Brandon Ge (12) is a copy editor for his 4th year on staff. He’s excited about the freedom he has this year to write about topics he’s passionate about as well as getting to know more people on staff. In his free time, Brandon’s a competitive bridge player, a member of the Pinewood football and basketball team, and also enjoys playing golf.
Oh, Pinewood. How do I even start?
For seven years, I’ve had to drag myself out of bed at 7:30 in the morning to put up with the wonky block schedule and way-too-short passing periods....
Basketball players. They can come in all sorts of different builds. On one end of the spectrum, you have the unathletic, fundamentally sound, system-dependent players who make a name for themselves...
The eternal question in the world of sports is: effort or talent? Either one can make you successful in a sport. But, being an accomplished athlete in two sports at the same time requires both. Junior...
Shooters shoot, as the saying goes. And on Feb. 2, that’s exactly what senior Alexandra Facelo did.
In an away game against Crystal Springs Uplands, Facelo logged 42 points and 12 3-pointers, both...
Dear Basketball,
It’s been eight years since I first picked you up, but I still remember it like yesterday. The sky was a vibrant gradient of pink and orange, and a cool summer breeze wafted the smell...
“You’re playing football? Really?” That was the usual shocked response I got when I told people I was joining the team. And to be fair, their surprise was probably justified. What made me, a lanky...
NBA superstar Damian Lillard once said, “if you want to look good in front of thousands, you have to outwork thousands in front of nobody.” As the school year draws to a close and Pinewood athletics...
It’s a classic American sport. It involves throwing and catching an object. It features touchdowns. I am talking, of course, about the ever-so-relevant, universally loved and admired sport of ultimate...
Whether it be chanting “you can’t do that” when the opposing team commits a foul or screaming with joy as the home team makes a basket, the Panther Pit has been a staple of Pinewood basketball for...
If swimmers were ranked from a scale of one to ten with one being the casual public pool swimmer and ten being some of the best swimmers in the nation, eighth grader Mia Su might break the scale.
Su’s...
As the fall season of sports draws to a close, the boy’s basketball team is lacing up for their 2022-2023 campaign. The team is already bursting with excitement for this upcoming season, and assistant...
The fall sports season is underway, and the Pinewood football team has a new face in the athletic trainer position: Javier Margarito. As the new athletic trainer, Margarito is responsible for the health...
