The Mirada

Rio names new girls basketball coach

Ashley Lundberg, Mirada Staff • May 13, 2022

When Madison Wood was a senior forward for the El Camino Eagles, she twice helped her team dominate Rio Americano on the way to a league title–the first time 74-40, the second 71-39. Now she wants...

Taylor Baker Leads Girls Golf

Ashley Lundberg, Mirada Staff • April 7, 2022

With an expert swing of her 9-iron, Taylor Baker sends the ball flying up in a high arc, landing softly on the green of the fourth hole at Ancil Hoffman Golf Course. The ball spins back, inching its way...

Seniors bid farewell to girls’ basketball team

Ashley Lundberg, Staff Writer • February 18, 2022

As the final buzzer rang out Feb. 12 at Rio Americano's basketball game against El Camino, the sound signaled much more than the end of the game. For seniors Hailee Hackett, Abby O'Brien, and Sierra...

Abby O’Brien named Sacramento’s top Girls’ Senior Basketball Player

Ashley Lundberg, Mirada Staff • February 18, 2022

Rio Americano’s top scorer, Abby O’Brien, has been voted by a Sacramento Bee poll as the area’s top senior girls’ basketball player. Known for her deadly accurate three-point shot, O’Brien...

Boys Soccer defeats Del Oro to advance to the Section Championship

Andon Barber, Staff Photographer • February 18, 2022

Boys Soccer beats Kennedy and advances to the Section Semifinals

Michael Mahoney, Staff Advisor • February 18, 2022

Rio Hires New Head Football Coach

Elizabeth Griggs, Mirada Staff • February 11, 2022

After struggling through a season with only one win, Rio Americano hopes to turn its football program around with a new head coach. Principal Cliff Kelly has announced that the school has hired Reid...

Rio senior athletes sign

Sarah Hamzic, Mirada Staff • February 10, 2022

Should MLB Players Who Used PEDs Be Allowed In The Hall Of Fame?

Gavin Dormann, Guest Writer • December 8, 2021

With MLB Hall Of Fame induction coming up, it is still in question whether players who used Performance Enhancing Drugs should be allowed into the Hall Of Fame. From around 1998 to 2003, players in the...

Football takes on El Camino this Saturday

Jordan Hoffman , Mirada Staff • September 17, 2021

This Saturday at 1 pm varsity football will play their rival, El Camino, at Del Campo high school. It will be the teams first league game of the season. Tickets are available for purchase at school...

Baseball beats Del Campo to reach 18-1

Josh Zezzo, Staff Writer • May 25, 2021

In a season shortened by the Covid-19 pandemic, Rio Americano is cramming in all the wins that they can, riding a 12-game winning streak to an 18-1 record (10-0, Capital Athletic League) and a spot in...

It’s My Gym Too

Angie Stevens, Editor • April 15, 2021

The suffocating atmosphere of sweaty testosterone-pumping men and the invisible lines that many women feel nervous to cross at their gym, makes it extremely difficult to feel welcome.