Lower and middle school athletes fought hard and won some great accolades this past season! Check out these hard-working players!
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 8-0 and first place in the MTP at 6-1. The team finished the MTP tournament in first place and had an overall season record of 15-1. Team awards went to Shika Tseitlin, grade 8, and Dawson Chen, grade 8 (co-MVP), Dhruv Saoji, grade 8, and Shahzeb Lakhani, grade 8 (Eagle) and Anthony Tong, grade 7 (Coaches).
VA (grades 6-8) Silver Tennis: The Varsity A silver tennis team, coached by John Fruttero and Mike Nguyen, finished in first place in the WBAL with a record of 6-0. Team awards went to Jacob Huang, grade 7 (MVP), Kyle Johnson, grade 6 (Eagle), and Arissa Huda, grade 7, and Athena Wu, grade 7 (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 Lauren Napier, grade 12, Isabella Spradlin, grade 12, Emily Cheng, grade 10, Lauren Beede, grade 10, and Dylan Williams, grade 9, finished in a three-way tie for second place in the WBAL with a record of 7-2. Team awards went to Tara Ozdemir, grade 8 (MVP), Brittany Shou, grade 8 (Eagle) and Ashley Barth, grade 8 (Coaches).
VB (grades 7-8) Girls Volleyball: The Varsity B team, coached by Theresa Smith and Stephanie Coleman, and assisted by the same high school players, finished in first place in the WBAL with a record of 6-0. The team did not lose a single set all season! Team awards went to Elizabeth Shchegrov, grade 8 (MVP), Gwen-Zoe Yang, grade 7 (Eagle), and Leyla Artun, grade 8 and Emma Gurleroglu, grade 8 (Coaches).
VB2 (grades 7-8) Girls Volleyball: The Varsity B2 team, coached by Theresa Smith and Stephanie Coleman, and assisted by the HS players, finished in first place in the WBAL with a record of 6-0. This team also did not lose a set all season! Team awards went to Sarah Leafstrand , grade 8 (MVP), Sonya He, grade 7 (Eagle) and Ashley Ma, grade 7 (Coaches).
JVA (grade 6) Girls Volleyball: The Junior Varsity A team, coached by Belle Carley and high school player assistant Katie Carley, finished in second place in the WBAL with a record of 5-1. Team awards went to Alice Tao, grade 6 (MVP), Margaret Cartee, grade 6 (Eagle) and Kate Grannis, grade 6 (Coaches).
JVB6 (grade 6) Girls Volleyball: The Junior Varsity B6 team, coached by Spring Wang and high school player Katie Carley, finished in third place in the WBAL with a record of 3-3. Team awards went to Ellie Schmidt, grade 6 (MVP), Emily McCartney, grade 6 (Eagle) and Jasmine Ishikawa, grade 6 (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 5-0. Team awards went to Angelina Burrows, grade 5 (MVP), Young Min, grade 5 (Eagle), and Menaka Aron, grade 5 and Anika Pallapothu, grade 5 (Coaches).
JVB2 (grade 5) Girls Volleyball: The Junior Varsity B2 team, coached by college volleyball player Allie Pereira, finished in fourth place in the WBAL with a record of 2-3. Team awards went to Elie Ahluwalia, grade 4, (MVP), Delara Gholami, grade 4, (Eagle), and Kira Bardin, grade 4 and Riley Olson, grade 4 (Coaches).
Intramural (grade 4) Girls Volleyball: Team awards went to Syna Sharma, grade 4 (MVP), Shaina Cohen, grade 4 (Eagle) and Kallie Wang, grade 4 (Coaches). The team was coached by high school volleyball players Emily Pereira and Kaitlyn Seawright.
VA (grades 7-8) Baseball: The Varsity A team, coached Richard Amarillas, Matt Arensberg and Adam Albers finished in fifth place in the WBAL with a record of 3-3. Team awards went to Chirag Kaushik, grade 8, and Mark Hu, grade 8 (co-MVPs); Freddy Hoch, grade 7 (Eagle) and Michael Pflaging, grade 7 (Coaches).
