When the game is on the line, some basketball players shy away from the moment and others embrace it – even if they haven’t made a shot all day. Pinewood School’s Annika Decker showed Friday that she belongs in the latter category.
The Los Altos High girls basketball team engaged in a defensive struggle with Sequoia Saturday night in the Central Coast Section Division I final – and the Eagles struggled more.
The St. Francis High boys basketball team didn’t have much time to savor Saturday’s victory in the Central Coast Section Division II final.
Prior to Saturday’s Central Coast Section Division III quarterfinal against Carlmont, Los Altos High baseball coach Gabe Stewart said he received a text message that read, “Good luck today.” He replied soon after the game with “Needed no luck, just needed a little Colby and Aidan.”
Seemingly on a collision course since the season began, the girls basketball teams from Pinewood School and Mitty High will face off in Friday’s Central Coast Section Open Division final. Tip-off is set for 4 p.m. at Mitty.
Eight high school basketball teams in the Town Crier’s coverage area are one win away from playing for a Central Coast Section championship.
Twenty-three members of the Los Altos High track and field team have already extended their seasons by excelling at the league meet, and Saturday they have an opportunity to do it one more time.
Mountain View High boys basketball coach Kevin Mack said he warned his players that Saturday’s second-round playoff game against Evergreen Valley wouldn’t be like the regular-season meeting between the teams, which his Spartans won by 18 points.
Behind a barrage of 3-pointers, the Pinewood School girls basketball team pummeled Palo Alto 97-61 in the Central Coast Section Open Division quarterfinals Friday night.
The St. Francis High boys volleyball team achieved a perfect season by sweeping Monta Vista in Saturday’s Central Coast Section Division II final. The top-seeded Lancers beat the No. 2 Matadors 25-15, 25-18, 25-18.
The Los Altos High softball team hadn’t forgotten its season-opening loss to rival Mountain View – the lone blemish on the Eagles’ record – and ace Shelby White wasn’t going to let an AP test prevent her from pitching in the rematch.
Most basketball teams would probably walk away from a double-digit road win over another ranked opponent feeling pretty good about themselves.
Shelby White’s pitching performance wasn’t a surprise – the Los Altos High senior has been dominating batters all season – but the biggest hit in the Eagles’ biggest win of the softball season came from an unlikely source.
Deadline nears for MVHS scholarships
The Los Altos and Mountain View boys tennis teams extended their pandemic-shortened seasons by making the Central Coast Section playoffs, with both squads advancing beyond the first round last week.
Shelby White’s pitching performance wasn’t a surprise – the Los Altos High senior has been dominating batters all season – but the biggest hit in the Eagles’ biggest win of the softball season came from an unlikely source.
Deadline nears for MVHS scholarships The Mountain View High School Sports Boosters are accepting applications through 6 p.m. Friday for a pair of $1,500 scholarships they will award to a male and female athlete next month.
The Los Altos and Mountain View boys tennis teams extended their pandemic-shortened seasons by making the Central Coast Section playoffs, with both squads advancing beyond the first round last week.
For the first four weeks, the Los Altos High track and field team took “a different approach” to this season, coach Steph MacKenzie said, because the Eagles assumed they would not be competing in league or Central Coast Section championships this year.
Los Altos High softball pitcher Shelby White came one out away from throwing a perfect game Saturday.
MVLA Strong 5K set for next month The sports boosters clubs at Los Altos and Mountain View highs are once again joining forces for the MVLA Strong virtual 5K walk/run.
The Santa Clara Valley Athletic League Board of Managers Friday overwhelmingly voted to allow qualifying teams to participate in the Central Coast Section playoffs, reversing a decision it made April 29.
The Central Coast Section playoffs are on, but not for Los Altos and Mountain View highs.
The Los Altos High girls basketball team is off to its best start of the millennium. With three wins last week, the Eagles improved to 7-0.