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Forward Olivia Konttinen played a key role in last Friday’s MCAL Championship victory over Marin Catholic.

Varsity girls take MCAL soccer title

Despite being perhaps the most “chill” team in Redwood sports, the girls’ varsity soccer team won the MCAL championship, defeating Marin Catholic 2-1 last Friday in the championship game of the playoffs, with a late goal by Ali Pieri breaking the tie. “We are just a little more chill than other sports,” said co-captain Olivia [...]

Nic Barretto swings his racquet at a game last Tuesday.

Undefeated regular season capped by MCAL pennant

As doubles teammates Nick Boesel and Holt Hanley took the win against Branson on April 25, they continued the two-year tradition of seizing the MCAL pennant. However, they were also setting a new record, finishing the entire regular season undefeated from preseason to non-league play to MCALs. The boys’ varsity tennis team finished the regular [...]

Senior William Gaul, shakes off a tackle from an Xaivier defender earlier this month. The Highlanders will play their next game versus Danville at San Ramon Valley High School tomorrow.

Highlanders lose to East Coast power

Two elite rugby teams, one from the West Coast and one from the East Coast, played to prove their dominance at Dominican College earlier this month. Arriving at the Dominican field, the Marin Highlanders sought to defend their reputation as a California powerhouse against the Xavier Knights, a high school from New York. After a [...]

Seniors rehearse in front of the Little Theater in preparation for the April 18 performance.

UPDATED: The mother of all plays: Seniors perform award-winning original production

  Senior EPiC performers took home a “superior” award, the drama competition’s equivalent of a gold medal, from this year’s Motherlode Drama Festival on April 20 for their original play “Life, After.” Though the annual competition is not limited to drama groups with original productions, Redwood’s EPiC was only one of three groups to present [...]

A friend of Dylan Barry's speaks in his memory at a vigil.

UPDATED: Car accident claims lives of student and family member

Dylan Barry and his uncle Robert Dunn were killed in a car crash on Highway 1 in Sonoma last weekend. Barry, who was a sophomore at Redwood, and his uncle, a former mayor of Corte Madera, died instantly after the vehicle struck a roadside tree, CHP reported. The Santa Rosa Press Democrat reported that Dunn [...]

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Bon Air incidents leave witnesses shaken, surprised

A typically peaceful shopping center was the location of much commotion, involving guns, fake bombs, attempted carjacking, and an alleged murder suspect. On Saturday, April 27 around 2:30 p.m., a man allegedly demanded money and threatened that a substance would explode in the Wells Fargo Bank in the Bon Air mall. Then, on Monday April [...]

Sports


Sports Spotlight: Silverman poses tough test for elite opponents

Parker Silverman stared across the net at one of the top players in his age group in the entire country. Dressed in Justin-Siena’s blue and red garb, Michael Guzman bounded back and forth while Silverman readied for the match point. Guzman, a UCLA commit, for the first time in his MCAL career was defeated by [...]

Opinion


Editorial: DMV standards high for a reason

Not coming to a full stop. Tailgating. Switching lanes in intersections. This is the current state of sloppy driving we have come to know, particularly for teenagers, and it seems to have arisen from the license test and its consistent lack of consistency at the local level. It is often rumored that it is “easier” [...]

Culture


Face to Face: Why promote causes on social media?

  What do you think about showing support for causes on social media sites? Sasha Perigo: In response to the recent issue of gay marriage being taken to the Supreme Court, and whether or not people should post the “marriage equality” picture on Facebook, some people would say that it wasn’t helpful at all. But [...]