The Menlo boys tennis team has gotten off to a hot start with a 13-1 record. After two tournament wins — one being the Bill Shine Tennis Challenge and the other the Bay Area Classic — the team played a few matches before heading south to play in the All-American Invitational Boys High School Tennis Tournament in San Diego. The team reached the semifinal match but fell to 2024 California state champions University High School. They won the consolation match to place third in the tournament. “Placing third was not as we wanted but we played pretty well. The team that beat us just played better than us that day,” senior captain Lucas Ying said.

The Knights have resumed league play nicely with wins against The King’s Academy and Sacred Heart Prep. However, the team is looking to CCS playoffs. Last season, No. 1 seed Menlo lost to No. 5 seed Saratoga High School in the CCS semifinals, halting their hopes of participating in the first California Boys Tennis State Championship. “I think last year we took it for granted that other teams can come out and have a good day and that we can come out and have a bad day,” Ying said.

Ying applauds new head coach Francis Sargeant’s attitude toward the season, in addition to how practices are more structured. “He knows that all of us want to win really bad so he’s just trying to help guide us in the right direction, so we can do what we want to do.”

After a 2-3 start, the boys golf team rebounded, winning back-to-back matches to improve to a solid 4-3 record. This success comes despite the departure of 2024 WBAL Player of the Year Eric Yun (‘24). The team has relied on younger players to fill the gaps of seniors who graduated. “A lot of players this year have stepped up and made up for the loss,” Ying said.