The varsity boys are 5-1-1 overall after an undefeated week in which they triumphed over Crystal Springs and ECP. Junior Omar Hamade leads the team in goals so far with 10 in seven games, while senior Alan Guo leads the team in assists. The future is also bright for the junior varsity squad, which has five wins in seven games. The girls, meanwhile, lost to both Menlo and Sacred Heart last week. The teams play Friday in their annual Kicks Against Cancer games. The boys will host Priory, while the girls will play Notre Dame.
Wrestling
While the wrestlers lost as a team to Santa Clara last week, 36-30, they did earn five victories by pin. Their next competition is Thursday at Blackford, where they will play Milpitas at 4:30pm.
Basketball
Eighteen points from sophomore Jordan Thompson and 9 points from freshman Elizabeth Beamish weren’t enough for the girls to defeat a tough Mercy-Burlingame team. They will look to rebound against Priory on Friday. The boys are also in the midst of a tough stretch, losing to both Sacred Heart Prep and Pinewood last week to fall to 8-6 overall. They will hit the road to take on Priory on Friday as well.
Update: Hat trick for Harker athletes, today! First off, Srivinay Irrinki, grade 12, has been named the Merc’s Santa Clara County boys Athlete of the Week. Plus, Joelle Anderson and Jordan Thomson, both grade 10, were both named to the Merc’s Highlight Reel, today.
Joelle, Harker soccer, made the list for her three goals in a 6-0 win over Mercy-Burlingame and three more in the team’s 4-2 win over Crystal Springs. She has now scored 15 goals in just six games—go Joelle!
Jordan, Harker basketball, was honored for scoring 38 points and pulling down 11 rebounds in the team’s win vs. Woodside Priory and 26 points in the victory over Crystal Springs –Go Jordan!
It’s 2015, and Harker sports are in full swing. Both the girls varsity basketball and soccer squads went undefeated last week! Let’s get to the scores and news:
Basketball
The girls went undefeated last week, beating both Priory and Crystal Springs to open league play and improving to 8-3 overall. Against Priory, sophomore Jordan Thompson led the way with 38 points. The girls hit the road twice this week.
Senior Sriv Irrinki shot eight 3-pointers and went 9-9 on free throws en route to a career high 35 points while leading Harker to a 87-71 victory over King’s Academy. With that victory, Harker bounced back from a loss to Menlo earlier in the week. The boys play rival Sacred Heart Prep on Tuesday at Blackford. The junior varsity team will play at 5:30 p.m., followed by the varsity team at 7 p.m.
At the middle school level, the grades 7-8 Varsity B boys basketball team enter the WBAL playoff tournament this week. On Tuesday, they will host Sacred Heart’s second team at Blackford at 4 p.m. If the Eagles win, they will play the winner of Sacred Heart’s first team vs. Menlo’s third at Sacred Heart on Wednesday at 6 p.m. If they lose to Sacred Heart’s second team, they will play the loser of Sacred Heart vs. Menlo on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. at Menlo. Wins on both Tuesday and Wednesday would catapult the Eagles to the championship game at Sacred Heart on Thursday at 5 p.m. Let’s go Harker!
Soccer
The girls varsity squad improved to 4-1-1 overall after a 2-0 week in which the team defeated Mercy-Burlingame and Crystal Springs. The game against Crystal Springs was highlighted by a hat trick from sophomore Joelle Anderson. The Eagles have now won three straight games, having also defeated Pinewood 5-1 over the winter break thanks to goals from Anderson, senior Alyssa Amick and sophomore Kailee Gifford. Harker will host Menlo on Tuesday at Davis Field.
The boys, meanwhile, lost to Menlo 3-2 on Friday in their first league game of the year, despite goals from junior Omar Hamade and senior Alan Guo. This was the team’s first loss of the season; it had previously been 3-0-1 after a 4-1 win over the winter break thanks to goals from senior Ramzi Jahshan, senior Jeremiah Anderson, junior Kevin Hu and freshman Nick Acero. The Eagles will host Crystal Springs on Wednesday and Eastside College Prep on Thursday.
