2025 Fall Sports Round Up

By: Scarlett Pearson ’26, Emi Green ’26, and Samantha Scott ’26, The Crozier student journalists. Photos by Home Team Sports Photo and Dennis Mockel.

As the fog rolls into the Bay, the air begins to get colder, and suddenly, the fall sports season is ending. All of O’Dowd’s fall sports teams are coming to an end. Thank you for a great and entertaining season, Dragon athletes!

Cheer

The cheer team has had many injuries this season, causing the need to redo and polish routine, having to learn new steps, and more. Through all of that, the team persevered, placing first in their recent competition against eight other teams! Besides that, they were nailing it on the sidelines at football games. Whether it was getting the crowd excited or cheering on the players, the cheer team showed relentless dragon spirit this season!

Girls and Boys Cross Country

The Dragons wrapped up another strong cross-country regular season. Additionally, the girls placed 5th at WACC, with two O’Dowd runners placing in the top five spots, Isabella Rodgers and Lucy King. Senior Sebastian Taylor ’26 defended his league title by taking first place in the league for the second straight year. This was the third consecutive WACC league championship win for the boys. Now, the Dragons head into NCS where the boys look to place in the top four and the girls in the top three, to punch their ticket to the state meet for the second year in a row.

The NCS championship takes place Saturday, November 22, at Hayward High School. The boys race at 10:30am and the girls race at 12:00pm.

Football

The football team finished its regular season with a 6-4 record, earning Co-Championship honors in the WACC league. With three new transfers this season, the team has had some new talent on the field, which has benefited them. The team was named WACC Co-Champions and has the NCS Division VI semi-finals playoff game on Friday, November 21st at St. Helena High School at 7:00pm. Follow @odowdathletics on Instagram for up-to-date information.

Girls Golf

The girls' golf season has come to a fantastic end, with the team being the WACC League Champions. Hayley Fong ’28 scored the lowest score in O’Dowd girls' golf history, a 66! Thank you, ladies, for a wonderful season. The team also competed in the NCS playoffs in Windsor.

Girls Tennis

The O’Dowd girls' tennis team has kept on rolling this fall. They built on their strong start and tournament success in Fresno. After opening the season 4-2, the Dragons found their groove with steady wins and standout play all throughout the season. They competed in the NCS finals with a sweep in Santa Rosa against Maria Carrillo High School, led by seniors Sonja Abid ’26 and Coco Moody ’26, who each won 6-0, 6-0. The team went on to compete in the NCS Division II finals and won the championship - the program’s first-ever NCS championship title!

Girls Volleyball

The Girls Volleyball team had a great season! They were this year’s WACC Co-Champions and qualified for NCS D1! Though they were unfortunately knocked out in the first round, our players still put up a great fight and had an accomplished season!

Girls & Boys Water Polo

The water polo season finished with the boys team losing in the NCS quarterfinals against Granada in a close game, 12-15. Still, we are very proud of them, as it is the first time in recent years that they have qualified. A quick shout-out to our First team All-Conference players, Varsity Girl Riley Welch ’28, and Varsity Boy Jake Hyde ’27. Great job this year, Dragons!

Great job, athletes! We are already looking forward to next fall!