It was an amazing 2017-18 season for Harker athletics, and it recently got even better. Boys cross country, boys golf and baseball were named California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) State Academic Team Champions. The three teams had the highest collective GPAs in their respective sports, from throughout the entire state of California. Boys cross country was tops with a 3.94 GPA, boys golf with a 3.87 and baseball with a 3.87. Congratulations to our awesome student athletes. Go Eagles!
The boys volleyball season came to an end over the weekend as the team came up short at the NorCal finals. The week started with a 3-0 win over St. Patrick/St. Vincent of Vallejo, followed by a spirited 3-2 win over CCS champs Carmel. However, the Eagles lost to Amador Valley in five games in the finals. Still, the year was a huge success as the Eagles made the CCS finals and NorCal finals for the first time in Harker history. Congrats on a great year!
Lacrosse
A big congrats to Elise Mayer, grade 11, for her NorCal team’s division championship competing at the US Nationals Lacrosse tournament in Stony Brook, N.Y. Elise scored twice in the championship game as the team of elite NorCal players competed against 60 other regional teams from throughout the country.
All-League Honors
It was one of the best spring seasons in Harker history and it showed, as many Eagle student athletes were honored with All-League recognition.
Lacrosse: Nellie Tonev, grade 10, was named goalkeeper of the year; first team honors went to Elise Mayer, grade 11, Lauren Russell, grade 12, Heidi Zhang, grade 11, and Tonev; Lisa Barooah, grade 9, and Grace Hajjar, grade 10, were named to the second team; and Sara Yen, grade 9, was an honorable mention.
Swimming: Vivian Wang, grade 12, and Ethan Hu, grade 10, were the girls and boys league MVPs; Jason Kwok, grade 9, Matthew Chung, grade 9, and Yannick Bohbot-Dridi, grade 12, were named to the first team; and Rhys Edwards, grade 9, was named to the second team.
Boys Volleyball: Jarrett Anderson, grade 11, was named the co-junior of the year, with Billy Fan, grade 9, named the freshman of the year; Anderson and Fan were also each named to the first team; and Charlie Molin, grade 11, and Jeffrey Kwan, grade 10, were named to the second team.
Boys Golf: Daulet Tuleubayev, grade 12, was the league co-MVP; Jaimin Bhagat, grade 10, and Jin Kim, grade 12, were named to the first team; and Bradley Lu, grade 9, and Victor Shin, grade 12, earned second team honors.
Softball: Kristin LeBlanc, grade 12, was named to the first team; Anika Rajamani, grade 11, and Taylor Lam, grade 11, both earned second team honors; and Cameron Zell, grade 11, was an honorable mention.
Baseball: Dominic Cea, grade 12, earned first team catcher honors, with Matthew Kennedy, grade 12, and Max Lee, grade 10, named to the first team outfield; Nicholas Coulter, grade 9, was a second team Infielder; and Luke Wancewicz, grade 9, earned an honorable mention.
Track and Field: Ayush Vyas, grade 11, was a first team recipient; honorable mentions went to Anna Weirich, grade 9, Grace Koonmen, grade 12, Anthony Contreras, grade 12, Mitchell Granados, grade 11, Marcus Tymous, grade 11, Angel Cervantes, grade 12, and Ryan Adolf, grade 11.
Boys Tennis: David Wen, grade 12, Mihir Sharma, grade 10, and Richard Hu, grade 10, were named to the first team; Randy Zhao, grade 12, and Neil Bai, grade 12, earned second team honors; and Ramanand Vegesna, grade 10, was an honorable mention.
A huge congratulations to the five Harker swimmers who competed at the state championships this weekend. Ethan Hu, grade 10, brought home Harker’s first-ever state championship, in any sport, as he won the 100 butterfly. Hu also placed fourth in the 200 IM (and was mentioned in an article in The Mercury News); Matthew Chung, grade 9, took 20th in the 500 free; Jason Kwok, grade 9, was 33rd in the 100 breast; the 400 free relay team of Chung, Hu, Rhys Edwards, grade 9, and Yannick Bohbot-Dridi, grade 12, took 21st; and the 200 medley relay team of Chung, Kwok, Hu and Edwards was 22nd.
Boys Tennis
David Wen, grade 12, won his first CCS match last week 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 before falling to the No. 1 seed in the second round. The duo of Neil Bai and Randy Zhao, both grade 12, also won their first round match, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, before falling to the No. 1 doubles team in the second round as well.
Boys Volleyball
The boys volleyball season continues this Tuesday night as the Eagles are ranked No. 3 in the CIF D2 Boys Volleyball Championship and will host St. Patrick-St. Vincent of Vallejo.
