Badminton  - The Bears competed last week against Crystal Springs, winning 9-6. The following won their matches: #1 boys singles, Emmett Lee, won 21-8, 21-17; #1 boys doubles, Arash Asarifard/Matthew Volrath, won 21-6, 21-8; #1 girls doubles, Ashley Utz/Miso Muraoka, won 21-9, 21-5; #1 mixed doubles, Erin Sanchez/Trenton Hall, won 21-8, 21-15; and #3 boys doubles, Tim Lipps/Ricardo Torres, won 14-21, 21-19, 23-21. The Bears next competed against Hillsdale and won 11-4. Here are some of the scores: #1 boys singles, Lee, won 21-18, 21-19; #1 girls singles, Molly Davis, won 21-18,12-21, 22-20; #1 boys doubles, Asarifard/Volrath, won 17-21, 21-17, 21-18; #1 girls doubles, Grey Perrone/Muraoka won 21-2, 21-4; #1 mixed doubles Sanchez/Hall won 21-16, 21-7.

Track and Field - The team has built some nice momentum going in to spring break and its last regular season meet on Tuesday, April 28. The Bears had some nice performances at Terra Nova and at the CCS Top 8 meet at San Jose City College last week. Here a few performances that stood out:

• Marquise Reid had a 2" Personal Record (PR) in the high jump with a jump of 5'6'. Reid ran a nearly quarter second PR in the 100m, clocking in at 11.64 and finishing 7th overall in the F/S division. 
• Terrance Matthews-Murphy also ran a PR in the 100, but more impressively threw the discus over 130 feet for a 2' PR, placing him 3rd at the Top 8 meet in the F/S division.
• The girls 4x100 relay team of Diamond Hawkins, Kathryn Mohr, Miranda Simes, and Annie Harrier ran 2 season bests in 2 days. They won at Terra Nova with a time of 50.46 and then bested that time in San Jose with a 50.42. The time places them 19th in school history.
• Harrier had a great 200m race at the Top 8 meet and ran a 26.05 which moves her up to 7th place in school history.
• Mohr tied her own school record and placed 3rd in the pole vault with another great vault of 12'.
• Charlotte Schroeder ran a great 300 meter hurdle race clocking a 49.94. The time puts her 6th place in school history.
• Max Colbert ran a PR by almost 20 seconds in the 3200 run with a time of 10:52.26.
• Alan Beilin also had a nice distance race breaking the 5 minute barrier in the F/S 1600. His time of 4:58.86 was a 5 second PR.
• Both the boys (Diego Urena, Kevin Conrad, Adam Scandlyn, and Steven McColloch) and girls (Harrier, Simes, Schroeder, and Annalisa Crowe) 4x400 teams at the Top 8 meet had strong showings and season best times. The girls finished 3rd with a time of 4:05.29 which places them 8th in school history. The boys time of 3:32.70 placed them 5th in the meet.
• Scandlyn had one of the best meets in Alan Perry's 5 years of coaching. In addition to helping the boys to a 5th place finish in the 4x400, Scandlyn placed 3rd in the 800m with a time of 1:56.86 (5th all time) and 2nd in the 1600 with a 4:20.7 (also 5th all time). 

 Varsity Baseball - The Bears were busy with 4 games last week. The first game was against Watsonville. AJ Lemons was in complete control with a command of all of his pitches. Going 6 strong innings, Lemons struck out 7 and walked no Wildcat batters, while giving up only 1 earned run. Lead off hitter Evan Easton continued to swing a hot bat with 2 hits as did Nick Prainito who also had a two-hit day. Matt McGarry, Daniel K-G, Tyler Koo, and Matthew Johnston also had hits for the Bears. Max Gardiner made a spectacular diving catch in left field to save the go-ahead run from scoring.

 Next the Bears took on visiting Los Altos in a non-league match up. Brian Coggins took the hill for the Bears and went 4 2/3 solid innings to get the win. Using a two-seam fastball and sharp curve ball, Coggins struck out 4 and only gave up 2 earned runs. Cam Malloy was also very good in relief going the final 2 1/3 to close out the game. On offense McGarry put on an explosive display of power. In the second inning alone the senior had a double and a mammoth home run that hit the top of the softball back fence, some 400 plus feet away. McGarry was not done though as just 2 innings later he added a second home run, and finished the day with 5 RBIs. Prainito, Nikolai Tarran, Johnston, Lemons, K-G, and Koo had the other hits.

