Girls Varsity Volleyball wraps up August with some BIG accomplishments! Starting the month with the annual Queens Court Summer Tournament your Lancers went 5-1 finishing 3rd place out of 42 teams. They also had a podium finish at the OC Invitational taking 2nd place overall with an impressive 4-1 record on the day. Your Lady Lancers finished August with a 9-2 record going into our first September home match against Whittier Christian, ending in a Lancers program SWEEP!, ending in a Lancers programs SWEEP!, e

JV and F/S are following suit with some very exciting volleyball and as a program we have secured 4 program sweeps (out of 7 opportunities). F/S came home with some hardware finishing 3rd at the OC Invitational and wrapping August up with an 8-2 record overall. JV has their first tournament Sept 7th, but has absolutely crushed the competition heading into September with a 5-1 record overall.

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Girls flag football won their first game in program history against Long Beach Wilson 19-12 (varsity) and 36-6 (JV) on August 19th. Both levels finished the month at or above .500 as Varsity is 2-2 after a shutout win against Norwalk and JV is 4-1 after wins against La Mirada, Norwalk and Valencia. The girls have been playing hard and are continuing to grow and learn in a sport that is brand new to almost the entire roster! 

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Sunny Hills Girls Water Polo Coach, Keith Nighswonger was inducted into the Montebello High School Hall of Fame! Coach Nighswonger graduated from Montebello HS in 1979, from there he began as an assistant coach at Montebello from

1981-82. Coach Knighswonger then became the Head Coach at Workman HS from 1983-84, before returning to his alma mater as the

Head Coach Montebello from 1985-88. Then Coach Knighswonger found his home at Sunny Hills as the

Head Coach since 1989 to present day.

Coach Nighswonger has been coaching for 43 years and has spent over 35 of them at Sunny Hills! In his time here at Sunny Hills, Coach Nighswonger has coached boys and girls water polo and swim. He has coached hundreds of aquatics athletes and hosted thousands of water polo games and swim meets. Coach Nighswonger boasts countless awards and recognitions and has over 1000 career victories. While at Sunny Hills, Coach has won 19 Freeway League Titles and has earned CIF Finalist 3 times as well as Coach of The Year!

He credits his success to his wife Laura and their two sons Seth and Hayden. 

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Girls Varsity Golf went 2-0 in the month of August, beating Cerritos High School by 27 strokes and beating California High School by 45 strokes. Freshman, Nana Kim was the low scorer for the Lancers in both of those matches, shooting +4s at both events.

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Rowan Darrah - Boys Water Polo

Rowan has shown tremendous drive and resilience since the season began. In our first tournament, Rowan scored 5 of his 6 penalty shots and is one of the highest-performing players we have right now. His work ethic makes him a strong role model for both our young players and our returning players alike.

Hannah Oh - Girls Volleyball

Hannah is a player who is absolutely contagious to watch. She puts everything she has into every single drill/play and by doing this she not only levels up herself, but she is leveling up her team around her. She is a consistent voice of encouragement and excitement, but brings that focus and intensity even to the simplest of drills/scenarios. Hannah has that competitive edge and made a match winning up/dig against Rosary in game 5 to get us that W. As only a sophomore it is incredible to see her dedication to the team and program.