There is only one guarantee when it comes to the Hillsdale-Menlo School matchup in Atherton at 2:30 Saturday afternoon: the Knights will win.

If you only started following the Peninsula high school athletics scene in the last couple of years, Hillsdale athletics has been solid.

It’s said that when you love something, set it free, and if it comes back, it was meant to be. This is the case for many Hillsdale alumni who come back to work at their alma mater, proving true their love for the white and blue.

Castilleja, with first-year head coach Amy Chinn, took round one of what figures to be a season-long, three-way battle for supremacy of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division girls water polo race.

Make your choice for the top performance among girls high school athletes in the Bay Area News Group’s coverage area from Aug. 23-Aug. 28.

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Having recently finished his freshman year at Hillsdale, Mayol enlisted with San Francisco-based Top Tier Baseball this summer. The 14-year-old has kept a busy travel schedule, pitching on the national Perfect Game circuit with the Top Tier 16U team,

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