The Impossible Made Possible, For Now: Thacher Successfully Appeals CIF Eligibility Cases

This year, a small number of Thacher students were told that they would not be able to compete in sports during their senior year due to the eligibility rule of the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF), which is the governing body for high school sports in California.  According to the CIF eligibility rule, “Eligibility is only …

The Crowd Gap: Girls and Boys Sports at Thacher

December 3, 2016, was a busy day for a large portion of the Thacher community. There were three soccer games, as well as three back-to-back basketball games.  With big wins for most of the games, it was a joyous occasion, with huge crowds turning up for the varsity boys’ game Two days laters, tri-varsity captain, …

Varsity Girl’s Tennis Wrap Up

The bleachers were quiet as Sydney De Polo ‘17 drew her racket back for a final shot, slamming the ball over the net towards her opponent—the number one singles player of Chaminade College Preparatory School. The girl missed. There was a beat of stunned silence as Sydney shook hands with her opponent, and then loud …

What’s In Store for Thacher Football?

By Annie Langan '18 On Friday, September 9th, the varsity football team journeyed over six hours to Alamo, Nevada to play Pahranagat Valley.  Thacher’s loss to the team last year (30-34) was the closest Pahranagat has come to losing a game in the last eight years.   Pahranagat had set the national record for most …

Cross-Country Season Wrap Up

By Phoebe Cao '19 Girls Cross Country 2015 Six girls qualified for early camp and returned for pre-season workouts. The first important race was the Tri-County Athletic Association (TCAA) Meet where the six girls placed 5th among twelve teams. A great start to the trimester and an outstanding result in a very competitive field! The …

The Beginning of the Best Year Yet

By Libby Kern '17 The new school year is rapidly approaching, and for students attending preseason, summer is coming to a close even sooner. On August 23, students who wish to come early for fall sports will arrive on Thacher’s campus. After almost three months of vacation, many people are anxious to reunite with their …

Winter Tennis: The Future of Off-Season Sports?

Girls’ tennis kicked off the year with an amazing season, finishing as the runner-up for the CIF SS Division V, and the boys’ tennis team will start practice this spring. But what about this gap between the two seasons? The answer: winter tennis. The goal of this offseason opportunity is to better prepare the players …

Locker Rooms: The Renovation

By Jordan Perry ’17 – January 8, 2015 Over the past several years, Thacher has renovated many of the sports facilities on campus; only one reasonably priced task remained: the locker rooms. Built in 1970, the locker rooms were in desperate need of attention, and this summer the men’s locker room had a complete make-over. …

Thacher Football Finishes Second in State

While most students returned home during Thanksgiving break, the Thacher Football team stayed at school preparing for their CIF Finals game versus Mojave. In their most successful season since bringing football to the school, the Toads saw themselves become the number two team in the state and the number one seed in the CIF Division …