Wrestling
Freshman Anthony Contreras finished in third place at the Los Gatos Tournament on Saturday. During the winter break, seniors Anni Ankola and Ryan Palmer finished third and fourth, respectively, at the Cupertino Tournament. The wrestlers travel to Santa Clara this Thursday.
Volleyball
Congratulations to senior Shreya Dixit, who was named by the San Jose Mercury News to the All-Mercury News second team for girls volleyball, recognizing her as among the best players in the section.
You can read more here: http://www.mercurynews.com/high-school-sports/ci_27202476/all-mercury-news-girls-volleyball-first-team-second
This article originally appeared in the winter 2014 Harker Quarterly.
Football
Junior varsity B flag football (grade 5) went 5-1 in league (tied for first place). Team awards went to Eric Bollar (MVP), Rishi Jain and Anquan Boldin, Jr. (Eagle), and Raj Patel (Coaches).
Intramural flag football (grade 4) enjoyed their inaugural season of play. Although they do not compete in games, the boys learned a lot and had fun with their friends. Team awards went to Rohan Gorti (Eagle), and Freddy Hoch and Dylan Parikh (Coaches).
Softball
Junior varsity A softball (grades 4-6) went 1-5-1 in league (sixth place). Team awards went to Alexandra Baeckler, grade 6 (MVP), Brooklyn Cicero, grade 5 (Eagle) and Emma Crook, grade 5 (Coaches).
Intramural softball (grade 4) enjoyed their inaugural season of play. They did not play in any games, but the girls enjoyed learning and building skills. Team awards went to Brooke Baker (MVP), Keesha Gondipalli (Eagle) and Allison Lee (Coaches).
This article originally appeared in the winter 2014 Harker Quarterly.
Football Varsity A flag football (grade 8) went 4-2 in league (third place) and 10-2 overall. The VA team also took first place at the Harker Flag Football tournament. Team awards went to Demonte Aleem (MVP), Jackson Williams (Eagle), and Charlie Molin and Zachary Hoffman (Coaches).
Varsity B flag football (grade 7) went 3-3 in league (fifth place) and 7-5 overall. The VB team also took first place at the Harker Flag Football tournament. Team awards went to James Rugnao and Aaron Featherstone (Co-MVP), Jeffrey Liu (Eagle) and Naveen Mirapuri (Coaches).
Junior varsity A flag football (grade 6) went 5-1 in league (second place) and 6-1 overall. Team awards went to Michael Mitchell (MVP), Srinath Somasundaram (Eagle), and Arjun Virmani and Marcus Anderson (Coaches).
Softball Varsity A softball (grade 6-8) went 6-1 in league (second place) and 6-2 overall. Team awards went to Lily Wancewicz and Taylor Lam, both grade 8 (Co-MVP), Alaina Valdez, grade 6 (Eagle) and Cameron Zell, grade 8 (Coaches).
Cross Country Cross country (grades 6-8) enjoyed a phenomenal season! In the final three meets of the season, the team really turned up the heat.
The following were first-place finishers at the Harker meet: Julia Amick, Alycia Cary, Lilia Gonzales, Aneesha Kumar and Anika Rajamani, all grade 8; and Gina Partridge, grade 7. These eighth graders also all were first-place finishers at the Menlo meet, and Amick, Cary, Gonzales, Partridge and Rajamani were first-place finishers at the WBAL final meet.
Team awards went to Mihir Sharma, grade 7 and Amick (top runners); Partridge, Arya Maheshwari, grade 6, and Alex Rule, grade 8 (co-MVPs); Gonzales, Anna Weirich, grade 8, and Noah Lincke, grade 8 (Eagle); and Kumar, Jasmine Wiese and Grant Miner, both grade 7 (Coaches).
Swimming The lower and middle school swim team participated in the Harker and Castilleja meets. First-place finishers at the Harker meet were Lorenzo Martinelli, grade 4, in the 100 IM and 100 freestyle; Ysabel Chen, grade 5, in the 100 IM and 100 freestyle; Ethan Hu, grade 7, in the 100 IM and 50 freestyle; Angela Li, grade 8, in the 100 IM and 50 backstroke; Bobby Bloomquist, grade 8, in the 50 freestyle; Rhys Edwards, grade 6, in the 50 breaststroke; and Matthew Hajjar, grade 8, in the 50 breaststroke.