Boys Golf
The boys golf team finished its season in fifth place last week at the CCS Championships. Daulet Tuleubayev, grade 12, was the top individual Eagle finishing tied for seventh in CCS.
Track and Field
The lone Harker representative at the CCS preliminaries, Ayush Vyas, grade 11, finished 30th in CCS in the discus this weekend.
Spring Scholastic Championship Teams
Many Harker spring teams were named 2018 Scholastic Championship teams by having a top five GPA in their respective sports in CCS. Baseball (3.8780), boys volleyball (3.7400) and boys golf (3.8780) were tops in their sports; girls lacrosse (3.7250) and boys track and field (3.6950) finished second in their sports; softball (3.7250) and girls swimming (3.7560) each finished fourth; and boys swimming (3.6150) and boys tennis (3.6660) finished fifth. Congrats to our awesome student athletes.
The Harker swim team had an amazing showing at the CCS finals last week, resulting in the largest group in school history heading to the state finals in Clovis this weekend. The Eagles had two double CCS champs, as Vivian Wang, grade 12, took first in the 100 breast and 200 IM (breaking the school record), and Ethan Hu, grade 10, won the 200 IM (breaking the school record) and 100 fly (breaking the school record and the CCS record). Other highlights included the boys 400 free relay team placing fourth and breaking the school record; the boys medley relay team finishing fifth and breaking the school record; Jason Kwok, grade 9, placing fifth in the 100 breast; Matthew Chung, grade 9, placing ninth in the 500 free and breaking the school record, as well as finishing 10th in the 200 free and breaking the school record. Representing Harker at state will be Wang, Hu, Kwok, Chung, Rhys Edwards, grade 9, and Yannick Bohbot-Dridi, grade 12.
Boys Volleyball
The boys volleyball team steamrolled through the first two rounds of the CCS D3 bracket as it defeated Sacred Heart Cathedral and Mt. Madonna, both 3-1. However, it was a tough finish as the Eagles fell to No. 1 seeded Carmel in a grueling five-game set. The Eagles are now 23-6 on the year and are qualified to compete in the CIF regional tournament that will be announced on May 20, with play beginning on May 22.
Lacrosse
The lacrosse team headed into the WBAL Skyline tournament as the regular season league champs and they played very well. In its opening round 17-7 win over Mercy Burlingame, Elise Mayer, grade 11, led the Eagles with eight goals and two assists. Then, in the second round, the Eagles defeated Sequoia 9-7 with Mayer scoring five goals and Lauren Russell, grade 12, adding four more. However, the girls fell to Woodside 13-6 in the league tournament championship game. The Eagles finished the year with a 16-3 record.
Boys Golf
The boys golf team won its second consecutive CCS regional championship last week, beating out the field by just one stroke. The Eagles will look for a CCS finals championship win on Tuesday in Laguna Seca.
Track and Field
The track and field team posted 44 personal bests at the WBAL championships last week. Special congrats to Ayush Vyas, grade 11, for his discus league championship. Vyas will represent Harker at the CCS championship on Saturday at Gilroy High.
Boys Tennis
David Wen, grade 12, and the team of Neil Bai, grade 12, and Randy Zhao, grade 12, take the court this Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Imperial Courts in Aptos in the first round of the CCS individual and double boys tennis brackets.
Baseball
The Harker baseball team finished up a 10-11 season last week with a 1-2 loss to league champs Jefferson and an 11-2 win over Westmoor on Senior Day. Matthew Kennedy, grade 12, ended his high school career with three hits and two RBIs.
Softball
The softball team ended its season last week with a slugfest, 12-13 loss to Pinewood. Kristin LeBlanc, grade 12, finished off her Harker career in style with three hits and four RBIs; Molly Mobley, grade 9, added two hits and three RBIs as well. The girls finished the year with a 6-12 record.
The lacrosse team had a historic week as it defeated Aragon 10-6 and Sacred Heart Cathedral 9-4 to complete a 9-0 league season (14-2 overall) to earn the first lacrosse league championship in school history. The Eagles host the first round of the WBAL-Skyline Tournament this Tuesday at 5 p.m. against Mercy-Burlingame.
Boys Volleyball
The boys volleyball team fell to Homestead 0-3 last week on Senior Night, but bounced back to defeat Los Gatos 3-0 later in the week. After an impressive 21-5 season, the Eagles earned the No. 3 seed in the CCS D3 playoffs and will square off with Sacred Heart Cathedral Tuesday at 7 p.m. at home.
