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Boys Basketball Advances; Girls Basketball Season Ends; Track’s Season Kicks Off; and Girls Soccer Ends Championship Season with Great Sportsmanship

March 3, 2014 by William Cracraft

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March 6, 2014
UPDATE: Huge congratulations to our boys basketball team and Coach Keller on their history making performance Tuesday night!  The #6 seeded Eagles defeated #2 seed Seaside 71-61 in the CCS semifinals at Menlo.  The win propels the boys into the CCS finals Saturday at Independence High at 4 p.m. vs. league rival Sacred Heart Prep.  Additionally, qualifying for the finals entitles them to compete in the Northern California playoffs which start next week.  This is the first Harker boys team to qualify for the section finals in any sport!

News Flash: A generous donor has stepped forward to sponsor this Saturday’s entry fee for K-12 students, faculty, and faculty spouses. Last night’s supportive crowd certainly made a huge difference for the boys so please come on out and help the boys bring home the title! GO EAGLES!! Bracket:
http://www.cifccs.org/playoffs/results/13-14/BASKETBALL%20BOYS%20D4%202014.pdf

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March 5, 2014
UPDATE: Here are a couple articles on our recent activity in boys basketball!

http://www.montereyherald.com/prepsports/ci_25277734/where-dreams-die

http://bit.ly/1mWmBLQ

March 3, 2014
Spring sports get started, but varsity boys basketball is extending its season!

Basketball
Last week, both the boys and girls varsity basketball squads competed in CCS Tournament games. The boys advanced to the semifinals after defeating Soquel on Saturday, following their defeat of Carmel 46-40. The score Saturday was 49-42 with Nicholas Nguyen, grade 11, leading the team in assists, steals and deflections while hitting three clutch free throws in the final minute. He was supported by teammates Eric Holt, grade 11, who had a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds, and spark-plug Dylan Patel, grade 11, off the bench, who provided both defensive and offensive fire power in the final quarter. The boys will compete in the semifinals for the second time in three years Tuesday night at 5:30 p.m. against No. 2 seed Seaside High at Menlo. Please come show your support!

The girls’ season ended after they lost a close third round match-up against Mercy Burlingame, 30-27, at College of San Mateo.

Track and Field
The Eagles began their track and field season on a cold, rainy day at Mitty. Senior Arjun Kumar and junior Julia Wang opened up the season with wins in the shot put, while freshman Niki Iyer, making her high school track and field debut after a tremendous cross country season earlier this school year, won the 800m run with a time of 2:24.84.

Tennis
The boys tennis team kicked off its season with a 6-1 victory over Leigh High School.

Soccer
The girls’ season ended when the team lost a heartbreaker to King’s Academy in the last 30 seconds of the game. A King’s Academy goal gave Harker’s rival a 2-1 win and catapulted them into the CCS Tournament, stunning Harker. The tough loss ended one of the great seasons in Harker’s history, as the girls won the most victories ever for a Harker girls soccer team en route to a 12-3-1 overall record and a league championship.

The incredible run did not end on the field, however, as the team had one last great act left in them. The squad changed the start time of their year-end banquet to be able to travel to watch the varsity boys basketball team win in their CCS Tournament game against Carmel. The gesture was just the latest reminder of the great work Harker’s athletes do both on and off the field.

The boys soccer team lost their senior day 4-2 to ECP, with junior Jeremiah Anderson and sophomore Oisin Coveney accounting for the scoring. The boys finish the year with an 11-6-2 record. Go Eagles!

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