JVA (grades 4-6) Baseball: The Junior Varsity A team, coached by Jon Cvitanich, Tim Hopkins, Kristian Tiopo and Dan Pringle, finished in fourth place in the WBAL with a record of 0-4. Team awards went to Kyle Johnson, grade 6 (MVP), Brandon Zau, grade 6 and Chirant Shekar, grade 6 (Eagle) and Jack Ledford, grade 6 (Coaches).
Intramural (grades 4-5) Baseball: Team awards went to Luke Wu, grade 4 (MVP), Sahil Jain, grade 4 (Eagle) and Veeraz Thakkar, 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 second place in the ADAL with a record of 7-1. The team went 7-2 overall. Team awards went to Marcus Page, grade 8 (MVP), Jack Hayashi, grade 8, (Eagle) and Maddux Carlisle, grade 8 (Coaches).
JVA (grades 6-7) Boys Volleyball: The Junior Varsity A team, coached by Sara Pawloski, finished in seventh place in the ADAL with a record of 2-6. Team awards went to Adrian Liu, grade 6 (MVP), Spencer Mak, grade 6, (Eagle) and Vivek Nayyar, grade 6 (Coaches).
MS (grades 6-8) Water Polo: The MS water polo team, coached by Ted Ujifusa, Allie Lamb and Trevor Wong, participated in six tournaments this season. The tournaments are mostly set up for player development and our boys, girls and coed teams all had good seasons. Team awards went to Jasleen Hansra, grade 7 (MVP), Lachlan Rossi, grade 6, (Eagle) and Vishal Rohra, grade 7 (Coaches).
MS (grades 6-8) Golf: The MS golf team, coached by Ie-Chen Cheng, took first place in the WBAL spring tournament held at the Moffet Field Golf Course. The team shot a 158 on the front nine. They beat the rest of the field by 19 strokes! The top eight golfers were Claire Chen, grade 7 (39), Ryan Zhang, grade 6 (39), Freddy Hoch, grade 7 (39), Athreya Daniel, grade 7 (41), Marcus Page, grade 8 (42), Arvin Nidadavolu, grade 8 (44), Jack Yang, grade 6, (47) and Rohan Gorti, grade 7 (48).
LS (grades 4-5) Boys and Girls Track: The lower school track team, coached by Brighid Wood, Karriem Stinson, Colleen Campbell, Brittney Moseley, Vanessa Rios and Dini Wong, took second place overall at the WBAL track meet.
First place finishers were Cyrus Ghane, grade 4 (800m), Vyom Vidyarthi, grade 5 (800m), Ori Muramatsu, grade 5 (long jump) and MacEnzie Blue, grade 4 (softball throw).
Second place finishers were Rushil Jaiswal, grade 5 (50m and 200m), Vyom Vidyarthi, grade 5 (400m), the team of Vyom Vidyarthi, Kaleb Goldin, Sohum Arora and Rushil Jaiswal, all grade 5 (4 x 100 relay), and MacEnzie Blue, grade 4 (long jump).
MS (grades 6-8) Boys and Girls Track: The middle school track team, coached by Brighid Wood, Karriem Stinson, Colleen Campbell, Brittney Moseley, Vanessa Rios and Dini Wong, took second place overall at the WBAL track meet.
First place finishers were Anjali Yella, grade 6 (200m), Rigo Gonzales, grade 7 (200m, 400m and 800m), Ishaan Mantripragada, grade 8 (200m), Michael Pflaging, grade 7 (1,200m), the team of Nageena Singh, Natasha Matta, Cindy Su and Brooklyn Cicero, all grade 8 (4 x 100 relay), and Brooklyn Cicero, grade 8 (softball throw).
Second place finishers were Anjali Yella, grade 6 (50m and 100m), Armaan Thakker, grade 7 (100m), Ishaan Mantripragada, grade 8 (100m), Emma Gao, grade 6 (400m), Cindy Su, grade 8 (400m), Veyd Patil, grade 6 (800m), Michael Pflaging, grade 7 (800m), Dawson Chen, grade 8 (1,200m), the team of Katie Reed, Cynthia Wang, Annabel Yang and Anjali Yella, all grade 6 (4 x 100 relay) and Siddharth Selvakumar, grade 7 (long jump and softball throw).
