The Harker baseball team opened its season with an impressive 16-3 win over Livermore Valley Charter Prep. Dominic Cea, grade 10, started his season off hot with a two hit, four RBI day to lead the way for the Eagles. On Tuesday, North Valley Baptist will visit the diamond at Blackford for a 3:30 p.m. game.
Softball
Elevens were wild last week for the Harker softball team as it defeated both Overfelt High and Mercy San Francisco 11-0. In the win over Overfelt, Marti Sutton, grade 11, went 2-2 with four RBIs, while Marita Del Alto, grade 12, gave up only two hits and zero runs in five innings pitched. Later in the week, Kristin LeBlanc, grade 10, had the Mercy batters begging for mercy as she tossed five innings of no-hit ball, striking out seven. Grace Park, grade 11, provided the thunder as she hit the first Harker home run of the year. The Eagles travel to Palo Alto High on Tuesday to face off with the Vikings.
Boys Volleyball
The boys volleyball team kicks off its season on Tuesday as its travels to Oak Grove High for a 6:15 p.m. non-league matchup.
Boys Golf
Monday marks the start of the boys golf season as the team travels to the Lone Tree Golf Course in Antioch to compete in the Joe Gambetta Invitational Tournament. Next Monday, Harker will travel to Brentwood to compete in the Falcon Invitational at the Deer Ridge Golf Club.
Girls Lacrosse
The girls lacrosse team opened its season with a 14-3 loss to West Catholic powerhouse Archbishop Mitty. This week, the Eagles will host three games on Davis Field: Tuesday vs. Sacred Heart Cathedral at 4:30 p.m., Wednesday vs. Gunn High at 4:30 p.m. and Friday vs. York School at 5 p.m.
Boys Tennis
The boys tennis team jumps right into league action as it hosts King’s Academy in its season opener on Tuesday. On Thursday, the Eagles will travel to Crystal Springs Uplands for another league match. And this weekend, the team travels to Fresno for the California Tennis Classic.
Track and Field
The Harker track and field team opens its season this Saturday at the Willow Glen Invitational.
Swim
The varsity swim team faced off in a three-team meet against Crystal Springs Uplands and King’s Academy last week. Michael Auld, grade 11, Vivian Wang, grade 10, Angela Huang, grade 12, and Grace Guan, grade 12, all qualified for CCS in their events. Angela Li and Ihita Mandal, both grade 9, won their respective varsity races in the 100 back and 200 free. The Eagles travel to Monta Vista on Friday.
Winter Wrap Up
Girls Basketball
The girls basketball season came to end last Tuesday as Terra Nova defeated the Eagles 52-44 in the first round of the CCS Division 4 playoffs. Jordon Thompson, grade 11, scored 29 points, but it wasn’t enough as the Harker lineup was shorthanded because of injuries and illnesses. The Eagles finished the season with an impressive 16-9 record and look to stay strong next year as the team graduates only two seniors, Aishu Murari and Aathira Menon. Great job this year, ladies!
Boys Basketball
The boys varsity basketball team traveled to San Lorenzo Valley High School last Thursday to open up the CCS Division 4 playoffs. The Eagles got 22 points from Roy Yuan, grade 9, but SLV was too much for Harker as it moved on to the next round with the 67-47 victory. It was the final high school game for seniors Elijah Edgehill, Dhanush Madabusi, Rohan Desikan, Amar Jain, Prithvi Gudapati, Jonathan Yiu, Evan Lohn and Raghav Jain. Congrats on a great year, Eagles!
Jordan Thompson, grade 11, led the Eagles with 22 points in the regular season finale against first place Mercy San Francisco, but it wasn’t enough as Harker was defeated 52-43. However, the Eagles finished with an impressive 16-8 record and were given the No. 10 seed in the CCS Division 4 playoffs. That gives Harker’s team home court advantage as it hosts Terra Nova on Tuesday at 7 p.m. Come out to support our Eagles as they make a run at a CCS title!
Boys Basketball
Last week the boys varsity basketball team picked up a huge 71-29 win over Crystal Springs Uplands behind a 21-point, five-rebound, five-assist night from Rohan Desikan, grade 12. Later in the week, the Eagles faced off with Menlo to close out the regular season, but the Knights spoiled Senior Night by defeating Harker 55-42. Elijah Edgehill, grade 12, led the way with 13 points. The Eagles finished the season with a 12-12 record and were rewarded with the No. 11 seed in the CCS Division 4 brackets. The team travels to San Lorenzo Valley this Thursday at 7 p.m. to begin its postseason journey.