The Bears won a thriller in extra innings going 2-1 over Terra Nova. McGarry took a 2-0 league record into the game, and was very good going 7 innings and allowing only 1 earned run. McGarry struck out 6 batters and only walked 1. After 7 innings and 81 pitches, McGarry handed the ball to Lemons, who had remarkable control and only threw 4 balls and 21 strikes to shut down the Terra Nova bats. Using 4 different pitches, the senior was hitting all of his spots and got the huge win. On offense, the Bears struggled a bit against very good starting pitching, managing only 4 hits. In the third inning, junior Bret Rodrigues drove a 1-1 pitch into right field which scored Gardiner who made a great slide. In the bottom of the ninth Malloy laid down a beautiful sacrifice bunt moving Peter Diller to third base and Koo to second base. With the tension of the game looming over the infield, junior Tarran managed to take a 2-2 pitch back through the middle of the diamond, scoring Diller with the game winning run. There were several great plays including an unassisted double play by first baseman Rodrigues, a great sweeping tag by senior catcher K-G and a fantastic running catch by sophomore center fielder Kennedy Ojeda.

 The Bears traveled to Pacifica at the end of the week to take on Terra Nova, and despite a great comeback, ended up loosing 9-8. Senior Kodiak Conrad started the game on the mound and junior Nick Olson came in relief and did an excellent job of keeping Terra Nova in check the remainder of the game. The Bears dug themselves a deep hole in the fist inning when they found themselves down 7-1, but battled back the entire afternoon. Senior second baseman Easton doubled twice to get things rolling, and scored both times. Senior McGarry had another towering 2-run home run and scored twice himself.  Sophomore Prainito had another nice game at the plate with 2 hits and a run scored, while junior Johnston drove in 2 runs with a double and sacrifice fly, scoring twice. Seniors Lemons and K-G both had 2 hit games, while other hits came from Gardiner and Koo. On the day, the Bears racked up 12 hits.

 Boys Varsity Tennis - The final match of the season featured seniors Gabe Cohen and Kasra Sheik. With the entire team cheering every point, the pair pulled out a third-set super tiebreaker 10-6 to cap off an undefeated season by the Bears. Their win provided the final 5-2 margin over Woodside and a 14-0 regular season. M-A also defeated San Mateo 6-1 earlier in the week. Recording wins last week were Reed Fratt, Axel Brenner, Jeffrey Jorgensen, Camillo Saueressig, Jack Jensen, Tyler Ellingson, Oscar Volpe, Nick Satzger, Casey Morris, Danny LaPorte, Alex Iyer, Zach Novak, and Noah Milman. The Bears are now preparing for the PAL individual matches and the CCS playoffs. 

 Girls Varsity Lacrosse - The Bears played 3 games last week and improved to 11-4 on the season. On Tuesday the Bears defeated Burlingame 22-6. Burlingame got on the board first but the Bears went on a 5-0 run, and later in the first, a 9-1 run to close out the half, 15-4. 8 Bears scored in a game that was never in doubt. M-A was led by Sally Carlson, Grace Tully, and Amanda Wiseman who each had 4 goals and 2 assists. Morgan Corona, Gianna Prainito, and Hannah Wilson each had 2 defensive takeaways. Also scoring for the Bears were Emma Easton (3), Izzy Regonini (3), Annie Payne (2), Lauren McGinnis, and Julia Geaghan-Breiner.

On Friday the Bears hosted Sacred Heart who they defeated 10-6 earlier in the season. The Gators scored first but Tully equalized 1 minute later. Seventeen minutes into the first, SHP was up 4-1 before the Bears scored 3 straight in 90 seconds. Wiseman hit Cathrine Petersen with a pass who converted. Carlson assisted Easton and Emma Roellig crease rolled for a goal. After a Gator goal, Carlson scored off an assist from Payne. With 20 seconds remaining Wiseman went coast to coast for the score to give M-A a 6-5 halftime lead. The second opened with a 4-0 SHP run. After Tully and Petersen goals, SHP answered with 2 of their own. Easton and Wiseman scored for M-A, but the Gators held off the Bears for the final 9 minutes to put the game away 12-10. Goalie Allie Bayne had 4 saves and 2 interceptions. Although the Bears remain in second place in WBAL, the disappointing loss snapped their 5 game winning streak.  