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.
The boys tennis team improved to 14-2 on the year as it defeated Crystal Springs Uplands 5-2 and 6-1 and The King’s Academy 6-1 last week. This week, the boys have the CCS qualifiers on Monday and Tuesday before beginning CCS on Wednesday.
Boys Volleyball
The boys volleyball team keeps on rolling as it picked up two more wins last week, bringing its season record to 19-3. The Eagles defeated Saratoga 3-2 and Mountain View 3-0. This week, Harker travels to Homestead on Wednesday and hosts Monta Vista on Friday. Maxpreps.com currently has Harker ranked No. 5 in the CCS.
Lacrosse
Last week, the lacrosse team defeated Carlmont 17-10 before falling to Los Gatos 21-5 later in the week. The 9-2 Eagles are currently ranked No. 8 in CCS by Maxpreps.com. This week, the ladies host Notre Dame Belmont on Tuesday and travel to Mercy Burlingame on Friday.
Congratulations to Elise Mayer, grade 11, on making the National Lacrosse Team, representing Northern California for the second year in a row. Over Memorial Day weekend, Mayer and her team will compete against the top 64 high school level regional teams in the country. Great work Elise!
Softball
The softball team dropped two games last week as it fell to Notre Dame Belmont 0-11 and Mercy Burlingame 5-11. Kristin LeBlanc, grade 12, had three hits against ND Belmont, and Cameron Zell, grade 11, and Molly Mobley, grade 9, each drove in two runs in the loss to Mercy. This week, the Eagles look to bounce back as they host Gunderson on Monday, travel to Crystal Springs Uplands on Tuesday and host The King’s Academy on Thursday.
Baseball
The baseball team started last week on fire with a 20-8 win over Crystal Springs Uplands. Luke Wancewicz, grade 9, led the offense with three hits and five RBIs, and Matthew Kennedy, grade 12, added a home run and three RBIs. However, later in the week, the Eagles fell to Pinewood 8-11, with Levi Sutton, grade 9, chipping in two hits and two RBIs. Finally, over the weekend, Harker visited Harbor High and fell 6-1. This week, the Eagles host Del Mar on Monday, travel to Westmoor on Tuesday and host Jefferson on Thursday.
Boys Golf
The boys golf team defeated Valley Christian 201-207 last week. This week, the Eagles will play at the Aptos High Golf Tournament on Monday and enjoy Senior Day on Tuesday against Sacred Heart Prep.
Swim
This Wednesday, the swim team will host The King’s Academy for Senior Day at the Singh Aquatic Center.
Track and Field
This Tuesday, the Harker track and field team travels to The King’s Academy for the final WBAL meet of the year.
The track and field team took on the entire WBAL last week at The King’s Academy with great results, including 25 personal bests. The boys 400-meter relay team posted a season-best time, ranking it No. 2 in the WBAL; Ayush Vyas, grade 11, set her personal best in the discus by 10 feet; and Marcus Tymous, grade 11, set the school record for a junior in the long jump. Later in the week, the Eagles competed at the Bearcat Invitational at San Mateo High School, where 18 more personal bests were set. Tymous set the junior school record in the long jump again; Kismet Singh, grade 10, nearly set the school record in the 100 hurdles; and Anna Weirich, grade 9, placed third in the 1,600. This week, the Eagles travel to Los Gatos for the CCS Top 8 event.
Lacrosse
The lacrosse team defeated Newark Memorial 13-6 last week, before being handed its first loss of the year as it fell to Mountain View 6-16. The 8-1 Eagles host Carlmont on Tuesday and Los Gatos on Wednesday before traveling to Sequoia on Friday.
Baseball
Last week, the baseball team split a home and away series with Mills. The week started with a 3-1, eight-inning win for the Eagles, in which Dominic Cea, grade 12, Matthew Kennedy, grade 12, and Nicholas Coulter, grade 9, each drove in a run. Later in the week, Mills upended Harker with a 12-3 win. This week, the Eagles host Crystal Springs Uplands on Tuesday and Pinewood on Thursday before traveling to Harbor on Saturday.
