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Lower and Middle School Athletes Perform: Girls’ Volleyball Teams All Champs!

May 18, 2011 by Theresa "Smitty" Smith

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The grade 6-8 tennis team, although still competing in playoffs, went a combined 10-4 this season in two separate leagues.  The team went 5-2 in the WBAL and took third place in the final tournament.  The team went 5-2 in the MTP and are currently in the quarterfinals of the final tournament.  The team is led by Sophia Luo and Vikram Vasan, grade 7, and Srivinay Irrinki, grade 8.

The grade 6-8 water polo team finished off the season in fine fashion this past weekend with convincing victories over Terman 22-4 and Castilleja 20-0. They finished the season with a combined record of 6-3. The team was led by Billy Bloomquist,  Delaney Martin, Ryan Palmer and Darby Millard, all grade 8; Shivali Minocha, grade 7; and Harry Xu and Pooja Kini, grade 6.

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The  grade 5 girls JVB1 girls volleyball team won the WBAL title with a record of 6-0!  Key players were Satchi Thockchom, Aria Coalson and Sameep Mangat. Key players for the JVB2 team were Julia Amick and Jennifer Hayashi, grade 4 and Sanjana Avula, grade 5.

The grade 6 girls JVA girls volleyball team were tri-champions of the WBAL with  a record of 6-1!  Key players were Lindsey Trinh, Rachel Cheng and Joelle Anderson. Key players for the JVB6 team, who finished in a three-way tie for second in the WBAL, were Priyanka Chilukuri, Priyanka Taneja and Sarah Tien.

The grade 7-8 girls were combined into three teams.  The varsity A team went 9-0 to take first place in the WBAL!  The team was led by Shannon Richardson, Jacqueline Chen and Doreene Kang, all grade 7. The varsity B team went 8-1 to take second place in the WBAL. The team was led by Leeza Kuo, Hannah Bollar and Allison Kiang, all grade 8.  The varsity B2 team went 7-2 for a two-way tie for second place in the WBAL. The team was led by Kelly Wang, Neha Sunil and Archana Podury, all grade 8.

The grade 6-8 boys volleyball teams went a combined 15-0 this season! The varsity A team was led by Matt Ho, Justin Lee and Richard Gu, all grade 8. The varsity B team was led by Austin Tuan, Alex Youn and Andrew Gu, all grade 6. The junior varsity A team was led by Justin Xie, Albert Xu and Shekar Ramaswamy, all grade 6.

The grade 5-8 baseball program continues to develop and there were some exciting games with Crystal Springs and Sacred Heart, and of course, the close game between the Harker grade 5 and 6 teams where the fifth graders took home the victory this year.  The lower school team was led by Michael Sikand, grade 7 and Tanay Kamat and Will Holaday, both grade 5. The middle school team was led by Logan Drazovich, grade 7 and Karan Walia and Alex Lam, both grade 6.

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