Rising senior Ethan Hu and recent grad Jarrett Anderson ’19 were chosen by SportStars Magazine as two of the top 75 Bay Area high school athletes for the 2018-19 school year. Hu finished with the No. 10 ranking (the highest ranked Bay Area swimmer) as he won CCS and CIF state titles in the 200 medley and 100 butterfly, breaking records in each win. Anderson topped the list off with the No. 75 ranking with stellar volleyball and basketball seasons. Check out the entire list here:
VA (Grades 6-8) Gold Tennis: The varsity A gold tennis team, coached by John Fruttero and Mike Nguyen, finished in first place in the WBAL at 6-1 and second place in the MTP at 2-1. The team finished the MTP tournament in second place and had an overall season record of 9-3. Team awards went to Anthony Tong and Ryan Chang, both grade 8 (MVPs), Medini Halepete, grade 7, and Jeffrey Zhang, grade 6 (Eagle), and Jacob Huang, grade 8, and Audrey Feng, grade 6 (Coaches).
VA (Grades 6-8) Silver Tennis: The varsity A silver tennis team, coached by John Fruttero and Mike Nguyen, finished in seventh place in the WBAL with a record of 1-6. Team awards went to Yasmin Sudarsanam, grade 6, and Joe Li, grade 7 (MVPs), Brian Harder, grade 8, and Katilyn Su, grade 6 (Eagle), and Ramit Goyal, grade 7, and Misha Tkachenko, grade 6 (Coaches).
VA (Grades 7-8) Girls Volleyball: The varsity A team, coached by Theresa Smith and Stephanie Coleman, and assisted by high school volleyball players Katrina Liou, Srija Gadiraju, Lauren Beede, Emily Cheng and Anya Gert, finished in a two-way tie for second place in the WBAL with a record of 6-2 and went 6-3 overall. Team awards went to Vivian Bi, grade 8 (MVP), Rachel Ning and Allison Zhu, both grade 8 (Eagle), and Jessica Tang, grade 8 (Coaches).
VB (Grades 7-8) Girls Volleyball: The varsity B team, coached by Kurt Schwartz, finished in second place in the WBAL with a record of 6-2. Team awards went to Sonya He, grade 8, and Anjali Yella, grade 7 (MVPs), Kate Grannis, grade 7 (Eagle) and Ashley Ma, grade 8 (Coaches).
JVA (Grade 6) Girls Volleyball: The junior varsity A team, coached by Belle Carley, finished in second place in the WBAL with a record of 5-1. Team awards went to Stephanie Bossolina (MVP), Alison Yang (Eagle) and Angelina Burrows (Coaches).
JVB1 (Grade 5) Girls Volleyball: The junior varsity B1 team, coached by Ellie Pereira, finished in first place in the WBAL with a record of 6-0. Team awards went to Tanvi Sivakumar (MVP), Aline Grinspan (Eagle) and Delara Gholami (Coaches).
JVB2 (Grade 5) Girls Volleyball: The junior varsity B2 team, coached by Allie Pereira, finished in fourth place in the WBAL with a record of 2-4. Team awards went to Sophia Schafer-Wharton (MVP), Ava Bhowmik (Eagle) and Anika Rajaram (Coaches).
Intramural (Grade 4) Girls Volleyball: Team awards went to Riya Samuel (MVP), Divya Bhupathi(Eagle) and Finley Ho (Coaches). The team was coached by Emily Pereira and Kaitlyn Seawright.
VA (Grades 7-8) Baseball: The varsity A team, coached Jon Cvitanich, Richard Amarillas, Adam Albers and Marcus Anderson, finished in sixth placein the WBAL with a record of 2-5. Team awards went to Freddy Hoch, grade 8 (MVP), Nicholas Delfino, grade 8 (Eagle) and Daniel Lin, grade 7 (Coaches).
JVA (Grades 4-6) Baseball: The junior varsity A team, coached by Jon Cvitanich, Tim Hopkins, Brandon Carroll and Marcus Anderson, finished in fourth place in the WBAL with a record of 0-6. Team awards went to Zackary Delfino, grade 4 (MVP), Kylie Anderson, grade 6 (Eagle) and Nathan Wilcox, grade 6 (Coaches).
