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The student news site of Tracy High School

Scholar & Athlete

The student news site of Tracy High School

Scholar & Athlete

The student news site of Tracy High School

Scholar & Athlete

2023-2024 Staff

Madison Archer
Editor-in-Chief

Madison Archer

Madison Archer is currently a 18-year-old senior attending Tracy High School. She is very passionate about doing things she wants to do and doing them the way she wants. This has motivated her to work hard towards her goals and give 100 percent at everything...

Taylor Carroll
Assistant Editor-in-Chief

Taylor Carroll

Taylor Carroll is a 17-year-old senior at Tracy High School. Carroll has lived in Tracy for her entire life. She enjoys hanging out with her friends, listening to music, cooking and baking. She has two brothers who also attended Tracy High School, but they gra...

Emma Sawin
News Editor

Emma Sawin

Emma Sawin is a junior at Tracy High School. She was born on May 24, 2007, into a family of five. Her family consists of her mom, dad, her older sister, Julia, who is a freshman at San Diego State University and her little sister, who is a seventh grade...

Josh Giuliacci
Sports Editor

Josh Giuliacci

Joshua Giuliacci was born on September 12, 2006, and is currently a junior at Tracy High School. Giuliacci is part of a family of seven that includes his mom, dad, two brothers and two sisters. He is a dedicated student-athlete and has played a variety of sport...

Alex Gray
Travel Lead

Alex Gray

Alex Gray was born on March 13, 2006, and is currently a senior at Tracy High School. He enjoys taking road trips, ATVing and exploring new places. This past June he spent 42 days driving across six states and two provinces. During this 9,000-mile road trip, Gray...

Brittany Vargas
A&E Editor

Brittany Vargas

Brittany Vargas is currently a senior at Tracy High school. She was born in Fremont, California and moved quite a lot during her time living in the Bay Area. She has four siblings. Vargas has two dogs, which are about eight years old. She's enjoyed reading...

Japri Jamison
Opinion Lead

Japri Jamison

Japri Jamison is a 17-year-old senior currently going to Tracy High School. He was born in San Jose, California on February 20, 2006. He has moved back and forth, from San Jose to Tracy throughout his life. He is the oldest of two siblings. Jamison has one ...

Vanessa Aguirre
Copy Editor

Vanessa Aguirre

Vanessa Aguirre is a 16-year-old junior at Tracy High School. She has lived in Tracy most of her life along with her older sister and younger brother. She is very close with both. Her parents are Mexican from the states of Jalisco and Zacatecas. Agui...

Kaitlyn Terry
Copy Editor

Kaitlyn Terry

Kaitlyn Terry is a 16-year-old junior at Tracy High School. She has lived in Tracy her whole life and is the youngest child in her family of six. Her family consists of her mom, dad, and her three older brothers. Her three older brothers Jacob, Brendan and A...

Annalise Bell
A&E Lead

Annalise Bell

Annalise Julia Bell is a 17-year-old senior at Tracy high school. She was born in Daly City, California on August 14th and has lived in Tracy most of her life. She has a five-year-old sister. Bell currently lives with her grandparents. Bell loves animals and has two...

Mychaela Lawas
Student Life Lead

Mychaela Lawas

Mychaela Lawas is a 16-year-old senior currently enrolled at Tracy High School. She is the middle child of four other siblings including her older brother, two 16-year-old and 15-year-old stepsisters enrolled at Tracy High, and a younger brother. Both her par...

Peyton Reeder
Reporter

Peyton Reeder

I was born May 16th , 2008, in Red Bluff California. I moved around a couple of times from Manteca to Modesto to Tracy now. I come from a family of four. I have one older sister and two older brothers. I love to spend time with my family and friends as...

Alanna Dye
Reporter

Alanna Dye

Alanna Dye was born on December 20, 2008. She is 14 years old while starting as a freshman at Tracy High School. She recently moved here in June of 2023 from Victorville, CA. Dye is a honest and trustworthy student, overcoming any obstacle in her life....

Maria Gaeta
Reporter

Maria Gaeta

Maria Gaeta was born on October 18, 2006, and is currently a senior at Tracy High School. Born in the big city of San Jose, moved to Tracy back in 2016. She is aspiring to become an author and create her own tragic, heartfelt stories. Gaeta has always...

Kaylee Arnaz
Reporter

Kaylee Arnaz

Kaylee Arnaz is a 17-year-old senior at Tracy High School. She has gone to Tracy High School for all four years and is excited about college options. She lives with her family of four, including her little brother who is a freshman at Tracy High School, a...

Emmy Judd
Reporter

Emmy Judd

Emmy Judd is currently a freshman at Tracy High School and is in her first year of journalism. Judd comes from a household of five and is the youngest in her family. Judd has two pets, a cat and a dog. Judd is very artistic and loves to draw, just like...

