Basketball
The Pinewood girls basketball team fell to undefeated Archbishop Mitty 86-58 in the final round of Pool A play in the CCS Open Division playoffs. Alex Facelo scored 17 points for Pinewood, while Vallory Kuelker and Caitlyn Kramer had 13. Pinewood (21-6) is the No. 1 seed in the Division I CIF state playoff bracket and hosts McClatchy at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Mitty (27-0) is ranked as the No. 1 team in the country by MaxPreps and is the No. 1 seed in the Open Division of the state playoffs.
The No. 8 seed St. Francis girls finished 0-3 in Pool A play in the Open Division playoffs. The Lancers lost to Archbishop Mitty 77-36 Feb. 16, 76-35 against Pinewood Feb. 19 and 75-53 against Archbishop Riordan Wednesday. St. Francis is the No. 15 seed in the Division I state playoffs and plays Bishop O’Dowd at 5 p.m. Tuesday.
The Mountain View girls lost in the second round of the CCS Division I playoffs 52-26 to Menlo-Atherton Feb. 17. The No. 10 seed Spartans (20-6) beat Silver Creek 43-33 in the first round Feb. 16 before falling to the No. 7 seed Bears. Mountain View finished the season with a share of the SCVAL El Camino Division title after tying with Milpitas and Santa Clara with a 10-2 record.
The Mountain View boys lost at home to Everett Alvarez 53-38 in the second round of the CCS Division I playoffs. Everett Alvarez was the No. 11 seed, while the Spartans played as the No. 6 seed. Mountain View (16-9) finished third in the SCVAL De Anza Division.
The Los Altos boys basketball team reached the second round of the Division I playoffs, losing away to Carlmont 75-58 Feb. 17. The Eagles (14-12) beat Evergreen Valley 69-65 Feb. 16 in the first round.
The Pinewood boys basketball team lost 66-53 to Shasta Feb. 22 in the Division V playoffs. Pinewood (14-13) was the No. 5 seed.
Soccer
The St. Francis girls soccer team won the CCS Division I title Saturday 2-1 after two second-half goals to come from behind. The Lancers are on an 11-game winning streak and have only lost one game this season. The Lancers are the No. 1 seed in Division I of the CIF Northern California state playoffs and host Carondelet at 5 p.m. Tuesday in the first round.
The Mountain View girls soccer team lost to Homestead 1-0 Saturday in the CCS Division II championship after a second-half goal from Jamie Nguyen. Mountain View (14-4-4) beat Pioneer 2-0 in the quarterfinals and Woodside 2-1 in the semis as the No. 1 seed after just missing out on Division I. The Spartans finished second in the SCVAL De Anza Division thanks to its eight senior starters. Striker Karena Shah scored her 58th career varsity goal against Woodside, which broke the school goal record for Mountain View. Shah has been a starter on the varsity team all four years and is committed to the University of Chicago to play soccer.
“She’s kind of the heart and soul of our offense and everything we have done for the last few years,” Mountain View head coach Jeff Panos said.