Intramural (Grades 4-5) Baseball: Team awards went to Spencer Mo and Ameera Ramzan, both grade 4, (Eagle) and Anirudh Subramanian, grade 4 (Coaches). The team was coached by Walid Fahmy and Tobias Wade.
VA (Grades 7-8) Boys Volleyball: The varsity A team, coached by Pete Anderson, finished in first place in the ADAL with a record of 8-0. The team went 10-0 overall. Team awards went to Tyler Beede, grade 8, and Adrian Liu, grade 7 (MVPs), Spencer Mak, grade 7 (Eagle) and Michael Sullivan, grade 8 (Coaches).
JVA (Grades 6-7) Boys Volleyball: The junior varsity A team, coached by Spring Wang and Sara Pawloski, finished in a tie for third place in the ADAL with a record of 5-3. Team awards went to Liam Jeffers, grade 6(MVP), Rayan Arya, grade 6 (Eagle) and Varun Bhupathi, grade 6 (Coaches).
VA (Grades 6-8) Boys Water Polo: The middle school boy’s water polo team, coached by Ted Ujifusa and Allie Lamb, finished with a 2-4 in the WBAL. Team awards went to Indigo Lee, grade 8,and Lachlan Rossi, grade 7 (MVPs), Robert Fields, grade 6 (Eagle) and Drake Piscione, grade 8 (Coaches).
VA (Grades 6-8) Girls Water Polo: The middle school girl’s water polo team, coached by Ted Ujifusa and Allie Lamb, finished 3-2 in the WBAL. Team awards went to Jasleen Hansra, grade 8, and Sydney Adler, grade 8 (MVPs), Chiling Han, grade 6 (Eagle) and Ria Kohli, grade 6 (Coaches).
MS (Grades 6-8) Golf: The middle school golf team, coached by Ie-Chen Cheng, took second place in the WBAL spring tournament held at the Moffet Field Golf Course. The team shot a 156 on the front nine. The top eight golfers were Freddy Hoch, grade 8 (36), Athreya Daniel, grade 8 (38), Allison Yang, grade 6 (39), Nika Gholami, grade 8, and Jack Yang, grade 7 (43), Yu Bai, grade 7 (44) and Emi Fujimura, grade 7 (47) and David Jang, grade 7 (51).
LS (Grades 4-5) Boys and Girls Track: The lower school track team, coached by Brighid Wood, Karriem Stinson, Colleen Campbell, Brittney Moseley, Hannah Grannis and Dini Wong, took second overall at the WBAL track meet.
First place finishers were:
David Kelly, grade 4 (100m)
Brandon Labio, grade 4 (400m)
MS (Grades 6-8) Boys and Girls Track: The middle school track team, coached by Brighid Wood, Karriem Stinson, Colleen Campbell, Brittney Moseley, Hannah Grannis and Dini Wong, took second overall at the WBAL track meet.
First place finishers were:
Chiling Han, grade 6 (200m, 400m, 800m)
Anjali Yella, grade 7 (50m, 100m, 200m, long jump)
Andrew Fu, grade 8 (long jump)
Rigo Gonzales, grade 8 (200m, 400m, 800m)
Rigo Gonzales, Andrew Fu, Zain Vakath and Armaan Thakker, all grade 8 (4 x 100 relay)
The girls basketball team picked up a win and a loss last week to bring its season record to 10-5. First, the Eagles fell to The King’s Academy 47-55 with Cindy Su, grade 9, leading the offense with 12 points. Later in the week, the girls defeated Lincoln High 54-32 led by Akhila Ramgiri, grade 12, who scored 12 points. This week, the Eagles host Mercy SF on Tuesday and Castilleja on Thursday.
Boys Soccer
The boys soccer team continues to roll as it picked up two decisive league wins last week. The Eagles defeated Crystal Springs Uplands 8-0 and Eastside College Prep 3-0. Since dropping the first match of the season, the boys have rallied for nine straight wins. This week, the Eagles travel to Sacred Heart Prep on Wednesday and host Menlo on Friday for the Kicks Against Cancer game.
