Dear St. Francis Families,
Thank you to those who came to the August 19th Broncos vs. 49’ers game at Levi’s Stadium. Over 100 people from the St. Francis community went up to support Ty Sambrailo and because we had so many our current St. Francis varsity football team got to go on the field for the national anthem. Also, the 49’ers generously donated half of the ticket price back, which totaled just under $2,000, to St. Francis to support the football and cheer team’s trip to Oregon as our Sharks took on La Salle. Also an update on Ty, the Atlanta Falcons have traded for him and Ty is on the active roster. This last Sunday night at 5:30 pm the Falcons host the Green Bay Packers and the game will be on NBC. Ty #74 and he already got minutes playing with the new team and under a new system.
Shark fans, Fall sports are in full swing as we now enter SCCAL and MTAL league play! For game/match/meet schedules, please look at the athletics calendar on stfrancishigh.net. If you have any questions feel free to contact Athletic Director Adam Hazel at [email protected]. All the game schedules also can be found on the following link: http://www.stfrancishigh.net/apps/news/article/732670. Game times and locations are subject to change.
Girls tennis is off to a hot start and just won their first league match over SLV. The Sharks also won their first match of the year over Marin. The Sharks now roll into SCCAL matches with hopes of putting up more banners.
The boys and girls Cross Country team has competed in three races so far, the San Benito Dry River Run, the Watermelon Run in Watsonville and the Chieftain Invitational in Salinas. The St. Francis Cross Country team set several school records in the San Benito Dry River Invitational. Senior James Young set a senior school record with a 12:21 mark. Junior E.J. Kelly finished in 2nd place at 10:42 which broke the overall school record. Juniors Frank Song and Mathieu Morin also ran strong races for the Sharks. Sophomore Paul Kane cracked the top-10 metal platform with a Sophomore record 11:48. Julian Wolfe and Miguel Garcia also competed well for the Sharks. For the women, Junior Natalie Henn led the way with a 16:02. Bell Zheng also finished strong for St. Francis. At the Chieftain Invitational Sophomore Camryn Ryan took home a 3rd place medal.
Volleyball is off to a 5-2 start with wins over Kirby, North Monterey County, Oakwood, Greenfield and Anzar. The Sharks host the St. John Bosco Invitational Saturday September 16th with matches beginning at 8:30 am in the Borina Athletic Center. Come out and support your Sharks!
The football and cheer teams are home from taking on La Salle of Oregon. The varsity football team is off to a great 2-1 start with shutout wins over Pajaro Valley and California School for the Deaf. The Sharks fell 20-7 to La Salle up in Oregon. While the Sharks were in Oregon the football and cheer teams did a stadium tour of Providence Park, the home of the Portland State Vikings, MLS Portland Timbers and Women’s Professional Team the Portland Thorns. The Sharks also did a college tour at Lewis & Clark College in Portland and got to go to a Nike Factory store. We also got a visit from Shark alum class of ‘17 and current Linfield College Point Guard Sandor Rene Rodriguez. Now travel to take on Pacific Grove Friday night September 15th at 7:30 pm. After that the Sharks will have homecoming on Saturday September 23rd vs. Marina. It will be varsity only vs. Marina as Marina is not fielding a JV team, kickoff for the homecoming game is 2 pm and it will be the Sharks first game in the MTAL Coastal Division.
Booster passes will be going on sale and are available at football and volleyball games. You can also contact Athletic Director Adam Hazel to order this year’s booster pass. Thank you to those who have already bought booster passes.