Swim
The Harker swim team hosted the WBAL Jamboree No. 3 last week. The boys team defeated Pinewood, Menlo and The King’s Academy, while the girls team defeated Menlo, Mercy Burlingame, Pinewood and The King’s Academy. Among the highlights, Vivian Wang, grade 12, placed first in the 200 free; Alyssa Huang, grade 10, took third in the girls 200 IM; Matthew Chung, grade 9, and Alex Yu, grade 11, went 1-2 in the boys 200 IM; Wang and Rhys Edwards, grade 9, won the boys and girls 50 free; the varsity boys swept the butterfly event, with Ethan Hu, grade 10, taking first; Andrew Chang, grade 9, won the 500 free; Hu and Yannick Bohbot-Dridi, grade 12, went 1-3 in the 100 breast; brother/sister combo Russell Yang, grade 9, and Jackie Yang, grade 10, went 1-2 in their 50 breast races.
Later in the week, the Eagles competed in the Palo Alto Sectional Challenge with some of the top swimmers in the area. Our group held its own with top placements from Wang, Hu and Chung and best-season times from Taylor Kohlmann, grade 12, and Angela Li, grade 11. The boys medley relay team of Edwards, Hu, Chung and Jason Kwok, grade 9, won its event and broke an 8-year-old school record and the girls relay team of Kohlmann, Angela Li, grade 11, Huang and Wang got its final relay cut time in the 200 free relay.
The swimmers are back in the pool at Singh Aquatic Center on April 25 for Senior Day against The King’s Academy.
Boys Tennis
The boys tennis team continued its dominating season as it defeated both Priory and Pinewood 7-0. This week, the 11-2 Eagles take on Crystal Springs Uplands on both Tuesday and Wednesday, and The King’s Academy on Thursday to finish up the regular season.
Boys Golf
Last week, the boys golf team continued to roll as it picked up two more wins. First, the Eagles defeated Sacred Heart Prep 181-209 with Jaimin Bhagat, grade 10, medaling with a 2-under-34. Later in the week, the boys defeated Mitty behind a 37 from Daulet Tuleubayev, grade 12. The Eagles take on Valley Christian on Thursday.
Boys Volleyball
The boys volleyball team improved to 17-3 with a 3-1 win over Cupertino and a 3-0 win over Lynbrook last week. This week, the boys host Saratoga on Wednesday and travel to Mountain View on Friday.
Softball
Last week, the softball team defeated El Camino 3-2 as Kristin LeBlanc, grade 12, and Cameron Zell, grade 11, each drove in a run and Anika Rajamani, grade 11, had three hits. However, the Eagles fell to Notre Dame San Jose 4-0 later in the week. This week, the Eagles host Notre Dame Belmont on Wednesday and travel to Mercy Burlingame on Thursday.
Synchronized swimmer Kate Chow, grade 12, recently competed at the U.S. Senior National Championships at Oro Valley Aquatic Center in Tucson, Ariz. The event is the most prestigious national competition for amateur swimmers. Chow won the individual high point award as she took home two first places, a second and a third while competing in technical team, free team, combo and free duet. This is Chow’s eighth year in synchronized swimming. She swims for the Santa Clara Aquamaids.
Congratulations to Carter Chadwick, grade 8, and his San Jose Jr. Sharks teammates on their California Amateur Hockey Association State Championship win last weekend in Southern California. Chadwick and his team went 8-0 and defeated the Anaheim Jr. Ducks in the finals on the road to the 14U B state title. Carter has been playing since he was 4 years old.
In the world of fencing, John Cracraft, grade 7, fenced in the Silicon Valley Regional Youth Circuit, held in Mountain View in early April, taking 30th out of 73 fencers in the Youth-12 boys foil event. Cracraft won two pool bouts and lost a third 4-5, seeding 42nd into the table. He then ran up against the 22nd seed, a tough left-hander and beat him 7-6 in overtime, flipping himself into the 32 bracket. He next fenced the No. 10 seed, an even tougher left-hander to end his day at 30th, a respectable finish in a tough event. Cracraft fences for Halberstadt Fencing Club and The Fencing Center, and is unrated. Ratings are earned in competitions and run A-E, A being the best fencers, combined with the year earned.