Girls Soccer
Last week, the girls soccer team fell to Crystal Springs Uplands in a tough 0-1 match before defeating Mercy SF 6-0. The 5-4-3 Eagles host Castilleja on Wednesday and Pinewood on Friday for the Kicks Against Cancer game.
Boys Basketball
The boys basketball team dropped two league games last week, falling to 7-9 on the season. The boys started the week with a 40-61 loss to Menlo, with Giovanni Rofa, grade 11, leading the way with 10 points and five rebounds. Later in the week, the Eagles fell to The King’s Academy 42-60, with Jack Connors, grade 11, and Gene Wang, grade 12, each scoring 12 points. This week, the Eagles travel to Pinewood on Tuesday and host Sacred Heart Prep on Friday.
Wrestling
The Harker wrestling team competed at the JV Oceana Tournament over the weekend with some nice results. In their respective weight classes, Arjun Kilaru, grade 12, placed fifth, Bobby Wang, grade 9, took fifth, Kobe Howard, grade 12, placed fourth, and Eric Fang, grade 11, took first place. The wrestlers take to the mat again this Saturday at the Del Mar Tournament.
The boys soccer team improved to 5-1 on the season with a 4-0 victory over The King’s Academy during the break. This week, the Eagles host ACE Charter on Wednesday and Woodside Priory on Friday.
Girls Soccer
The girls soccer team fell to North Monterey County 1-2 in its sole match during the break. Up next for the Eagles is a trip to Pinewood on Tuesday before hosting Eastside College Prep on Thursday and Notre Dame SJ for a Saturday morning face off.
Boys Basketball
The boys basketball team stayed busy during the break, but only went 1-3 in its four matchups. The Eagles lost to Del Mar 48-56 with Gene Wang, grade 12, leading the offense with 12 points, then defeated Woodside 56-39 with Jack Connors, grade 11, scoring 16 points, followed by a 57-67 loss to Sacred Heart Prep with Ray Wang, grade 10, leading the way with 12 points, and finishing off the break with a tight 42-43 loss to Pacific Bay Christian with Jeffrey Liu, grade 11, leading the way with 9 points and seven rebounds. This week, the boys host Woodside Priory on Tuesday, travel to Eastside College Prep on Friday and take on Crystal Springs Uplands in a special matchup at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento on Saturday.
Girls Basketball
The girls basketball team went 1-1 over the break. The Eagles fell to Immaculate Conception 52-49, but Akhila Ramgiri, grade 12, filled the stat sheet with 18 points, 13 rebounds, three steals and three assists. The girls then defeated Pacific Collegiate 49-16 with Ramgiri leading the way with 16 points. This week, the Eagles travel to Mercy Burlingame on Tuesday and Crystal Springs Uplands on Friday.
Wrestling
The Harker wrestling team opens its season this Saturday at the Los Gatos Tournament.
Prior to the Homecoming game, a few of Harker’s finest athletes, along with their friends and families, gathered for the opening of the Harker Athletic Hall of Fame in the Krishnamurthi Sports Gallery in the recently opened athletic center. When the display was revealed, four names were inscribed on the wall: three Harker athletes and one super fan, Phyllis Carley.
Phyllis Carley
It says a lot about the school that the inaugural group would include someone who was never a student at Harker, and never wore Harker colors on the field, but who represents the school’s spirit. Mrs. Carley started her Harker career in 1952 in Palo Alto as a driver, shuttling local students to school, and became secretary to the head of school; her contribution to campus life went far beyond her desk. She was a staunch supporter of Harker athletics for more than 50 years and, even after retiring, she was one of the program’s biggest fans. She passed away in 2009.
“She gave of her time endlessly to the school. She was first in the door and many times last to leave. She believed in the joy of watching young people develop,” said Mike Bassoni, facilities director, who has been with Harker for more than 30 years.
“She always seemed to be on the lookout for the kid(s) who needed an extra dose of attention that day,” said teacher Pat Walsh, who retired in 2017 and worked with Mrs. Carley for more than 30 years. Mrs. Carley’s love for the school and its athletes earned her this posthumous induction into the new Hall of Fame. Equally, the Harker athletes selected have demonstrated far more than athletic ability, earning academic honors and working hard for success and satisfaction in their professional lives.