Boys Soccer
The varsity boys soccer team wrapped up its season last week as it split its two games. The Eagles fell to King’s Academy 3-1 on Senior Day, but finished the season on a winning note, taking down Priory 2-1 with goals from Kedar Gupta, grade 11, and Jared Anderson, grade 9. Harker ended with a respectable 7-9-1 record. Great job this year!
Wrestling
Although the Harker wrestling team was represented by only two wrestlers in the CCS tournament, it had a very strong showing. Anthony Contreras, grade 10, went 1-2 in the tournament, but with two more years of high school wrestling ahead, the sky is the limit for Contreras. Davis Howard, grade 11, represented Harker very well in the 285-pound division. Howard went 3-2, with all of his wins coming by fall, and his final loss coming at the hands of the eventual third place finisher. Congratulations on a great year to Anthony, Davis and the entire Harker wrestling team!
MS Wrestling
Dezi Johnson, grade 6, once again showed that he is one of the best young wrestlers in the nation as he finished fifth at the 2016 Liberty Nationals. The tournament was held this past weekend in St. Joseph, Mo., and showcased some of the best wrestling talent in the country. Again, congrats Dezi!
As the regular winter sports season comes to an end, one Harker team prepares for the postseason, while three others fight for the right to play in CCS.
Wrestling
The varsity wrestling team competed in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League finals this past weekend at Gunn High School. Two Harker wrestlers finished in the top six in their weight class to advance to the CCS tournament. Anthony Contreras, grade 10, placed third, and Davis Howard, grade 11, became only the fourth Harker wrestler in school history to make it to the league finals, where he placed second. Also finishing strong were Daniel Reidenbach, grade 11, who finished eight in his weight class, and Dolan Dworak, grade 10, who finished second in the JV tournament. CCS begins this Friday at Independence High School.
MS Wrestling
Dezi Johnson, grade 6, continues to rack up the trophies as he won the middle school division of the Valentine’s Day Massacre Central California Open in Paso Robles. Congrats, Dezi!
Boys Soccer
The boys soccer team fell to Crystal Springs Uplands 3-1 last week. The Eagles are now 6-6-1 on the season as they head into the final two games of the year. The Eagles host King’s Academy on Wednesday at Davis Field, and travel to Priory on Friday.
Girls Soccer
The girls soccer team ended its season with a 6-0 loss to Menlo last week. Good job this year, ladies!
Boys Basketball
The boys basketball team dropped two big road league games last week, falling to Eastside College Prep 61-59 and Priory 73-41. In the loss to ECP, Elijah Edgehill, grade 12, had another double double as he scored a team high 18 points and grabbed a team high 13 rebounds. Roy Yuan, grade 9, added 17 points in the loss. Edgehill led all Harker scorers again in the loss to Priory with 15 points. The Eagles drop to 11-11 on the season with two games left to play. Harker hosts Crystal Springs Uplands tonight at Blackford at 6:30 p.m. and the Menlo Knights on Friday.
Girls Basketball
The girls varsity basketball team fell to co-first place Priory last week 63-50, and will face the other first place team, Mercy San Francisco, Tuesday night in the city. In the loss to Priory, Jordon Thompson, grade 11, had another big night scoring 31 points. The Eagles go to 16-7 for the season.
Cross Country
Last week, Niki Iyer, grade 11, competed in the California Winter Track Championships at Cerritos College. In the 1500-meter run, Niki placed 28th out of 58 of the best runners in the state. Great job, Niki!
Nate Kelly, grade 10 was named offensive co-MVP and classmate Anthony Contreras, was named defensive co-MVP. Four Harker students were named to the first team: Demonte Aleem, grade 9; Johnathon Keller, grade 12; Jadan McDermott, grade 10; and James Pauli, grade 10. Four more were named to the second team: Jalen Clark, grade 10; Saketh Gurram, grade 11; Will Park, grade 11; and Trenton Thomas, grade 12. Congrats to all for a record season and for these honors!
The girls basketball team picked up a big league win versus Mercy Burlingame last week as the Eagles defeated the Crusaders 69-32. Jordan Thompson, grade 11, led all scorers with 30 points. On Tuesday night the Eagles defeated Crystal Springs Uplands 57-16. Thompson had another big game with 31 points. She was also featured in an article about her amazing year. Check it out on prep2prep: http://prep2prep.com/feature.aspx?ArticleID=9507
The Eagles finish the regular season with games against the top two teams in the WBAL Skyline division, Priory and Mercy SF.
