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Monday, January 24, 2022
Sacred Heart Prep boys basketball team reaches 1,000 points
Sacred Heart Prep boys basketball, Palo Alto girls basketball, Mountain View girls basketball and Sacred Heart Prep boys soccer are trending in local high school sports from Monday.
Monday, 11:55 PM | No comments yetSunday, January 23, 2022
Palo Alto wrestler looks at his sport as an art form
Palo Alto senior Cade Creighton has spent most of his wrestling life in the company of the country's top coaches and players, including his father, Braumon, who was a two-time NCAA Division II champion.
Sunday, 4:15 PM | No comments yetPalo Alto, Menlo-Atherton girls reach title bout at MidCals
Paly's Elle Jauregui and Menlo-Atherton's Alexia Bensoussan reached the championship match of their respective divisions Saturday at the MidCals wrestling tournament in Gilroy. On the boys side, PA's Cade Creighton was third at 182.
Sunday, 2:33 AM | No comments yetSaturday, January 22, 2022
29-point fourth quarter leads Pinewood girls to victory
The Pinewood, St. Francis and Gunn girls basketball teams all won on Saturday. Pinewood beat Monte Vista of Danville 66-61, St. Francis topped Presentation 56-23 and Gunn downed Carmel 56-50.
Saturday, 10:59 PM | No comments yetGunn boys dismantle El Camino Division basketball leader
Sam Mulkey and Ethan Cheng stepped up and scored 14 points apiece to lead the Gunn boys basketball team to a surprising 55-37 victory over previously undefeated Saratoga in a SCVAL El Camino Division contest Friday.
Saturday, 6:57 PM | No comments yetLos Altos boys gain a soccer win at Palo Alto
Ata Sen, David Raya and Arya Hatami each scored in Los Altos' 3-2 Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division boys soccer victory over Palo Alto on Friday night. Mountain View played Santa Clara played to a scoreless tie.
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Ata Sen, David Raya and Arya Hatami each scored in Los Altos' 3-2 Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division boys soccer victory over Palo Alto on Friday night. Mountain View played Santa Clara played to a scoreless tie.
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A return to form gives SHP girls the look of a winner
Sacred Heart Prep and Menlo each won West Bay Athletic League girls soccer matches on Friday while Mountain View and Gunn each won SCVAL De Anza Division matches to set up a match at Mountain View on Wednesday.
Saturday, 3:31 AM | No comments yetFriday, January 21, 2022
Menlo student-athletes sign to play in college
Greg Hilderbrand, who committed to play water polo at UC Santa Barbara, is among the 15 latest Menlo School student-athletes who have committed to play at the college level. Find out who else signed.
Friday, 1:58 PM | No comments yetSequoia, Woodside girls win to set up soccer showdown
The Woodside girls soccer team remained undefeated on the season, beating host Burlingame 2-0 in a Peninsula Athletic League Bay Division contest on Thursday.
Friday, 4:19 AM | No comments yetMenlo, SHP boys grab WBAL basketball victories
Lucas Vogel hit a key 3-pointer in the final minute of play to help Menlo School rally to a 48-46 victory at Priory in a West Bay Athletic League boys basketball contest Thursday night.
Friday, 12:04 AM | No comments yetThursday, January 20, 2022
Hot start, hot finish help M-A boys basketball win
Jalen Williams scored nine of his game-high 19 points in the fourth quarter in helping Menlo-Atherton fend off visiting Aragon 50-43 in a Peninsula Athletic League South Division contest Wednesday night.
Thursday, 3:41 PM | No comments yetFormer Palo Alto resident becomes a two-time Winter Olympian
Vincent Zhou is one of the veterans now, named to his second U.S. Olympics, this time in Beijing. Four years ago, he found success as a teenage sensation in figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Thursday, 2:39 PM | No comments yetBig soccer day sees plenty of victories for locals
St. Francis boys soccer had plenty of scoring opportunities in a 1-0 West Catholic Athletic League loss to Valley Christian. Gunn, Los Altos, Sequoia, Menlo and SHP all recorded victories.
Thursday, 2:34 AM | No comments yetWednesday, January 19, 2022
Palo Alto girls basketball wins ninth straight
Kaella Peters scored 15 points in helping Palo Alto win its ninth straight girls' basketball game, beating Homestead in a Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division contest Wednesday.
Wednesday, 11:54 PM | No comments yetLate dramatics propel Mtn. View to rivalry win over Los Altos
Joe Brown hit a 3-pointer with 21 seconds remaining to lift Mountain View past Los Altos 48-47 in a Santa Clara Valley Athletic League boys basketball contest on Tuesday.