Immediately after the game the team boarded a bus and drove to Los Angeles. On Saturday they defeated Palos Verdes 17-3. The Bears were lead by Tully who scored 4 and had an assist. Also scoring for the Bears were Carlson (2), J. Geaghan-Breiner (2), Roellig (2), Wiseman (2), Corona, McGinnis, Payne, Petersen, and Regonini. After the game the team head to Santa Barbara for 2 days of team bonding and a lacrosse clinic at UCSB. After spring break the Bears have 3 games. On Monday, April 27 the Bears host Mountain View at 7 p.m. On Wednesday, April 29 the team hosts a rematch with Castilleja at 4 p.m. and on Friday, May 1 they travel to Burlingame for a 4 p.m. game.

Boys Varsity Volleyball -The team had 1 match last week where they traveled to take on the Bearcats of San Mateo. For the first time this season, their record is above .500, with a record of 8-7. The Bears swept all three games from the Bearcats. The offense was led by Edward Falefa (17 kills), Ryan Cole (9), and Laki Fonua (7). Schuyler Knapp controlled the offense with 36 assists. The Bears won the first 2 games handily with great passing and digging by Falefa, Bryan Kang, and Courtney Weintz. In the third game, the Bearcats stormed out to a lead. With Cole serving, Fonua took over with a mighty swing, he six-packed a bearcat in the chest, which brought the Bears to life. Fonua also had huge blocks which propelled the Bears to score the last 6 points of the match to win in straight sets. After the break, the Bears travel to Mills to take on the Vikings on Tuesday, April 28 at 4 p.m. On Thursday, April 30 at 6 p.m., the Bears try to exact revenge against Aragon at home. Come out and show your Bear spirit!

 Swimming and Diving - The Bears continued to sweep through the PAL with a commanding win over Aragon last Thursday. The Bears won 44 out of 46 events, with all 4 teams posting significant individual wins and all relay events.

 

JV Girls outscored Aragon 142-44, winning all but 1 race. Individual races were won by Brynn Wiliams (200 Free and 100 Breast), Julia Sherman (100 IM), Sarah Reichow (50 Free and 50 Back), Kyra Sheeper (100 Free), Nadia Paquin (50 Breast), and Eimlie Briggs (100 Back).  JV Girls won all three relays: Medley Relay (Sheeper, Paquin, Annabelle Paris, and Emily Baker), 200 Free Relay (Paquin, Baker, Williams, and Maddie Sonderby) and 100 Free Relay (Williams, Sherman, Sheeper, Paris). 

 

JV Boys won every race against Aragon, scoring 139-41. Individual races were won by Andy Maxwell (200 Free), Michael Giordano (100 IM and 100 Breast), Demetri Sweezy (50 Free), Hugo McMillan (50 Back), Davos Paquin (50 Fly), Henry Marks (100 Back), Selim Karahan (50 Breast), and Adrien Carrou (100 Free). JV Boys dominated the relays with wins in the 200 Medley Relay (McMillan, Giordano, Sweezy, and Maxwell), the 200 Free Relay (Carrou, Matthias Guegler, Paquin, and Luis Resendiz), and the 100 Free Relay (Marks, Guegler, Paquin, Resendiz). 

 

Varsity Girls won all but 1 race, scoring 127-43 over Aragon. Individual wins were posted by Claire Haldeman (200 Free, 50 Free), Maddie Worden (100 Fly), Tori Rarick (500 Free), Faith Dunn (100 Free, 100 Back), and Emma Kaufman (100 Breast). Varsity girls had a relay sweep with 200 Medley Relay (Sophia Murff, Dunn, Worden, Kate Denend), 200 Free Relay (Denend, Mary Lane, Haldeman, Worden), and the 100 Free Relay (Denand, Haldeman, Dunn, and Murff) 

 

Varsity Boys swept all events scoring 131-35 over Aragon with individual wins by Gordon Williams (200 free, 100 Free), Jack Beasley (200 IM), Mattheus Santos (100 Fly, 100 Breast), Zachary Goland (50 Free, 100 Back), and Jak Tedesco (500 Free). Relay wins were posted in the 200 Medley (Tedesco, Scott Kuhnen, Williams, Santos), 200 Free Relay  (Goland, Santos, Max Ferenczy, Williams), and 100 Free Relay (Ferenczy, Nik Caryotakis, Tedesco, Goland).

 

Currently, in PAL the Varsity Girls are 5-0, Varsity Boys are 4-1, the JV Girls are 4-1, and the JV Boys are 4-1. The Aqua Bears' next meet is at M-A versus Burlingame on Thursday, April 30 when the teams face off against their main PAL competition. Come out and watch the action!