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Menlo Park's marathon man: Aleksei Averchenko readies for daylong swim at Burgess Pool
10+ hour, 17+ min ago (773+ words) A former collegiate swimmer and triathlete, Aleksei Averchenko readies to swim a marathon in Menlo Park for the second straight year after his career was altered by a drunk driver in 2023. Aleksei Averchenko joined an elite group last year when…...
Honor roll: The week's best performances by San Mateo County high school athletes
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (459+ words) Jesse Martinez, Terra Nova baseball. The junior pitcher put together his best outing of the season and was one walk away from a perfect game. Instead, he settled for an eight-strikeout no-hitter in a 3-0 win over Mills. Offensively, he went…...
Daily Journal Volleyball Player of the Year: Notre Dame-Belmont's Gia Rivera
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (783+ words) To any prospective collegiate volleyball programs looking to add cannon fire off the left side, Notre Dame-Belmont senior Gia Rivera is still on the board. Rivera is the complete package on the volleyball court. The fourth-year varsity senior led her…...
Daily Journal Athlete of the Week: Mitty's Mc Kenna Woliczko
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (535+ words) Whether it's to a soundtrack of Diamond Dondada's "She's Back," or to Mark Morrison's classic "Return of the Mack," the return of Mitty girls' basketball senior Mc Kenna Woliczko is a big deal. Woliczko, in and of herself, is a…...
Sequoia bound for Nor Cal volleyball finals
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (1076+ words) Sequoia's Kiera Winters, left, and Jayda Mc Glennon celebrate after winning match point Saturday against Los Gatos in the CIF Nor Cal Division III regional semifinals. The Sequoia Ravens stepped onto the court Saturday as San Mateo County's last volleyball…...
M-A sophomore shines in CCS volleyball semifinals
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (629+ words) M-A sophomore Gabriella Lowe fades the Los Gatos block in Game 2 of the Central Coast Section Division I volleyball semifinals Thursday night on Wimberly Court. To characterize Menlo-Atherton's CCS volleyball semifinal sweep. Well, it was anything but a clean sweep....
Capuchino volleyball maintains control of PAL Ocean Division
7+ mon, 2+ day ago (883+ words) Capuchino libero Jana Hernandez, middle, celebrates with her team during the first set of a 25-15, 25-13, 25-19 sweep at home over rival Mills. With all the volleyball firepower Capuchino has on the court, junior outside hitter Maya Canas might just be the…...
Capuchino volleyball queens of the PAL Ocean Division
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (998+ words) Capuchino sophomore outside hitter Daniella Roberov scores a kill Tuesday in a 25-13, 25-15, 25-20 win at San Mateo to wrap up the outright PAL Ocean Division volleyball championship. There was an inordinate amount of downtime between the first and second sets of…...
Greenbaum, M-A volleyball back on top in PAL Bay Division
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (726+ words) Menlo-Atherton senior middle Kayla Greenbaum, left, fades Aragon's double block of sophomores Emilia Kunkel, middle and Sophia Mejia in a key PAL Bay Division volleyball matchup Thursday in San Mateo. The battle for Peninsula Athletic League Bay Division volleyball supremacy…...
Menlo suffers first loss of year in battle of PAL Bay unbeatens
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (1059+ words) Menlo quarterback Jack Freehill is brought down by Los Gatos senior Andrew Sandoval in the Knights" 28-0 loss Saturday at Cartan Stadium. Menlo School senior Liam Pappalardo looked the way a high school football player should Saturday afternoon walking off Cartan…...