Ishani Sood, grade 6, fenced in the Super Youth Circuit in Escondido in mid-April and turned in some excellent results. In the Youth-14 women’s foil event, Sood, who holds a D-2017 rating and has earned several medals at national events, took 18th out of 62 fencers. She won all six pool bouts, seeding sixth into the table. She won her first elimination bout 14-5, then fell to the 27th seed. In the Youth-12 event, Sood medaled, taking fifth place out of 56 fencers. She again won all of her pool bouts and seeded sixth into the table. She had a bye in the first round, then cleaned up, winning 15-3 and 14-9 before hitting the 14th seed and losing 9-15. Sood fences for California Fencing Academy.
Harker had a solid contingent of fencers at the Regional Junior-Cadet Circuit held in San Jose this past weekend. The event drew fencers from all over the state and from as far away as Denver.
Ethan Choi, grade 9, took 15th in the cadet (16 and under) event out of 62 fencers, an exceptional finish in a very tough field. Choi went 4-2 in pools to seed into the 19th slot on the table. He cleaned up his first opponent, then ran into the 14th seed, who he flipped in a tough 15-13 bout. Choi then lost to the No. 3 seed. Choi also fenced in the junior event (19 and under) and finished 21st. He went 3-2 in pools, seeding 21st. He won his first elimination bout handily, then ran into the No. 12 seed, and that finished his day in a tournament that included a substantial contingent of college-age fencers. Choi fences for M-Team and is rated D-2018.
Sana Pandey, grade 10, participated in the Harker Research Symposium on Saturday and then fenced in cadet women’s epee on Sunday. Pandey, a co-president of the Harker Fencing Club, did well in pools, coming out 4-2, seeding 15th into the table. She had a bye in the first round, then fenced the 18th seed, losing 11-15 to finish up a busy weekend. Pandey fences for the International Fencing Academy of California and holds a C-2017 rating.
Nerine Uyanik, grade 10, co-president of the Harker Fencing Club, fenced in two foil events, finishing 28th out of 50 in the junior event and 30th out of 48 in the cadet event, following a break to recover from an injury. In the junior event, Uyanik was 2-3 in pools, seeding 27th into the table, where she won her first bout and lost her second to the No. 6 seed, an A-rated fencer who eventually won the tournament, pushing the bout to time. In the cadet event, she went 2-4 in pools, seeding 34th, won her first elimination bout then fought the No. 3 seed to a standstill in an incredibly tough bout, losing 15-14. Uyanik fences for San Francisco Fencing Academy and holds a B-2017 rating
Kishan Sood, grade 9, also coming off an injury, fenced in men’s cadet foil, finishing 41st out of 62. Sood went 2-4 in pools to seed 36th. He lost his first elimination bout to the 29th seed. Like his sister, Sood fences for California Fencing Academy. He holds an E-2017 rating.
Jerrica Liao, grade 12, fencing one of her last events as a high schooler, had a fine day, finishing third in junior women’s foil for a bronze medal. Liao, who has signed on to fence at Northwestern University, cleaned up in pools, 5-0, seeding fourth out of 50 fencers. Following a first round bye, she had one easier and two hard elimination bouts, with scores of 14-8. 14-13 and 14-13, before ending her day 14-8 against the top seed. Liao fences for Silicon Valley Fencing and holds a A-2015 rating.
William Cracraft, Harker Fencing Club advisor, fenced in the Bay Cup Series Veteran (40 and over) foil event on Sunday, taking the gold and improving his rating. He went 5-2 in pools, then ran through the table, beating two B-rated fencers and an A-rated fencer, all national point holders (as is Cracraft) to take top honors. The gold medal match score was 10-1. Cracraft, who has been fencing for more than 35 years, fences for Halberstadt Fencing Club and The Fencing Center. He now holds a B-2018 rating.
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This past winter was amazing, with many league and tournament championships – and a whole lot of fun! We started off in early winter with boys basketball and girls soccer and finished in late winter with girls basketball and boys soccer.