The boys basketball team dropped two league contests last week to bring its season record to 11-9. In a heartbreaking 58-57 loss to Sacred Heart Prep, Elijah Edgehill, grade 12, scored 21 points and grabbed 14 rebounds. Then in a 71-63 defeat, Edgehill had a 19 point, 13 rebound game, and Evan Lohn, grade 12, had a season best 16 points. The Eagles travel to Eastside Prep tonight and then to Priory on Friday.
The boys soccer team fell to Menlo last Friday 4-1, dropping its season record to 6-5-1. The Eagles host Crystal Springs Uplands Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. on Davis Field.
Girls Soccer
On Tuesday King’s Academy defeated the girls soccer team 6-0. Earlier last week the Eagles lost to Menlo 3-0, Castiilleja 4-0 and Notre Dame SJ 1-0. The Eagles finish their season this Thursday at Menlo. Good luck girls!
Wrestling
The Wrestling team traveled to Homestead early last week and fell to the Mustangs 66-6. Later in the week, the Eagles hosted Lynbrook, but were also defeated 57-36. However, Anthony Contreras, grade 10, won by decision, and Diego Figueroa, grade 11, and Davis Howard, grade 11, each won by fall. This past weekend the Eagles competed in the Wilcox Tournament where Harker finished in 10th place as a team. In their respective weight classes, Kobe Howard, grade 9, finished second, Contreras finished third, and Dolan Dworak, grade 10, finished sixth. The Eagles begin the SCVAL tournament this weekend at Gunn High School.
The boys basketball team opened last week with a 66-49 loss to Menlo, with Elijah Edgehill, grade 12, leading the Eagles with 19 points and 12 rebounds. But the team surged back for a huge league win on Friday night versus King’s Academy. Roy Yuan, grade 9, led Harker with 15 points and Edgehill added 12 points and 17 rebounds as the Eagles came out on top with the 51-47 victory. The boys team hosts Sacred Heart Prep tonight at Blackford at 6:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball
The girls basketball team dropped two tough league matchups last week to Mercy SF and King’s Academy. Junior Jordan Thompson led all Harker scorers with 22 points against Mercy and 15 points against King’s Academy. Satchi Thockchom, grade 10, added 13 points against King’s Academy. The girls team looks to get back in the win column as it travels to Mercy Burlingame on Friday.
Boys Soccer
The boys soccer team went 1-1 last week with a 3-0 win over Priory and a 2-1 loss to Sacred Heart Prep. In the win over Priory, Omar Hamade, grade 12, scored two goals and Oisin Coveney, grade 12, had one goal. The Eagles will host Menlo on Friday at 6:30 p.m. as part of the Kicks for Cancer night at Davis Field.
Girls Soccer
With an 8-1 loss to Sacred Heart Prep on Friday night, the girls soccer team is still looking for its first win of the season. The team hosts Castilleja today at 3:30 p.m. on Davis Field, before traveling to Notre Dame San Jose on Thursday. The girls will be back on Davis Field Friday at 4:45 p.m. as part of the Kicks for Cancer night versus Menlo.
Wrestling
The wrestling team traveled to Milpitas last week and fell to the Trojans 67-9. Anthony Contreras, grade 10, picked up a win with a 6-2 decision, and Davis Howard, grade 11, won by forfeit. The Eagles travel to Homestead tonight and host Lynbrook at Blackford on Thursday at 5:30 p.m.
Lower and middle school results provided by Theresa “Smitty” Smith.
Boys Soccer
Picking up its fifth win in six games, the boys soccer team defeated Eastside Prep 2-1 the week before last with goals from Jared Anderson, grade 9, and Rohit Shah, grade 10. However, King’s Academy got the best of the Eagles later in the week, defeating Harker 4-1.
Girls soccer
The girls soccer team fell to King’s Academy and Notre Dame San Jose in Late January.
Boys Basketball
The boys basketball team went 1-1 to bring its season record to 10-6. In a tight 59-55 loss to Priory, Rohan Desikan, grade 12, had a team high 20 points with Elijah Edgehill, grade 12, adding 16 points and 11 rebounds. The team rebounded with a 67-32 win over Crystal Springs Uplands later in the week. Roy Yuan, grade 9, led all scorers with 20 points.
