San Mateo County local sports roundu • Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026

Alvarez 2, Hillsdale 1

There will be no Central Coast Section championship repeat for the Knights, as fourth-seeded Hillsdale fell to the undefeated Eagles in a Division I semifinal match in Salinas Tuesday night.

Hillsdale (14-2-6), the defending CCS Division II champ, lost for the first time since its season opener, trailing 2-0 at halftime. Cristian Gomez cut the Knights’ deficit in half in the second half, off an assist from Tyler Essa, but the Knights could not find the equalizer against Alvarez (22-0-0).

The loss, however, does not end the season for Hillsdale. By advancing to the Division I semifinals, the Knights automatically qualified for the CIF Northern California regional tournament, which begins next week.

Boys’ tennis

Aragon 5, Mills 2

The Dons swept the three doubles matches to carry them to a win in the PAL Bay Division opener for both teams.

Aragon did not drop a set in doubles play. The No. 3 team of Kaibir Sulur and Matthew Wang posted a 6-3, 6-1 win, while the No. 2 duo of Matthew Chong and Ryan Newman lost only one more game in a 6-1, 6-4 victory. Adam Beg and Joshua Lee completed the sweep at No. 1 doubles with a 6-3, 6-4 decision.

Mills’ Ethan Li won a marathon match at No. 1 singles, outlasting Veraaz Khan in three sets, 1-6, 6-4, 10-4. Neel Ranji gave the Vikings their other win at No. 4 singles, 6-4, 6-1.

Carlmont 6, Menlo-Atherton 1

The Scots dominated the Bears in the Bay Division opener.

Carlmont won all six of its matches in straight sets, highlighted by Lucas Rowe’s 6-0, 6-0 win at No. 1 singles and Aaron Zhang’s 6-1, 6-1 at No. 2 singles.

Two of the matches went three sets, with each team winning one. At No. 4 singles, Carlmont’s Daniel Jiang got past M-A’s Thomas Greenleaf, 4-6, 6-4, 13-11. The Bears got their point at No. 3 doubles, where Gabriel Hsieh and Ish Safadoic rallied from a set down to post a 3-6, 6-4, 13-11 victory.

Baseball

Burlingame 11, Design Tech 0, 6 innings

The Panthers posted a six-inning, mercy-rule win over the Dragons in the season opener for both.

Burlingame scored once in the first and two more in the second for a 3-0 lead. The Panthers then put the game away with eight runs over the final two innings.

Michael Intrieri drove in a pair of runs for Burlingame, while Grayson Howard, Preet Mallen and Kai Watanabe all collected an RBI. Howard also scored once and swiped a couple of bags.

Daniel MacMillan got the win for Burlingame, allowing just two hits while striking out eight and walking three in four innings of work.

Aidan Tom had both hits for D Tech.

Softball

Woodside 3, Wilcox 2

The Wildcats trailed the entire game until erupting for three runs in the top the seventh to escape with a season-opening win over the Chargers.

Wilcox scored single runs in the fourth and sixth innings for a 2-0 lead before Woodside rallied. Hannah Walker cracked a two-run double and Caroline Ong added an RBI single in the Wildcats’ final at-bat to claim the win. Angelina Aranda had two hits for Woodside.

Walker also picked up the win in the pitcher’s circle, allowing two runs on four hits, striking out 11 in a complete-game effort.