Baseball standout speaks softly, but carries a big bat: Pegarido lends his talent to Jefferson and state tournaments Thursday, May 18, 2006 By Alex Deguzman ’06 Sports superstars are usually defined as a certain intangible someone who is exceptionally good at a sport. With that said, Jomer Pegarido ’06 has some serious skill in baseball. When he was a li full story

Fernandez has eye of the tiger: Sophomore boxer battles foes in Junior Olympics Thursday, May 18, 2006 By Emmanuel Padilla ’06 Thump, thump. Thump, thump. The heavy heartbeat sound echoed inside of Mike Fernandez ’08 during the final boxing round of the Junior Olympics in Texas last summer. Ding, ding, ding! The bell rang full story

Like son . . .Kevin says goobye to Jefferson and hello to college athletics Thursday, May 18, 2006 By Rick Salas ’09 The crowd is roaring. Thousands of fans are cheering for the Undertaker to choke-slam Kurt Angle through the ropes for the World Heavy Weight championship. That is the WWE’s (World Wrestling Ente full story

A Tale of Two DeNatales Like father . . .Mike DeNatale retires from coaching Thursday, May 18, 2006 By Lina Tilo ’08 Holding it down for being known as one of the best coaches here at Jefferson High School, Mike DeNatale is retiring from his position of head football and wrestling coach this year. He has been c full story

Team works on teamwork, prepares for next season Thursday, May 18, 2006 By Gerald Smith ’06 “Lack of effort” is one of the most disappointing phrases when associated with team sports. In this case, the 2006 season of boys’ soccer was a victim of the lack of team effort. It’s sad when a team full story

Players pick up key ingredientExperience Wednesday, May 17, 2006 By Ivan Maranan ’06 With a team full of inexperience in a very competitive league, the girls’ varsity basketball team struggled to a 3 and 7 finish. The team only had two seniors this year—Esmeralda Rivas-Lopez ’06 a full story

Lesson oneIt takes a team to build a successful program Wednesday, May 17, 2006 By Wasem Mathluny ’06 Jefferson’s 05-06 girls’ soccer team couldn’t wait to start the new season. Starting with a clean slate and hoping to do well, most players came into the season with high expectations. Since most play full story

Team returns to playoffs with strong showing Wednesday, May 17, 2006 By Jabari James ’06 Before the boys’ varsity basketball season started, most students had low expectations for the team. Last year, the boys struggled through a rough season, posting a record of 1-13 in league games, and full story

Hooked on hookahs: Old smoking device is newest trend despite the health risks Wednesday, May 17, 2006 By By Mina De Leon ’06 With so many people experimenting with different forms of smoking, such as cigarettes and marijuana, it isn’t surprising to find out that a new phenomenon is taking over the smoking scene: hookah. full story

Sleep deprivation deprives some of education Wednesday, May 17, 2006 By Ivan Maranan ’07 Sleep. Some students don’t get enough of it, and some make that time up in class. Sleeping habits have always been a topic of concern when it comes to high school students. The amount of work an full story

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