Track and Field
At the WBAL prelims over the weekend, the track and field team recorded 36 personal bests and four new school records. Kismet Singh, grade 10, set new school records in the 100-meter and 300-meter hurdles; Grace Koonmen, grade 12, broke her own school record in the long jump; and Tiffany Shou, grade 12, broke her own school record in the discuss by 5 feet. Eleven boys and nine girls advanced to the league championship meet this Friday at Palo Alto High.
Boys Tennis
After earning a first round bye in the CCS team brackets, the Harker tennis team lost to Mitty 1-6 in the second round of the playoffs. Congratulations on a fine season! David Wen, grade 12, begins his individual CCS journey on May 15. Good luck David!
Swim
The Harker swim team competed at, and had one of its best, WBAL league finals in recent memory. The boys team finished second in league, while the girls finished third. Among the highlights, Vivian Wang, grade 12, won the 50 free and the 100 backstroke, breaking both school records; Ethan Hu, grade 10, won the 200 individual medley and the 100 butterfly, in which he set the school record; Jason Kwok, grade 9, took the 100 breaststroke; the 400 free relay team of Angela Li, grade 11, Alyssa Huang, grade 10, Taylor Kohlmann, grade 12, and Wang, took third place; the boys medley relay team of Rhys Edwards, grade 9, Kwok, Alex Yu, grade 11, and Andrew Lu, grade 9, placed second; the 200 free relay team of Matthew Chung, grade 9, Edwards, Yannick Bohbot-Dridi, grade 12, and Hu also took second; and the 400 free relay team of Chung, Yu, Bohbot-Dridi and Hu also took second. CCS begins this Friday at the Santa Clara International Swim Center.
Boys Golf
The boys golf team defeated Nueva 188-270 early last week to clinch its fifth consecutive league championship. Later in the week, at the WBAL Tournament, the boys took second with Daulet Tuleubayev, grade 12, and Jaimin Bhagat, grade 10, taking co-medalist with Menlo’s Max Ting as all three shot a 1-under-par 71. The Eagles head down to Laguna Seca Golf Ranch to compete at the CCS Regionals on Tuesday.
Baseball
The baseball team went 1-2 last week as it lost 3-6 to Mills, defeated Crystal Springs Uplands 6-1 and lost to Silver Creek 1-13. This week, the Eagles travel to Jefferson on Wednesday before hosting Westmoor for the final game of the season on Thursday for Senior Day.
Softball
The softball team dropped three games last week as it fell 1-11 to Notre Dame Belmont, 4-7 to Castilleja and 9-10 to Cupertino in eight innings. The girls finish up their season at Pinewood on Tuesday.
Last week, the boys golf team finished sixth out of 16 teams at the Aptos Invitational, before defeating Sacred Heart Prep 185-175 on Senior Day with Daulet Tuleubayev, grade 12, leading the way with a 4-under-par 30. The Eagles face off with Nueva on Monday, with a chance to capture the team’s fifth consecutive league championship. Then, on Tuesday, the boys compete at the WBAL Tournament at Coyote Creek.
Lacrosse
The lacrosse team improved to 12-2 on the year with a 16-4 win over Notre Dame Belmont and a 15-6 win over Mercy Burlingame last week. Tuesday is Senior Day against Aragon, followed by the regular season finale at Sacred Heart Cathedral on Friday.
Boys Volleyball
The 20-4 boys volleyball team continues to play at a very high level as it defeated Homestead 3-1 before suffering a tough five game loss to rival Monta Vista. The boys finish up the regular season with Senior Night on Wednesday against Homestead, before traveling to Los Gatos on Friday.
Boys Tennis
The boys tennis team finished the WBAL season with an impressive 12-2 record before entering the WBAL Championship. David Wen, grade 12, and the team of Randy Zhao and Neil Bai, both grade 12, went through the tournament without dropping a set before falling in the championship match. Seeding is today to determine where Harker starts it CCS journey on Wednesday.
Swim
Last week was Senior Day for the swim team as it faced off with The King’s Academy. The 200 medley relay teams went first and second; girls and boys went first and second in 200 free; boys went second and third in the 200 IM; boys went one-two-three in the 100 fly; and boys went first and second in the 500 free and first in the 400 free relay. The swim team takes o the pool on Friday for the WBAL trials and the finals on Saturday.
Track and Field
Last week, the Eagles competed at the final WBAL meet of the year. There were 22 personal bests as a team on the day, including Anna Weirich, grade 9, in the 400-meter and 800, and Tiffany Shou, grade 12, setting a new school record in the discus, beating the old mark by two feet. The Eagles compete at the WBAL trials at Palo Alto High on Saturday.
