Aiden Pavon ’25 is the boys sports editor for The Crusader. He joined The Crusader his Sophomore year to express his passion for sports as well as journalism. Aiden loves telling the unseen stories and journeys of people around t...

Sean Reyes ’25 is a Photo Editor for The Crusader. The sports he plays include baseball and swimming. Outside of journalism, he is a member of the SALT, Knights of Riordan, and the Spirit Club. Some activities outside of scho...

Jake Beeman ’24 is the Local and State News Editor for The Crusader. He’s involved in a variety of groups around the school, but most notably, he attended a Model United Nations conference, and assisted the engineering depa...

Rose Baik ’26 enjoys writing, spending time with her friends and family, sunny weather, and traveling. She is class of 2026 and is part of the school newspaper club, as well as Rriordan Kknights, stage crew, and Sspirit Cclub....

Makayla Fong '25 is a staff reporter and Exchange Editor for The Crusader. She is a part of many clubs including Spirit, Wellness, ASA, Latinos Unidos, art, and Knights of Riordan. She does competitive cheerleading outside of...

Marina Viray '24 is a Staff Reporter for The Crusader. She is involved in many extracurriculars at the school, including being Co-President of the Drama Club, a member of the National Honor Society, and a cast member in Riordan's...

Anthony Chan ’24 is a staff reporter for The Crusader, starting as a club member nearly three years ago. Amongst his various works published, his favorite is “Crypto Giant FTX Collapses.” Dedicated to a resurgent fervor of po...

Aliana Urdaneta-Rodas ’25 is the Features Editor for The Crusader Newspaper. Aliana is also on the executive board for the Latinos Unidos club, a member of Parliament, and campus ministry's S.A.L.T team. Her favorite story of he...

Taylor Tran ’25 is an Exchange Editor for The Crusader. She joined the journalism class after forming an interest in writing & wanting to improve those skills. She is a part of the Riordan Marching Band, the girls tennis...

Xianna Romprey ‘23 is a staff reporter for The Crusader. This is her first year as a reporter. She joined because she wants to be able to expand her writing skills as well as have an opportunity to meet new people along the...

Joeliyn Rizzo ‘25 is a staff reporter for The Crusader. She is a part of Riordan’s Theater program and was in the Book of Will. She participates in the Sports Medicine club, Riordan Knights, and Yearbook Club. Apart from...

Nico Navarro ‘24 is a first year staff reporter for The Crusader newspaper. He runs Track and Field and Cross Country, and is a member of the Riordan concert and marching band. In addition, he has an interest in writing, which...

Mason Lum '25 is a staff reporter for The Crusader and part of the cross country program, Art Club, and Liturgy Team. In his free time, he enjoys listening to music and reading.

Rachel is a first year staff reporter for The Crusader Newspaper in the graduating class of 2024. New to journalism, she is excited to advance her writing skills, research and write about relevant news, and gather opinions from...

Miranda Hernandez ‘24 is a staff reporter for The Crusader. She is a member of the Latinos Unidos club and enjoys playing volleyball in her free time. She joined journalism because of her interest in writing and her motivation...

Catherine Hansen ‘25 is a first year staff reporter for The Crusader. She joined The Crusader because of her love for writing and long-running interest in journalism. Along with The Crusader, Catherine is a member of the JVgirls...

Emma Gruzman ‘25 is a staff reporter for The Crusader. She is also a member of the choir club. She joined journalism to learn more about writing.  ...

Caitlin Dowd ‘25 is a staff reporter for The Crusader. Caitlin is a part of the girls soccer team and N.H.S. She is also a part of the Knights of Riordan. She also loves to row and hike outside of school. Caitlin is a new...

Griffin Doeff '25 is a reporter for The Crusader. He is also a member of NHS and part of Riordan's fledgling Speech and Debate Club. Griffin loves paleontology, zoology, and geography.

Jaecee Cantiller '24 is a Staff Reporter for The Crusader. She is the Co-President of the Art Club, as well as a member of National Honor Society, CORE, Knights of Riordan, PAC, ASA, Drama Club, and Choir. She joined due to...

India Bowles '23 is a staff reporter for The Crusader. She is Captain of the Varsity Girls Soccer Team and Co-President of the Archbishop Riordan Wellness Club. Outside of school she loves reading, traveling and playing club...

Ishaan Gupta ‘26 is the Sports Features Editor for The Crusader. He initially joined journalism as a way to improve his writing and it is now one of his passions. He is extremely passionate about sports and participates in...

Melissa Chiao ‘25 is an Exchange Editor for The Crusader. She is part of the girl’s varsity volleyball team, Knights of Riordan, and the Biomedical Program. Her favorite story is "She-Hulk Slammed by Critics and Online Reviews" because she is excited to see the increase of females with leading roles in shows and m...

Hazel Nagata-Rampata ‘26 is the Features Editor for the Crusader Newspaper. She is a member of NHS, a part of Campus Ministry, in clubs such as Riordan’s Sports Medicine club, the Asian Student Association, and the Environmental...

