Spring Sports Recap

Falcon Athletics

It has been a very busy sports season with athletes everywhere: in the gym, in the pool, and outside on the fields. But what a season it's been; SHS athletes have been busy breaking records and making news! This season our boys broke CCS swimming records and our girls set new SHS marks in Track and Field.

While it's been another season filled with wins and losses, we tried something new by adding LaCrosse, boys and girls. And although the inaugural season was tough, kudos go to the players and coaches many of whom were new to the sport. But we also saw many wins with several teams ranking in the top three in their leagues: Baseball, Tennis, Track and Field (Girls, F/S Boys), Swimming (V Boys). Additional amazingly outstanding accomplishments include the Tennis boys who finished 2nd Place out of 106 teams competing at the state's High School Tennis Classic, Ailene Nguyen and Kiersten Dolbec winning top places in jumps at CCS Finals, Ailene Nguyen and Katie Gasik breaking school records, and Matt Murray, Brad Murray, Ian Burns, Ben Hinshaw, and Adam Hinshaw who together and individually broke numerous CCS records.

Adding to all of these the fifteen seniors that are going on to play college sports this fall, this spring season has truly been a grand finale to mark the end of the school year.

Go, Falcons!

Badminton - Head Coach: John Phung

DeAnza League Record: Varsity: 4-8 (overall 9-10)

JV: 3-9

League Finish: Varsity: 5^th Place

JV: 5^th Place

Individual Accomplishments:

Jefferey Kuo: Completed the season with an outstanding #1 Varsity Boy Singles record of 16-2. Jefferey came 2^nd in the SCVAL Individual League Championship behind Terrence Pang who is the current #1 ranked player in the US for 19 years old and under. He also came 4^th in CCS. As a freshman, Jeffrey was named team captain and emerged as the team best athlete.

Jennifer Yang and Christine Tseng: played the #2 Varsity Girls Doubles position all season and emerged as our top female athletes. Jennifer and Christine entered the SCVAL Frosh-Soph Individual League Championship and went undefeated. They finished 1^st place.

Baseball - Head Coach: Manny Steffan

El Camino League Champions (12-3)

Lost to Monterey in first round of CCS

Varsity All league selections:

First Team: Christian Biederman

Marcus Lefton

Grant Thomas

Casey Farmer

Second Team: Joey Avery

Dillan Pak

Greg Johnson

Honorable Mention: Vinnie Carstens

Jon Hurrell

Frosh Soph All League selections:

First Team: Kushal Raj

James Reed

Austin firth

Second Team: David Eng

Yoonbin Kim

Connor Mullaney

Brady Horn

Honorable Mention: Roy Bisht

Thomas Ishikawa

Golf (B) - Head Coach: Bill Drennan

Record: 7wins 5 losses

League standing 3^rd place

All League players Andrew Cho

Jae Bum Lee

Kent Paisley

Lacrosse (B) - Head Coach: Nathan Zanon

Overall record: 1-13
League record (in the PAL): 0-10

All-League selections:
2nd Team: Andrew Lee Middie
Honorable Mention: Jens Karren - Defensive Middie
Gavin Peake - Goalie

Team Awards:
Co-MVPs: Andrew Lee & Gavin Peake
Most Inspirational: Danny Baldwin
Most Improved: Adam Oreglia

Lacrosse (G) - Head Coaches: Merryl Geisse and Rick Ellis

In this inaugural year for Girls’ Lacrosse, our Junior Varsity team played as a member of the WBAL, and the Varsity team played as an independent team and was not included in league standings or all-league selections. See game results.

Team awards:

Varsity

Outstanding Offensive Player

Chloe Knight

Outstanding Defensive Player

Sophia Cooper

Coaches’ Award

Adrienne Norris

Junior Varsity

Outstanding Offensive Player

Anna Ashe

Outstanding Defensive Player

Megan Benzing

Coaches’ Award

Shannon Galvin

Softball - Head Coach: Ray Sisco

El Camino League Record: Varsity 1-11 (7^th)

JV 3-9 (6^th)

All League Selections:

First Team Laura Ruddy

Swimming - Head Coaches: Kristen Thomson and Christian Bonner

Dual Meet standings:

Varsity Boys – 5-1

Varsity Girls – 4-2

JV Girls – 4-2

JV Boys – 2-4

League Championships:

Varsity Boys – 2^nd

Varsity Girls – 5^th

JV Girls – 5^th

JV Boys – 7^th

Varsity Boys broke the 200 Medley Relay and the 400 Free Relay Record.

Varsity Girls Diving – 2^nd

CCS:

Boys Swimming – 2^nd

Girls Swimming – 8^th

Girls Diving – 6^th

This year the boys broke 5 CCS records this year and won 7 out of the 12 events. They also broke the National Public High School Record for the 400 Free relay with a time of 3:00.68. The girls also swam spectacularly and retained our 8^th place from last year.

CCS Records Broken:

200 Medley Relay (Matt Murray, Brad Murray, Ian Burns, Ben Hinshaw) – 1:31.84

200 IM – Ben Hinshaw – 1:46.96

500 Free – Ben Hinshaw – 4:21.54

100 Back – Matt Murray – 47.97

400 Free Relay (Matt Murray, Ian Burns, Adam Hinshaw, Ben Hinshaw) – 3:00.68

Out of the 21 events swum, 15 were AAA and 4 were AAC.

