Basketball Teams Earn Academic Honors as Winter Sports Head into Final Week

Girls Basketball

The girls basketball team picked up a big league win versus Mercy Burlingame last week as the Eagles defeated the Crusaders 69-32. Jordan Thompson, grade 11, led all scorers with 30 points. On Tuesday night the Eagles defeated Crystal Springs Uplands 57-16. Thompson had another big game with 31 points. She was also featured in an article about her amazing year. Check it out on prep2prep:  http://prep2prep.com/feature.aspx?ArticleID=9507

The Eagles finish the regular season with games against the top two teams in the WBAL Skyline division, Priory and Mercy SF.

On an academic note, the girls basketball team was named a 2016 CCS winter scholastic championship teams with a team GPA of 3.7761, the third highest in the CCS for girls basketball. (http://static.psbin.com/o/l/182gkq7qz6chhx/Scholastic_Team_Press_Release_-_Winter16.pdf)

Boys Basketball

The boys basketball team dropped two league contests last week to bring its season record to 11-9. In a heartbreaking 58-57 loss to Sacred Heart Prep, Elijah Edgehill, grade 12, scored 21 points and grabbed 14 rebounds. Then in a 71-63 defeat, Edgehill had a 19 point, 13 rebound game, and Evan Lohn, grade 12, had a season best 16 points. The Eagles travel to Eastside Prep tonight and then to Priory on Friday.

The boys basketball team was also named a 2016 CCS winter scholastic championship team, as its 3.7952 team GPA was the highest among CCS boys basketball teams! (http://static.psbin.com/o/l/182gkq7qz6chhx/Scholastic_Team_Press_Release_-_Winter16.pdf)

Boys Soccer

The boys soccer team fell to Menlo last Friday 4-1, dropping its season record to 6-5-1. The Eagles host Crystal Springs Uplands Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. on Davis Field.

Girls Soccer

On Tuesday King’s Academy defeated the girls soccer team 6-0. Earlier last week the Eagles lost to Menlo 3-0, Castiilleja 4-0 and Notre Dame SJ 1-0. The Eagles finish their season this Thursday at Menlo. Good luck girls!

Wrestling

The Wrestling team traveled to Homestead early last week and fell to the Mustangs 66-6. Later in the week, the Eagles hosted Lynbrook, but were also defeated 57-36. However, Anthony Contreras, grade 10, won by decision, and Diego Figueroa, grade 11, and Davis Howard, grade 11, each won by fall. This past weekend the Eagles competed in the Wilcox Tournament where Harker finished in 10th place as a team. In their respective weight classes, Kobe Howard, grade 9, finished second, Contreras finished third, and Dolan Dworak, grade 10, finished sixth. The Eagles begin the SCVAL tournament this weekend at Gunn High School.

GO EAGLES!

February 10, 2016Tags: Featured Story Photo, Sports, topathletics