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Badminton - Last week the Bears defeated Hillsdale, 10-5. Boys #1 singles (Terrance Woo), Girls #1 singles (Gray Perrone), Boys #1 doubles (Arash Afsarifard/Matthew Vollrath), Girls #1 doubles (Ashley Utz/Misato Muraoka), and Mixed #1 doubles (Erin Sanchez/Trenton Hall) all won their matches. On Thursday the Bears defeated Jefferson, 9-6.

 Varsity Softball - The Bears had a tough week, losing 2 tight games in the top of the seventh. On Tuesday, M-A faced the St. Francis Sharks from Watsonville. Although the Bears had a slow offensive game, they scored 4 runs in the fourth inning, and the game stayed tied until the top of the seventh, when the Sharks scored twice. The Bears were unable to answer, and fell to the Sharks 4-6. Only 2 Bears had hits in the game,  Sarah Tiemann had a single and a double, and Brianna Martinez had a single. Defensively, the Bears played well. Pitcher Emily Katz had 7 strikeouts and there were only 2 errors, but ultimately the Bears fell to the speedy, aggressive base running of the visiting team. On Thursday, the Bears fell to South San Francisco in the first league game of the season. Again, the Bears' bats were quiet, with only 3 players getting hits, Tiemann had a double and a single, E. Katz had 2 singles, and Martinez had a single. The lone M-A run was scored in the bottom of the first inning, when Tiemann scored on a sacrifice fly by E. Katz. After 6 innings, the score was 2-1 in favor of South San Francisco, but the Warriors broke it open in the top of the seventh, plating 6 runs to bring the final score to 8-1. League play continues next week, with a home game against El Camino on Tuesday, March 24 and an away game against Jefferson on Friday, March 27. On Wednesday, March 25 the Bears face Pinewood at home in a non-league game.

 

 Varsity Baseball - The Bears played 3 games this week. The first game was at home against Sacred Heart. The game was an epic battle that was eventually called due to darkness after 6 innings with a score of 16-14 in favor of Sacred Heart. But the game was played under protest after the umpire called a M-A batter out at the plate on a warm up swing that came in contact with the catcher while the game was not in progress. At the time M-A was ahead 10-9 in the bottom of the fourth inning. The team awaits a ruling from the league to determine the official outcome.

 

Matt McGarry was the starting pitcher and faced a tough strike zone and good hitters. AJ Lemons came in to relieve in the second inning and faced the same challenges but managed to get an 11 pitch inning in the third with a strikeout and some great catches on fly balls to Nick Prainito and Max Gardiner. The Bears ended up going through 5 pitchers, using Nick Olson, Ryan Klapper, and Cam Malloy in an attempt to battle the tough calls at the plate. Pranito had a great day at the plate with 2 doubles and 4 RBI's. Brian Coggins also had a long ball to the fence in right field for a double that brought in 2 runs for the Bears.

 

The second game was a rematch at Sacred Heart and M-A lost 6-3. Kodiak Conrad got the start and lasted 5 innings on 100 pitches. He had 3 earned runs, 3 strikeouts and 3 walks. Olson came in to close and had 1 earned run, 1 strikeout, and 1 walk. The Bears managed only 4 hits against a tough left handed pitcher from Sacred Heart. The credit for the singles goes to: Evan Easton, Matt Johnston, McGarry, and Nikolai Tarran. 

 

The third game of the week was a tough non-league game with the seniors missing the game due to the M-A fashion show. Coach Amoroso called up a couple of JV players, Hunter Sevy and Miles Conrad who managed to get on base twice, once with a line drive down the left field line and then a great sacrifice bunt. Junior Klapper got the start and went 8 innings allowing only 3 walks, 6 strikeouts on 7 hits. Sevy came in to close the game and got 3 quick outs on 4 batters. The Bears had offensive efforts from some new faces in this game, Kevin Shimbo and Mitch Eisenstat in addition to Conrad and singles by Prainito, Olson, Bret Rodrigues and Johnston.

 

 Boys Varsity Tennis - M-A won its two league matches last week to run its PAL Bay record to 5-0. The Bears traveled to Burlingame and San Mateo and won by identical 7-0 scores, not dropping a set in either match. Recording wins were Reed Fratt, Axel Brenner, Jeffrey Jorgensen, Camillo Saueressig, Tyler Ellingson, Alex Iyer, Danny LaPorte, Zach Novak, Noah Milman, Nishant Relan, Eric Laderman, Jack Jensen, and Oscar Volpe. This week, the Bears have 4 consecutive matches. On Monday, March 23, the Bears host Woodside. On Tuesday, March 24, first place is on the line as the Bears travel to Aragon to take on the undefeated Dons. On Wednesday, March 25, M-A returns home to host Sacred Heart in a non-league match. On Thursday, March 26, Hillsdale comes to M-A to begin the second round of league contests. All matches begin at 4 p.m.

 

 Girls Varsity Lacrosse - Last week M-A defeated Harker 19-0. M-A led 8-0 midway through the first half and stalled most of the second half. The Bears were led by Amanda Wiseman with 5 goals and Sally Carlson scored 4 goals. Hannah Wilson grabbed 5 balls off the draw in the first half. Also scoring for the Bears were Emma Easton (3), Grace Tully (3), Annie Payne (2), Lauren McGinnis, and Emma Roellig.

 

The Bears notched their third consecutive blow-out victory with a 20-3 win over Christian Brothers, Sacramento. M-A's offensive firepower was on display as 8 Bears scored 20 goals, 9 of which were assisted. Wiseman was the top scorer again with 5 goals and 2 assists. Payne added 4 and Carlson had 3 goals and 3 assists. Morgan Corona and Wilson combined for 7 defensive takeaways. The Bears were up 10-0 before the Falcons scored late in the first half. Also scoring for the Bears were Tully (3), Easton (2), McGinnis, Izzy Regonini, and Roellig. 

 

This week the Bears face greater challenges as they open league play against the perennial champions. On Tuesday, March 24 at 4 p.m. they travel to Menlo and on Thursday, March 26 they visit Sacred Heart for a 4 p.m. game.