Please see the accomplishments of all of our lower and middle school winter sports teams below:
EARLY WINTER
VA (Grades 7-8) Boys Basketball – The Varsity A team, coached by Ed LeGrand Sawyer, finished in fifth place in the WBAL with a record of 1-5 and went 4-5 overall. Team awards went to Matthew Chen, grade 7 (MVP), Alex Zhang, grade 8 (Eagle) and Ayan Nath, grade 8 (Coaches).
VB (Grades 7-8) Boys Basketball – The Varsity B team, coached by Richard Amarillas, finished in first place (Tri-League Champs) in the WBAL with a 6-1 record and went 6-2 overall. Team awards went to Sasvath Ramachandran, grade 8 (MVP), Zeke Weng, grade 7 (Eagle) and Kaden Kapadia, grade 8 (Coaches).
VB2 (Grades 7-8) Boys Basketball – The Varsity B2 team, coached by Jon Cvitanich, finished in sixth place in the WBAL with a 2-5 record. Team awards went to Akhilesh Chegu, grade 8 (MVP), Michael Pflaging, grade 7 (Eagle) and Saurav Tewari, grade 8 (Coaches).
JVA (Grade 6) Boys Basketball – The Junior Varsity A team, coached by Mike Delfino, finished in fifth place in the WBAL with a 2-4 record and an overall record of 3-5. Team awards went to Om Tandon (MVP), Zachary Blue (Eagle) and Toju Maku (Coaches).
JVB6 (Grade 6) Boys Basketball – The Junior Varsity B6 team, coached by Matt Arensberg, finished in first place in the WBAL with a 6-1 record. Team awards went to Jack Shen and Kyle Leung (MVP), Jordan Labio (Eagle) and Ariav Misra (Coaches).
MS Intramural Boys Basketball – Team awards went to Zain Vakath, grade 7 (MVP), Ramit Goyal, grade 6 (Eagle) and Christopher Tonev, grade 7 (Coaches). The team was coached by Raul Rios and Adam Albers.
JVB1 (Grade 5) Boys Basketball – The Junior Varsity B1 team, coached by Kristian Tiopo, finished undefeated in first place in the WBAL with a 7-0 record and took first place in the WBAL tournament finishing with a 10-0 record overall. Team awards went to Gary Jin (MVP), Drew Diffenderfer (Eagle) and Advay Monga (Coaches).
JVB2 (Grade 5) Boys Basketball – The Junior Varsity B2 team, coached by Tim Hopkins, finished in eighth place in the WBAL with a 2-4-1 record. Team awards went to Rahul Yalla (MVP), Edward Hunter (Eagle) and Max Zhai (Coaches).
JVC (Grade 4) Boys Basketball – The Junior Varsity C team, coached by Karriem Stinson, finished undefeated in first place in the WBAL with a 7-0 record. Team awards went to Brennan Williams (MVP), and Topaz Lee and Rishaan Thoppay (Eagle).
LS Intramural Boys Basketball – Team awards went to Vedant Yadav, grade 5, and Jackson Powell, grade 4 (MVP), Keshav Kotamraju, grade 5, and Sriram Batchu, grade 4 (Eagle), and Anderson Chung, grade 5, and Veeraz Thakkar, grade 4 (Coaches). The team was coached by Tobias Wade.
VA (Grades 7-8) Girls Soccer – The Varsity A team, coached by Brighid Wood, Sara Pawloski and Hannah Grannis, grade 9, finished in eighth place in the WBAL with a record of 1-4-2. Team awards went to Kalyn Su, grade 8 (MVP), Alexandra Wong, grade 7 (Eagle) and Ashley Barth, grade 8 (Coaches).
JVA (Grade 6) Girls Soccer – The Junior Varsity A team, coached by Brittney Moseley and Vanessa Rios, finished in sixth place in the WBAL with a record of 0-5-1. Team awards went to Kate Grannis (MVP), Anya Chauhan (Eagle), and Margaret Cartee and Claire Luo (Coaches).
JVB (Grades 4-5) Girls Soccer – The Junior Varsity B team, coached by Justin Sullivan, finished in second place in the WBAL with a record of 3-1-2. Team awards went to Claire Anderson (MVP), MacEnzie Blue, grade 4 (Eagle) and Kylie Anderson (Coaches).
