Teacher/Rider Profile: Larissa Connors and the Endless Work Week

-Dylan Allen Larissa Connors is, undoubtedly, a consummate professional. A full time Algebra and Calculus teacher at Tustin High and a full time professional cyclist for Sho-Air’s RideBiker Alliance, her work week never truly ends. There is of course, the myth perpetuated by non-teachers that “teaching isn’t even a full time job, they get summers…

Spreading the News About Journalism: We are on the Rise

by Karli Stichter Yesterday, Journalism students got the opportunity to visit C.E. Utt Middle School and present to students about iTHSmedia (Journalism and Yearbook.) This marks the first year of Journalism at Tustin High for six years, it is also the first time Journalism students presented in front of a middle school audience. For a first year class filled…

The Rebel Biker

Check out Pitchfork editor Dylan Allen’s latest cycling article published in “The Competitive Cyclist” Rider Profile: Adam Myerson, the Counterculture Cyclist

Tillers vs. Eagles JV Volleyball

By Vanessa Tang and Dylan Allen The game began with the teams staying close to each other, and as Drew Donahoo scored the Tillers fifth point, Cavalry followed closely behind.  However, Tustin began to open the scoring with a streak in the middle of the set. Jonathan Flores, the libero, had numerous aces in the…

Compton, Powers Repeat as National Champions

By Dylan Allen  (originally featured on The Competitive Cyclist) Cyclocross is a winter cycling discipline, which takes place on a enclosed track, covering adverse terrain: often in mud, sand, over tree roots, rocks, off-camber surfaces and man-made barriers. However, racers use bikes that most closely resemble road bikes (with wider tyres), rather than mountain bikes (the rules…

Some Belgian Thoughts on the Love of Sport

-Dylan Allen As previously mentioned, I write for a cycling publication, The Competitive Cyclist, for which this was originally published. At the urging of my adviser, Mrs. Kim Robinson, it is also being published here. Though it focuses on cycling, I find the desire and dedication explored similarly applicable to other sports. -Dylan Allen To…

“Operation Protective Edge” More Of A Destructive Edge

  By Dylan Allen This is not a Halloween costume. This is not make believe. This has been daily reality for thousands of Gazans.  The plight of the Gazan people has now reached its 52nd day.  In just over 50 days, over 2,104 Palestinians killed by Israeli Defense Force’s attacks, contrasted to only 72 Israeli…