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Swimming and Diving - All 4 swim teams triumphed over PAL arch rival Burlingame this week, wrapping up the dual meet schedule and heading into the PAL championship showdown next week. 

JV Girls dominated Burlingame by a score of 136-50. Individual races were won by Emily Baker (200 Free), Maddie Sonderby (50 Free), Nadia Paquin (100 IM), Sarah Reichow (100 Free), Annabelle Paris (50 Fly), Kyra Sheeper (50 Back and 100 Back), Cameron Bozdog (50 Breast), and Brynn Williams (100 Breast). JV Girls won all 3 team relays: the 200 Yard Medley Relay (Sheeper, Bozdog, Gabby Giordano, and Sonderby), the 400 Yard Freestyle Relay (Julia Sherman, Paquin, Bozdog, and Paris), and the 200 Yard Free relay (Reichow, Sheeper, Baker, and Sonderby).  JV Women are 5-1 in PAL League meets.

 JV Boys also outscored Burlingame 134-52, with individual races won by Michael Giordano (100 Breast and 50 Breast), Henry Marks (100 Back), Christian Huhn (200 Free), James Calhoon (100 Free and 50 Free), and River Weston (50 Fly and 100 IM). JV Boys also won all 3 relay events:  200 Free Relay (Huhn, Calhoon, Andy Maxwell, and Demetri Sweezy), 400 Yard Free Relay (Luis Resendez, Adrien Carrou, Maxwell, and Marks), and the 200 Yard Medley Relay (Hugo McMillan, Giordano, Weston, and Sweezy).  JV Boys are also 5-1 in PAL competition.

 Varsity Girls prevailed against a very competitive Burlingame team, outswimming the Panthers by a score of 91-61. Individual events were won by Faith Dunn (200 IM), Kate Denend (50 Free and 100 Free), and Sophia Goland (500 Free). 2 of the 3 relays resulted in wins for the Lady Aqua Bears: the 200 Free Relay (Denand, Claire Haldeman, Maddie Worden, and Dunn), and the 400 Free Relay (Sophie Murff, Mary Lane, Haldeman, and Dunn).  Varsity Girls remain undefeated in PAL swimming.

 Varsity Boys beat the Burlingame swimmers by a score of 99-45, with strong wins by Gordon Williams (200 IM and 100 Butterfly), Jak Tedesco (100 Back), Zachary Goland (500 Free), and Scott Kuhnen (100 Breast). Varsity boys are 5-1 in PAL swimming.

The Aqua Bears face off with the entire league at the PAL championships on Wednesday, May 6 and Thursday, May 7 in Burlingame. Let's see if the Aqua Bears can continue to plough through the competition and bring home the PAL Championship!

Badminton - The Bears defeated Jefferson, 13-2. The follow matches were won: #1 Boys Singles, Emmett Lee won 21-10, 21-9; #1 Girls Singles, Molly Davis won 21-8, 21-10; #1 Boys Doubles, Arash Asarifard/Matthew Volrath won 21-10, 18-21, 21-13; #1 Girls Doubles, Ashley Utz/Miso Muraoka won 21-9, 21-9; #1 Mixed Doubles, Grey Perrone/Trenton Hall won 21-17, 21-16.

Girls Varsity Lacrosse - The Bears had three dominating victories this week improving to 14-4 on the season. On Monday night M-A defeated Mountain View 21-1. The Bears' Grace Tully scored 3 of her 5 goals in the first half as the Bears rolled to a 13-0 halftime led. Annie Payne added 4 goals and 2 assists. The Spartans struggled to penetrate the M-A defense with seniors Morgan Corona and Hannah Wilson making defensive stops and winning ground balls. The Bears goalie, Allie Bayne, had five saves. Also scoring for the Bears were Emma Easton (3), Amanda Wiseman (3), Izzy Regonini (2), Sally Carlson, Lauren McGinnis, Cathrine Petersen, and Emma Roellig. 

On Wednesday the Bears hosted a rematch with Castilleja. The Gators jumped out to a 4-0 lead, but Wiseman and Easton each scored 2 to tie the game at 4 with 7 minutes left in the first half. After a Castilleja time out, the Bears went on a 6-0 run and never looked back, winning 18-6. M-A was lead by Payne who scored 6. Wiseman scored 5 and added 3 assists. The Bears benefited from strong defense by Wilson, Corona, and Petersen who also had 2 assists. Also scoring for the Bears were Carlson (2), Easton (2), McGinnis, Tully and Roellig. 

On Friday night, the Girls played under the lights at Burlingame. With a big game atmosphere thanks to a full TV production crew, the Panthers jumped out to a 2-0 lead. Burlingame was poised to push their lead further, but Gianna Prainito, Kelly Woods and Petersen made defensive stops setting up goals by Easton and Tully, tying the game. The Panthers scored but Petersen answered. After another Burlingame goal the Panthers were up 5-4 midway through the first half. Finally the Bears got their offense rolling and scored the next 9 goals seemingly putting the game out of reach. However, the Panthers refused to go away, going on a 6-2 run in the second half to close the gap to 14-10. The Bears scored the final 4 goals to put the game away 18-10. M-A was lead by Carlson, Regonini and Tully who each scored 4 goals. The Bears goalie Bayne had 7 saves. Also scoring for the Bears were Wiseman (3), Easton and Roellig.