LATE WINTER
VA (Grades 7-8) Girls Basketball – The Varsity A team, coached by Richard Amarillas, finished undefeated in first place in the WBAL with a 7-0 record and an overall record of 7-1. Team awards went to Maya Hernandez, grade 7, and Haley Hernandez, grade 7 (co-MVPs), Gigi Chan, grade 8 (Eagle), and Ashley Barth, grade 8, and Priya Rohra, grade 8 (Coaches).
VB (Grades 7-8) Girls Basketball – The Varsity B team, coached by Tim Hopkins and Brittney Moseley, finished undefeated in first place in the WBAL with a 7-0 record and took first place in the WBAL tournament finishing 9-0 overall. Team awards went to Athena Wu, grade 7 (MVP), Angela Jia, grade 8 (Eagle) and Avery Olson, grade 7 (Coaches).
JVA (Grade 6) Girls Basketball – The Junior Varsity A team, coached by Jon Cvitanich and Vanessa Rios, finished in fourth place in the WBAL with a 5-3 record and went 5-5 overall. Team awards went to Anjali Yella (MVP), Kate Grannis (Eagle) and Margaret Cartee (Coaches).
MS Intramural girls basketball – Team awards went to Alice Tao, grade 6 (MVP), Serena Janny, grade 6 (Eagle) and Brindha Chandran, grade 6 (Coaches). The team was coached by Raul Rios and Adam Albers.
JVB (Grade 5) Girls Basketball – The Junior Varsity B1 team, coached by Karriem Stinson, finished undefeated in first place in the WBAL with a 7-0 record and took 1st place in the WBAL tournament finishing 10-0 overall. Team awards went to Isabella Lo (MVP), Claire Anderson (Eagle) and Kylie Anderson (Coaches).
JVC (Grade 4) Girls Basketball – The Junior Varsity C team, coached by Kristian Tiopo and Belle Carley, finished undefeated in first place in the WBAL with a 6-0 record. Team awards went to Minal Jalil (MVP), Elie Ahluwalia (Eagle) and Tanvi Sivakumar (Coaches).
LS Intramural Girls Basketball – Team awards went to Menaka Aron, grade 5, and Arushi Sahasi, grade 4 (Co-MVP) and Hannah Streeper, grade 5 (Coaches). The team was coached by Tobias Wade.
VA (Grade 8) Boys Soccer – The Varsity A team, coached by Brighid Wood, Adyant Kanakamedala and Deven Parikh, finished in second place in the WBAL with a record of 3-1-1, and an overall record of 6-1-1. Team awards went to Ishaan Mantripragada (MVP), Raj Patel (Eagle) and Sasvath Ramachandran (Coaches).
VB (Grade 7) Boys Soccer – The Varsity B team, coached by Brighid Wood, Adyant Kanakamedala, grade 12, and Deven Parikh, grade 9, finished in second place in the WBAL with a league record of 4-2-1. Team awards went to Ben Tian and Michael Pflaging (co-MVPs), Pranav Mullappalli (Eagle) and Rupert Chen (Coaches).
JVA (Grade 6) Boys Soccer – The Junior Varsity A team, coached by Colleen Campbell, finished in third place in the WBAL with a record of 2-4 and an overall record of 2-5. Team awards went to Alexander Guo (MVP), Ryan Barth (Eagle) and Ramit Goyal (Coaches).
JVB (Grade 5) Boys Soccer – The Junior Varsity B team, coached by Matt Arensberg, finished in second place in the WBAL with a record of 3-2-1. Team awards went to Alec Zhang (MVP), Advay Monga (Eagle), and Veer Sahasi and Vyom Vidyarthi (Coaches).
LS Intramural Boys Soccer – Team awards went to Ryder Hewitt, grade 4 (MVP), Cyrus Ghane, grade 4 (Eagle) and Kaan Kurtoglu, grade 4 (Coaches). The team was coached by Walid Fahmy.
We had an exciting lower and middle school fall sports season! Please see the accomplishments of our fall sports teams and individuals below:
VA Flag Football (grade 8): The Varsity A team, coached by Richard Amarillas and Tim Hopkins, finished in fifth place in the WBAL with a record of 0-7 and went 1-8 overall. Team awards went to Richard Amarillas and Sam Boucher (Eagle), and Marcus Page and Ethan Huang (Coaches).
