Eagle Update: Success in tennis, golf, water polo and cross country
Girls tennis continues to dominate league play with victories over Menlo last Thursday (5-2) and Crystal Springs on Tuesday (6-1). They play their CCS qualifier on Monday.
Girls golf just won its fourth consecutive league tournament! “As all season long, it required a complete team effort,” said coach Ie-Chen Cheng. Senior Tina Xu led the Eagles with a fifth place finish and a score of 80. She was followed Emi Fujimura, grade 10, with 81, Allison Yang, grade 9, in with 82, senior Esther Wu in 11th with 87, junior Jessica Zhou with 91 and Khanhlinh Tran, grade 9, with 98. They’ve secured an automatic CCS berth for next Tuesday. Wish them luck!
Harker’s water polo squads turned up big on Thursday, winning all of their games against Los Altos. The girls finished the league regular season in fourth place and on Tuesday won their first match of the SCVAL tournament 9-5 against Los Gatos. JV boys have secured a co-league title, while varsity boys finished the regular season in second place and won the Silicon Valley Invitational, which was hosted by Harker, with a 4-0 record. Success for the varsity boys team continued on Tuesday with a 23-4 win in the SCVAL tournament against Los Gatos.
Football won 68-40 over California School for the Deaf on Thursday to end the season with a record of 3-4. Athletic director Dan Molin commended the team “for their hard work and dedication.”
Cross country’s second league meet went well, with the junior varsity boys placing third, led by grade 9 student Kaleb Goldin’s time of 20:14, for which he was named Eagle of the Meet. Varsity boys also finished third, as junior Rigo Gonzales ran for 17:54. Kara Kister led Harker’s girls by running a time of 20:36, which earned her ninth place. Cross country’s final league meet is Nov. 5 and will determine if they qualify for CCS.
Both varsity and JV girls volleyball lost to Notre Dame in their season finishers on Tuesday.
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