The Crusader

Crusaders face Serra on Senior Day
April 10, 2021
Crusaders defeat SHC in first football game at home
March 21, 2021
Joseph Zuloaga '23, Copy Editor
Riordan’s first volleyball team spikes its way into history
March 12, 2021
Joseph Zuloaga '23, Copy Editor
Trio of standouts ready to tackle 2021 football season
February 8, 2021
Noah Tango ’22
The WCAL football league, set to begin in early January, will be quite exciting for the Crusaders as they look to bounce back from a rough season last year going a mere 3-7...
The Crusader Winter 2020 – 2021
February 5, 2021
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On campus learning resumes in tandem with distance learning
February 3, 2021
Joseph Grysiewicz ’22, Staff Reporter
As the age of Coronavirus continues to impact school, students and teachers must adapt and do what they can to educate and learn to the best of their abilities. As in person...
America needs to do better
January 7, 2021
The Crusader Staff
Editorial On Jan. 6, a group of Trump supporters gathered near the Capitol to hear President Trump speak. The outgoing President used the rally to whip the group into a...
Holiday traditions adapt due to pandemic
January 2, 2021
Grayson Salomon ’22, Co Editor In-Chief
The holiday season, for many, means traveling to see family to celebrate the holidays such as Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Eve. Well, that would be the norm if...
Could 2020 be the worst year ever?
December 1, 2020
Anthony-Domingo Wierzba ’23, Staff Reporter
Could 2020 be the worst year yet? In this past year, we have faced multiple shocking events. We have seen the deaths of Chadwick Boseman, Kobe Bryant, Ruth Bader Ginsburg,...
Companies continue to work toward developing COVID-19 vaccine
November 23, 2020
John McQuaid '22, Opinion Editor
The COVID-19 pandemic has been raging for over nine months now, and virologists and epidemiologists say that we may have to wait a while longer before it ends. We know that...

March 24, 2021 • No Comments

At the start of the 2020- 2021 school year, Mike Williams joined Riordan’s staff as a college counselor. Alongside Melissa Nagar, the two counselors work to ensure that all upper class students are ready to attend...

AP courses’ advanced plan for testing

Sarai Melendez '22, Staff Reporter

March 24, 2021 • No Comments

Last year, because of COVID-19, AP exams were administered online and shortened to 45 minutes, rather than multiple hours. For the school year 2020-2021, the College Board, for now, has decided that the exams will...

Biden beats Trump in presidential election

Joseph Zuloaga '23, Copy Editor

February 12, 2021 • No Comments

Joe Biden has been elected as the 46th president of the United States with Kamala Harris becoming the first female vice president. Harris’s husband Douglas Emhoff is set to become the first Second Gentleman of the United...

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features

Slain SF native memorialized with community library

William Lenoyr Ortiz '22, News Editor

February 2, 2021 • 1 Comment

On Nov. 1, the Sean Monterrosa Knowledge Up Library had its grand opening in front Junipero Serra Elementary School with little libraries posted up around the school. These libraries were established in memory of Monterrosa,...

The Legend of Riordan’s Lost Pool February 2, 2021
Could 2020 be the worst year ever? December 1, 2020
Fallen Crusader remembered decades after Golden Dragon Massacre November 18, 2020
Death of Riordan alumnus shrouded in mystery June 26, 2020

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opinion

America needs to do better

The Crusader Staff

January 7, 2021 • No Comments

Editorial On Jan. 6, a group of Trump supporters gathered near the Capitol to hear President Trump speak. The outgoing President used the rally to whip the group into a riotous state before letting...

Young people need to get involved in election process early

November 16, 2020

Riordan Rising: Teamwork makes the dream work

August 11, 2020

How has social distance learning benefitted or detracted from education? Con

June 25, 2020

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technology