Tanya Schmidt ’08
Tanya Schmidt ’08, the most recent graduate, was a four-year starter on Harker’s varsity girls volleyball team. In 2007, she led the team into Harker history with a series of firsts, including being on the first Harker team to compete at the state championships. She was California Division IV State MVP that year. Schmidt went on to a stellar volleyball career at Santa Clara University, then played two years of pro volleyball in Europe.
Beyond athletics, Schmidt was a National Merit finalist and an AP Scholar with Honor, and served as president of a service club while at Harker. At SCU, she was named a regional finalist to interview for a Rhodes scholarship and graduated summa cum laude. Schmidt was awarded the Saint Clare Medal, which recognizes a student who embodies the university’s ideals of “competence, conscience and compassion,” given to the female graduate judged “outstanding in academic performance (and) personal character.”
Having completed her master’s degree, she is now pursuing a doctorate at New York University.
Jason Martin ’07
Jason Martin ’07 was a force on the diamond and gridiron, but had equally strong classroom chops; following college, he played semi-professional baseball, explored entrepreneurship and now works in logistics management. While playing baseball at Harker, Martin was named to the varsity second all-league team during his freshman year and to the first team for the next three years. He played varsity football for three years and in 2006 became the only player in Harker history to run for a touchdown, throw for a touchdown and catch a touchdown in the same game.
His academic successes resonate too: In 2010, Martin was one of two players on the San Jose State University team to land a spot on the College Sports Information Directors of America/ESPN The Magazine Academic All- District VIII Baseball First Team. He was one of only five student athletes in the Western Athletic Conference to be honored for his achievements both in the classroom and on the diamond. Martin finished as the Spartans’ all-time leader in hits (227), runs scored (174), games played (236), at-bat appearances (832) and hit-by-pitches (65).
Along the way he majored in psychology and minored in kinesiology, and graduated as a three time San Jose State scholar-athlete and two time Academic All-Western Athletic Conference athlete, a testament to his efforts in the classroom. Following college and three years of semi-pro ball, Martin took a real-life risk and opened a pizza restaurant, Lefty’s: A Taste of Boston. Lefty’s remains a family business, but Martin wanted a new challenge. He found an avenue for his skills working for Cushman & Wakefield on site at LinkedIn as a logistics coordinator, putting even more of his education to work.
Adam Vucurevich ’02
A member of the upper school’s first class, Adam Vucurevich ’02 played football, baseball and wrestling, making him Harker’s first three-sport athlete. He was team captain for football in his sophomore and junior years, and was MVP and got an honorable mention in the all-CCS team that year. He also captained the baseball and wrestling teams and was Homecoming king his senior year.
On top of all that, his academic work was impressive. Vucurevich noted Harker’s upper school was academically very challenging, but he took up the gauntlet, taking the top math classes offered, including Honors Multivariate Calculus, Differential Equations, AP Statistics and AP Physics C. They were tough, he said, “but I stayed with it and I did not quit.”
Vucurevich went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and worked for a few years in tech, but did not find his place. “It wasn’t me,” he said, “and I wanted to find my purpose.”
To that end, he took a quantum leap. “Harker instilled in me kindness and respect for others and challenged me to do and to be my best, both academically and athletically,” Vucurevich said. “This drive to be my personal best and to do the best for others has led me to my current career of law enforcement. Helping others and dealing with all sorts of people, handling a variety of stressful situations with the right amount of tact, being creative and resourceful, showing good judgment in all types of situations, and having good teamwork skills is essential in my line of work. I have truly found my passion.”
Last week, the boys soccer team picked up two big wins to go to 4-1 on the season. The Eagles defeated Del Mar 4-2 early in the week, followed by a 4-3 win over Lynbrook. The boys soccer team won’t take the field again until the new year.
Girls Soccer
The girls soccer team defeated Yerba Buena 7-1 last week, before playing Lincoln to a 1-1 tie. The 2-2-2 Eagles will be in action again when 2019 rolls around.