Vee Chen '25 is a staff reporter and artist for The Crusader, and Art Director for The Shield. They joined the staff because they thought writing and illustrating for a newspaper would be a unique and fun experience. Their favor...

Helena (Kai) Murguz '25 is a staff reporter and artist for The Crusader and art director for The Shield. Her favorite drawing that she’s done for The Crusader is the editorial cartoon in Take a Break from Stress of Social Media ...

Katelyn Leong '25 is the current Arts and Entertainment Editor for the Crusader. She joined the newspaper team her freshman year to learn more about journalism and develop her overall writing skills. Beside newspaper club, she is a...

Julia Yamsuan ’25 is a Photo Editor for The Crusader. She is a part of the girls volleyball program and is on the varsity team. She participates in Newspaper, Knights of Riordan, PAC (Philippines American Club), and the Wellnes...

Julien Untalan’24 is co-Campus News Editor for The Crusader. He joined the newspaper club out of curiosity during his freshman year. He is a renaissance man, being involved in and leading countless groups and clubs around campus;...

Julian Johnson '25 is the Technology Editor for The Crusader. He also is a part of Riordan Knights, BBQ Club, NHS, the Engineering Program, and the Saint Francis Scholar Society. Outside of school, Julian enjoys rowing with his...

Hana Wadlow ‘25 is a Staff Reporter and Photographer for The Crusader. She joined her Freshman year to pursue her curiosity in journalism. Apart from writing articles for the Newspaper she is part of the Wrestling and Swim ...

Don Tsang '23 is the Boys Sports Editor and a reporter for The Crusaders. He joined The Crusaders in his junior year to participate in journalism. He is the captain for the Men's varsity Tennis Team and a member of ASA. He hopes...

Angela Jia ’25 is the Editor in Chief of The Crusader Newspaper. She is passionate about the importance of journalism in conflict zones and enjoys reading investigative pieces from the Washington Post by Caroline Kitchener. She...

Bo Wyatt ’24 is a fourth year staff reporter for The Crusader, having joined freshman year by recommendation of her English teacher. Following this decision, her passion for journalism quickly flourished, and her favorite personal...

Julian Serrano ’24 is a Student Reporter. He likes reading, as a nerd of his kindred would – particularly books by Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and other cool authors. Of course he finds time to write, write, and w...

Michael Schulz is a Staff Reporter for The Crusader. Michael is passionate about sports, Riordan and his friends. Michael is known for his sports knowledge and love of the game. He competes in Cross Country and Track and Field...

Alex Robinson '23 is a first-year staff member and the current Religion Editor for Riordan's Crusader newspaper. He has been a Student Parliament member for three years, an Achieve Scholar, Bay Scholar, National Honors Society...

Gigi Richardson ’24 is a second-year staff reporter for The Crusader. She is also involved in BSU. She is a member of the Riordan track team. In her free time, she enjoys swimming, online shopping, and reading mystery and ro...

Nick "Photo Guy" Nye ’25 is a Photo Editor at The Crusader. He is an avid scouting (aka Boy Scouts) leader, cat lover, and football fan. Nick grew up as a 49ers and Warriors fan, and watches every single game of those teams. ...

Nora Maguire ‘24 is a staff reporter for The Crusader. She plays on the girls Varsity soccer team and is also apart of the Knights of Riordan.

Talisha Flores ’24 is the Layout Director and a graphic artist for The Crusader and The Shield. Apart from being a part of the news team, Talisha is also involved in the Knights of Riordan and Art Club. She is deeply intere...

Bianca Dizon ‘23 is a staff reporter for The Crusader. She just recently transferred from the Philippines. She joined journalism to be able to write better and believes that it would help her become more aware of the things...

Beatriz Dimayuga is a reporter from the class of 2024. Beatriz is also a part of Riordan’s varsity volleyball team and the CORE team. Outside of school, she also enjoys dancing Hula & Tahitian, and going out with her friends...

Jaiden Cherkis '24 is a staff reporter for The Crusader. He looks forward to reporting for the school newpaper. He is also a member of the Auto Shop Club aswell as Knights of Riordan.

Gianluca Carboni ‘24 is a first year reporter for The Crusader. He is an active participant in Riordan’s band, cross country, and track program. He also takes visual art classes on weekends. He joined Journalism to improve...

Sarah Cai ’24 is the Health Editor for The Crusader. She joined because of her interest in journalism and wanting to improve her writing skills. She is a member of the ASA club. During her free time, she likes to bake and pl...

Cash Bolos '23 is a staff reporter for The Crusader newspaper and a member of the wrestling team.He likes to fish in his free time and also works at a fly shop Lost Coast Outfitters; he has traveled all over the state and country ...

Normay Arriola '24 is the Science for The Crusader. She also runs track and field, participates in martial arts outside of school, and is a member of National Honor Society, PAC, and ASA club. Her favorite story is the one about...

