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Athletes of the Week

Posted October 30, 2019

Bella Bachler
Sacred Heart Prep water polo

The junior recorded 13 goals, 12 assists and 10 steals last week in helping the Gators beat St. Francis and clinch the West Catholic Athletic League title, and to reach the title match of the NorCal Invitational.

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Eitan Smolyar
Gunn football

The senior fullback needed just eight carries to gain 264 yards and score four touchdowns in Gunn's big win over Lynbrook on Friday night. The Titans are in a first place tie in the SCVAL El Camino Division.

Honorable Mention

Megan Chou

Pinewood golf

Eleanor Facey

Sacred Heart Prep water polo

Tevah Gevelber

Castilleja cross country

Gabby Lewis

Castilleja water polo

Kyra Pretre *

Menlo cross country

Tricia Zhang

Menlo tennis

Jake Escobar

Woodside water polo

Luke Johnston

Sacred Heart Prep water polo

Calvin Katz

Menlo cross country

Andrew Mills

Woodside water polo

Kamran Murray *

Menlo cross country

Jaden Richardson

Menlo football

* Previous Winner

Previous Weeks

October 23, 2019
(Cooper McKenna/Phillip Doan)

October 16, 2019
(Minhee Chung/Samson Axe)

October 09, 2019
(Natalie Grover/Troy Franklin)

October 02, 2019
(Lauren Sung/Noah Housenbold)

September 25, 2019
(Charlotte Tomkinson/Colin Giffen)

September 18, 2019
(Elena Radeff, Millie Muir/Eitan Smolyar)

September 11, 2019
(Megan Norris/Danny Peters)

September 04, 2019
(Addie Ahlstrom/Teddy Purcell)

May 22, 2019
(Kyra Pretre, Charlotte Tomkinson/Julien Hernandez)

May 15, 2019
(Sarah Snyder/Jared Freeman)

May 08, 2019
(Milan Hilde-Jones/Aidan Everett)

May 01, 2019
(Sarah Snyder/Owen Crevelt)

April 24, 2019
(Alexandra Chan/Max Reyes)

April 17, 2019
(Emma Sloan/Justin Nam)

April 10, 2019
(Genna Gibbons/Jared Freeman)

April 03, 2019
(Emma Briger, Ingrid Corrigan/Nathan Fleischli)

March 27, 2019
(Sara Osterberg/Aidan Everett)

March 20, 2019
(Leiney Paul/Jared Freeman)

March 13, 2019
(Avery Lee/Dean Casey)

March 06, 2019
(Coco Layton/Andrei Volgin)

February 27, 2019
(Folashade Akinola/Isaiah Saams-Hoy)

February 20, 2019
(Evelyn Calhoon, Lauren McDonnell/Abby Ericson, Folashade Akinola)

February 13, 2019
(Klara Astrom/Timothy Waymouth)

February 06, 2019
(Sharon Nejad/Andrew Wang)

January 30, 2019
(Mina Tameilau/Liam Johnson)

January 23, 2019
(Hannah Jump/Raymond Reece)

January 16, 2019
(Catie Cassani/Joshua Meyers)

January 09, 2019
(Avery Lee/Charlie Williams)


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