Girls Basketball
Continuing her amazing scoring streak, Jordan Thompson, grade 11, had 29 points to lead the Eagles over Immaculate Conception 76-56 last Wednesday. Thompson’s performance made her Harker’s all-time leading scorer. The previous record was held by Daniza Rodriguez ’13, who is currently playing at Whittier College. However, the girls team suffered a rare loss later in the week as it fell to Woodside Priory 76-66. Thompson again had 29 points with Akhila Ramgiri, grade 9, adding a season high 20 points, as the Eagles went to 14-4 on the season. The girls team will host first place Mercy SF tonight at Blackford at 6:30 p.m.
The Harker wrestling team fell to Santa Clara High last Wednesday 60-36.
MS Basketball
Michael Mitchell Jr., grade 7, will be attending West Coast Elite Basketball’s Jr. All-American Camp Feb. 6-7 in Cerritos. The camp attracts some of the top middle school players in the country. Mitchell was recently named the MVP of Harker’s VB boys basketball team. Good luck, Michael!
The early winter sports season for grades 4-8 has concluded. Nearly 220 students participated across the lower and middle school levels in boys basketball and girls soccer!
Our Varsity B and JVB1 boys basketball teams both won league championships and were also tournament champs!
Here is how our teams did this early winter season.
VB (Grades 7-8) Boys Basketball: The varsity B team, coached by Josh Miller and Rich Amarillas, finished in first place in the WBAL with a 7-0 record and went 9-0 overall. They were league champs of the south division and tournament champs! Team awards went to Michael Mitchell, grade 7 (MVP), Vance Vu, grade 8 (Eagle) and Vedanth Sundaram, grade 8 (Coaches).
VB2 (Grade 7) Boys Basketball: The varsity B2 team, coached by Jon Cvitanich, finished in sixth place in the WBAL with a 3-4 record. Team awards went to Levi Sutton (MVP), Marcus Anderson (Eagle) and Anmol Velagapudi (Coaches).
JVA (Grade 6) Boys Basketball: The junior varsity A team, coached by Mike Delfino, finished in fourth place in the WBAL with a 3-3 record and went 3-4 overall. Team awards went to Rishi Jain (MVP), Anquan Boldin Jr. (Eagle) and Alex Zhang (Coaches).
JVB6 (Grade 6) Boys Basketball: The junior varsity B6 team, coached by Matt Arensberg, finished in fifth place in the WBAL with a 3-4 record. Team awards went to Marcus Page (MVP), Josh Tseitlin (Eagle) and Jack Hayashi (Coaches).
MS Intramural Boys Basketball: Team awards went to Tuhin Chatterjee, grade 7 (MVP), Alex Shing, grade 8 (Eagle) and Harrison Chang, grade 6, and Akshay Manglik, grade 7 (Coaches). The team was coached by CJ Cali, Jeff Martarano and Raul Rios.
JVB1 (Grade 5) Boys Basketball: The junior varsity B1 team, coached by Dan Pringle and Karriem Stinson, finished in first place in the WBAL with a 7-0 record and went 9-0 overall. They were league champs and tournament champs! Team awards went to Matthew Chen (MVP), Zeke Weng (Eagle), and Michael Pflaging and Armaan Thakker (Coaches).
JVB2 (Grade 5) Boys Basketball: The junior varsity B2 team, coached by Kristian Tiopo, finished in fourth place in the WBAL with a 4-3 record. Team awards went to Boulus Ajlouny (MVP), Max Pflaging (Eagle) and Pranav Mullappalli (Coaches).
JVC (Grade 4) Boys Basketball: The junior varsity C team, coached by Jim McGovern, finished in fourth place in the WBAL with a 4-3 record. Team awards went to Om Tandon (MVP), Rohin Bhagat (Eagle) and Spencer Mak (Coaches).
LS Intramural Boys Basketball: Team awards went to Panav Gogte, grade 4 (MVP), Jack Ledford and Kyle Leung, both grade 4 (Eagle) and Vivek Nayyar, grade 4 (Coaches). The team was coached by Ken Allen and Jeff Paull.
VA (Grades 7-8) Girls Soccer: The varsity A team, coached by Brighid Wood, Brittney Moseley and Kelcie Lai, finished in seventh place in the WBAL with a record of 2-5-0. Team awards went to Aria Wong and Hannah Grannis, both grade 7, (MVP), and Dylan Williams, grade 7, and Delaney Logue, grade 8 (Coaches).
JVA (Grade 6) Girls Soccer: The junior varsity A team, coached by Cyrus Merrill and Mandy Schroeder, finished in fifth place in the WBAL with a record of 2-3-1. Team awards went to Ashley Barth (MVP), Angela Jia (Eagle) and Diana Kohr (Coaches).