First-place finishers in the Castilleja meet were Brandon Wang, grade 4, in the 100 IM and 100 freestyle; Hu in the 100 IM and 50 freestyle; Anh My Tran, grade 7, in the 50 freestyle; Bloomquist in the 50 freestyle and 50 backstroke; Li in the 50 butterfly and 200 breaststroke; Leland Rossi, grade 6, in the 50 backstroke; Andrew Fox, grade 4, in the 25 breaststroke; and Leon Lu, grade 8, in the 50 breaststroke.
Awards for middle school swimming went to Li (MVP), Leah Anderson, grade 6 (Eagle), and Evan Bourke, grade 6 (Coaches). Awards for lower school swimming went to Lorenzo Martinelli (MVP), Arianna Martinelli, grade 4 (Eagle), and Daniel Fields, grade 5 (Coaches).
Last week was a big week for Harker sports! The girls varsity basketball team won the Pescadero tournament, thanks to an amazing comeback victory, while three fall athletes were honored for their tremendous seasons.
Basketball
The girls won the Pescadero High School Hoop Dreams Small Schools Invitational basketball tournament last week, defeating Pescadero and Alma Heights before roaring back for a come-from-behind 45-42 victory over Stevenson School in the championship game. Sophomore Jordan Thompson was named to the All-Tournament Team, thanks to her 16-point, eight-rebound performance. Freshman Elizabeth Beamish scored 14 points in the final game against Stevenson. The girls will celebrate their victory with two home games this week, hosting Oceana on Friday and James Lick Saturday.
The boys varsity squad, meanwhile, went 2-1 at the James Lick Invitational Tournament, coming away with a third-place finish. Their only loss was a nail-biter in double-overtime to Wilcox High School. The team bounced back from that heartbreaker with a 62-36 win over North Monterey County High on Friday night, thanks to 16 points from junior Rohan Desikan and 14 from senior Dylan Patel. Senior Sriv Irrinki also scored a massive 35 points in the victory over Andrew Hill. The boys play in the Lynbrook Tournament this week.
Soccer
The girls played a tie and a loss last week, matching Lynbrook 2-2 and then dropping their match to Fremont 4-3 despite goals from sophomores Joelle Anderson and Kailee Gifford. The Eagles play home games all week, hosting Redwood Christian on Tuesday and Terra Nova on Thursday.
The boys tied Saratoga High last week 2-2 thanks to goals from juniors Omar Hamade and Kevin Hu. They travel to Terra Nova Wednesday before returning home to host San Mateo on Friday.
Golf
Freshman golfer Katherine Zhu was recognized as an All Mercury News athlete by the San Jose Mercury News, an honor bestowed upon the top eight golfers in the entire section. The award was well merited: Zhu won the WBAL Individual Championship this year and reached the Northern California Championships, the furthest of any golfer in Harker history.
For the second year in a row, senior water polo player Billy Bloomquist was recognized as All-CCS Division II by a group of section coaches.
Football
Senior Keanu Forbes was featured in the San Jose Mercury News’ Highlight Reel for his outstanding football performance in last month’s Senior Night game. In that game, a 48-15 win over St. Francis CCC, Forbes carried the ball 14 times for 223 yards and had 91 yards on two kick returns.
In front of a raucous home crowd, the girls crushed archrival Sacred Heart Prep for the third time this season, advancing past the CCS quarterfinals and into the semifinals. This Wednesday, they will take on Soquel at 7:30 p.m. at Notre Dame-Belmont High School. Stay tuned for information on a rally bus that will take Eagles fans to the game!
Cross Country
Senior Corey Gonzales and sophomore Niki Iyer gave spectacular performances at the CCS finals last Saturday in Salinas to qualify for the state meet this Saturday in Fresno. Iyer had the fifth-best time of the day across all runners in all divisions, placing third in the Division 4 race, while Gonzales placed eighth out of 100 runners. Juniors Jack Rothschild and Alex Dellar also ran personal bests on Saturday’s course.
