Eagle Update: Football improves to 2-1, girls water polo takes tournament

Football’s 27-16 win over San Jose High at its home opener brought the team to a 2-1 record. Senior Rohan Gorti threw for touchdowns to Zeke Weng and Liam Jeffers, while senior Dylan Parikh scored a running touchdown for the Eagles and junior Kevin Bettencourt notched a defensive touchdown. The Eagles will take on San Francisco’s Burton High this Friday at 7 p.m.

At Saturday’s tournament in Aptos, girls water polo posted a 3-0 record to win the tournament, defeating Aptos 10-7 in the final game. The team faces Lynbrook tomorrow night.

Ninth grade golfer Kimaya Mehta recorded Harker’s first-ever hole-in-one earlier this month at the Bayview Golf Club. In league play, sophomore Allison Yang is currently the league’s leading scorer and has been instrumental in Harker’s strong 3-0 start.

Boys water polo won all three of its league openers against Homestead on Tuesday. The team has two games at home this week, facing Lynbrook on Tuesday and Gunn on Thursday.

JV and varsity girls volleyball were both victorious on Wednesday against Willow Glen. The frosh/soph team came up short against Milpitas after a hard-fought game. On Friday, JV and varsity were defeated by the very tough Santa Cruz High teams. The following day, JV performed respectably at the JV Spikefest, placing 12th out of 32 teams. Each team will play at home on Tuesday against Evergreen Valley and Thursday against Westmont.

Harker’s cross country teams will compete in their first race this Saturday at the De La Salle Invitational, and girls’ tennis’ first match is scheduled for Sept. 27.

September 12, 2022Tags: eweekly, Football, golf, volleyball, water polo