Cross Country Looking Strong; Water Polo Improves to 18-5; Golfers Come Back With a Win, Girls Tennis Seeking Showdown

Harker athletes are deep in their seasons – check out the results!

Cross Country
In the first cross country league meet of the season, Corey Gonzales, grade 10, finished second behind Menlo’s top runner. This week, he got his revenge, finishing first after leading the race from start to finish, beating Menlo’s Matt Myers by five seconds. The finish earned him a notice in the San Jose Mercury’s Highlight Reel section of the paper (page D9 – the link is not yet online) for his first career cross country victory. Tyler Yeats, grade 12, placed 24th. For the girls, Ragini Bhattacharya, grade 12, placed 12th and Claudia Tischler, grade 11, placed 14th in one of their best runs ever. The squads run in the final league meet on Nov. 1.

Girls water polo defeated Monta Vista 9-8 this Thursday in double overtime at the Singh Aquatic Center on their senior day to improve to 18-5 overall and 9-2 in league play. After their victory, the girls are now tied for first place in the league. Keri Clifford, grade 12, scored four goals, and seniors Rachel Yanovsky and Sonia Sidhu, Anna Levine, grade 11, and Anushka Das, grade 10, added the rest of the scoring. The girls finish the regular season this week before continuing on to the league tournament next week.

Boys water polo lost to Lynbrook 13-10 last week, with goals scored by Gilad Nilo, Ryan Hume and Karan Das-Grande, all grade 12, and Eric Holt and Billy Bloomquist, both grade 10.

Girls varsity volleyball defeated King’s Academy last week three games to one behind 15 kills from Shreya Dixit, grade 10. The girls’ record now stands at 18-6 overall and 7-2 in league play. This Thursday, they play ECP at Blackford.

Golf
Girls golf competed in the league CCS qualifier Oct. 24, at Poplar Creek in San Mateo placing second as a team overall, just behind Castilleja. Junior Kristine Lin won the entire tournament, shooting a 73, and senior Patricia Huang shot a career best 79 placing fourth overall! Now we wait to see if the team qualified for CCS….stay tuned.

Last week, the girls rebounded from two consecutive losses to Castilleja to beat Mercy 235-277 at Los Lagos Golf Courses. Leading the charge was Huang, earning her second medalist honors of the season with a 36. Also chipping in great scores were Lin with a 37, and Daphne Liang, grade 9, who shot a 49. On their senior day this week, the girls defeated Notre Dame 221-244. The win put the Eagles in second place in the WBAL with a 6-3 record.

Girls tennis defeated Notre Dame 6-1 on their senior day last Friday and traveled to Menlo earlier this week for
what could be a league championship showdown.

The boys lost their senior night game to Monta Vista last Friday in front of a large, spirited Harker crowd. Spenser Quash, grade 12, threw a touchdown pass to Kevin Moss, grade 11, for the Eagles’ lone score. The boys travel to Fremont High this Friday.