As Aragon athletes enter the locker rooms to prepare for afternoon practice, swimmers put on their suits, snap on their goggles, and pull on their swim caps and get ready for a hard day’s swim. The season is coming to an end and the swim team members reflect on the season, and get ready for upcoming CCS finals.
The spring boys’ tennis season is just getting started, and Aragon is making great headway in their wins over other schools. Aragon has won three out of four league games so far, only getting beaten by Carlmont 6-1. In the non-league games, Aragon won against Riordan 7-0, but lost against both Serra 1-6, and Palo Alto 2-5. Despite these losses, the Aragon boys’ tennis team has a promising outlook for this year.
Undefeated thus far in the season, Aragon’s badminton team continued their winning streak in a 14-1 victory in their match against Jefferson High School on Tuesday, April 12. Put simply, “[the match] wasn’t a huge challenge,” says sophomore Nicky Tao.
Last Thursday, April 14, Mills High School hosted a meet with the Aragon track and field team. Aragon’s 90 members beat Mills’ and ended up with 60 personal records and 76 improvements. “The pole-vaulters did really well because they did not have a pole-vaulting team, so all the girls placed,” says Junior Jonathan Pan.
On April 15, while most other students were prepping for the Prom, the Aragon Varsity Baseball team met the Menlo Atherton Bears for the second time this season. The Dons have had a difficult season so far, with their PAL record of 1 win, 5 losses, and 0 ties (1-5-0). In the past three years the Dons have always made it to CCS; however, this year, loss of player Sam Tuivailala, who was recruited by the St. Louis Cardinals, seems to have changed the team dynamics.
Winning the match against Menlo-Atherton was a big deal for Aragon’s boys golf team because Menlo-Atherton is ranked second in the league and Aragon is behind them in third place. Aragon Boys Golf Coach Guy Oling said, “I was so proud of the way they played and came together that day.”