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Senior Henry Mesker runs upfield with the ball. Mesker, who has trained through high school for a military future, excels with his conditioning.

Stellar defense leads lacrosse team

It is 6:30 on a Friday evening, the soft hazes of dusky pink and purple creeping ever so slowly across the Corte Madera Creek and swirling around the goal posts of Bob Troppman Field. “Lift! Lift!” Patrick Brown is screaming. A stout, muscular man about 15 years removed from an illustrious college career as a [...]

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, Jason Bhan, Luke Garrison, and Ian Lewitz perform with the music program in the gym on May 7.

Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble host final performance

Completing the year on a bittersweet note, the Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble finished their final performance last week. On May 7, the two bands finished the year with a challenging new set in their last performance of the year. Junior Rayna Saron, who plays the tuba for the Wind Ensemble and the trombone for [...]

SHAKESPEARE’S LINES inspired rhymes for senior Grace Gravley’s performance in Redwood’s winning group poem at the slam.

Potent poets slam Drake and Tam teams

Three hundred audience members sat in silence last Wednesday night in the Little Theater as slam poet Sabrina Nargiz’s words pierced the air and sent chills down spines. Nargiz, a first-year Slam Poetry Team member, was the first of six Redwood poets to perform at this year’s Poetry Slam competition, which featured poets from Redwood, [...]

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Golf wins MCAL for third straight year

Jon Shaw could not believe it. A triple bogey. Tenth hole of the MCAL championship at San Geronimo, and he had shot a triple bogey. Three minutes was all he allowed himself to be angry. Then he moved on. Using his strong short game and solid putting to birdie several of the remaining eight holes, [...]

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 [...]

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News


Kentfield home catches fire

A Kentfield home caught fire Monday morning, resulting in extensive damage to the home but none to the inhabitants. 106 Goodhill Road caught fire at 2 a.m. on Monday, May 20,  burning in a controlled area in the center of the home. The three inhabitants, a 95-year-old woman, her son and her daughter-in-law, escaped to [...]

Sports


Stellar defense leads lacrosse team

It is 6:30 on a Friday evening, the soft hazes of dusky pink and purple creeping ever so slowly across the Corte Madera Creek and swirling around the goal posts of Bob Troppman Field. “Lift! Lift!” Patrick Brown is screaming. A stout, muscular man about 15 years removed from an illustrious college career as a [...]

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 [...]