San Marin 5-0 at home today. Arkin provided all of the offense needed with a three-run homer to left center. Arkin also played a solid defense that collectively shut out ...
8. Cougars Top Tam, Face San Marin Wednesday
After sitting out the first round of NCS softball play with a bye, the Albany High Cougars dusted off the cobwebs Saturday afternoon and mauled the visiting Tamalpais High School Red Tailed Hawks 9-5. With the win, the Cougars advance to the NCS semifinals against another Marin County team, San Marin, Wednesday May 27, 5:00 p.m. at Memorial Park. The Cougars pounded ...
9. Science Bowl 2009 – The Real Story
Washington, D.C. – Science Bowl Day 5 – May 3, 2009 Let the games begin. Round Robin Competition. We got up disgustingly early to eat our breakfast. Afterwards, we tried to play Risk before brunch, but it turns out we are not good at taking risks. We established the Albany Science Bowl theme song: "Every Time We Touch" by Cascada. All ...
10. Science Bowlers Take 5th Place
Washington, D.C. - Monday May 4, 2009 - 1:00 p.m. EDT - At the National Science Bowl competition, the Albany High School team placed fifth nationally. The team, coached by Peggy Carlock, includes seniors Elise Cai, George Shan and Benji Kessler, junior Jamie Lincoff and sophomore Corwin Shiu. More details upon the team's return from D.C....
11. Science Bowlers Advance to Round of 16
Washington, D.C., - Sunday May 3, 2009 - 7:00 p.m. EDT - Albany High School's Science Bowl Team has advanced through round robin competition and into the double elimination tournament, which starts this evening at 7:00 p.m. EDT.
This places the Cougars within the top 16 Science Bowl teams in the ...
12. A Pretty Chill Day
Washington, D.C. – Science Bowl Day 4 – May 2, 2009 Today was a pretty chill day. In the morning we all went to a series of lectures. In one of the interactive lectures, I was called upon to answer a question, but I respond so blatantly wrong that the scientific geniuses think I'm hella dumb. Well, I got a ruler ...