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Woodside Priory's big basketball successWith players from three Eastern European countries, one would think that the Woodside Priory boy's basketball team would...
Original post made on Feb. 10, 2008Last comment by CrocHunter, on Feb 13, 2008 at 5:02 pm | 4 comments | 8214 Views
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Vikings Pop Warner football: week 3<I>This report is from Adam Greenlow of Menlo Park, a player on the Junior Midgets Vikings team. He is an eighth-grader at...
Original post made on Sep. 22, 2010Last comment by Bob, on Sep 23, 2010 at 9:45 am | 4 comments | 5741 Views
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Vikings Pop Warner football reportThe Menlo-Atherton Vikings of the Pop Warner football league played the Berkley Jr. Bears in the fourth week of the season...
Original post made on Sep. 29, 2009Last comment by Paul, on Sep 29, 2009 at 6:44 pm | 3 comments | 5354 Views
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AYSO players win area championshipFor the second year in a row, the Menlo Park-Atherton AYSO Region 109 boys-under-19 (BU19) team won the interregional 2A/2J...
Original post made on Nov. 18, 2007Last comment by Alice Hom, on Nov 21, 2007 at 2:01 pm | 3 comments | 6677 Views
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Draeger's is Alpine Minor League champion<I>Report by Kirt Thomson, Draeger's coach.</I></B> Read the full story here http://www.almanacnews.com/story.php?story_id=4662...
Original post made on Nov. 2, 2008Last comment by ryan klapper, on Jun 2, 2010 at 9:04 am | 3 comments | 5629 Views
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Menlo rolls to NorCal tennis championshipIt should have been an exciting time for members of the Menlo School boys' tennis team, when they wrapped up the program's...
Original post made on May. 26, 2009Last comment by Menlo Park resident, on May 28, 2009 at 11:24 am | 3 comments | 5723 Views
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Stanford grad Heisick takes over M-A swim programSpieker Pool at Menlo-Atherton High is presently empty and undergoing repairs and renovation. It couldn't be more appropriate,...
Original post made on Dec. 19, 2012Last comment by Disgruntled M-A Grad, on Dec 21, 2012 at 3:10 pm | 3 comments | 6096 Views
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Menlo-Atherton has a new head swim coach this seasonPrep notes: Just one season after guiding the Menlo-Atherton girls' swim team to a fourth-place finish at the Central Coast...
Original post made on Feb. 22, 2014Last comment by Old MP, on Feb 25, 2014 at 2:44 pm | 3 comments | 7620 Views
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M-A rolls over Aragon, into CCS football finalsThe Menlo-Atherton football team is at the doorstep of perhaps its second Central Coast Section championship since 2002....
Original post made on Nov. 27, 2007Last comment by Poster, on Dec 1, 2007 at 11:59 am | 3 comments | 6716 Views
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College-bound teen takes blue ribbon on last rideWoodside resident Avery Corley, 18, won the championship ribbon in the Junior Hunter Classic at the Menlo Charity Horse Show...
Original post made on Aug. 20, 2012Last comment by just curious, on Aug 20, 2012 at 12:27 pm | 3 comments | 5804 Views
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The 'Voice of Stanford Stadium' is silencedEdward H. Macaulay, who at one time resided in Menlo Park for 35 years, made a name for himself with his voice. Anyone who...
Original post made on Jan. 23, 2011Last comment by Chris Preimesberger, on Jan 25, 2011 at 5:38 pm | 3 comments | 7827 Views
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Woodside Vaulters club takes top honors at national championships in Lexington<I>This story was submitted by Carrie Wick, a spokesperson for the Woodside Vaulters.</I></B> Read the full story here http://www.almanacnews.com/story.php?story_id=8437...
Original post made on Aug. 12, 2009Last comment by WoodsideV, on Aug 23, 2009 at 12:02 pm | 3 comments | 6129 Views
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Pop Warner: Redwood City 49ers win regional titleThe Redwood City 49ers Junior Pee Wees won the Pop Warner football Pacific Northwest Regional Championship in the 10-11 age...
Original post made on Nov. 28, 2011Last comment by the realone, on Nov 28, 2011 at 10:35 pm | 3 comments | 7959 Views
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Marathon spirit: Three Menlo Park runners participate in the race where it all startedIntrigued by the origin of the marathon — the 26.2-mile race Arlene McCarthy and I had each run elsewhere 10 times...
Original post made on Dec. 12, 2007Last comment by Cara, on Dec 17, 2007 at 7:47 am | 3 comments | 5732 Views
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Girls basketball team wins district titleThe California Crush, a third-grade girls basketball team made up of players from Menlo Park and Atherton, recently won...
Original post made on May. 22, 2014Last comment by Delaney Ball, on Jun 20, 2014 at 4:04 pm | 3 comments | 6543 Views
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Track coach charged with threatening kidsA longtime assistant cross-country coach at Menlo-Atherton High School is facing misdemeanor charges in a racially charged...
Original post made on Aug. 19, 2009Last comment by M-A Bear Class of 2000, on Aug 20, 2009 at 9:51 pm | 3 comments | 4228 Views
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SHP's Gaa is named the MVP on All- WBAL soccer teamFour-year starter Reid Gaa helped the Sacred Heart Prep boys' soccer team run the table in the West Bay Athletic League this...
Original post made on Mar. 26, 2010Last comment by Vannina Champenois, on Mar 26, 2010 at 8:30 am | 3 comments | 8880 Views
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SHP rallies past Panthers; Paly, M-A, Menlo all winPrep basketball: Tevin Panchal scored 13 of his 18 points in the fourth quarter to rally host Sacred Heart Prep past Eastside...
Original post made on Jan. 23, 2017Last comment by Rick, on Jan 23, 2017 at 7:38 pm | 3 comments | 3678 Views
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Charity horse show set for Aug. 9-14The 41st annual Menlo Charity Horse Show will take place Aug. 9 to 14 at the Menlo Circus Club, 190 Park Lane in Atherton....
Original post made on Aug. 3, 2011Last comment by Sarah, on Aug 3, 2011 at 4:38 pm | 3 comments | 4375 Views
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Three top area athletes are headed to Stanford University next yearThree Stanford men's teams could very well be strengthened next fall by the addition of three top area athletes who have...
Original post made on Oct. 22, 2009Last comment by bigger stanford fan, on Nov 12, 2009 at 8:11 am | 3 comments | 5356 Views
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