JVB (Grade 5) Girls Soccer: The junior varsity B team, coached by Lisa Lubke and Jared Ramsey, finished in second place in the WBAL with a record of 2-1-1 and went 2-3-1 overall. Team awards went to Anya Chauhan (MVP), Anika Muddu (Eagle) and Jia Parikh (Coaches).
LS Intramural Girls Soccer: Team awards went to Ananya Sriram, grade 4 (Eagle) and Kinnera Mulam, grade 4 (Coaches). The team was coached by Randy Le Gris and Maria Maldonado.
The girls basketball team put up three huge wins last week as it defeated Mercy Burlingame, Crystal Springs Uplands and Pacific Collegiate School by an average margin of 40 points! Junior Jordan Thompson’s 28 points per game is still among the best in the CCS. The 13-3 girls team will travel to Immaculate Conception Academy on Wednesday.
Boys Basketball
After a tough league loss to Pinewood last week, the Harker boys team defeated Eastside Prep 64-53 on Thursday. Elijah Edgehill, grade 12, led the Eagles with 21 points. Cal-Hi Sports covered the game and you can see the highlights here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR_rKhcSWBk
The boys team plays tonight at Blackford at 7 p.m.
Boys Soccer
Last Monday, the boys varsity soccer team picked up its fourth win in a row as it defeated Crystal Springs Uplands 4-2. Omar Hamade, grade 12, had two goals, while Nick Acero and Sparsh Chauhan, both grade 10, each had one. Later in the week, the Eagles fell to Menlo 3-0. This Wednesday the team hosts Eastside Prep at 3 p.m. on Davis Field.
Girls Soccer
The girls Varsity soccer team dropped games to Sacred heart Prep and Castilleja last week. Lyndsey Mitchell, grade 11, scored the only goal for Harker. Come support the girls team as it takes on Notre Dame San Jose today on Davis Field at 3:30 p.m.
Wrestling
The Harker wrestling team traveled to Saratoga High last Thursday and, although they won five individual matches, the team lost 24-42. Kobe Howard, grade 9, and Davis Howard, grade 11, won by decision, and Diego Figueroa, grade 11, Anthony Contreras, grade 10, and Danny Reidenbach, grade 11, each won by fall. Later in the week at the Jim Root Tournament held at Prospect High, Davis Howard placed fifth in his weight class; he is currently ranked 19th in CCS in the 285-pound division.
MS Wrestling
Continuing his impressive run, Dezi Johnsen, grade 6, took home a first place trophy at the New Mexico National Wrestling Tournament in the 12-and-under, 130-pound division. Johnsen defeated wrestlers from New Mexico and Texas to earn the first place finish.
Senior Dakota McNealy’s stellar golf career at Harker will come to an end this spring, but his future looks bright! McNealy recently signed on to play collegiate golf at Stanford, joining his brother Maverick McNealy ’13.
“I could not pass up the chance to get to be around so many outstanding people and play with my brother for a year on a great golf team,” said McNealy when asked why he chose Stanford. “Obviously playing with Maverick is going to be an awesome experience, but I’m also excited to focus solely on golf and academics.”
In an interview with Palo Alto Online, Stanford head coach Conrad Ray said, “We are excited to welcome Dakota McNealy to the Stanford family. He is amazing in the classroom, first and foremost, but also a tremendous athlete.” And it takes a tremendous athlete to play for the Stanford golf team, as it is currently ranked fifth in the nation.
Even though Dakota is excited about his future at Stanford, he is focused on finishing strong at Harker. “Playing for Harker has been a blast and I’m excited to see how far we can go this year,” he said.
Linked below are two of the many press notices on Dakota’s signing. Good luck this year and beyond, Dakota!
Final notes on the fall season, in which we had some great finishes!
Cross Country
Congratulations to junior Niki Iyer on her fifth place finish at the state cross country meet, held over the Thanksgiving break. Iyer competed with 191 other runners in the Division 4 championships held in Fresno, and shaved 30 seconds off last year’s fifth place finish. She will race next at the Footlocker High School West Regional on Saturday at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut.
Girls Tennis
Lizzie Schick, grade 10, and Pam Duke, grade 9, were the last Harker team alive in the fall playoffs as they took the court on Tuesday at the Bay Club Courtside to face the duo from Menlo-Atherton High School. They won a highly contested three games, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1, to become the first Harker doubles tennis team in school history to make the CCS finals. Lizzie and Pam fought hard, but lost to a very strong Los Altos duo. Congratulations on an amazing season!