Francesca Rodriguez
Reporter

Francesca Rodriguez

Francesca Rodriguez is a 16-year-old senior at Tracy High School. She was born in Quezon City, Philippines and moved to the United States when she was two years old. Rodriguez grew up in Livermore, California until she moved to Tracy in 2021. She has a family ...

Jocelyn Sanchez
Reporter

Jocelyn Sanchez

Jocelyn Sanchez is currently a freshman at Tracy high school. Born August 27, 2009, she has lived in Tracy since she was 10 years old. She didn’t think she would be able to get through moving because of her anxiety at first. Sanchez lives in a family of six. Wit...

Hanna Perez
Reporter

Hanna Perez

Helen Chavez
Reporter

Helen Chavez

Helen Chavez is currently a freshman at Tracy High School. She was born on December 16th, 2008, and is now 14 years old. Chavez grew up in a Mexican household and is a part of a family of four. She has a sister who is 11 years older than her and many...

Jamaya Lewis
Reporter

Jamaya Lewis

Jamaya Lewis was born on March 4th, 2009, in Oakland, California. She grew up in San Leandro and lives with her mother and grandmother. Lewis has three dogs that she cares for, Sevyen, Louie, and Zoey.  Some of Lewis’ hobbies include crafts, swimming,...

Samay Feroz
Reporter

Samay Feroz

Samay Feroz is a 16-year-old junior at Tracy High School. He lives with four siblings, one older sister, one older brother, and a twin sister who also attends Tracy High School. Feroz was born in Palo Alto, California and lived in Union City, California...

Toby Lo
Reporter

Toby Lo

Toby Lo was born on October 1st, 2006, in Las Cruses, New Mexico. He moved to Tracy, California when he was just three years old. Lo is a junior in high school and this is his first year in journalism. He wishes to write many stories on different topics ...

Ariahna Crispin
Reporter

Ariahna Crispin

Ariahna Crispin is a 14-year-old freshman at Tracy High School. She played volleyball for three years and likes playing other sports for fun like soccer, football, and basketball. She has four siblings and a mom. She has two cats, one named Milo and ...

Justin Abcede
Reporter

Justin Abcede

Justin Abcede, who is a freshman at Tracy High School, moved from San Jose to Tracy in 2018. He played sports like Taekwondo and volleyball, keeping himself somewhat active at the time. For now, he’s just focusing on being himself and trying to enjoy sc...

Katelynn Galvin
Reporter

Katelynn Galvin

Katelynn Galvin is a freshman at Tracy High School. She enjoys films and literature. Galvin's favorite movie is Midsommar directed by Ari Aster and her favorite book is Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. She had previously lived in Fremont, California u...

Miguel Elias
Reporter

Miguel Elias

Miguel Elias Jr. is currently a 15-year-old junior at Tracy High School. He was born on September 28, 2007, in Berkley, California and lived in Oakland for two years before moving to Tracy in 2009. He is a collector and enjoys the movie Back to The Future....

Rowan Imperial
Reporter

Rowan Imperial

Rowan Imperial-Bobis is a 17-year-old senior at Tracy High School. He was born in San Diego, California, and moved to Tracy at two years old. Imperial’s father grew up in Tabaco City, Philippines, and his mother was born and raised in Jackson, Michigan. ...

Anaiyah Fifita
Reporter

Anaiyah Fifita

Anaiyah Fifita was born on October 28, 2008, and is a freshman at Tracy High School. She was born and raised in East Palo Alto, California and has lived there for most of her life. She moved to Tracy in 2020. She attended Williams Middle School for all...

Chelsea Delgadillo
Reporter

Chelsea Delgadillo

On October 15, 2008, Chelsea Delgadillo was born in Wisconsin and moved to Tracy a few years later. Delgadillo, who is the second oldest of four siblings, was raised by her mom. She has a dog named Hope and a cat named Sage. As she grew up, she began to dream ...

Briannett Aldave
Reporter

Briannett Aldave

Briannett Aldave, born on January 30th, 2007, is currently a junior at Tracy High School. Aldave is the youngest in her family. She lives with her parents, older brother, and two sisters. Whether it is to avoid her siblings around the house, or while doing homewor...

Noemi Martinez Garnica
Reporter

Noemi Martinez Garnica

Noemi Martinez was born on May 18th, 2006, and is a senior attending Tracy High School. Martinez was born into a family of six. She is the youngest of four siblings, who all graduated from Tracy High. Martinez has lived on a ranch her entire life and g...

Jayme Aguon
Reporter

Jayme Aguon

Jayme Aguon was born on February 1, 2007, seven weeks earlier than her scheduled due date. She is currently a 16-year-old junior at Tracy High School.  Aguon is a first-year transfer student, as well as in her first year of Journalism. She is hoping to improve ...