San Mateo County local sports roundup • Monday, Oct. 27, 2025

Menlo to forfeit game to Wilcox this week

The Menlo football team forfeited its game against Wilcox Friday night, citing injury and illness in a press release the school sent out Tuesday morning.

“After extensive consideration and discussion, Menlo School has made the difficult decision to forfeit this Friday’s varsity football game against Wilcox. A combination of injuries and illness has left the Knights with too few healthy players to compete safely,” the press release said.

Menlo, which entered the season with a roster of 24 to play in the rugged Peninsula Athletic League Bay Division, is coming off a 28-0 loss to Los Gatos, a perennial Northern California power that features a roster nearly three times as big with 66 players listed.

“The coaching staff and school administration prioritizes the health and well-being of our student-athletes,” the press release continued. This decision allows our players the necessary time to recover fully before returning to the field. The JV game will be played Friday.

“Our sincere appreciation goes to our community and to the Wilcox High School varsity football program for their support and understanding.”

The forfeit loss will drop Menlo into third place in the Bay Division standings with a 2-2 record, while Wilcox improves to 3-1. The Knights are still scheduled to play Sacred Heart Prep in the Valpo Bowl at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7.

MONDAY

Boys’ water polo

Woodside 11, Burlingame 10, 3 OTs

Another day of PAL Bay Division water polo, another shake up in the standings.

The Wildcats knocked the Panthers out of a first-place tie after topping them in triple overtime.

Will Stevenson led the offense for Woodside (7-4 PAL Bay, 12-9 overall), finishing with four goals. Cole Richards added two goals and two assists for the Wildcats.

Burlingame (8-3, 14-8) can still grab a share of the Bay Division title with Menlo-Atherton. The Panthers needs to beat Hillsdale Wednesday and have M-A lose to Woodside.

Menlo-Atherton 20, Carlmont 9

With Burlingame’s loss, the Bears control their own destiny after beating the Scots.

M-A (9-2 PAL Bay, 14-9 overall) holds a one-game lead over Burlingame with one left to play after the Panthers fell to Woodside.

M-A’s Evan ten Vaanholt had a monster game against Carlmont, scoring nine goals and assisting on a 10th. Bryce Winters had a strong showing the for the Bears, as well, scoring give goals and adding three assists. Goalie Michael Poirier finished with nine saves.

The Bears can win the Bay Division title outright with a win over Woodside Wednesday in Atherton.

Serra 16, St. Ignatius 10

The Padres closed out the regular season with a win over the Wildcats.

Serra (3-4 WCAL, 15-10 overall) got five goals and three assists from Tyler Krueger, while Colin Wright also added five goals. Padres goalie Rhys Salma finished with nine saves.

In other action ...

Sequoia (7-4 PAL Bay, 12-7 overall) beat Priory (1-11, 4-12), 13-6.

Girls’ water polo

Woodside 11, Aragon 10

The Wildcats kept their hopes for a share of the Bay Division title alive after slipping past the third-place Dons.

Woodside (8-1 PAL Bay, 10-4 overall) led 3-2 after the first period, but Aragon (5-4, 8-5) tied it at 5-all by halftime. In the third, the Wildcats outscored the Dons 4-3 to take a 9-8 lead into the fourth and that extra goal stood up for Woodside.

Woodside remains a game behind Menlo-Atherton. The two meet Wednesday in Atherton in the regular-season finale.

In other action ...

Menlo-Atherton (9-0 PAL Bay, 10-3 overall) are a win away from the Bay Division title after beating Carlmont (0-9, 0-14), 12-5.

Notre Dame-Belmont (8-5 PAL Ocean, 12-8 overall) beat Half Moon Bay (6-7), 5-3.