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Athletes of the Week

Posted November 06, 2019

Sydney Sung
Palo Alto golf

The sophomore recorded a round of 70 to earn medalist honors at the Central Coast Section tournament, helping the Vikings win their third straight CCS title. She shot a 72 at NorCals in helping Paly finish third.

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Jake Tsotadze
Sacred Heart Prep water polo

The freshman scored four goals in the Gators WCAL semifinal victory over St. Francis and another two goals against Menlo in the WCAL championship match. He also drew nine exclusions in the tournament.

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Honorable Mention

Addie Ahlstrom *

Menlo tennis

Tricia Zhang, Brynn Brady

Menlo tennis

Ana DuBois

Gunn volleyball

Natalie Grover *

Menlo-Atherton volleyball

Kate Mallery

Gunn water polo

Ella Woodhead

Sacred Heart Prep water polo

Greg Hilderbrand

Menlo water polo

Richard Jackson

Gunn football

Tatafu Mahoni

Sacred Heart Prep football

Danny Peters *

Palo Alto football

Josh Peterson

Woodside football

Griff Price

Sacred Heart Prep water polo

* Previous Winner

Previous Weeks

October 30, 2019
(Bella Bachler/Eitan Smolyar)

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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