The Eagles ended their season with a triumphant win, dominating St. Francis-Watsonville 48-15 on senior night. Freshman quarterback Nate Kelly led Harker to a massive 480 yards of total offense, including touchdown passes to three different receivers. Seniors Christian Williams and Sid Krishnamurthi pulled down touchdown passes from 42 and 39 yards, respectively, while junior Miles DeWitt caught touchdowns of 21 and 19 yards. Krishnamurthi also intercepted a pass to set up a scoring drive, as did freshman Anthony Contreras. The Eagles also scored on a touchdown by sophomore Will Park and two extra points by senior Alyssa Amick.
Tennis
The girls varsity squad won its first-round CCS match last week, beating York School 4-3, before falling the next day to league rival Menlo to end the season. The Eagles finished their year with a 15-7 record, tied for the most victories in a season in Harker girls tennis history.
Big news out of Harker sports! An Eagles golfer made it farther than any other Eagle, while varsity volleyballers achieved one of the highest seeds in Harker’s history. Two cross country runners finished second in league and join two teammates for what is sure to be an epic CCS race this weekend. Tennis is off to CCS as well, while both water polo teams ended the season with wins. Let’s get to the news!
Golf
At the CCS Golf Championships last Tuesday at Rancho Canada in Carmel, freshman sensation Katherine Zhu shot a 3-under-par 69, the best-ever Harker golf finish, catapulting her into the Northern California Championship in Salinas – the furthest any Eagles golfer has ever advanced! There she finished 19th out of 84 golfers, capping off a season in which she also won the WBAL individual league championship.
After defeating Sacred Heart Prep on senior night to earn the WBAL league co-championship along with Menlo, the girls varsity squad earned a No. 2 seed in the CCS Tournament, tying them with the 2007 team for the highest-ever seed achieved by an Eagles girls volleyball team. This Saturday night, they’ll have the opportunity to advance in the tournament when they host a quarterfinal match at Blackford against either Del Mar or Sacred Heart Prep. You can be a part of the action, too! For CCS contests, there is an admission price of $8 for adults and $4 for students. The girls finished their regular season with a 16-8 overall record and a 9-1 league record.
Senior Corey Gonzales and sophomore Niki Iyer each finished second on Friday in the league cross country championships. They will be joined by two additional qualifiers – juniors Alexandra Dellar and Jack Rothschild, both in their first year of running cross country – at this Saturday’s CCS Cross Country meet in Toro Park, Salinas.
Tennis
The girls qualified for CCS! The Eagles will begin with a first-round match-up when the team hosts York School today at 2pm at The Bay Club-Santa Clara, where a win would send the girls to Menlo tomorrow.
Both the boys and girls teams ended the season with wins! The boys trumped Lynbrook 8-7 at to finish in third place with a 12-11 record, while the girls wrapped up their year in fifth place with a 12-7 victory over Cupertino, giving them a 9-12 overall record.
Football
The Eagles and the cheer squad have their senior night this Friday under the lights against St. Francis-Watsonville at 6pm. Come support senior players Sid Krishnamurthi, Keanu Forbes, Alyssa Amick, Christian Williams and Allen Huang in their final game and cheerleaders Riya Godbole, Daniela Lee, Erika Olsen and Mariam Sulakian.
UPDATE: Freshman Katherine Zhu played a phenomenal golf game, shooting 3 under 69, to take second place in the CCS Championships. That is the best finish by any Harker golfer, male or female, in history. On the par 3 sixth hole, her tee shot found some branches on the right, but she was able to make an incredible up and down in a sloping green. That set the tone for the day, as Zhu played smart and relaxed golf. She had a hot streak of 3 birdies on 12, 13 and 15. Zhu advances to Norcals Monday at Salinas Country Club. Let’s wish her the best of luck as she represents Harker on the golf course. If there was every any doubt, hard work pays off. Congratulations K-Zhu!
In other news, Senior Sid Krishnamurthi is the School Winner of the Wendy’s High School Heisman award. The program supports the pursuit of athletic and academic excellence with integrity, honors student accomplishments and intends to inspire future high school students to pursue their higher education goals.
