Another Busy Week at Area Schools

There are plenty of activities at the SLV schools this week including Back to School Night at the Middle School on Thursday. Parents are asked to meet in the MS Gym for a short meeting at 6PM. A schedule and map is being sent home with your student so you know where and when to visit each of their classes.
The Middle School athletic teams get started this week on Thursday with the Boys Soccer team hosting Shoreline at 3:40. On Friday the boys and girls Cross Country runners will be in action at SLV and the Girls 7th Grade Basketball team will host a jamboree that continues on Saturday.

On Tuesday night the SLE parents Bobcat Club holds their first meeting at 7PM in the school library. Wednesday is an “early out” day for the elementary schools.

The High School Drama Boosters hold their first meeting of the year on Tuesday night at 6:30 in the staff room. The Athletic Boosters hold their monthly meeting on Wednesday at 7PM in the MPR and the Grad Night meeting will be held in the staff room the same night getting started at 6:30.

At the High School, the Girls Volleyball teams (Frosh, JV and Varsity) play at home today vs North Salinas travels to Harbor on Tuesday and hosts Soquel on Thursday.. The Varsity team heads to San Mateo on Saturday to play in a tournament. The Girls Golf team plays Scotts Valley at Boulder Creek on Tues and travels to DeLaveaga for matches with Santa Cruz. The Girls Tennis team travels to Santa Cruz on Tuesday and plays host to St Francis on Thursday.

The Boys Water Polo team is home on Tuesday against Watsonville at 5PM.

On Thursday beginning at 4PM we get our first chance to see the Boys and Girls Cross Country teams run. Just back from record breaking wins in Hawaii the very talented Cougar runners host Scotts Valley and St Francis in the first SCCAL meet of the year. The runners head to Pacific Grove on Saturday for the Stevenson Relays.

The Freshmen Football team plays at home on Saturday morning vs St Francis while the JV and Varsity head over the hill to play at Hillsdale High at 11AM and 2PM.

SLV High Sweeps Prestigious Meet on the Big Island

The SLV High boys and girls cross country teams returned to class today with lots of memories, a bunch of medals and two course records. Nearly two dozen Cougar runners competed on a grassy course in the foothills outside of Hilo winning both individual and team titles in the Varsity division at the King Kamehameha Invitational Meet on Saturday. They added an individual first and a team second in the open division

On the girls side sophomore Anna Maxwell added to her elite status by setting a new course record in 17:54:36 while leading her team to a first place finish in the girls varsity division. Claire MacMillan, Jessica Jensen, Abby Sherman, Jessica Germany, Hyllery Hershberger and Emily Lamb joined Maxwell on the victory stand. SLV entered a complete second team in the open division and Katrina Luque, Jen Housek, Raquel Yeomans, Adela Weigel, Michaela Sanchez and Mariah Lindberg combined to bring home the silver medal.

In the boys races, Senior Nick Hicks held off teammate Junior Cody Johnson as both runners shattered the previous course record finishing 1-2. The boys easily won the team title with 4 finishers in the top 5. Landis MacMillan, Jacob Hicks, Branden Caldwell, Matt Abernathy and James Spriggs rounded out the Cougar Varsity gold medalists. In the boys open division Stephen Bracken took first place and Karl Johnson finished fourth.

Here are the times and finish place for the Cougars:

Girls Varsity:

1 Maxwell, Anna 17:54.36
5 MacMillan, Claire 19:38.70
12 Jensen, Jessica 20:28.98
14 Sherman, Abby 20:37.12
16 Germany, Jessica 20:44.73
18 Hershberger, Hyllery 20:54.39
38 Lamb, Emily 22:23.87

Boys Varsity:

1 Hicks, Nick 16:16.15
2 Johnson, Cody 16:21.31
4 MacMillan, Landis 17:04.64
5 Hicks, Jacob 17:21.89
14 Caldwell, Branden 18:24.05
16 Abernathy, Matt 18:29.62
18 Spriggs, James 18:34.39

Open Boys:

1 Stephen Bracken 18:46:39
4 Karl Johnson 19:57:45

Open Girls:

3 Katrina Luque 21:46:.31
5 Jen Housek 22:38:12
6 Raquel Yeomans 22:42:94
7 Adela Weigel 22:51:96
13 Michaela Sanchez 23:42.06
15 Mariah Lindberg 23:50:74