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Issue #<strong>104</strong> • September 2022<br />
MHHS Coed Varsity Cross Country<br />
finishes 2nd place at Seawolf High<br />
mhmatters.net<br />
MHHS Girls Varsity Tennis Poised<br />
to Take-on The Season<br />
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On Saturday, September 3rd, the<br />
Mountain House High School<br />
Mustangs Cross Country Team<br />
traveled to Woodward Park in<br />
Fresno for the Seawolf Invitational.<br />
Run on the same course used for<br />
the State Championship meet, the<br />
Mustangs turned in strong performances<br />
in three races, despite the<br />
blistering heat.<br />
Senior Sophia Kwok represented<br />
the Varsity Girls team, bringing<br />
home a medal and running a solid<br />
race over the 5k distance in 22:52,<br />
for 10th overall.<br />
Three Mustang Junior Varsity girls ran the 3k course, with Corynne Vinson medaling and placing 4th,<br />
followed by Natalie Kwok in 19th and Abhirami Nair in 24th.<br />
The Varsity Boys fielded a full team and did not disappoint with their season opener, taking second<br />
place in the team competition. Top finisher was Yuji Buczynski, with a personal record (PR) over the<br />
5k course in 17:48 and 7th overall.<br />
Also competing for the Mustangs were Jerry Kenny, 11th, Siddharth Putta, 15th, Tirdaud Rejaly, 32nd,<br />
Amartya Poovaiah, 34th,. and Michael Rivello, 42nd. Putta, Rejaly, and Rivello all set PRs in the race.<br />
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The MHHS Varsity Girls Tennis Team concluded their pre-season at an even 2-2, before starting the<br />
regular season with big win, going 9-0 over Grace Davis, out of Modesto on August 31, 2022. It was<br />
their first home regular season match, and the Mustangs rackets were as hot as the temperature - which<br />
was in the high 90s. The Mustangs won 6 of the 9 matches with the score of 6-0, 6-0 and won the<br />
overall team match 9-0.<br />
Sophomore Akuokor Sai was the first<br />
one off the courts and won the Player<br />
of the Match award.<br />
On August 23, the Mustangs traveled<br />
all the way to Rocklin (2 hours away)<br />
to take on the #1 team in the entire<br />
Sac-San Joaquin section, the Rocklin<br />
Thunder. Not only did Rocklin win<br />
the Division 1 sectionals last year,<br />
they also won in 2015 and 2018.<br />
While Thunder dominated some<br />
matches, the Mustangs (only in our<br />
5th year of girls tennis) fought hard<br />
and made it a very competitive match<br />
losing 3-6 in blistering 100+ degree<br />
temperatures. In fact, the Mustangs<br />
were two (2) third set tie-breakers<br />
away from an epic upset.<br />
Sophomore Anya Palsson kicked off<br />
the scoring by winning her match at<br />
#5 singles 6-2, 6-4 and was awarded<br />
Sophomore Akuokor Sai won the Player of the Match award against Grace Davis<br />
the Player of the Match Award. Sophomore Anisha Pandey also won at #4 singles 7-6, 6-4.<br />
After falling behind 2-4 in the team match, the Mustangs needed to win all 3 of the remaining matches<br />
to score the upset. Sophomore twins Akweley and Akuokor Sai fought hard to come back from 1 set<br />
down to take the match to a third set tie-breaker but lost a close one to the Thunder #1 doubles team.<br />
Senior Jannat Baig and Junior Neha Bhaskarabhotla won their #3 doubles match in convincing fashion 6-1,<br />
6-3. Even though the Thunder had clinched the victory 5-3 at that point, all eyes were on the #1 singles<br />
match between the Mustang's Senior Captain Malvika Seth and the Thunder's #1 Erin Johnson. While<br />
Seth played masterfully in the first set winning 6-4, Johnson battled back and dominated the second set<br />
6-1. The third set tie-breaker was back and forth with several ties including at 6-6 and 7-7. In the end,<br />
Johnson blasted a powerful forehand by Seth while leading 9-8 to clinch the 3rd set tie-breaker 10-8.<br />
“While we did not win, I am proud of the way my players fought out there against the best team in the<br />
entire section,” said Coach Su.<br />
“I’m not too worried about wins and losses in the preseason. I only schedule matches against the<br />
toughest schools in the section to give my team some good competition so they can be more prepared<br />
for the regular season and playoffs” said Coach Su, in his 5th year as the Lady Mustangs head coach.
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