Honor roll: The week’s best performances

Olivia DiNardo, Aragon softball. The Lady Dons won four games last week fueled by the freshman’s red-hot bat. DiNardo opened the week with a five-hit, six-RBI performance with two doubles and a homer last Monday against Notre Dame-Belmont. And she just kept on slugging. Through wins over NDB, Hillsdale and a sweep of Woodside, DiNardo went 11 for 15 with three home runs and 14 RBIs, taking over the PAL Bay Division lead with a .557 batting average.

Kaia Li, Sacred Heart Prep girls’ swimming. Another freshman to burst on the CCS scene, Li competed in the finals of the 200 individual medley and the Gators’ 200 medley and 400 relay teams, and the “B” final of the 100 breast. Her best individual performance came in the 200 IM, where a time of 2:02.96 was good for third. She was the winner of the “B” final — ninth place — in the 100 breast at 1:03.70. She then swam the opening leg on the 400 relay team that finished fourth. She was also the first swimmer in the 200 medley relay. Li’s times in the 200 IM, 100 breast and 400 free relay qualified her for the state.

Margot Gibbons, SHP girls’ swimming. Another freshman phenom had a strong showing at CCS for the Gators to earn spots in two events at the state championships. Despite making only the “B” finals in the 200 free, her time of 1:49.96, which was 10th overall, would have been good enough for fifth place in the “A” final and good enough to make state. Her fifth-place finish in the 500 free in a time of 4:56.07, also qualified her state.

Devin Meyer, Frankie Pellegrini and Ryan Lapuyade, Capuchino baseball. The three sophomore arms fronted Cap’s critical two-game sweep of rival Burlingame. Meyer opened the week by firing a no-hitter in a 5-0 win over the Panthers on their home turf at Washington Park. Pellegrini and Lapuyade backed that up in a dramatic walk-off 2-1 win Friday at Lara Field, with Pellegrini going five innings before Lapuyade earned the win with two shutout innings of relief.

Luke Jensen, Menlo-Atherton boys’ tennis. The freshman No. 4 singles player has been a model of efficiency and consistency this season. With a win in straight sets in the Bears’ sweep of Carlmont in the second round of the CCS team tournament, Jensen was off the courts first for the 17th time in 18 matches this year.

Grace Anderson, Half Moon Bay girls’ swimming. The junior sprinter had the best finish among county swimmers in the 50 and 100 free at CCS, qualifying her for the state meet in each. She was third in the 50 free with a time of 23.40, while her time of 50.36 was good for fourth in the 100 free.

Tommy Ozawa, San Mateo baseball. The senior outfielder/pitcher had a big week for the Bearcats, combining to go 7 for 10 while driving in three runs in three games. He had two hits and an RBI in a 6-2 loss to Half Moon Bay. He came back two days later and helped lead San Mateo to a come-from-behind 12-10 win. Ozawa was 4 for 4 with three runs scored and two RBIs at the plate and pitched three innings of relief to earn the win, snapping the Bearcats’ nine-game slide. He ended the week 1 for 3 in a 5-0 non-league loss to Hillsdale.

Jessica Eagle and Francisco Sanchez, Menlo-Atherton track. With Menlo-Atherton sweeping both varsity team meets at the PAL track and field championships, the sprinters led the way. Sanchez delivered wins in the boys’ 100 and 200 meters; the transfer from Aragon hit the tape in 10.95 seconds in the 100, and 22.29 in the 200. Eagle collected four gold medals, earning wins in the girls’ 100 and 200, as well as helping the 4x100 relay team to a win in 49.38 seconds, and the 4x400 relay in 4:11.41.

Tyler DeSmidt, Carlmont baseball. The senior third baseman helped lead the Scots to a pair of wins, sweeping Sacred Heart Prep, moving them into a three-way tie for first place in the PAL Bay Division with two games left in the regular season. DeSmidt capped the week with a career day. In a 15-5 win, he went 3 for 5 with a grand slam, a double and seven RBIs. He opened the week by going 2 for 3 with a walk and two RBIs in a 6-3 victory.

Conor Hourigan, Aragon baseball. A better duel of strikeout artists you will not see in the PAL this season. Hourigan locked up with Woodside senior Joseph King, and the two dazzled in the Dons’ 4-1 win last Thursday. King notched a remarkable 15 strikeouts through six innings of work. But Hourigan turned in 5 1/3 innings of no-hit ball before finishing off a three-hit, complete-game victory in which he yielded just one run and struck out 12.