Nov. 4, 2014 The championships are coming! The golf squad has one of its own competing in the CCS Championships today. Volleyball and tennis have wrapped up their seasons with amazing records. The varsity water polo clubs have their league tournament this week. And the cross country squad competes on Friday!
Golf
Freshman golfing prodigy Katherine Zhu won an individual league championship last week and plays in the CCS Championships today in Carmel! The team finished third in the league championships.
In middle school golf news, the Harker MS team took first place at the WBAL tournament on Oct. 27 at Los Lagos! This is the Eagles sixth WBAL tournament championship in a row! Pinewood took second place and Sacred Heart took third.
Harker’s top four scorers were Scout McNealy (33), grade 8; Alex King (36), grade 7; Aditya Tadimeti (37), grade 6; and Ronit Gagneja (40), grade 7. Also posting great scores were Abhinav Joshi (41), grade 8; Natalie Vo (41), grade 6; Katelyn Vo (43), grade 7; and Elvin Chen (51), grade 6.
Volleyball
The girls varsity squad kept rolling last week, beating Mercy-SF to improve to 7-1 in league play. Celebrate this year’s seniors Shreya Dixit and Katy Sanchez this Thursday evening as the team takes on Sacred Heart Prep for Senior Night.
Water Polo
All three clubs beat Cupertino last week, with the sweep putting an exclamation point on the Senior Night festivities. The third-place varsity boys and fourth-place varsity girls are gearing up for the league tournament this week!
Tennis
Despite losing twice last week, the girls ended their season with a 14-6 overall record, having won 70 percent of their matches this year. They’ll look to add a few more, starting tonight in the league qualifier. The team will learn its CCS fate this coming weekend.
Football
Freshman Nate Kelly’s touchdown pass to junior Johnathon Keller and senior Alyssa Amick’s extra point were not enough for the Eagles to overcome a strong Immanuel High School squad. The team has a bye week and resume play on Nov. 14 at Senior Night against St. Francis-Watsonville.
Cross Country
This Friday, the cross country team competes in the league championships at Crystal Springs!
This week’s sports scores are hot off the presses – literally! The San Jose Mercury News recognized both an Eagles volleyball player and football player, while a freshman golfer won an WBAL championship! Let’s get to the scores and news:
Golf:
Freshman golfing sensation Katherine Zhu shot a 71 at Poplar Creek to win the WBAL individual championship! Zhu’s spectacular performance launches her into Tuesday’s section championship at Rancho Canada in Carmel, where she will have the opportunity to compete against the best in CCS.
At Poplar Creek, the team came in third overall, while junior Ashley Zhong tied for ninth. Last week, the girls lost to both first-place Castilleja and to Menlo, but overpowered Notre Dame-San Jose en route to a 210-249 victory. The team finished the regular season with a .500 record at 5-5-1.
Volleyball:
With a 14-8 record, the girls varsity volleyball team was ranked No. 15 on the San Jose Mercury News’ CCS rankings. Meanwhile, the Merc named senior Shreya Dixit Santa Clara County girls Athlete of the Week for her 31 kills in a 3-2 win against Menlo, 22 kills in Harker’s 3-1 victory over Notre Dame-San Jose, and average of 12.2 kills in Harker’s four victories out of five matches in the Notre Dame-Belmont Tournament. The paper also commended Dixit for being accepted into Yale next year!
Last week, girls volleyball won against both Notre Dame-San Jose and rival Menlo, giving them a share of first place with Menlo in the WBAL-Foothill Division. The girls reached the finals in the Notre Dame-Belmont Tournament.
Football:
The Merc also commended a freshman standout on Harker’s varsity football squad. Nate Kelly was featured in the Mercury News’ high school sports highlight reel of top performances for the last week. He was recognized for throwing for 210 yards and five touchdowns and running for 108 yards in three touchdowns in Harker’s 64-40 victory over Emery. Kelly’s unbelievable game gave the Eagles’ their third win of the year. Harker also got touchdowns from juniors Johnathon Keller and Miles DeWitt, and seniors Sid Krishnamurthi, Christian Williams and Keanu Forbes. Senior Alyssa Amick was perfect on extra points, kicking all four of her attempts through the uprights. Today, the team travels to Fresno to take on Immanuel High School.
