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Menlo star to miss U.S. Open qualifier with injury

Despite qualifying for the 2012 U.S. Open sectional qualifier at TPC Harding Park and Lake Merced weeks ago, Andrew Buchanan, the 17-year-old golfing prospect from Menlo School, won’t be teeing it up come Monday. Buchanan, who won the Central Coast Section boys’ golf title this month, injured his right elbow during a pickup basketball game at a friend’s graduation party Sunday night. “It’s really a healing process from a bruise,” said Dave Buchanan, Andrew’s father and golf coach at Menlo. “But he’s stiff and it’ll take a couple weeks to get back.” Read More

Peninsula’s top track stars eye state glory

Ten performers from San Mateo County will be making the trip to Clovis for the 94th annual California Interscholastic Federation State Track and Field Championships, set to begin Friday. Serra, the only county school to send more than one participant, will have double the opportunity to do damage at state with both of its participants competing in the boys’ shot put. Jonathan Beering and Luke Longinotti have been nothing if not consistent. They finished second and third in both the West Catholic Athletic League and Central Coast Section championships, respectively. Read More

St. Ignatius baseball team advances to title game following rout of Leland

SAN JOSE — The Leland High School baseball team upset top-seeded Willow Glen in the quarterfinal round of the Central Coast Section Division II playoffs, but may have run into the division’s best team, despite seed, in the semifinals Thursday at Municipal Stadium. Fifth-seeded St. Ignatius scored six runs in the first inning, three runs in the second and closed the game out in the bottom of the fifth on a RBI double from Nick Johnson that sealed the 10-0 mercy-rule win over the eighth-seeded Chargers. Read More

Buchanan settles for 23rd at NorCal

Menlo School’s Andrew Buchanan came up short in his bid to reach the state championships, finishing in a tie for 23rd at the NorCal Golf Championships at the Butte Creek Country Club in Chico on Monday. Armijo’s (Fairfield) Aaron Beverly won a playoff to take the individual crown after shooting a 4-under-par 68, while Foothill (Pleasanton) took the team title. Read More

Teams vying for top spots as playoffs rev up

Familiar territory. That’s where the Carlmont High School softball team finds itself. It was only a year ago that the Scots had their season ended in the Central Coast Section Division I semifinals by San Benito. They are back in the semifinals, but this time taking on Salinas today with the possibility of setting up a rematch with San Benito, which is playing in the other semifinal against Leland. Read More

SI’s Domingo commits to play at Georgetown

St. Ignatius junior Stephen Domingo ended the drama of a nearly three-year recruiting process on Monday, verbally committing to Georgetown a full year before his scheduled graduation from high school. Domingo, a 6-foot-7 wing and three-year varsity player, led the Wildcats in scoring (13.3 points per game) and rebounding (five per game) in his junior season. Read More

Hau lifts Washington to Transbay Series title

The Washington High School baseball team found itself in the same position this time last year. It had won the opener of the Transbay Series against Oakland Tech and went into the second game with a chance to claim its first Transbay title since 2006. The Eagles failed to get the job done a year ago, but did not let the opportunity slip away again. Read More

Balboa golfer Olson shoots even-par 68 to win second straight AAA title

Balboa High School junior Ben Olson isn’t in the conversation of most-accomplished Academic Athletic Association golfers yet, but he’s only a year away. With an even-par 68 on Monday at Lincoln Park Golf Course, Olsen won the AAA individual tournament for the second consecutive season, opening the door for an opportunity to become the third golfer in AAA history to win three straight titles. Read More

Burlingame looks to make it two straight

Burlingame is no stranger to success. That is especially true of its baseball team, which took the Central Coast Section Division II title a year ago. The Panthers are back at it and, after winning the Peninsula Athletic League Bay Division title this season, have the 11th seed and will take on Saratoga in the CCS Division II playoffs on Thursday. “I don’t think [that] we should have a nerve factor,” Burlingame coach Shawn Scott said about his team’s experience. “They know what to expect, know it’s not going to be a blowout.” Read More

San Francisco Prep Hall of Fame loaded with St. Ignatius stars

John Donohue
The 30th anniversary induction ceremonies of the San Francisco Prep Hall of Fame will include a strong representation from St. Ignatius. Five of the 11 in the 2012 class were students at SI, although John Donohue’s induction is as a result of his success at Lowell High School, where he has served as baseball coach since 1983. The remaining four SI inductees graduated one year apart from 1959 to 1962. Read More
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