On the evening of April 8, Irie O’Donnell’s phone chimed. Her former head coach, Andrew Cumbo, reached out to the former midfielder the following day to ask for assistance at Las Positas. O’Donnell had been working with Cumbo and the women's soccer…
It happened completely by chance. James Giacomazzi ran into the towering, seven-foot Luka Galić in the Colfax High School gym in Sacramento. Galić was visiting his friend, MVP guard Diego Maldonado. They were there to meet up and work out.
The Las…
CUPERTINO, CALIF. — In competitive swimming, tech suits serve as performance boosters: reducing drag, compressing muscles and improving efficiency. It can be enough to deliver a 2% to 3% edge over a standard suit.
That’s why freshman Filuka Houborg, who was confident…
The ball never seemed fully under control.
Rolling from a throw-in to a backheel and into open space until it reached Jesus “Chuy” Lua’s feet.
In one motion, he pushed forward, made a shot fake that froze the defender, and then drove…
The 400 individual medley is not Logan Borrelli’s comfort zone. It’s a longer distance than normal and requires all of the strokes—not just his specialty: backstroke.
That’s why, at the 2026 Hawk Invite, held March 27–28, swim and dive head coach Jason…
Arguably the greatest season in the history of the Hawks program came in 2017. The collection of talent and endurance swept away head coach Jason Craighead.
Diver Valentina Barbalinardo won two medals at the state championships that year, silver in the one-meter…
By the end of the Bob Miyashiro Invitational, the 13-school swim tournament at Santa Rosa Junior College, two names could not be missed: Samantha Fehr and Filuka Houborg.
Fehr, the sophomore breaststroke specialist, and Houborg, the freshman sensation, stole the spotlight with…
Ainsley Wade was on the brink of throwing in the towel.
The challenge of balancing two sports —volleyball and diving — led her to turn away from competing at a higher level. She did not want to transfer to compete. She felt…
The Las Positas standout and All-American honoree moves to NCAA Division II after a dominant sophomore season in goal.
On March 9, Sahib Sandhu — starting goalkeeper of the Las Positas men's soccer team — announced his commitment to play at Chico…
Ted Bigg-Wither couldn’t believe it when he heard the whistle. He knew he was in trouble, along with his Hawks.
“Oh my god,” was all he could muster.
With five minutes left in Saturday’s home playoff game, the Hawks’ starting center fouled…