Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Not-So-Sports Pep Rally

January 21, 2012 by  
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ASB held an “Alice’s Winterland” sports assembly on the 20th of January (even though the students’ planners state the assembly is in December). It featured all of FVHS’s winter sports team, the ASB committee, color-guard, dance team, and the cheer team. ASB set the mood with something different, staging black lights and making student’s white [...]

Girls Water Polo Update

January 13, 2012 by  
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  Girls Water Polo: (9-8-0) Los Alamitos 21, Fountain Valley 2: Jennifer Lightbody (’12) netted both goals and 3 steals to help up the Barons. The Griffins (12-2-0) come into the the 2011-2012 season ranking No. 7 in CIF Division 1. Our Lady Barons has had a rough month with a loss to Newport Harbor (8-3-0). [...]

Roundup: Villa Park Edges Fountain Valley

December 19, 2011 by  
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The Spartans led, 1-3, during the first quarter, but the Barons were not so easy to beat. Kayla Robert (’12) and Kayla Robert (’12) also had 5 steals each to edge Villa Park during the third quarter. They outscored the Spartans to tie the game, 9-9, at the end of the third quarter. Jennifer Lightbody [...]

Winter Sports Update Week 3

December 10, 2011 by  
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Winter Sports Update Week 3 Week 12/5-12/10 Girls Water Polo: (6-4-0) Fountain Valley 5, San Marcos 12: Cal State Long Beach commit, Kayla Robert (’12) had 5 goals and Sandy Niemczyk (’14) had 12 saves against the Royals at Ocean View High School, but that was not enough to defeat San Marcos. Fountain Valley 7, Mater [...]

A Season of Triumph Ends In Defeat For Girls Water Polo

February 19, 2010 by  
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By Scott Poston, staff writer Girls water polo wrapped up a season of ups and downs with a wild card playoff birth. After beating both Marina and Esperanza, and fighting hard, yet losing against Edison, Newport Harbor, and Los Alamitos, the girls were ready for the pressure of CIF playoffs. The Lady Barons faced and [...]

Girls Waterpolo Blog

September 15, 2009 by  
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By Angelica Yaghoubi, Staff Writer With only three months left before season, the Girls Water Polo team receives devastating news. No one saw this coming and it was last of their worries, but the head coach for Girls Water Polo and Girls Swim has left his position. Coach Russ has been working as a coach for six years and [...]

A Water Polo Cinderella Story

February 18, 2009 by  
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Goalie Amanda Young\’s initial cut from soccer her freshman year fortuitously leads her to Olympic dreams.

Lady Barons Slaughter Aztecs 17-2

January 11, 2009 by  
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By Rachel McMillen, Sports editor It seems like the Lady Barons Water Polo team is unstoppable this year. With a 12-1 record in the season so far, they dominated their first league opponent Esperanza 17-2 tonight in the Varsity Sunset League showcase at Newport Harbor High School. Even more outstanding than the score was the [...]

Girls Water Polo dominates in San Diego

December 8, 2008 by  
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This weekend, the Varsity Girls Water Polo team travelled all the way to San Diego to take the championship in the annual Poway Bronco Invitational.