Local sports roundup

Menlo-Atherton 232

Aman and Kiran Sangha each shot 1-over 36s to lead the Bearcats to the win over the Bears.

Tiffany Tang finished with a 47 and Lynn Sasaki a 49 for San Mateo (3-0 PAL) as well.

M-A’s Naomi Lee joined the Sanghas with the day’s best round, also finishing with a 36.

Boys’ water polo

Menlo-Atherton 17, Mills 7

The Bears overwhelmed the Vikings in the first period, taking a 9-0 lead after seven minutes, before cruising to a PAL-opening win.

Christian Huhn, Mostyn Fero, Spencer Gran and Jorge Pont each scored three times to lead M-A (1-0 PAL Bay, 8-4 overall).

Menlo School 19,

Half Moon Bay 5

The Knights had little trouble with the Cougars, taking a 13-2 lead at halftime.

Chris Xi paced Menlo (2-0 PAL Bay, 5-2 overall) with five goals, while Ben Wagner and Sam Untrecht each added four goals apiece.

Two Menlo goalkeepers combined for seven saves — Will Crouch finished with five and Ben Rosenblat added two more.

Malcolm Feix led Half Moon Bay with three goals. Hunter Murison and Ian Goldbach each scored once to round out the scoring.

Girls’ water polo

Castilleja 9, Half Moon Bay 4

The Cougars fell behind 4-1 after one period and trailed 6-1 at halftime.

Ellie Henretty led Half Moon Bay with three goals. Molly Pomeroy added the final tally for the Cougars, while goaltender Sarah O’Keefe turned away 13 Gator shots.

TUESDAY

Volleyball

Sacred Heart Prep 3, Saratoga 0

The Gators tuned up for Thursday’s big showdown with Notre Dame-Belmont by dominating the Falcons Tuesday night, 25-20, 25-11, 25-16.

Gators’ outside hitter Cate Desler continues to decimate the opposition. She finished with 12 kills and four blocks. Middle blocker Natalie Zimits added six kills and five blocks, while setter Lilika Teu pumped out 23 assists and had 12 digs.

SHP improves to 11-4 with the victory and will host defending Central Coast Section Division IV champion Notre Dame-Belmont at 5:45 p.m.

San Mateo 3, El Camino 0

The Bearcats swept the Colts 25-16, 25-11, 25-18 to win their PAL Ocean Division opener Tuesday evening.

Girls’ golf

Aragon 239, Hillsdale 308

Emily Paras shot a 3-over 38 to lead the Dons to win over the Knights at Poplar Creek.

Tessa Ulrich was right behind with a 40, while Brenda Fang shot a 42.

Hillsdale was led by Melanie Cooper’s 45, followed by Breanna Rodman, who finished with a 53.

Aragon runs its PAL record to 3-0.

Girls’ tennis

Hillsdale 5, Half Moon Bay 2

The Knights picked up their first PAL win of the season by downing the Cougars, who remain winless in Bay Division play.

Hillsdale (1-3 Bay Division) won three of the four singles matches and clinched the win with victories at Nos. 2 and 3 doubles.

Hillsdale’s Kathy Li won her No.1 singles match 6-3, 6-3, while Anne Okada won at No. 2 6-2, 6-3. The Knights’ third singles point came from Jennifer Zhang at No. 4 singles, posting a 6-2, 6-2 win.

Jadeline Miao and Julia Richardson won their No. 2 doubles match 6-3, 6-1 for the Knights, while the tandem of Renee Labutay and Laura Fletmann rounded out the scoring for Hillsdale with a 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 victory over Half Moon Bay’s Claire Messina and Cassidy DuFore-Payne.

Half Moon Bay’s win came from Erika Haack at No. 3 singles, 6-4, 7-5, and at No. 1 doubles where Elise Quick and Rachel Brody won their match 7-5, 6-4.

Girls’ cross country

Notre Dame-Belmont

finishes third in Daly City

The Tigers finished behind Mercy-Burlingame and Westmoor in Tuesday’s team standings, but the Tigers did have two runners finish in the top five. Riley McGlinchey finished second out of 49 runners with a time of 16:47. Bailey McKeon was fourth with a time of 17:13.