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		<title>Students line up to Brave the Shave</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 21:32:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The annual Brave the Shave fundraiser in Avalon is set for Saturday at Wrigley Stage. Volunteers recently arranged a program at Avalon School to promote and encourage any brave souls to shave their heads and raise money for childhood cancer research. The St. Baldrick’s Foundation began with an event in 1999, where volunteers sought donations [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Avalon boys golf season has arrived</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 21:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The flowers are beginning to bloom and the days are starting to warm up, all of which indicates that Spring is on the horizon and here comes the 2026 golf season with it. The Catalina Island Golf Course, under the leadership of owner Steve Hoeffs and his wonderful crew of workers, is whipping the course [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Resilience and renewal: senior class redefining Avalon basketball culture</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 22:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The 2025–26 senior class marks a distinctive milestone in high school athletics: they are the last group of “COVID kids.” Entering their formative years during a global shutdown, this group has endured unprecedented challenges. Yet, according to their head coach, it is that very resilience that has transformed them into the backbone of a team [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Avalon School prepares for Christmas season</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 21:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The weekend of Dec. 5-8 was very busy for our Avalon Lancers. Friday morning, Lancers transferred 120 Christmas trees, wreaths, and garland from the delivery truck to a container provided by Avalon Freight Services. Saturday morning dawned bright and early with the Lancers’ junior parents setting up for a pancake breakfast fundraiser while junior boys [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Islander among scholarship grads</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ted Apodaca]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2025 20:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Avalon High graduate, Giselle Alvarez, was among a group of college graduates who were recognized by the Angels Baseball Foundation in a pregame event prior to the Angels and Rangers game on Monday at Anaheim Stadium. Alvarez was one of 25 college graduates who were awarded scholarships from the ABF. She recently graduated from UC [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Straight Up Builders wins tournament</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2025 18:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The final game of the Catalina Co-Ed Softball season was played for the tournament title between Buoys &#38; Gulls and Straight Up Builders. Buoys &#38; Gulls was up first, and promptly had two base hits and doubles from Weston Leonhardi and Ryan Adkins to score three. Straight Up Builders answered back with seven runs off [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lancers prove worth in CIF-SS Playoffs</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steve Hall]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2025 18:16:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Avalon High School Boys Golf Team competed in the CIF-SS Playoffs on Monday, May 19, at Meadowlark Golf Course in Huntington Beach. Unfortunately, the Lancers’ bid for a CIF-SS Championship came up short, but not without a valiant effort. The Lancers finished in 4th Place out of 32 teams and were only 6 strokes [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Jazz Angels of Avalon sets first performance</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[For the Islander]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2025 19:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Jazz Angels, with their Catalina connection has set a date for its first performance on the island. The group of local kids from Avalon School will perform with the Lindbergh Jazz Angels on Saturday, May 24, from 4-5 p.m. at the Catalina Museum for Art and History. The Jazz Angels, is a renowned Long [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lancers Headed to Semifinals</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[For the Islander]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 20:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Avalon boys’ volleyball team is headed to the CIF-SS Division 8 semifinals after a thrilling journey. They pulled off a major upset against Pacifica Christian of Santa Monica, the number two seed, followed by significant wins against large public schools Orange Vista and Alta Loma with 2500 plus student body. Despite being a small [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>That A Way Jose!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steve Hall]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 20:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Local junior golfer Jose Pedroza represented Avalon High School, with 5 other Avalon golfers in the San Joaquin League Individuals Tournament this past week and for the first time in many years a Lancer golfer came away with the title. Pedroza led after the first day with Gordon Feng from Western Christian with a 2 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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