By Saul Hernandez Student Contributor The champions league is a European tournament that is played by the best teams in Europe. The tournament consists of a group stage then the winners go into a round of 16. From there they go to the quarter-finals and so on. Champions League: Modus Operandi to the Finals In order for teams to qualify
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By William Giblin and Ariana Perez Valencia Staff Writers The major mental and physical health benefits of youth sports outweigh its negative effects on education. No one better knows the effect sports have on students than teachers. Many teachers at Summit Denali feel strongly about this topic. Summit Denali English Literature teacher Matthew Sigler speaks about how he feels sports
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By Srinand Mudunuri Staff Writer Summit Denali special services teacher and basketball coach Stephen Kirk, who started playing basketball and practicing martial arts at seven, talked about how his life was impacted by sports and how it has helped him change. “After seeing the faces of the parents and students at the senior night game, it made me feel like
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By Nevan Shum Staff Writer On June 23, 2011, Klay Thompson was drafted by the National Basketball Association as an 11th pick recruit to the Golden State Warriors. Since his arrival, he has become a starting player for the Warriors, having career averages of 19.4 points per game, 3.5 rebounds per game, and 2.3 assists per game. This means that
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PHOTO CREDIT: Alan Kotok via Wikimedia Commons By Sophie Vu and Celeste Willey Staff Writers Physical education (PE) is a required course at most schools. However, Summit Tahoma, a public charter school, does not offer PE as a class. To keep up with students’ health and to combat rising obesity rates, many American schools make PE a priority. According to
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By Mia Ramirez Victorino Staff Writer With the Super Bowl rapidly approaching, some remain skeptical that the large gathering will be a super spreader event. Superbowl LVI is scheduled to take place on Sunday, Feb. 13th, 2022 at the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. The game will take place at the Rams’ stadium but the Bengals (being part of the
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By Ashwath Vimal Staff Editor Esports has not been considered seriously by many since it started gaining popularity in the 2000s. One main reason for this was the launch of Major League Gaming in 2002, which hosted many esports tournaments. While it has been on the rise for over a decade, many say it is not on the same level
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By Ethan Narimatsujayne Staff Writer The U.S. Women’s National Team is one of the most dominant sports teams in history. The team has won four World Cup titles, the most of all time. They have also won half of the championships since 1991. In 2019, they became one of the only teams to win back-to-back championships and broke their own
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By Ethan Narimatsujayne Staff Writer Running is the most basic form of athleticism. Many scientists believe that we humans actually evolved to be runners. Scientists believe we evolved to be the greatest long distance runners. Essentially we evolved to run far not fast. There are several indicators of this such as, how long we stay good at running, how we
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By Sarah Rusali Staff Writer The recent pandemic has not only affected schools’ learning platform and how we view education but also school athletes. At the beginning of March 2020, sports were canceled throughout the country. Training and events were put on hold and athletes were told to go home. Money that was spent on these programs for things like
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