This week the Bears finish their regular season. M-A hosts Archbishop Mitty at 4 p.m. on Monday, May 4 at M-A. On Friday at 7 p.m., M-A honors their seniors before taking on Menlo in a battle between the first and second place teams in WBAL.

Varsity Baseball - Coming off of a long spring break, the Bears were at home Wednesday against Capuchino, winning 7-0. Senior Matt McGarry had another great start on the mound going 6 shutout innings on 117 pitches. The overpowering right hander struck out 8 in route to his third league win. Left hander Kodiak Conrad came in to close the game out in the seventh, getting 2 strike outs of his own and giving up no runs. It was AJ Lemons day all the way around. The senior continued to swing a very hot bat with a 3-4 day (double, two singles) and also drove in 3 runs. If that was not enough, Lemons also made the defensive play of the day in the fourth inning by diving head long towards the infield and making a spectacular diving catch to save a run and preserve the shutout. Junior Matthew Johnston also continued to swing a hot bat with 2 more hits and an RBI. Max Gardiner matched this with 2 hits of his own. McGarry (long ground rule double to deep center), Bret Rodrigues (single and a run scored), Nick Prainito (single and a run scored) also contributed hits, and third baseman Nikolai Tarran reached base twice. In addition to Lemons defensive gem, the team was very solid on defense with outstanding play behind the plate by Daniel K-G, strong play up the middle by Prainito and Evan Easton, and many nice catches by sophomore center fielder Kennedy Ojeda.

The Bears traveled to Capuchino on Friday afternoon and suffered a tough loss, 3-7. Junior Nick Olson started on the hill and threw well going 4 innings. Olson had 3 strikeouts and battled through some tight spots. Lemons came in to throw the final 2 innings in relief and had great command of his pitches. On offense short stop Prainito had 2 doubles, third baseman Tarran had 2 singles and an RBI, and McGarry hit his eighth home run of the year, a 2-run shot in the top of the seventh inning. K-G added a big double, and Johnston had a single. 

Varsity Softball - On Tuesday, the Bears beat Jefferson 3-0 at home. Pitcher Emily Katz threw 7 shut out innings, allowing only 3 hits and 1 walk and recording 6 strike outs. She was supported by error free play from the Bears in the field, and the Indians had only 4 base runners, none of whom advanced past first base. Shortstop Delilah Kline was a key to the Bears' defensive play, with 2 great catches and 3 assists. Jess Burgos showed her defensive versatility by making plays at both third and second base, and Alice Coleman made a great catch in left field to keep the shut out alive. Kline was also a key offensive player, going 2 for 3 with a walk and an RBI double. E. Katz went 3 for 4 with 2 singles and an RBI double, and Coleman hit an infield single to drive in the third run of the game. Other offensive contributors were Sarah Tiemann, with a double and a single, and Burgos and Molly Katz, each with singles. On Friday, the Bears' bats fell silent, and they lost to Mills High School. The Bears play their last 2 home games of the season on Tuesday, May 5 against Terra Nova, and on Thursday, May 7 against San Mateo.  

Boys Varsity Lacrosse - On Tuesday, May 5 the Bears are hosting the National Foundation for Cancer Research game at M-A. M-A plays Menlo School (JV at 4:45 p.m. and Varsity at 7 p.m) at Coach Parks field. The team is fundraising via Play 4 the Cure 15. Come cheer on the M-A teams! Fees will be charged at the gate:     

• $5, Adults 
• $2, Students 
• Free, 5 and Under

T-shirts will be available for sale and the Snack Shack will be open.

Senior Night will be held on Thursday, May 7 at 6:15 p.m., on Coach Parks field.  All M-A fans, families, friends, and fellow students, are invited to come out and support M-A's  senior players Miles Evans, Wes Fischer, Holden Kardos, Eric Levenson, Cole Shaffer, Max Sonderby, Will Tully, and Peyton Uphoff as the team acknowledges and celebrates their achievements in M-A lacrosse. Stay after the ceremony to cheer on the team as they play Woodside at 7 p.m.

Boys Varsity Volleyball - After going over the .500 mark, the Bears had 3 games this past week.  On Tuesday, they travelled to Mills, where the team won in straight sets. The offense was led by Edward Falefa (15 kills and 6 aces), Ryan Cole (6 kills), and Laki Fonua and Eddie Ives (5 kills each). The defense was led by Fonua (5 blocks) and Cole (3 blocks). Falefa had 6 digs, while Ives had 3.

M-A travelled to San Jose on Friday to take on the Comets of James Lick. Once again the Bears were dominant. Great serving (Falefa, 6 aces, Cortney Weintz, 2 aces), and great team defense with contributions by Troy Sweetnam, Dylan Calderon, and Jose Guzman, allowed the team to win in straight sets and improve their record to 11-7. Knapp once again controlled the offense (27 assists), with Falefa leading the way (12 kills) and key contributions from Cole, Fonua, and Jack Hinshaw.

The Bears host their final game of the season on Tuesday, May 5 against University Prep Academy, at 6:30 p.m. in Ayers Gym. It is Senior Night for the team. Come out strong and loud to cheer on the team for the finale of their inaugural season!