Brooke Arce, Burlingame softball. The only way the Panthers could be guaranteed the outright PAL Ocean Division title was by running the table through their three final regular-season games last week. Mission accomplished, as Burlingame won three games in four days. Last Tuesday’s 8-0 win over Menlo-Atherton, in a battle between PAL Ocean frontrunners, was the most critical, as it left the Panthers all alone in first, one game ahead of M-A. Arce went 3 for 4 with a double and an RBI, and contributed one inning of relief as she, starter Kiley Lyons and reliever Aditi Bafna combined on a one-hit shutout. Then, after Arce went 3 for 3 with a double and four RBIs in Thursday’s 11-4 win over Sequoia, the sophomore finished off the regular season in style by firing a five-inning no-hitter Friday in a 12-0 win over Terra Nova.
Evan Chopra, Menlo-Atherton boys’ track and field. Vying to qualify for two middle-distance events on the Central Coast Section stage, Chopra put on a dazzling performance Saturday in the CCS preliminaries at Gilroy High School. The junior qualified for the finals in both the boys’ 800 and 1,600 meters, including the section’s second fastest 1,600 time of the season in 4:10.19. He already owns the fastest 800 in CCS, running it in 1:52.23 April 11 at the Arcadia Invitational, and qualified Saturday in 1:55.35.
Jaden Minahan, Hillsdale baseball. The seventh-place Knights played spoiler in the PAL Bay Division race, rallying for a stunning 10-0 mercy-rule win over Menlo-Atherton to knock the Bears out of first place and help Burlingame lock up the league championship outright. Hillsdale starting pitcher Hugo Guzman was brilliant, firing a two-hit shutout in the abbreviated five-inning format. Minahan gets the Honor Roll nod, though, as the junior turned in the best performance of his two-year varsity career, going 4 for 4 with a double, a home run and four RBIs. He also delivered the game-winning knock, with a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the fifth to secure the mercy-rule win.
Kat Dykes, Sacred Heart Prep girls’ lacrosse. With SHP looking for perfection, Dykes delivered. The Gators entered Saturday’s CCS Division I championship game with a 19-0 record, with only arch-nemesis St. Ignatius standing between them and an undefeated season. Dykes scored four times in SHP’s 10-7 comeback victory to secure win No. 20. Three of her goals were in the third quarter, scoring twice off free positions to tie it 4-4 and 5-5 before sophomore Molly Pepper gave the Gators the lead. SHP is now repeat champions in CCS Division I, and owns three section titles all-time since the sport debuted in the CCS postseason in 2021.
Arki Temsamani and Maximus Chan, Menlo School boys’ tennis. The senior-freshman duo led Menlo to a repeat as CCS team champions. The Knights took down Harker in Friday’s finals at Bay Club Courtside, with the No. 1 doubles team of Temsamani, a senior, and Chan, a freshman, clinching the 5-2 victory.
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Celia Hernandez, San Mateo softball. Hernandez stepped into the spotlight with the Bearcats chasing their first PAL Bay Division championship in history. The junior starred both sides of the ball in San Mateo’s 3-1 win over Capuchino to clinch a share of the Bay Division title. In the circle, the right-hander was brilliant, setting down the first nine batters she faced before allowing just one run on five hits in a complete-game effort. She punctuated the win at the plate, batting in the sixth inning with a 2-1 lead and delivering a critical insurance run with a solo home run to left-center, the first homer of her three-year varsity career.
Carlmont 4x800 relay teams, track and field. Both the Carlmont boys’ and girls’ 4x800 relay teams qualified for the CCS finals, each recording the second-best times Saturday’s prelims in Gilroy. The boys’ team of Nathan Kron, Daniel Choy, Landon Schaefer and Simon Gehrke knocked out a time of 8:03.20, second only to Bellarmine’s 8:02.29. In the girls’ prelim, Alexandra Farrell, Katelyn Elliott, Daniela Cuadros and Isabella Schuett finished in 9:32.02, with St. Francis fastest in 9:30.55.
Paxton Holden, Half Moon Bay baseball. The Cougars swept a two-game series from Terra Nova, paying back their rivals after the Tigers swept both games last season. Holden finished off the sweep, taking the mound to front last Thursday’s 8-2 victory. It was just the second starting pitching assignment of the sophomore right-hander’s career, and he did not disappoint, allowing two runs on seven hits en route to firing his second consecutive complete game.
Taylor Workman, Aragon softball. The junior opened the year with a bang, and closed the regular season the same way. After starting 2026 with six straight multi-hit games, Workman closed out the PAL Bay Division slate with an eight-game hitting streak, including seven multi-hit games. Aragon finished the regular season last Tuesday with a 10-8 victory over the King’s Academy, with Workman going 2 for 3 with a double and three runs scored. The left-handed hitting shortstop now leads the PAL Bay Division with a .692 batting average, ranking second in the Central Coast Section and 22nd in the state.
Clara Young, Woodside girls’ swimming. The sophomore, emerging as one of the top sprinters in the state, showed her mettle Saturday at the CIF Swimming & Diving Championships at Clovis West High School. Young took third place in two events, and set the stage for a rivalry with Khanh Seaton for the next two years to come. In the girls’ 50-yard freestyle, Young placed third with a time of 22.95 seconds, with Seaton taking first by eclipsing the meet record by one one-hundredth of a second in 22.22. In the 100 free, Young was third again in 49.71, with Seaton taking first in 48.22.
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