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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
CCS FOOTBALL
Paly, Lancers meet for the first time Vikings need to win Open Division semifinal to defend their title by Keith Peters
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Pippa Temple Sacred Heart Prep The senior scored seven goals in a semifinal victory and added a match-high five in an 11-4 victory over Los Altos to lead the No. 1 Gators’ water polo team to a record fifth straight CCS Division II title.
Will Runkel Sacred Heart Prep The junior goalie had 10 saves in a semifinal victory, despite being sick, and came back with 17 saves in a 7-4 victory over Los Altos as the Gators won the CCS Division II water polo title for a fifth time.
Honorable mention Hannah Boland* Castilleja volleyball
Hannah Hsieh* Castilleja volleyball
Maddie Kuppe* Palo Alto volleyball
Kelly Moran
B.J. Boyd* Palo Alto football
Dre Hill* Palo Alto football
Michael Holloway Sacred Heart Prep water polo
Jack Larson*
Sacred Heart Prep water polo0
Melanie Wade Palo Alto volleyball
Kimmy Whitson* Palo Alto volleyball
Sacred Heart Prep football
Cameron Moody Menlo-Atherton football
Daver Refioglu Sacred Heart Prep football * previous winner
he Palo Alto football team has played 33 games in the Central Coast Section playoffs and, perhaps surprisingly, holds a winning record against the West Catholic Athletic League. The Vikings have played Mitty three times, Bellarmine and Valley Christian twice each and has a 4-3 mark in those contests. One WCAL team that Paly has never played in the postseason is St. Francis. That, however, will change this weekend when the Vikings and Lancers meet up in the CCS Open Division semifinals on Saturday at San Jose City College at 7 p.m. The game is so big that the state champion Palo Alto girls’ volleyball team switched its NorCal semifinal on Saturday from 7 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. so not to conflict. Fourth-seeded PaloAlto (9-2) brings a 21-12 all-time postseason record into the showdown while the No. 8 Lancers (6-5) are 72-18-1 CCS games. St. Francis, in fact, is the winningest team in section playoff history. The Lancers continued that mastery with a 20-17 upset of top-seeded Oak Grove last weekend to open the playoffs. That certainly opened Paly’s door a little wider to the division championship game on Dec. 2 at San Jose CC at 8 p.m. The Vikings, of course, must beat
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