Our golf tournament is coming up on June 2nd at 1 pm at Spring Hills Golf Course. Come out and play--if you can’t make it that day, we could use your help with tournament sponsors. Click on the link below for the sign up form and send to Coach Hazel at [email protected] or mail in to attention: Adam Hazel 2400 East Lake Ave. Watsonville, CA 95076.
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St. Francis also just hosted our annual Breakfast of Champions for our Scholar/Athletes. This year we had 111 scholar/athletes, up from 91 last year. Congratulations to all our Shark scholar/athletes and thank you to all who helped put on such an amazing event!
Winter sports have come to a close with our Men’s Basketball Team going all the way to the State Finals and playing in the Golden 1 Center--the home of the NBA’s Sacramento Kings. The team lost a heartbreaker 47-46 to Rolling Hills Prep. The game was televised on Comcast Sports Network, the same channel that plays all 82 Golden State Warriors games and all 162 San Francisco Giants games. Jason Gallo earned the sportsmanship medal as he led the team with 15 points on the day. The team finished the season with a 30-3 record and racked up the trophies with a SCCAL Championship, SCCAL Tournament Championship, CCS Championship and Nor Cal Championship. It was the first time any sport from St. Francis has made it to a State Final and only the 3rd time in Santa Cruz County history that a team won the Nor Cal Championship. The team was well represented on the All SCCAL Team as Sandor Rene Rodriguez was League MVP, Chase Watkins and Gallo were 1st Team All SCCAL, Ruben Ibarra was 2nd Team All SCCAL, Dominic Figueroa was Honorable Mention All SCCAL and Coach Ed Kelly was SCCAL Coach of the Year. The team was also honored by the Mayor of Watsonville on Tuesday evening for their Nor Cal Championship at City Hall.
Women’s Basketball also made the Nor Cal playoffs as they finished 2nd in the CCS. The girls lost a close game to International of San Francisco. It was the 4th time in the past 5 years our girls team has made it to Nor Cal. Janiya Sevilla was named 1st Team All SCCAL and Janessa Yniguez was Honorable Mention All SCCAL.
Three Shark basketball players named to the All Star Game played Friday night March 31st at Alvarez High School. Megan Kelly represented the Women’s team and Sandor Rene Rodriguez and Dominic Figueroa represented the Men’s team. Congratulations Sharks on a great season!
Spring sports are in full swing as the Golf team beat Soquel to open SCCAL play. Seniors Jason Kane, David Vasquez and Chris Copriviza are leading the team with freshman Izzy Mendez contributing to the great play. The Sharks lost close matches to Santa Cruz and SLV this past week and look to take the course again on April 11th at SLV.
Track & Field
The Varsity Boys won 14 out of 16 events to earn a win in their last meet vs Soquel, Scotts Valley and SLV at Soquel High School. Justin Parker won 100m with a time of 11.38 seconds, which is also a St. Francis school record. Parker also won the 200m with a time of 23.64 seconds qualifying for prestigious Top 8 meet in Los Gatos on April 22nd. Carson Cuzick literally flew in the Long Jump to lead the SCCAL with a jump of 19'6". His Shot Put was 40"6" both qualify him for Top 8 meet. Braxton Rico won the 800 meters with a time of 2:03.98. Mathieu Morin won the 3200m with a time of 14:41.75 and Ignacio Rocha finished 2nd with a time of 14:58.23. Paul Kane finished 3rd in the 1600m with a time of 5:01.28. Su Gu finished 3rd in the 100m hurdles with a time of 18:41 and 2nd in the 300m hurdles with a time of 47.88 seconds. Jason Gallo won the Triple Jump with a mark of 37’ 7” and finished 4th in the High Jump with a jump of 4’8”. Joey Garibay finished 3rd in the High Jump with a jump of 4’ 10”.
Girls Sam Bellucci won the triple jump with a jump of 31’ 11.5” and Emma Ryan finishing 2nd with a jump of 29’ 6.5”. Ryan also finished 2nd in the Shot Put. Bellucci was second in High Jump and Long Jump. Bellucci finished 2nd in the High Jump and Riley Croghan finished 3rd. Angelika Castro finished 2nd in the 800m with a time of 2:47.82.
Earlier this season, the St. Francis Track & Field team won multiple medals at the Santa Cruz Coast Relay at Aptos High School. The boys team finished 1st in the Sprint Medley, 2nd in the Distance Medley, 3rd in the 4 x 200 meters and 3rd in the 4 x 400 meter relay. Braxton Rico, Nathaniel Ramos, Paul Kane, Ignacio Rocha, Vince Wolfe and Julian Wolfe all went home with medals in that meet. The Sharks next take the track on April 13th at Santa Cruz High School at 4 pm.
Swimming
Congratulations to the St. Francis Men's Swimming team on their 80-63 win over Scotts Valley. The highlights of the day were from Roderick Howe as he won the 500 free and the 100 back. Lucas Bargetto won the 200 free, Gio Garcia won the 200 IM, Dominic Anderson-Nakagawa, Jesse Robinett, Ethan Lobue, and Roderick Howe won the 400 free relay. Congratulations Sharks!
Baseball is fresh off of a 3-0 win over SLV where Andrew Ciandro pitched a complete game shutout. The Sharks also beat Aloha High School of Oregon 5-0 where Ruben Ibarra, Chase Watkins and Joseph Kovacs combined for the shutout, struck out 17 while only giving up 1 hit. The Sharks look to continue their winning ways April 5th as they host San Benito High School. The Sharks won at San Benito last year and look to make it two years in a row.
Softball is into league play after their non league win over Harker. The scoring started early as Miranda Janisch got an early hit and Grace Kovacs and Alyssa Soto scored in the first inning to give the Sharks a 2-0 lead. The Sharks a few inning later extended the lead to 4-0 as Soto hit a double that drove in Lena Ciandro and Arianna Azevedo. The 6th inning is where the Sharks broke the game open extended their lead to 8-2, which ended up being the final score. In that 4 run inning, Jocelyn Torres drove in Claire Cagnacci, then Kovacs drove in Torres, then Azevedo driving in Kovacs and then Shelby Velasco driving in Azevedo. Janisch was dominant on the mound pitching a complete game and getting the win with great defensive help from Azevedo, Soto and Velasco. The Sharks next league game is April 11th vs Santa Cruz. Go Sharks!