Tennis:
The girls varsity squad won twice last week, trumping both King’s Academy and Crystal Springs by scores of 6-1, catapulting the team’s record to a fantastic 14-4.
Cross Country:
Last week, junior Lev Sepetov, and sophomores Andrew Rule and Steven Cao, all ran personal bests for the boys. On the girls’ side, sophomore Niki Iyer led from the start and won by 20 seconds with a 18:24 time, while junior Alex Dellar ran a 21:03.
Water Polo:
The girls avenged an earlier double-overtime loss to Monta Vista by crushing them 10-5 last week. The team is now 7-12 overall and playing their best games of the season heading into the league tournament. The boys lost to strong Wilcox and Los Gatos teams, dropping their record to 9-10 overall.
Sophomore Niki Iyer was featured in the San Jose Mercury News last week as the Santa Clara County girls Athlete of the Week in recognition of her 10th place finish and personal-best 18:18 run at the Clovis Invitational, a multi-state championship race.
This week, Iyer and senior Corey Gonzales each placed second in their races at the team’s second WBAL league meet of the year. A number of Eagles posted great marks in the race en route to a sixth-place finish for the girls and a fifth-place finish for the boys. Sophomore Dylan Hwang ran well in his first race of the year, while junior Jack Rothschild ran his best race of the year, his first as a cross country runner for Harker. Junior Alex Dellar, meanwhile, finished 16th and qualified for the CCS championship next month.
Football
After being down 21-0 in the first quarter, the Eagles roared back to capture a 32-28 victory on their final drive of the game when senior Keanu Forbes bolted into the endzone to cap off a magical game. The Eagles also scored on sophomoreWill Park’s interception return for a touchdown, two scrambles into the endzone by freshman quarterback Nate Kelly and a 30-yard field goal by senior Alyssa Amick. The team plays Friday at 7pm at home against Emery in their penultimate game of the year.
Golf
Freshman Katherine Zhu was named to the American Junior Golf Association’s Gary Gilchrist All-Star Team, which includes the top 10 girls golfers between 12 and 15 years old. Back at home, the Eagles lost to rival Sacred Heart Prep last week.
Water Polo
Last week was a spectacular one for Eagles water polo as the boys varsity, girls varsity and boys JV teams scored a perfect 6-0 combined against Fremont and Santa Clara. The most exciting contest belonged to the girls varsity club, which, after trailing 7-1 at halftime against Fremont, came roaring back for a stunning 10-9 victory. Senior Anushka Das had the greatest individual game, scoring six goals against Santa Clara. Water polo’s senior night on Oct. 28 will celebrate Das and fellow seniors Delaney Martin, Jackelyn Shen, Sheridan Tobin, Dipam Acharyya, Annirudh Ankola, Aadyot Bhatnagar, Jeremy Binkley, William Bloomquist, Eric Holt, Siddhant Jain, Mohannad Khadr, Hemant Kunda, Ryan Palmer, Alexander Thomas and Harry Xu.
Volleyball
The girls volleyball team crushed both Mercy-SF and rival Sacred Heart Prep last week in straight games. The Eagles hit the road to face Menlo and Notre Dame this week.
Tennis
Girls tennis lost to Menlo last week, then rebounded with a clutch 4-3 victory over Castilleja. This week, the girls take on King’s Academy and Crystal Springs.
Lower and Middle School Fall Wrap-Up
Football
Varsity A flag football (grade 8) went 4-2 in league (third place) and 10-2 overall. The VA team also took first place at the Harker Flag Football tournament! Team awards went to Demonte Aleem (MVP), Jackson Williams (Eagle), and Charlie Molin and Zachary Hoffman (Coaches).
Varsity B flag football (grade 7) went 3-3 in league (fifth place) and 7-5 overall. The VB team also took first place at the Harker Flag Football tournament! Team awards went to James Rugnao and Aaron Featherstone (Co-MVP), Jeffrey Liu (Eagle) and Naveen Mirapuri (Coaches).
