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Norse Notes

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Norse Notes

The Student News Site of Oakmont High School

Norse Notes

John Carlson running at Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational in 2024. PC: WestCoastXC

John Carlson: Athlete of the Season 2024

Justin Coyle, Staff Writer December 17, 2024

John Carlson is a cross country and track athlete at Oakmont High School. He ranks among the top runners in the state of California, and is Oakmont’s fall athlete of the season. John Carlson is from...


Players get into their athletic stances as they eagerly await the play to begin. PC: Gavin White

Bleed Blue!

Maria Gonzales and Fareeha Moradi November 15, 2024

For the first time since 2002, Oakmont’s Varsity Vikings football team hosted the Dixon Rams in the first round of the CIF Sac-Joaquin Division 5 playoffs and came out on top. It’s no lie that Oakmont...

KCRA-3 Game of the Week. PC: KCRA-3

Touchdown on Channel 3

Shelby Gomez, Arts and Entertainment Editor October 7, 2024

With over 13,000 votes in Oakmont’s favor, local news station KCRA-3 selected Oakmont’s homecoming game against Colfax as its high school football “Game of the Week”.  As homecoming week approached,...

2023 Girls Tennis Team

Game, Set, Match

Izabella Hooglander, Staff Writer September 3, 2024

School sports are a way for students to be a part of something bigger than themselves while showing off their individual athletic ability. If you asked most individuals in the United States, they would...

Devyn Chambers after triumphantly placing at a track and field meet. PC: Ryan Nugent

Run that Track!

Calli Swensen, Features Editor May 28, 2024

As the school year sees the closing of its chapter, so does Oakmont’s spring sports. One notable sports team with an established and especially successful team and season is OHS’ track and field. Devyn...

One of the many posters made of Mike Tyson (left) and Jake Paul (right) to promote the fight. PC: Printerval

Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul

Leah Maupin, Staff Writer May 23, 2024

On July 20th, a popular “YouTuber”, Jake Paul, will compete in a boxing match against Mike Tyson, otherwise known as “the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time”. Jake Paul grew up in Ohio with...

Caitlin Clark at the Big Ten tournament Final 2024. PC: John McClellan

How Caitlin Clark is a prime example of the gender wage gap in sports

Kate McGinnis, Staff Writer May 22, 2024

Caitlin Clark is a professional basketball player who has been regarded as one of the most talented collegiate players in the history of basketball. Clark played in college for the Iowa Hawkeyes and...

The published announcement was found on the OHS Volleyball page. PC: oakmontvolleyball

OHS Boys Volleyball barely misses D3 playoff finals

Alisi Tuatonga, Arts and Entertainment Editor May 20, 2024

Given the amount of talent this team has brought into Oakmont’s Volleyball athletics this year, the boys have made an impressive run in playoffs, making it all the way to semifinals. Though it was...

Team USA racing at the 2012 London Olympics. PC: Wikimedia Commons

Row, row, row your boat

Isabella Roberts, Staff Writer May 17, 2024

When people think of rowing, they may think of sports like kayaking or canoeing - maybe even the children's song “Row, Row, Row your boat.” But the sport of rowing, otherwise known as crew, is quite...

Eagles vs. Commanders, FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland, September 25, 2022. PC: Wikimedia Commons

A new edition to the “Monday Night Countdown”

Cooper Hicks, News Editor May 17, 2024

Jason Kelce, a center for the Philadelphia Eagles, who retired after a long 13-year career, is set to join ESPN ahead of the start of the next NFL season. Kelce is not unfamiliar with the broadcasting...

Although a bit of a down year for 
the Kings, they still have a chance 
to go to the playoffs.
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The Kings are in the Play-In

Jacob Munoz, Staff Writer May 10, 2024

Finishing the regular season with a 46-36 record and being a 9th seed in the West, the Sacramento Kings have punched their ticket for the Play-In tournament against their not-so-long-time rivals, the Golden...

The Oakland Athletics stadium, the Oakland Coliseum.

PC: Flickr

Oakland Athletics on the move

Cooper Hicks, News Editor April 24, 2024

The Oakland Athletics have officially announced that they will be playing in Sacramento from 2025-2027. They are forced to make the move since their new stadium in Las Vegas will not be completed until...

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