Sunset League Shuffle

By Rachel McMillen, Sports editor  For the past five years, FVHS athletes have considered their games against Esperanza, Edison, Newport Harbor, Marina, and Los Alamitos highly anticipated league events. League games usually draw the largest crowds and are prepared with the most intensity.    However, five years ago, the athletes considered Huntington Beach High School [...]

Add me!

By Tooba Ghias, staff writer Social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Myspace are taking the world by storm, so it\’s no wonder that both the students and teachers at FVHS have caught onto the craze. However, recently the question has arisen, “Is it appropriate for a teacher to add a student as a [...]

Death of an Old Medium

By Sami Yerunkar, Staff Writer   The print industry is dying, and the more efficient web-based news is taking its place.  In this new age of digital text and widespread information, newspapers around the world are becoming exclusively online. According to Slate Magazine, major newspapers like the New York Times and scores of smaller papers have downsized their staffs in [...]

A Night in White

No matter whether you went with a friend, a group, or a special someone, prom was the best dance of the year.

FVHS Choirs Fly South

By Brie Roche-Lilliott, Staff Writer Concert Choir and Troubadours flew to New Orleans on Thursday, April 2, for a weeklong tour of Louisiana and Texas. They began their Southern trip with a haunted tour of the New Orleans\’ swamps and then a scenic tour of life in the French Quarter. On Saturday, April 4, both [...]

Lady Barons Off-season Soccer Update

By Jennifer Schultz, Staff writer Amid the din of the spring season sports, many of the off-season sports are vigorously preparing for their next season – including girls\’ soccer. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday the players are hard at work with one goal in mind – to dominate the next season. They follow a rigorous [...]

Aztecs Outshine Barons for the Last Time

By Camille Reed, Staff Writer On Wednesday, April 22, the Esperanza Aztecs outran the Fountain Valley Barons Track Team. Varsity members Carmille Garcia (‘11) and Lauren Erickson (‘09) battled Esperanza\’s infamous Teeny Adams, one of Sunset League\’s fastest runners, in some of the longest races. Garcia placed fourth, running a 5:34 mile, with the first [...]

On to be a Legend

By Mallory Trott, Staff Writer  Basketball player, coach, writer – Fountain Valley\’s own JV basketball coach, Steve Schultz, has written two short stories for Chicken Soup for the Soul: Inside Basketball.  Schultz was first involved with basketball at the age of five when he played mini-mites at the Fountain Valley Rec. Center.  After falling in love with the game [...]

ASB Elections

FVHS students vote for new ASB executive council members.

Roaming Reporter: College Edition

By Mukta Mohan, Staff Writer The Baron Banner caught up with some seniors to discover the colleges they did and didn\’t get into.   “I got into Santa Barbara, Long Beach, and Riverside, but my mom doesn\’t want me to go to a party school so I\’m going to OCC.” – David Self      [...]

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