Girls Basketball
The girls basketball team rolled to two wins last week to bring its season record to 9-2. In a 43-23 win over Harbor High, Prameela Kottapalli, grade 12, led the Eagles with 8 points. Later in the week, the girls defeated San Lorenzo Valley 39-28 with Akhila Ramgiri, grade 12, leading the way with 9 points and 11 rebounds. The Eagles play again on Saturday as they travel to Immaculate Conception Academy.
Boys Basketball
The boys basketball team defeated Redwood Christian 53-39 last week to improve its record to 4-3. Jarrett Anderson, grade 12, led the Eagles with 16 points and 11 rebounds. The Eagles play again over the break as they travel to Del Mar on Dec. 22.
Wrestling
Harker wrestling begins its season in early January at the Los Gatos Tournament.
Please see the accomplishments of our lower and middle school fall sports teams and individuals below:
MS Swim
Team awards went to Johnathan Mo, grade 8 (MVP), Rajas Apte, grade 6 (Eagle), and Linette Hoffman, grade 8 (Coaches). The team was coached by Tania Chadwick and Sachi Ujifusa.
WBAL Swim Finals top three finishers:
Grade 6 boys 100-yard medley relay, second place
Grade 6 boys 100-yard free relay, third place
Oliver Roman, grade 6, 100-yard IM, third place, and 25-yard fly, second place
Adam Pawliger, grade 6, 20-yard free, second place, and 25-yard back, second place
Stefan Maxim, grade 6, 25-yard back, third place
Angelina Burrows, grade 6, 100-yard free, third place
Reshma Kosaraju, grade 7, 50-yard breast, third place
Johnathan Mo, grade 8, 50-yard breast, second place
Carlo Banzon, grade 8, 50-yard breast, third place
LS Swim
Team awards went to Janam Chahal, grade 5 (MVP), Shloka Chawla, grade 5 (Eagle), and Justin Yang, grade 5 (Coaches). The team was coached by Tania Chadwick and Sachi Ujifusa.
MS Cross Country
Team awards went to Markus Zhang, grade 8 (MVP), Shaila Tandon, grade 6 (Eagle), and Eric Zhang, grade 6 (Coaches). The team was coached by Samantha Salfen, Sara Pawloski and Brighid Wood.
WBAL Cross Country Finals top five finishers:
Grade 7/8 boys team, second place
Michael Pflaging, grade 8, fourth place
Markus Zhang, grade 8, fifth place
MS Golf
The middle school golf team took first place in the WBAL fall tournament, winning by 17 strokes and shooting a 139 (best score since the tournament started)! The top golfer of the tournament was Claire Chen, grade 8, who shot a 32 and also got a hole-in-one on the fifth hole, followed by Ryan Zhang, grade 7 (34), Athreya Daniel, grade 8 (36), and Freddy Hoch, grade 8 (37).
VA (Grade 8) Flag Football: The varsity A team, coached by Richard Amarillas and Tim Hopkins, finished in sixth place in the WBAL with a record of 0-5 and went 0-7 overall. Team awards went to Chris Tonev and Nicholas Delfino (Eagle) and Sukrit Kalsi (Coaches).
VB (Grade 7) Flag Football: The varsity B team, coached by Mike Delfino and Dini Wong, finished in third place in the WBAL with a 3-3 record and went 3-4 overall. Team awards went to Thomas Egbert (MVP), Ryan Barth (Eagle) and Jack Ledford (Coaches).
JVA (Grade 6) Flag Football: The junior varsity A team, coached by Matt Arensberg, finished in fourth place in the WBAL with a 1-3 record and went 2-4 overall. Team awards went to Vyom Vidyarthi (MVP), Drew Diffenderfer (Eagle) and Rahul Yalla (Coaches).
JVB (Grade 5) Flag Football: The junior varsity B team, coached by Karriem Stinson and Walid Fahmy, finished as co-champs in the WBAL with a 4-0-2 record. Team awards went to Brennan Williams (MVP), Rishaan Thoppay (Eagle) and Topaz Lee (Coaches).
LS Intramural (Grade 4) Flag Football: Team awards went to Zackary Delfino and David Kelly (Eagle), and Ian Lee (Coaches). The team was coached by Tobias Wade.
