50 Years Later Miguel Castillo Still Loves to Coach
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50 Years Later Miguel Castillo Still Loves to Coach

Silicon Valley Voice Andrew Bensch

1979 was the year Joe Montana was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers. Star Wars: A New Hope was released in theaters in 1977. The Golden State Warriors won their first NBA Championship as a Bay Area franchise in 1975. All of these things happened after Fremont’s Miguel Castillo began coaching high school basketball.

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Fremont Wrestling Continuing Strong Tradition 
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Fremont Wrestling Continuing Strong Tradition 

Silicon Valley Voice Andrew Bensch

The Fremont Firebirds wrestling program has annually been one of the top teams in the Central Coast Section. Fremont has maintained a top-5 finish in the CCS year after year.

And it’s not just the boys getting it done; Fremont has had one of the strongest complements of girls wrestling each season. Back in 2018 and 2019, Melissa Lee finished first in CCS in her weight class. And this year, for the first time in many years, the Firebirds have a returning state placer in Aila Duus.

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Ten Tips for First-Time Sports Parents/Caregivers
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Ten Tips for First-Time Sports Parents/Caregivers

Rather than concern with the scoreboard and wins and losses, PCA hopes that you, as a sports parent/caregiver, keep your eye on the Big Picture – the life skills that sports can help develop – such as teamwork, resilience, overcoming adversity, communication skills, etc.

Here are 10 tips for parents of kids new to organized sports.

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Intro to winter sports
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Intro to winter sports

Shivam Bavishi, Staff Writer ~ November 13, 2024 via The Phoenix https://fhsphoenix.org/intro-to-winter-sports-2/

Graphic by Neta Rabinowitz

The temperature is steadily decreasing and days are getting shorter; fall sports at FHS are coming to an end. Winter brings five teams across three different sports. The fields at FHS are starting to clear up for boys’ and girls’ soccer tryouts, volleyball nets are being taken down to make way for boys’ and girls’ basketball, and the wrestling team is training in the weight room to prepare for the upcoming season. 

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