After finishing as the league champions with a perfect 6-0 season, the grade 5 boys JVB1 basketball team lost a tough game to a strong St. Matthews team in the West Bay Athletic League (WBAL) championship game on Dec. 13, coming up just one point short in the 32-31 contest. The following student athletes and coach Steve Carroll are to be congratulated on their great season and inspired play: Vince Vu, Eric Andrus, Kunal Bhatia, Zack Fitzgerald, Arindam Ghosh, Michael Kwan, Michael Sikand, Shikhar Solanki, Aadith Srinivasan, Siddhart Chari and Brando Pakel.

Another lower school basketball team, the grade 4 boys JVC team, also went 6-0 and are the season’s WBAL champions, marking the first time since joining the WBAL that a Harker grade 4 team has won a championship. Congratulations to the team, coached by Jim McGovern: Viren Abhyankar, Jarett Anderson, Zack Baz, Chris Gong, Zach Hoffman, Hasan Jamal, Krish Kapadia, Charles Molin, Jason Peetz, Andrew Skrobak, Trevor Thompson and Jackson Williams.