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Saturday, December 14, 2019
Meghan McClure has a habit of being in the right place at the right time and doing the right thing. With Kathryn Plummer serving and Utah trying everything it could to keep the ball away from her, it was up to McClure to deliver
Saturday, 3:45 AM | No comments yetCole Kastner scored 12 points and had 13 rebounds in helping Menlo School beat host Burlingame 38-36 in the championship of the Burlingame Lions Club boys basketball tournament Friday.
Saturday, 2:32 AM | No comments yetThe Menlo-Atherton boys basketball team was pretty darn good last season. The Bears went 24-5 and advanced to the semifinals of the Central Coast Section Open Division playoffs. They could be even better this year.
Saturday, 12:10 AM | No comments yetFriday, December 13, 2019
The 7th-seeded Stanford men's soccer team saw its season end in the national semifinals in a 2-0 loss to No. 3 Georgetown in Cary, North Carolina on Friday night. It was Stanford's fourth trip to the Final Four in the past five years.
Friday, 6:14 PM | No comments yetMenlo School reached the championship game of the Burlingame Lions Club Tournament for the third consecutive year, beating defending champion Stuart Hall 50-34 Thursday night in a rematch of last year's final.
Friday, 1:01 AM | No comments yetLibero Morgan Hentz has earned Pac-12 Women's Volleyball Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors, the conference announced Thursday. Hentz will help No. 3 Stanford attempt to earn another trip to the Final Four this weekend.
Friday, 12:51 AM | No comments yetThursday, December 12, 2019
Tanner Beason and Andrew Thomas were named United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I All-Americans on Thursday night. It's the sixth consecutive season Stanford has had multiple players honored.
Thursday, 11:51 PM | No comments yetThe Palo Alto girls basketball team had done a pretty good job of finding a way to score the first two games of the season, averaging 57 points per game in wins over South San Francisco and Aragon.
Thursday, 11:18 PM | No comments yetPalo Alto's Amelia Gibbs was named MVP of the SCVAL, Sacred Heart Prep's Elena Radeff earned MVP honors in the WBAL Foothill Division and Castilleja's Suzzy Wang was selected as MVP of the WBAL Skyline Division.
Thursday, 3:00 PM | No comments yetMenlo College men's soccer stars Tim Staerz and Michael Weber were both named NAIA All-American honorable mention on Wednesday. It's the first year the Oaks have had two named to the team since 2012.
Thursday, 2:01 PM | No comments yetThe seventh-seeded Stanford men's soccer team meets No. 3 Georgetown in the NCAA championship semifinals Friday at 3 p.m. in North Carolina. The Cardinal beat Clemson on penalty kicks to advance to its fourth Final Four in five years.
Thursday, 9:52 AM | 2 commentsEthan Veghte scored a goal and assisted on the other as Sacred Heart Prep beat host Palo Alto 2-0 in a non-league boys soccer match Wednesday. Menlo and Aragon tied 2-2 in another contest. Priory girls basketball was also a winner.
Thursday, 9:13 AM | No comments yetWednesday, December 11, 2019
After winning a state Division II championship last season Menlo School girls basketball coach John Paye made the decision to upgrade his team's schedule. It was the logical next step in the development of the Menlo program.
Wednesday, 9:33 PM | No comments yetCentral Coast Section Open Division champion Sacred Heart Prep had four players named first team all-Central Coast Section, a team voted upon by coaches in the area. Menlo, Gunn, Castilleja and Palo Alto are also represented.
Wednesday, 10:38 AM | No comments yetFreshman Sydney Adas scored a goal but Sacred Heart Prep and visiting Los Altos (1-3-1) played to a 1-1 girls soccer tie in the second game of the Firebird Invitational on Tuesday.
Wednesday, 1:17 AM | No comments yetSacred Heart Prep is not counting on any one person to carry the load and that has resulted in early success for the Gators, who won their third straight, beating host Mountain View on Tuesday.
Wednesday, 1:09 AM | No comments yetCourtni Thompson and Una Jovanovic combined to score 22 points and the Pinewood girls basketball team beat Alameda 83-42 in its home opener Tuesday to improve to 3-0 on the season.
Wednesday, 12:09 AM | No comments yetTuesday, December 10, 2019
Junior cornerback Paulson Adebo highlighted a list of eight Stanford football student-athletes who earned All-Pac-12 honors on Tuesday.
Tuesday, 7:26 PM | No comments yetStanford seniors Audriana Fitzmorris, Madeleine Gates, Jenna Gray and Morgan Hentz earned All-Pacific North Region honors while junior Meghan McClure was honorable mention, the American Volleyball Coaches Association announced Tuesday.
