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The News Site of Mills High School

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Mills Girls Volleyball Team is Serving Up Success

Neola Lo, Staff Writer October 22, 2025

From the start of the fall sports season, the Mills Girls Volleyball team has set the bar high for success. Throughout the preseason and first half of league play, all three teams, Freshman, JV and Varsity,...

Cross Country Persevering Through Every Race

Cross Country Persevering Through Every Race

Erick Pena, Staff Writer October 22, 2025

When most people think of cross country, they often picture just long, painful runs that students willingly put themselves through just for the challenge of it. At Mills High School, the sport is so much...

Mills Varsity Tennis Dominates the competition

Mills Varsity Tennis Dominates the competition

Noah Ung May 27, 2025

By: Noah Ung, Staff Writer The Mills Varsity Tennis team is having an incredible season with a perfect 12-0 record and the Peninsula Athletic League (PAL) championship nearly in hand. As the regular...

Mills Track and Field: Keeping up The Pace

Mills Track and Field: Keeping up The Pace

Warren Shiu May 27, 2025

By: Warren Shiu, Staff Writer As the spring season winds down, the track and field team of Mills High School is finishing strong. Currently sitting in first place among the Peninsula Athletic League...

Let’s Celebrate Mills Spring Senior Sport Athletes!

Meagan So May 25, 2025

By: Meagan So, Features Editor As the Spring sports season comes to a close, the Mills community is filled with heartfelt goodbyes and well wishes towards our graduating student athletes. Each sport...

Meet @shotbykimyu

Meet @shotbykimyu

Kalyssa Chu May 21, 2025

By: Kalyssa Chu, Staff Writer If you’re active on social media, odds are you may have come across the work of 22-year-old photographer Kimberly Yu, better known around Mills as “shotbykimyu.” This...

Mills Now Requiring Football Players to Train in Ballet

Mills Now Requiring Football Players to Train in Ballet

Madyson Tang March 27, 2025

By: Madyson Tang, Staff Writer Have you heard of the news regarding the Mills Football team? Well if you haven’t, be prepared because ballet is now the new thing for football players! JV player...

Lady Vikings win DIII CCS championship!

Lady Vikings win DIII CCS championship!

Elizabeth Paniagua March 26, 2025

By:Elizabeth Paniagua, staff writer As our Winter sports come to an end, our girls basketball team's hard work has not only taken them to the D3 CCS championship but also a big CCS win! It was an extremely...

Pool Shuts Down: Swim Practice Moved to Land

Pool Shuts Down: Swim Practice Moved to Land

Warren Shiu March 26, 2025

By: Warren Shiu, Staff Writer Mills High School's swim team is making history this year—but not quite the kind they had in mind. When the school pool was suddenly shut down for "technical issues”...

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Bonus Coverage: Mills React to NBA All-Star Weekend

Matthew Du March 9, 2025

By: Matthew Du; Staff Writer The above image is used for informational purposes under fair use. All rights and credits are retained by the NBA (Sources: NBA.com (archived version), Fair use) From...

Spring Team Managers

Spring Team Managers

Madyson Tang March 1, 2025

By: Madyson Tang, Staff Writer The spring sports season has arrived! Many of our spring teams have an awaited season ahead of them. An important part of the teams are our very own team managers. Let’s...

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The Craziest Super Bowl Superstitions at Mills

Matthew Du February 28, 2025
By: Matthew Du; Staff Writer When the big game is here and the stage for the Super Bowl is set, many people have crazy superstitions – from wearing a lucky or unlucky jersey to eating a specific food they believe can dictate the outcome of the game. They believe their actions can influence the outcome...
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