VB Flag Football (grade 7): The Varsity B team, coached by Mike Delfino and Edward LeGrand-Sawyer, finished in fifth place in the WBAL with a 2-4 record and went 3-4 overall. Team awards went to Armaan Thakker (MVP), Zain Vakath and Dylan Parikh (Eagle) and Rohan Gorti (Coaches).
JVA Flag Football (grade 6): The Junior Varsity A team, coached by Dan Pringle and Matt Arensberg, finished in sixth place in the WBAL with a 0-4 record and went 1-5 overall. Team awards went to Om Tandon (MVP), Thomas Egbert (Eagle) and Jack Ledford (Coaches).
JVB Flag Football (grade 5): The Junior Varsity B team, coached by Walid Fahmy and Tobias Wade, finished in fifth place in the WBAL with a 0-4 record and went 0-5 overall. Team awards went to Drew Diffenderfer (MVP), Vyom Vidyarthi (Eagle) and Liam Jeffers (Coaches).
LS Intramural Flag Football (grade 4): Team awards went to Brennan Williams (MVP), Topaz Lee (Eagle) and Rishaan Thoppay (Coaches). The team was coached by Karriem Stinson and Kristian Tiopo.
VA Softball: The Varsity A team, coached by Raul Rios and Vanessa Rios, finished in fifth place in the WBAL with a record of 1-4 and went 1-5 overall. Team awards went to Brooklyn Cicero, grade 8 (MVP), Nicole Arena, grade 8 (Eagle) and Claire Chen, grade 7 (Coaches).
JVA Softball: The Junior Varsity A team, coached by Jon Cvitanich and Brittney Moseley, was the WBAL league champ with a record of 4-0 and went 5-0 overall. Team awards went to Maya Kelly, grade 6 (MVP), Saira Ramakrishnan, grade 5 (Eagle) and Isha Kotalwar, grade 6 (Coaches).
LS Intramural Softball (grade 4): Team awards went to Mackenzie Chadwick (MVP), Tanvi Sivakumar (Eagle) and Minal Jalil (Coaches). The team was coached by Julie Meline.
MS Swimming: Team awards went to Michael Tran, grade 8 (MVP), Linette Hoffman, grade 7, and Logan Braun, grade 6 (Eagle), and Carlo Banzon, grade 7, and Eira Saraff, grade 6. Unfortunately, the WBAL finals were cancelled due to poor air-quality issues. However, we did have a few first place finishers in the Castilleja meet. Michael Tran (50 fly, 100 freestyle relay and 100 medley relay), Heidi Lu, grade 6 (25 backstroke), Elvis Han, grade 8 (50 backstroke and 100 free relay), Nika Lebedev, grade 7 (100 individual relay), Sascha Pakravan, grade 8 (100 free relay), Willian Zhao, grade 8 (100 free relay and 100 medley relay), Carlo Banzon, grade 7 (100 medley relay) and Kai Burich, grade 8 (100 medley relay).
LS Swimming: Team awards went to Shwetha Sundar, grade 4, and Nikhil Pesati, grade 5 (Eagle), and Kaan Kurtoglu, grade 4, and Disha Gupta, grade 4 (Coaches).
MS Cross Country: Team awards went to Dawson Chen, grade 8, and Ashley Barth, grade 8 (MVP), Shahzeb Lakhani, grade 8, and Emma Gao, grade 6 (Eagle), and Alex Liou, grade 8, and Trisha Iyer, grade 6 (Coaches). Unfortunately, the WBAL finals were cancelled due to the poor air quality issues. However, we did have a few first place finishers in the league meets. Our grade 8 boys team took first place at the Crystal Springs Relays and our grade 7/8 boys team took first place at the Harker Meet.
MS Golf: The middle school golf team was league champs of the WBAL Fall tournament, winning by 10 strokes. The top golfer of the tournament was Claire Chen, grade 7 (35), followed by Freddy Hoch, grade 7 (37), Marcus Page, grade 8 (38) and Athreya Daniel, grade 7 (40).