Rhys Appleby ’24 is a second year staff reporter and copy editor for The Crusader. He has been playing baseball since his freshman year. He is also a member of the ASA and founded the Fishing Club this year. He also enjoys r...

Joshua Aguilar ’24 is a staff reporter for The Crusader. At Riordan, he is a part of the LIFE Team in Campus Ministry and the PAC Club. Outside of Riordan, he plays instruments such as the guitar, ukulele, and piano and enjoy...

Daniel Bales '24  is a second year reporter for The Crusader. Daniel Joined because of his interest in writing and journalism and learning how to write stories.

Mario Perez de Leon '24 is the Campus News Editor for The Crusader, and is set to graduate in 2024. He is also the leader of the Auto Shop Club, an Achieve scholar, a High School Explainer for the Exploratorium, and a regular volunteer a...

Matteo Matteucci '24 is a 3-year staff reporter for The Crusader. He chose this class at the end of freshman year with the thought that being a journalist would help him further his writing and possibly pursue it in college. H...

Naomi Lin ’24 is a reporter the first female Editor-in-Chief for The Crusader. She joined the newspaper club and Journalism course to not only immerse herself in a different style of writing, but to keep others informed abo...

Ryan Lee '24 is the Copy Editor for The Crusader. He enrolled in a journalism course, as he was interested in learning how to write more professionally and receiving feedback to improve. At Riordan, he is a part of the cross...

Addison Hwang '24  is a staff reporter for The Crusader newspaper. She is also the captain of the girl’s varsity tennis team and a leader of PAC club. Outside of school she enjoys hanging out with friends and dancing. He...

Ceejae Minell de Lumen is a student at Archbishop Riordan High School, Class of 2024, and a staff reporter for The Crusader. Ceejae is a part of Knights of Riordan, Junior Volleyball and the Dance Team called, “Blades” here at ...

Jameson Datoc ’23 is the photo editor for The Crusader. He joined the newspaper on a whim as he accidentally interrupted an editors' meeting and was assigned a story on the famous Riordan French Burger. He is involved only a cou...

Deanie Cooper ‘24 is a reporter for the Riordan newspaper. Deanie is a member of the Varsity Soccer and Tennis team. She is also apart of the Knights of Riordan. Deanie’s favorite story shes written is “Gymnast vaults into stardom.” She loved learning about the time and effort put into others sp...

Talia Bumanglag '24  is a reporter and the Managing editor for The Crusader. She joined her sophomore year to immerse herself in the world of  journalism and become a better writer. She is also a part of the Knights program, ...

Sophie Bucker '24 is the Local & State News Editor for The Crusader. She is a member of the Riordan sailing team, National Honors Society, St. Francis Scholars Society, and Robotics Club. When she's not writing for The Crusa...

Edward Ramos '23 is co-Campus News Editor of The Crusader. He is a member of Riordan’s Core Team and is a rugby player for “San Francisco Golden Gate Rugby." This year he looks forward to reporting for The Crusader, as his ...

Angelina Ning '23 is the Features Editor for The Crusader newspaper and the Editor in Chief of The Shield multimedia magazine. She is also the captain of the varsity girl’s tennis team. In her free time, she enjoys liste...

Jonathan Kruger '24 is a staff reporter and a photographer. He is on the Archbishop Riordan High School Lacrosse team, and enjoys playing the guitar and skating. One of his most successful stories is about people raising chickens...

Iris Jaboneta is a reporter for The Crusader and is a part of Drama Club. Currently, she is the stage manager of The Book of Will presented by Archbishop Riordan Drama. Her favorite story she has written is  about a certain...

Charles Chu, member of the Class of 2024, is a reporter/photographer for The Crusader newspaper. He also plays Varsity Football here at Riordan. He joined Riordan's journalism program immediately following his transfer from L...

Joziah Rizzo '23 is a staff reporter for The Crusader newspaper. Outside of Riordan, he enjoys spending time with friends and family, sports, sneakers, listening to music, video games, and volunteering in his community. His favo...

Hoorain Farooq '25 is the Sports Features Editor for The Crusader. She is part of the Student Parliament Apprenticeship Program and on the volleyball team. In her free time she enjoys playing basketball and reading.   ...

Mahkai Hunt is a member of Student Parliament and the Black Student Union. His favorite story is "Female footballer finds fame," which is about Riordan's first girl to play on the football team. The story won a Best of SNO in J...

Ethan Vargas ‘23  is a news reporter for The Crusader. Ethan is a Saint Francis Scholar and dedicated to his academics. He loves to play and watch baseball, and is currently on the Riordan baseball team. He also has two ...

Nathan Loeffler Malatesta ’23 is an award-winning journalist and review editor for The Crusader, a nationally ranked high school newspaper. His work mainly consists of reviews and campus news. His favorite story is his foo...

Joseph Zuloaga '23 is the Editor-in-Chief for The Crusader. He joined the newspaper club because he is deeply passionate about journalism and interested becoming a journalist in the future. In addition to being involved in The Crusad...