Sports

Last year, the girls’ volleyball team ended its season with a tough loss against Burlingame High School at the quarterfinal CCS game after tensing up from nerves and missing serves at 22-20 in the third game.

This year, the team is hoping to come back stronger with additions such as junior outside hitter Jennifer Chen and junior libero Caitlin Cooper. Despite facing upper league teams during all the preseason games, the team, which is in the El Camino league, won its first four games with ease.

Emerging from last year’s 7-5 record, the girls’ water polo team is training hard so far this season. After losing star player Nikki de Roos to graduation, the Falcons are depending on the experienced seniors such as seniors Mackenzie Rosenthal and Madison Gress to lead them.

A girls’ golf team that features two sophomores and one freshman among its starters is having impressive results early on, with a 2-1 record as of Sept. 19.

After four hard-fought matches, the Falcon brought back a third place finish at the annual California Peach Tree Classic Tournament in Fresno on Sept. 5-7. The team was seeded No. 2 heading into the tournament and faced powerhouse teams such as Santa Barbara High School and Menlo High School.

The boys’ water polo team, led by junior Mason Lee and junior Graham Schmelzer, is still trying to find its strengths. They had a chance to compete against other water polo teams in the area at a tournament in Lynbrook High School on Sept. 5-6 and finished third out of 18 teams.

This summer, senior captains Andrew Harter, Steven Sum and Rohith Krishna and juniors Stephen Law and Kevin Duong-Le of the boys’ varsity cross country team spent five days in Lake Tahoe, staying in Harter’s summer home and running with students from local Truckee High School. The boys completed altitude training in the mountains by running seven to eight miles in the morning and then three to four more miles in the evening.

Freshman Kyle Abe, who trains as a Level 9 gymnast, performed at the Men’s Gymnastics Junior Olympic Nationals in Long Beach last year.

The football team last season had lots of talent in many key positions, but multiple injuries and their inability to work together to secure key wins hindered them from performing decently in their league.

Girls' field hockey players are  seeking to redeem themselves after a difficult season last fall.

SHS alumni return to coach the school's sports teams.