Tuesday, 7:18 PM | No comments yetSacred Heart Prep junior Isaac Rotenberg and sophomore Luke Johnston, and Menlo School's Noah Housenbold and Greg Hilderbrand were voted first team all-Central Coast Section by a panel of high school coaches.
Tuesday, 1:09 PM | 1 commentSeniors Moea Kekauoha and Pamela Dungo became the first Menlo College women's volleyball teammates to be named NAIA All-Americans in the same year. It's the first time Menlo has had a player receive All-American status in five years.
Tuesday, 12:53 PM | No comments yetSkyler Thomas scored all 11 of his points in the first 11 minutes, J.D. Carson scored 10 of his 16 points in the first half and Menlo-Atherton ran away from visiting Jefferson 74-29 in a non-league boys basketball game on Monday.
Tuesday, 2:01 AM | No comments yetMonday, December 9, 2019
The first half was competitive. Then the Menlo School girls basketball team blew the game wide open in the third quarter and went on to a 72-48 victory Monday at Valley Christian.
Monday, 10:53 PM | No comments yetStanford freshman Larsen Weigle and sophomore Nik Caryotakis weren't the only former standouts from Sacred Heart Prep and Menlo-Atherton, respectively, playing for an NCAA men's water polo title.
Monday, 8:56 PM | No comments yetPalo Alto, Gunn and Menlo-Atherton each had Players of the Year named in their respective leagues. Find out who they are and everyone else who was voted to an all-league team by the coaches.
Monday, 7:01 PM | No comments yetSunday, December 8, 2019
Kiki Pickett nailed a penalty kick that gave the Stanford women's soccer team its third national title and second in three years. The Cardinal beat North Carolina, 5-4 in penalty kicks, on Sunday.
Sunday, 10:21 PM | No comments yetStanford maintained a multi-goal to beat host Pacific 13-8 in the NCAA Men's Water Polo championship Sunday in Stockton. The Cardinal won its first national title since 2002.
Sunday, 5:52 PM | No comments yetThe Pinewood girls basketball team opened its season with a pair of victories over the weekend, proving it has plenty of weapons left after its two biggest scorers graduated to Division I schools.
Sunday, 3:00 AM | No comments yetSaturday, December 7, 2019
Freshman Nura Galmes scored 14 points and No. 24 Menlo College women's basketball earned a 64-59 victory over host Hope International at Darling Pavilion in Fullerton on Saturday afternoon in Golden State Athletic Conference action.
Saturday, 10:52 PM | No comments yetStanford women's volleyball coach Kevin Hambly knew his team would face a familiar opponent in the Round of 16 but he needed to make sure the third-ranked Cardinal were ready for Cal Poly.
Saturday, 10:29 PM | No comments yetBen Hallock scored his third goal of the contest 11 seconds into the third overtime period to lift Stanford past USC 15-14 and into Sunday's NCAA Men's Water Polo championship contest.
Saturday, 6:55 PM | No comments yetJosh Bowie has been let go as Menlo School football coach and replaced by defensive coordinator Todd Smith, who has been promoted to head coach.
Saturday, 11:18 AM | No comments yetThe Sacred Heart Prep girls basketball team turned in a strong performance Friday with a 52-29 win over host Mills in the championship game of the Kelly Shea Gallo Tournament.
Saturday, 2:21 AM | No comments yetSenior Kathryn Plummer recorded 17 kills and the third-ranked Stanford women's volleyball team opened the NCAA tournament with a 25-20, 25-11, 25-15 win over Denver at Maples Pavilion on Friday.
Saturday, 2:08 AM | No comments yetFriday, December 6, 2019
Stanford's Andrew Thomas made two saves in the shootout and the Stanford men's soccer team advanced to the College Cup for the fourth time in five seasons, knocking off Clemson 5-4 on penalty kicks Friday night.
Friday, 9:55 PM | No comments yetSophia Smith recorded a hat trick and Katie Meyer stopped a penalty kick as the top-ranked and top-seeded Stanford women's soccer team downed Pac-12 rival UCLA 4-1 in the NCAA national semifinals Friday at Avaya Stadium in San Jose.
Friday, 8:44 PM | No comments yetGrace Florendo was the portrait of concentration Thursday as she scored 22 points, including five 3-pointers, in helping the Sacred Heart Prep girls basketball team beat Half Moon Bay 65-38.
Friday, 1:19 AM | No comments yetDavid Ajanaku-Makun scored 21 points and Priory beat Laytonville 66-26 in the first round of the 62th annual Redwood Classic in Boonville on Thursday.
Friday, 12:48 AM | No comments yetThere's a lot of shots to go around for the Paly girls basketball team with Annika Shah out for the season with a torn ACL. Her 25 points per game accounted for around half of Paly's scoring last season.