VA (Grade 7/8) Softball: The varsity A team, coached by Raul Rios, Vanessa Rios and Adam Albers, finished in second place in the WBAL with a record of 4-1 and went 4-2 overall. Team awards went to Katelyn Abellera, grade 8 (MVP), Gwen Yang, grade 8 (Eagle), and Saira Ramakrishnan, grade 6 (Coaches).
JVA (Grades 4-6) Softball: The junior varsity A team, coached by Jon Cvitanich and Megan Regan, finished in third place in the WBAL with a record of 0-4. Team awards went to Raeanne Li, grade 4 (MVP), Elie Ahluwalia, grade 5 (Eagle), and Sofia Shah, grade 5 (Coaches).
LS Intramural (Grade 4) Softball: Team awards went to Sophie Chen (MVP) Gizelle Sanchez (Eagle) and Arshia Sankar (Coaches). The team was coached by Colleen Campbell and Brittney Moseley.
The Eagles ran very well in their final cross country race before the league championships in two weeks. Ryan Adolf, grade 12, again led the Eagles at Baylands Park as he and Aditya Singhvi, grade 10 , both finished in the top 20 for the first time this year. Freshmen Ritika Rajamani and Erica Cai were the top two Eagle varsity girl runners, both running times that may qualify for the CCS Championships in three weeks. (Courtesy Coach Scott Chisam.) The Eagles race again on Nov. 2 at Crystal Springs Cross Country Park for the WBAL Championships.
Girls Volleyball
Last week, the girls volleyball team fell to Menlo 0-3 before taking down Mercy Burlingame 3-1. The 13-11 Eagles travel to Mercy SF on Tuesday to complete their regular season before starting CCS this weekend.
Girls Golf
The girls golf team defeated Castilleja 184-231 to become league champs for the first time since 2006. Sophie Zhang-Murphy, grade 9, earned medalist honors shooting a 34. The girls take on Castilleja again on Tuesday before starting the WBAL Tournament on Wednesday.
Football
The football team completed its season with a 7-6 win over St. Vincent de Paul on Saturday. The defensive battle was capped by a second quarter pick-6 by Jared Anderson, grade 12, for the only Harker points on the day. The Eagles finished the year with a 7-2 record.
Boys Water Polo
Last week the boys water polo team fell to Wilcox 7-10 before defeating Saratoga 17-7 and going 3-0 in the Ronald J. Freeman Memorial Tournament, defeating Santa Teresa 15-6, Fremont 16-6 and The King’s Academy 13-1. The boys start the SCVAL Tournament this Wednesday.
Girls Tennis
Last week, the girls tennis team defeated Crystal Springs Uplands 6-1 before falling to Menlo 6-1. The Eagles take on Homestead on Monday and Notre Dame Belmont on Tuesday to wrap up the regular season.
Girls Water Polo
Last week, the girls water polo team defeated Wilcox 11-5 before suffering a rare loss, falling to Saratoga 0-2. The Eagles start the SCVAL Tournament this Wednesday.
The football team improved to 6-2 on the year as it soundly defeated the Oakland Military Institute 62-18 on Friday night. Once again, lots of impressive numbers including Devin Keller, grade 11, rushing for 151 yards and a score, Mitchell Granados, grade 12, rushing for a score and catching a TD pass, Anthony Meissner, grade 12, rushing for two scores and throwing another, and Jared Anderson with a huge game as he rushed for two scores, had a pick six and returned a kickoff for a score. The Eagles close out the regular season this Saturday as they travel to Petaluma to take on Saint Vincent de Paul.
Girls Golf
The girls golf team won its sole match last week by forfeit, but that didn’t stop the players from enjoying their Senior Night. The girls are undefeated and sit atop the WBAL standings as they take on Mercy Burlingame on Tuesday and Castilleja on Wednesday.
Boys Water Polo
The boys water polo team picked up two league wins last week as they defeated Fremont 17-8 and Cupertino 15-6. This week, the Eagles travel to Wilcox on Tuesday and Saratoga on Thursday to close out the regular season.
Girls Tennis
The girls tennis team picked up two big non-league wins last week as it defeated Homestead 5-2 and Castilleja 4-3. This week, the ladies host Crystal Springs Uplands on Tuesday and Menlo on Thursday, both at Blackford.