Junior varsity A flag football (grade 6) went 5-1 in league (second place) and 6-1 overall. Team awards went to Michael Mitchell (MVP), Srinath Somasundaram (Eagle), and Arjun Virmani and Marcus Anderson (Coaches).
Junior varsity B flag football (grade 5) went 5-1 in league (tied for first place). Team awards went to Eric Bollar (MVP), Rishi Jain and Anquan Boldin Jr. (Eagle), and Raj Patel (Coaches).
Intramural flag football (grade 4) enjoyed their inaugural season of play. Although they do not compete in games, the boys learned a lot and had fun with their friends. Team awards went to Rohan Gorti (Eagle), and Freddy Hoch and Dylan Parikh (Coaches).
Softball
Varsity A softball (grade 6-8) went 6-1 in league (second place) and 6-2 overall. Team awards went to Lilly Wancewicz and Taylor Lam (Co-MVP), Alaina Valdez (Eagle) and Cameron Zell (Coaches).
Junior varsity A softball (grades 4-6) went 1-5-1 in league (sixth place). Team awards went to Alexandra Baeckler (MVP), Brooklyn Cicero (Eagle) and Emma Crook (Coaches).
Intramural softball (grade 4) enjoyed their inaugural season of play. They did not play in any games, but the girls learned a lot and had fun. Team awards went to Brooke Baker (MVP), Keesha Gondipalli (Eagle) and Allison Lee (Coaches).
Cross Country
Cross Country (grades 6-8) enjoyed a phenomenal season! The final three meets of the season, the team really turned it on.
The following were first-place finishers at the Harker meet: Julia Amick, Lilia Gonzales, Anika Rajamani, Alycia Cary and Aneesha Kumar (8th grade girls team); and Gina Partridge, grade 7.
The following were first-place finishers at the Menlo meet: Julia Amick, Lilia Gonzales, Anika Rajamani, Alycia Cary and Aneesha Kumar (8th grade girls team); and Julia Amick, grade 8.
The following were first-place finishers at the WBAL final meet: Julia Amick, Gina Partridge, Anika Rajamani, Lilia Gonzales and Alycia Cary (grade 7/8 team); and Julia Amick, grade 8.
Team awards went to Mihir Sharma and Julia Amick (top runners), Gina Partridge, Arya Maheshwari and Alex Rule (co-MVP), Anna Weirich, Noah Lincke and Lilia Gonzales (Eagle), and Jasmine Wiese, Aneesha Kumar and Grant Miner (Coaches).
Swimming
The lower and middle school swim team participated in the Harker and Castilleja meets. First-place finishers at the Harker meet were Lorenzo Martinelli, grade 4 , in the 100 IM and 100 freestyle; Ysabel Chen, grade 5, in the 100 IM and 100 freestyle; Ethan Hu, grade 7, in the 100 IM and 50 freestyle; Angela Li, grade 8, in the 100 IM and 50 backstroke; Bobby Bloomquist, grade 8, in the 50 freestyle; Rhys Edwards, grade 6, in the 50 breaststroke; and Matthew Hajjar, grade 8, in the 50 breaststroke. First-place finishers in the Castilleja meet were Brandon Wang, grade 4, in the 100 IM and 100 freestyle; Ethan Hu, grade 7, in the 100 IM and 50 freestyle; Anh My Tran, grade 7, in the 50 freestyle; Bobby Bloomquist, grade 8, in the 50 freestyle and 50 backstroke; Angela Li, grade 8, in the 50 butterfly and 200 breaststroke; Leland Rossi, grade 6, in the 50 backstroke; Andrew Fox, grade 4, in the 25 breaststroke; and Leon Lu, grade 8, in the 50 breaststroke.
Awards for middle school swimming went to Angela Li, grade 8, MVP; Leah Anderson, grade 6, Eagle Award; and Evan Bourke, grade 6, Coaches Award. Awards for lower school swimming went to Lorenzo Martinelli, grade 4, MVP; Arianna Martinelli, grade 4, Eagle Award; and Daniel Fields, grade 5, Coaches Award.