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. Volleyball Season Preview
The 2010 Albany High School Girls Volleyball team is poised to dominate. The team that went 30-6 and finished in the NCS semifinals last year is back with even more power, not to mention height. “A lot better,” senior Sita Wong, this year’s libero, replied after being asked about the talent of the team. “The team is taller and more ...
3. Cougars Smell Victory In the Evening
It was cold and rainy outside, but inside the gym, the Albany men’s and women’s basketball teams were on fire, playing two inspired games to kick off the NCS playoffs. Eight-seed Albany played host to both games Tuesday evening, with the men taking on the Kennedy-Fremont Titans and the women facing the San Marin Mustangs. The men looked a little ...
4. Kickin’ It With the BSAL Champs
Since both the boys and girls varsity soccer teams have clinched the BSAL, soccer has been all the buzz around campus. Both boys and girls have strolled through the season undefeated. The girls have by far been the most dominant team in the league, possibly in the section. Their record, 18-0-1, and number of goals that have been scored against them, 4, tell the story of their dominance. The only game they have tied was against Acalanes, which only came because the Cougars weren’t able to score against the tough Acalanes defense. Besides that one mishap, the girl’s soccer team has been utterly awesome. Lady Cougar junior midfielder Jessica Quinn described the season as, “Consistent and hardworking. We are excited for NCS and will work harder when the time comes.” The boys have also responded with an insane season going 19-0-3 and coasting into NCS as a likely first seed. Their solid defense, only allowing 10 goals, and an astonishing offense, producing 88 goals, have made it a cakewalk for the Cougars. Their three ties were against Pinole, an undefeated Bishop O’Dowd and Saint Mary’s. “My favorite part about this season was beating Saint Mary’s 6-0 on their field,” said Cougar senior defender Emerson Roberts-Donnelly. “Beating Piedmont was fun too, but pushing over Saint Mary’s kids never gets old.” Both teams feel they are ready for NCS and must work hard in order to win. “Since our league is weak it’s going to be different playing against teams that are actually good,” said Roberts-Donnelly. “We still know that we will win it all though”. Today, on senior night, the Lady Cougars are juggling the pressure of finishing with a zero in the loss column and will be shooting for a top seed in NCS. The boy’s senior night is Friday.
5. Lady Cougars Hope For NCS
The Lady Cougars went into Saint Mary’s gym feeling confident that they could show the Panthers who owns the BSAL. But as the size of the Saint Mary’s basketball team -- point guard, 5-foot-7-inches; two forwards, 6-foot and 6-foot-1-inches, respectively; and center, 6-foot-3-inches -- echoed throughout the gym, hope faded from the Cougar fans. Although the fans seemed devastated, the ...
6. Cougars Pummel St. Mary’s 6-0
Adding to their stellar first half of the season, the Albany boys’ varsity soccer team rolled over their archrivals St. Mary’s on the road Wednesday night, winning 6-0 behind three goals from Gabriel Borges. The Cougars improved their record to 9-0-2 overall and 3-0-0 in BSAL play. They have reeled off nine straight victories and have become the most dominant ...
7. Lady Cougar Basketball Season Preview
This years Lady Cougar basketball team is ready for the season to begin. They have high hopes for the season and have thus far been able to meet those expectations. They began their season screaming out of the gates with a 72-24 win over Oakland High School. Leading scorers, senior Tamaya Newsome and junior Deanna Calhoun, dropped 16 and 19 ...
8. Albany Soccer Stomps Piedmont
On Friday, December 11, while most of us were huddled at home, drinking the hot beverage of our choice, the Albany High varsity soccer teams were battling on the field against their Piedmont rivals. Piedmont has long been the dominant team in the BSAL, but on Friday, the tables were turned. In the pouring rain, Albany’s varsity soccer teams beat ...
9. 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 ...
10. Cougars Finish Season With Victory
The Albany Cougar football team wrapped up their season on a positive note, defeating the John Swett Indians 40-21 on November 13. The Cougars took a slim 15-14 lead going into halftime due to a clutch field goal by Thomas Rocroi. The second half was completely dominated by the Cougars, with touchdowns by seniors Alex Jones, Andrew Spivey, Ellis Stephney, ...
11. Cougars Volleyball in NCS
On a Saturday night by the Oakland Zoo, the 2009 Volleyball season came to an end, surely one of the team’s better seasons. In their first round NCS game, the Cougars had the not-so-tough task of defeating El Molino. The Cougars did to El Mo, as they called themselves, what a cougar would do to Elmo. The Cougars won in ...
12. Freshman Claims Women’s Tennis BSAL
If you were told that freshmen April Ngo was Albany High School’s number one singles tennis player, judging by her size and unsuspecting demeanor, you might be skeptical. But any doubt would be eliminated when you learn that Ngo won the BSAL tournament and is the reigning singles league champion. Last year, it was no surprise when senior Elena Pan ...