Wednesday, 3:47 AM | No comments yetLong-range goals no problem for Pinewood girls
Elle Ladine scored 23 points and grabbed 26 rebounds in helping the Pinewood girls basketball team beat The King's Academy 88-34 in a West Bay Athletic League contest on Tuesday. Menlo beat Priory in another league game.
Wednesday, 1:44 AM | No comments yetTuesday, January 18, 2022
Second-half rally gives SHP boys basketball a WBAL win
Aidan Braccia scored 19 points to help Sacred Heart Prep boys basketball rally past Priory 47-44 in Tuesday's West Bay Athletic League contest. Menlo won over Crystal Springs Uplands 65-45.
Tuesday, 11:00 PM | No comments yetCastilleja senior ready for her international skiing debut
Castilleja senior Madison Ringham qualified for the Freeride Junior World Championships in Austria, where she will compete along with 15 others in the skiing competition with back country features.
Tuesday, 5:26 PM | No comments yetMenlo girls basketball wins at MLK Showcase
Senior Shannon Li scored 19 points in helping the Menlo School girls basketball team beat Westmoor 66-34 as part of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Showcase at Terra Nova on Monday. Gunn and St. Francis also won.
Tuesday, 2:09 AM | No comments yetSunday, January 16, 2022
Mountain View gains two individual wrestling titles
Senior wrestlers Darren Nhieu and Jack Hecht each won individual titles in helping Mountain View finish fourth in Saturday's Jim Root Invitational at Prospect High.
Sunday, 6:19 PM | No comments yetSaturday, January 15, 2022
SHP boys basketball team beats host Half Moon Bay
Aidan Braccia scored 18 points and Kevin Carney added 16 as Sacred Heart Prep beat the Peninsula Athletic League North Division leader Half Moon Bay 55-40 in a non-league contest Saturday.
Saturday, 11:47 PM | No comments yetTrip to Arizona helps M-A boys basketball turn things around
Since returning from a trip to Arizona over the winter break, Menlo-Atherton High boys basketball has won three in a row and is doing it with unselfish play and devotion to defense, keeping all three opponents in the 30s.
Saturday, 11:14 PM | No comments yetFriday, January 14, 2022
Second half push leads to Los Altos boys basketball win
Jake Skaggs scored 30 points and the Los Altos boys basketball team downed visiting Cupertino 58-44 in a Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division contest Friday night.
Friday, 11:50 PM | No comments yetMenlo grad Price's Olympic journey remains ongoing
Maddy Price reached the pinnacle of her sport when she was named to the Canadian Track and Field Olympic team this past summer. To get there, she endured injury, personal setbacks and a failure to make the 2016 Olympic team.
Friday, 2:03 PM | No comments yetPAL, SCVAL football merger becomes a reality
The merger of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League and the Peninsula Athletic League for football has been agreed upon and will take place in the fall of 2022.
Friday, 1:26 PM | 3 commentsPriory takes down Harker in WBAL boys basketball
Tayo Sobomehin scored 20 points, which included six 3-pointers, and the Priory boys basketball team won its West Bay Athletic League road game 71-55 at Harker on Thursday.
Friday, 2:59 AM | No comments yetThursday, January 13, 2022
Smith retiring as athletic director, football coach at Mountain View
Mountain View football coach and athletic director Shelley Smith is retiring. He spent the last nine years at Mountain View after coaching at Saratoga.
Thursday, 1:41 PM | No comments yetIt's a complete effort in Gunn girls soccer league win
Emersen Sweeney scored twice and Julia Dellenbach came up big as goalkeeper in helping Gunn beat Los Altos 3-1 in a Santa Clara Valley Athletic League girls soccer match on Wednesday night.
Thursday, 1:09 AM | No comments yetWednesday, January 12, 2022
Short-handed Pinewood gets past Priory in WBAL girls hoops
Elle Ladine, committed to the University of Washington, scored 19 points and had 14 rebounds to lead Pinewood past Priory in a West Bay Athletic League contest on Wednesday night in Portola Valley.
Wednesday, 8:45 PM | No comments yetMenlo, SHP, Priory boys all win in WBAL basketball
Lucas Vogel made seven 3-pointers en route to 31 points as Menlo School finally got the chance to play its West Bay Athletic League boys basketball opener, beating host Harker 90-44 on Tuesday night.
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