Girls Water Polo
The girls water polo team continues to roll as it picked up two more league wins last week. The Eagle started the week with a 13-3 win over Lynbrook with Abby Wisdom, grade 12, scoring seven goals. Then in an 11-2 win over Cupertino, Wisdom led the Eagles with three goals, with Cas Ruedy, grade 11, Leah Anderson, grade 10, and Alicia Xu, grade 11, each scoring two goals. The 18-4 Eagles finish up the regular season this week as they travel to Wilcox on Tuesday and Saratoga on Thursday.
Girls Volleyball
Last week, the girls volleyball team took care of Sacred Heart Prep 3-0, but fell to Notre Dame Belmont 0-3 later in the week. The 12-10 Eagles host Menlo on Tuesday before traveling to Mercy Burlingame on Thursday.
Cross Country
The cross country team returns to action this Thursday at Baylands Park as it meets up with the entire WBAL.
It was a very busy and successful, week for the girls golf team. The girls started the week with a 194-297 win over Notre Dame Belmont with Sophie Zhang-Murphy, grade 9, and Natalie Vo, grade 10, each shooting a 37 to take medalist honors. Then, the Eagles defeated Menlo 183-217, with Vo taking medalist honors again, this time with 4-under-par 33. Finally, the Eagles finished the week with a 190-250-317 win over Mercy Burlingame and The King’s Academy, with Olivia Guo, grade 10, shooting a 36 to take the top spot. Harker currently holds five of the top 10 individual scoring averages in the WBAL. This Friday is Senior Night as the girls take on The King’s Academy at Los Lagos.
Football
The football team dominated Elsie Allen High for a 56-0 Homecoming victory last week. Incredible numbers all around, including Mitchell Granados, grade 12, filling in at running back and rushing for 164 yards and three scores, and Jared Anderson, grade 12, catching four balls for 111 yards and two touchdowns. But the most amazing stats of the night came from Giovanni Rofa, grade 11, who intercepted four passes and returned three of them for touchdowns! The 5-2 Eagles host the Oakland Military Institute this Friday at Davis Field.
Boys Water Polo
Last week, the boys water polo team defeated Monta Vista 14-9 and Milpitas 25-11, before falling to Los Gatos 5-16. This week, the Eagles travel to Fremont on Tuesday and host Cupertino on Thursday.
Girls Volleyball
The girls volleyball team had a very good week as it defeated Mercy SF 3-1, followed by a second place finish at the Notre Dame Belmont Tiger Cup over the weekend. The girls defeated Gregori, Central Catholic, Cardinal Newman and host Notre Dame Belmont, but fell to Bishop O’Dowd in the finals. Emily Cheng, grade 11, and Katrina Liou, grade 12, were both named to the All-Tournament Team. These results guarantee a spot in the CCS Tournament for the Eagles! The volleyball team looks to keep its recent success going as it hosts Sacred Heart Prep on Tuesday before traveling to Notre Dame Belmont on Thursday.
Cross Country
The cross country teams opened up its league season with some very good marks on the Crystal Springs XC Course. The varsity girls added four freshmen to the mix and the team placed fourth out of the 13 league teams, its highest finish in several years. Anna Weirich, grade 10, took a 50-meter early lead before suffering a foot injury just past the mile mark. She still placed fifth with a personal best. The boys added two sophomores and one freshman to the squad, with Ryan Adolf, grade 12, leading the Eagles with another lifetime best run. The Eagles face off with the WBAL again on Oct. 18 at Baylands Park.
Girls Tennis
Last week, the girls tennis team picked up a 5-2 win over Castilleja, followed by a 5-2 loss to Sacred Heart Prep. This week, the Eagles take on Homestead on Monday and Castilleja on Tuesday.
Girls Water Polo
The girls water polo team continued its winning ways as it defeated Monta Vista 11-3 and Milpitas 11-3 last week before defeating Salinas and Milpitas in the Milpitas High Tournament. The Eagles’ six game winning streak was snapped as the girls fell to Presentation 4-8 in the finals of the tournament. This week, the Eagles travel to Lynbrook on Tuesday and host Cupertino on Thursday.