Sports Roundup

Malcolm Slaney/Special to the Town Crier

The cross-country season began Saturday with host Los Altos facing Mountain View. In the boys race, above, Mountain View’s Ethan Stone, from left, and Nicholas Trepanier run at the front of the pack against Los Altos brothers Niels and Hans Holst.

Despite the absence of their top runner, the Los Altos High girls placed first at Saturday’s season-opening cross-country meet, while the shorthanded boys squad came in fourth among the 13 Santa Clara Valley Athletic League schools participating.

SFHS grad Brennan named coach of year

The Lombardi Foundation last week named San Jose State football coach Brent Brennan, a St. Francis High graduate, its 2020 College Football Coach of the Year.

Just weeks after the California Interscholastic Federation announced the reinstatement of bylaws prohibiting students from playing a high school and club sport at the same time, it has temporarily suspended them again.

SF grad Habibi-Likio chooses Boise State

St. Francis High graduate Cyrus Habibi-Likio announced via Twitter Feb. 3 that he is transferring to Boise State to continue his football career after three years at the University of Oregon.