Friday, 12:31 AM | 4 commentsThursday, December 5, 2019
It's a men's water polo match made in heaven and, unfortunately for both participants, it comes in the national semifinals. Top-ranked and top-seeded Stanford meets Mountain Pacific Sports Federation rival USC at 5 p.m. Saturday.
Thursday, 9:30 PM | No comments yetAll seven players from Palo Alto's Santa Clara Valley Athletic League girls' cross country championship team were named All-SCVAL El Camino Division. Find out who joined them.
Thursday, 1:45 PM | No comments yetThe third-ranked and third-seeded Stanford women's volleyball team opens the NCAA tournament with a match against visiting Denver at 7 p.m. Friday in a rematch of a first round contest from two years ago.
Thursday, 1:14 PM | No comments yetWednesday, December 4, 2019
Stanford women's soccer team scores a lot of goals. The top-seeded Cardinal is at a nation's best 98, and counting, entering Friday's 6 p.m. national semifinal match against UCLA at Avaya Stadium.
Wednesday, 11:50 PM | No comments yetSenior Charlotte Levison scored 16 points and Sacred Heart Prep used a strong third quarter to pull ahead en route to a 50-45 victory over Lincoln San Francisco in the opening round of the Mills girls basketball tournament Wednesday.
Wednesday, 11:49 PM | No comments yetMenlo School junior Kamran Murray was named the West Bay Athletic League Most Valubale Runner. Several other local runners were named to an all-league team.
Wednesday, 6:08 PM | No comments yetThe Menlo School boys basketball team opens its season Friday at Mitty. Excuse me, Mitty? The team that's roundly considered the No. 1 or No. 2-ranked team in the entire Central Coast Section?
Wednesday, 5:29 PM | No comments yetTuesday, December 3, 2019
The Priory girls soccer team was already facing a challenge, returning six players from a roster of 23 that reached last year's Central Coast Section Division IV championship contest.
Tuesday, 10:02 PM | No comments yetThere will be plenty of local interest when the NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship continues Thursday in Stockton. Former Palo Alto and Sacred Heart Prep standouts will be in the water.
Tuesday, 2:18 PM | No comments yetStanford seniors Jenna Gray and Morgan Hentz were honored a third consecutive year as Pac-12 Women's Volleyball Setter of the Year and Libero of the Year, respectively, when the All-Conference teams were announced Tuesday.
Tuesday, 1:32 PM | No comments yetStanford redshirt senior center back Tanner Beason was named one of 15 semifinalists for the 2019 MAC Hermann Trophy, it was announced Tuesday. Finalists will be announced in mid-December.
Tuesday, 1:24 PM | No comments yetMonday, December 2, 2019
The Palo Alto boys made the head coaching debut of Jeff LaMere a successful one with a 52-37 victory Monday at Carlmont. Matthew Marzano led the Vikings with 21 points.
Monday, 10:27 PM | No comments yetJunior Sebastian Strachan scored 28 points and the Mid-Peninsula boys' basketball team downed host Kehillah Jewish 65-35 in a nonleague contest at the OFJCC Gym in Palo Alto on Monday.
Monday, 10:09 PM | No comments yetStanford's Haley Jones was named Pac-12 Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week after helping the Cardinal win the Greater Victoria Invitational title over the weekend in Canada.
Monday, 1:02 PM | No comments yetPalo Alto High's Annika Shah, who averaged 25.2 points per game as a sophomore and is a two-time All-SCVAL selection, is out for the season after suffering a torn ACL in August.
Monday, 12:26 PM | 1 commentSunday, December 1, 2019
Derek Waldeck scored Stanford's first goal in the 54th minute, assisted on Keegan Hughes' winner in the 80th and the Cardinal knocked off Virginia Tech, 2-1, in the third round of the NCAA men's soccer tournament on Sunday.
Sunday, 11:17 PM | No comments yetThe Stanford women's volleyball team (24-4) begins its quest for the program's ninth NCAA title at home this week, as the Cardinal earned the No. 3 overall seed for the NCAA fournament.
Sunday, 10:02 PM | No comments yetOscar da Silva, who scored a career-high 26 points in the Cardinal's 72-54 nonconference victory over visiting UNC-Wilmington Sunday, has reached double figures in scoring eight times in nine games and averages 16.6 point a game.
Sunday, 10:01 PM | No comments yetMenlo-Atherton's Anna Smith and Gunn's Mikayla Silverman each won an individual title at Saturday's M-A Girls Wrestling Bear Bash. Woodside basketball, soccer teams are also winners.
Sunday, 8:36 PM | No comments yetMenlo School senior Kyra Pretre finished 13th overall, leading the Knights to a second place finish in Division IV at the CIF state cross country meet in Fresno on Saturday.
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