El Camino

Plethora of Peninsula clubs chase CCS dreams

By: Zack Farmer 03/01/12 11:52 PM

The El Camino boys’ basketball team had never been to a Central Coast Section championship game. The Colts (25-4) had only won seven CCS playoff games in school history coming into the season, but with its second win over St. Ignatius this season, they find themselves in position to claim their first CCS title. El Camino will meet Sacred Heart Cathedral (24-5), which is searching for its fourth straight CCS Division III championship, on Saturday at Santa Clara University. Read More

El Camino baseball team scores nine runs in final two innings of rout against Washington

By: Jeremy Balan 02/21/12 12:10 AM

The Washington High School baseball team may be the defending Academic Athletic Association champion with a key core of seniors returning, but its first two games of the season have shown it has plenty of room for improvement. The Eagles were in contention for most of their nonleague game on the road against El Camino and held a 2-1 lead in the fifth inning, but gave up nine unanswered runs in two innings to lose 10-2. Read More

El Camino baseball team scores nine runs in final two innings of rout against Washington

By: Jeremy Balan 02/21/12 12:10 AM

El Camino boys' basketball team appears poised for deep run in CCS playoffs

By: Zack Farmer 02/21/12 12:07 AM

With two barriers knocked down and only one left to go, the El Camino High School boys’ basketball team is clicking on all cylinders heading into the Central Coast Section playoffs this week. “The teams are going to play at their peak, at their best,” El Camino coach Archie Junio said. “Teams like Burlingame, Woodside are only going to make us better in CCS.” Read More

El Camino boys' basketball team rolling past nonleague foes; Burlingame still team to beat in PAL

By: Zack Farmer 01/08/12 5:00 AM

All six boys’ basketball teams from the Peninsula Athletic League Bay Division reached the postseason last year, but the goal for many is to topple defending champion Burlingame. Burlingame brings back a much younger team, but has already been able to collect some impressive wins over Willow Glen, Riordan and Sacred Heart Prep. Read More

El Camino boys' basketball team riding defense to perfect start

By: Zack Farmer 12/14/11 7:56 PM

A year after losing in the quarterfinals of the Central Coast Section Division II playoffs to St. Francis, defense has been the mantra for the El Camino High School boys’ basketball team, and it has already had some early returns. “It’s a reality check. They feel it and now they want it,” El Camino coach Archie Junio said. “It’s going to help them in the long run.” Read More

Prep football games of the week

By: Jeremy Balan 11/02/11 11:00 PM

Friday Half Moon Bay at Aragon, 2:45 p.m. The PAL Ocean Division will be on the line when these two square off. Half Moon Bay has turned it around after a slow nonleague slate and can clinch the title outright with a win. An Aragon win forces a shared title. Carlmont vs. El Camino at South City, 7 p.m. Read More

El Camino, Capuchino looking to get a leg up in Lake Division

By: Zack Farmer 10/12/11 8:28 PM

The El Camino High School football team met after the nonleague season and set a goal to win the Peninsula Athletic League Lake Division and make it to the Central Coast Section playoffs. Capuchino (2-3) feels its nonleague slate prepared it for league play and, if it can remain healthy, can compete.The two meet Friday in PAL Lake action in San Bruno. “We need to be a disciplined team,” Capuchino coach Adam Hyndman said. “We want the kids to be winners.” Read More

With PAL Bay title in hand, El Camino set for postseason run

By: Zack Farmer 05/15/11 5:00 AM

After clinching the Peninsula Athletic League Bay Division crown on Wednesday, the El Camino High School baseball team has picked up momentum and is extremely confident going into the Central Coast Section playoffs this week. “[We] came in a little anxious,” El Camino coach Carlos Roman said of his team about his team’s approach to the CCS Division II playoffs last year. “The most important thing [this year] is to be relaxed.” Read More

El Camino’s Ha sets sights on CCS, state tournaments

By: Richard Paolinelli 02/20/11 6:00 AM

The sign on the wall of the El Camino High School mat room asks one question of the wrestlers who practice inside: How far do you want to go? It lists three destinations and how far away from El Camino each one is. San Mateo, the site of the PAL tournament, is nine miles. Independence High School in San Jose, which hosts the CCS tournament, is 49 miles. The last destination is Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield, 291 miles away, where the state tournament will be held. Read More