Baseball
The baseball team went 1-2 last week, bringing its season record to 8-8. In a 9-13 loss to Del Mar, Max Lee, grade 10, had a homerun and four RBIs. The Eagles bounced back with an 11-2 win over Westmoor that saw Luke Wancewicz, grade 9, Tanay Kamat, grade 12, Matthew Kennedy, grade 12, and Levi Sutton, grade 9, each drive in two runs. Harker finished off the week with a 7-2 loss to Jefferson. This week, the Eagles host Mills for Senior Day on Tuesday, then travel to Crystal Springs Uplands on Thursday and Silver Creek on Saturday.
Softball
The softball team started off the week with a bang as it defeated Gunderson 7-6, with Kristin LeBlanc, grade 12, delivering three hits and two RBIs. The Eagles followed it up with an exciting 11-10 win over Crystal Springs Uplands in 10 innings. Anika Rajamani, grade 11, had three hits and four RBIs. However, the girls ended the week with a 13-1 loss to The King’s Academy. This week, the Eagles are at Notre Dame Belmont on Tuesday, before hosting Castilleja on Thursday and Cupertino on Friday for Senior Day.
Congratulations to seniors Jerrica Liao, Daulet Tuleubayev, Vivian Wang and Katherine Zhu for signing letters of intent to play collegiate athletics. Liao will attend Northwestern and compete in fencing; Tuleubayev will stay close and play golf at Stanford; Wang will become a Tiger and swim for Princeton; and Zhu will join the Golden Bear golf team at Cal Berkeley. We look forward to following your careers at the next level. Go Eagles!
The Harker football team made history twice last Saturday as it both hosted and won the first ever football playoff game with a 56-0 thrashing of visiting Sonoma Valley High. Marcus Tymous, grade 11, scored three rushing TDs; Aaron Smith, grade 11, added two TDs; Devin Keller, grade 10, added a rushing score; and Jared Anderson, grade 11, caught a 56-yard TD pass from Nate Kelly, grade 12, and later returned a punt 79 yards for a score. Once again, the Eagle D was ferocious all night, pitching another shutout. The Eagles will host the Piedmont Highlanders this Friday at 7 p.m.
Cross Country
Harker was represented by five runners at the CCS Cross Country Finals this past Saturday. The boys were represented by Ryan Adolf, grade 11, Arya Maheshwari, grade 9, and Aditya Singhvi, grade 9, who finished off their fine seasons. The top two finishes of the day belonged to the girls, as Lilia Gonzales, grade 11, finished 56 out of 96 D4 runners, and Anna Weirich, grade 9, took home a seventh place finish in D4, qualifying her for the state finals on Nov. 25 in Fresno.
Girls Tennis
The girls tennis team won its opening CCS matchup with Stevenson 5-2 last week. However, the team’s season came to an end the next day as its second-round opponent, Monta Vista, got the best of the Eagles with the 6-1 win. But this Tuesday, Sachi Bajaj, grade 9, and the doubles team of Gina Partridge, grade 10, and Rachel Broweleit, grade 10, begin their CCS journey at Bay Club Courtside in Los Gatos.
CCS Honors
Congratulations to the Harker boys cross country and boys water polo teams as they were recently honored as CCS Fall Scholastic Championship Teams. Of all the CCS teams in their respective sports, boys cross country had the highest team GPA at 3.9430 and boys water polo was second in their sport with a 3.8150. Great job giving it your all in your sport and in the classroom! Go Eagles!
After helping lead the girls lacrosse team to a 13-7 record and being named to the first team all-league team, Alayna Richmond ’17 finished off her high school career with an award recognizing her work in the classroom. For the second year in a row, Richmond was named to the US Lacrosse Girls High School All-Academic team. Richmond, who will attend Northwestern University in the fall, was one of only 16 Northern California girls and one of only three girls from the CCS to receive this national honor. Congratulations Alayna!
Congratulations to this year’s grade 8 athletes who were recognized at an end-of-year ceremony. These student athletes all participated in at least three sports this past year, while those asterisked played four sports this year. Impressive!
Grade 8 boys:
Marcus Anderson (Athlete of the Year)
Rosh Roy* (Athlete of the Year)
Bayden Yazalina*
Arya Maheshwari
Anton Novikov
Nick Coulter
Gowtham Irrinki
Levi Sutton
Grade 8 girls:
Hunter Hernandez (Athlete of the Year)
Maria Vazhaeparambil*
Anna Weirich*
Dylan Williams
Renee Page
Olivia Guo