Events won at CCS:

200 Medley Relay (Matt Murray, Brad Murray, Ian Burns, Ben Hinshaw) – 1:31.84

200 IM – Ben Hinshaw – 1:46.96

Boys 100 Fly – Matt Murray – 48.45

500 Free – Ben Hinshaw – 4:21.54

100 Back – Matt Murray – 47.97

Boys 100 Breast – Brad Murray – 57.55.

400 Free Relay (Matt Murray, Ian Burns, Adam Hinshaw, Ben Hinshaw) – 3:00.68

AAA Diving

Lauren Gardanier

AAA Swims

Girls 200 Medley Relay (Lauren Opatrny, Natalie Cheung, Elizabeth Murray, Megan Nolet)

Boys 200 Medley Relay (Matt Murray, Brad Murray, Ian Burns, Ben Hinshaw) – 1:31.84

Boys 200 Free – Adam Hinshaw – 1:39.31

Girls 200 IM – Lauren Opatrny – 2:03.97

Boys 200 IM – Ben Hinshaw – 1:46.96

Boys 200 IM – Ian Burns – 1:51.30

Boys 100 Fly – Matt Murray – 48.45

Boys 100 Free – Ian Burns – 46.07

Boys 500 Free – Ben Hinshaw – 4:21.54

Boys 500 Free – Adam Hinshaw – 4:25.11

Girls 100 Back – Lauren Opatrny – 57.38

Boys 100 Back – Matt Murray – 47.97

Girls 400 Free Relay - Elizabeth Murray, Christine La, Megan Nolet, Lauren Opatrny)

Boys 400 Free Relay (Matt Murray, Ian Burns, Adam Hinshaw, Ben Hinshaw) – 3:00.68

Boys 100 Free – Ben Hinshay (lead off of 400 Free Relay in CCS Trials)

Boys 100 Free – Matt Murray (lead off of 400 Free Relay in CCS Finals)

Boys 200 Free – Ben Hinshaw (first 200 in 500 Free swim at CCS Finals)

Boys 100 Breast – Ben Hinshaw (League Finals)

AAC Swims

Girls 50 Free – Megan Nolet – 23.88

Girls 100 Free – Megan Nolet – 52.18

Girls 500 Free – Elizabeth Murray – 5:01.06

Boys 500 Free – Brad Murray – 4:39.45

Boys 100 Breast – Brad Murray – 57.55.

Tennis (B) - Head Coach: Tom Uyehara

Overall Record - 15-2

League Record - 11-1

League Finish - 1st Place (Tied)

Season Highlights:

Finished 2nd Place out of 106 Teams in the California High School Tennis Classic

All League Selections TBA

Track and Field - Head Coach: Andy Arness (Throws); Assistant Coaches: Jerry Banks (B Distance), Elie (High Jump), Megan Fish (Hurdles), David Lii (Sprints, Relay), Archie Ljepava (Jumps), Danny Moon (G Distance).

El Camino League Meets:

Record Varsity Boys: 1-5

Varsity Girls: 1-5

Frosh Soph Boys: 3-3

JV Girls: 5-1

League Standing: Varsity Boys: 6th

Varsity Girls: 6th

Frosh Soph Boys: 3rd

JV Girls: 1st

El Camino League Finals Varsity Boys: 4th

Varsity Girls: 1st

Frosh Soph Boys:1^st

JV Girls: 3rd

Total: 17 League Champions (1st Places)

Total: 44 All League athletes (Top 3 Finishes)

Note: On an average, SHS is 500 less in overall student population than all other schools in SCVAL. These numbers put SHS in the top spot in percentage of overall student body placed in these categories.

All League Individuals:

Varsity Boys

Kian Banks (1600): 1st

Alan Menezes (1600): 2^nd

Trevor Teerlink (400): 2^nd

Kian Banks (800): 1^st

Alan Menezes (800): 3rd

1600 relay team: 2nd (Beam, Menezes, Teerlink, Banks)

Connor Clarke (SP): 3^rd

Varsity Girls

400 relay team: 4th (Gasik, Conway, Nguyen, Guy)

Krystal Yen (100H): 2^nd

Sarah Guy (400): 6^th

Ailene Nguyen (100): 5^th

Claire Marsh (800): 6^th

Katie Gasik (300H): 5^th

Krystal Yen (300H): 6^th

Katie Nast (3200): 6^th

1600 relay team: 3rd (Conway, K. Marsh, Guy, C. Marsh)

Ashley Cole (TJ): 6^th

Ailene Nguyen (LJ): 1^st

Kiersten Dolbec (HJ): 1^st

Baylee Yates (SP): 6^th

F/S Boys League Champions

400 relay (Zhang, Chen, Chung, Cresci)

Harry Curtis (1600)

Troy Doles (400)

1600 relay (Doles, Guido, Zuccarino, Cresci)

JV Girls League Champions

400 relay (Toh, Blegen, Chadha, Lii)

Sneha Shivkumar (100H)

Parisa Mirzadegan (HJ)

Elaine Chou

CCS Finals:

Ailene Nguyen (TJ): 1st

Ailene Nguyen (LJ): 2^nd

Kiersten Dolbec (HJ): 1^st

These two girls scored enough points to place Saratoga in 5^th overall in CCS. Both qualified for State competition

New School Records: Nguyen (TJ)—36’-8.25”

Nguyen (LJ)—17’-10.25”

Gasik (300H)—46.93

Volleyball (B) - Head Coach: Brad Frederickson

DeAnza League Finish Varsity: 5^th

All League Selections:

Second Team James Kim, OH

De Anza League Finish JV: 7^th

All League Selections:

Second Team Brandon Pak