Athletes of the week

SOUTH BAY/PENINSULA

Alex Braken-Guelke, Los Gatos

Sport: Basketball

Position: Guard

Class: Senior

Finished with 36 points as second-seeded Los Gatos advanced to the Central Coast Section Division I semifinals with an 81-66 victory over 10th-seeded Evergreen Valley at Piedmont Hills. Braken-Guelke was consistently effective, scoring 18 points in each half. “He got hot,” Los Gatos coach Nick Ward said. Braken-Guelke had 31 points in the team’s previous game and began this week averaging 20.4 points per game.

Lucy Tang, Mountain View

Sport: Soccer

Position: Forward

Class: Senior

Led the second-seeded Spartans to a 2-0 win over Presentation in the quarterfinals of the Central Coast Section Open Division playoffs, scoring a goal in each half. The UC San Diegobound standout began this week with a team-best 21 goals on the season for the reigning Open Division champs. Tang has scored at least two goals in seven of her team’s 21 games. The quarterfinal win improved Mountain View’s record to 20-1.

EAST BAY

Robby Beasley, Dublin Sport: Basketball Position: Guard

Class: Sophomore

Less than a week after Amador Valley students serenaded him with chants of “Bye, bye, Beasley,” the Dublin star and his teammates roared back from a stunning one-point loss to the Dons in the East Bay Athletic League championship game with a dominant performance in the North Coast Section Division I quarterfinals. Beasley scored 29 points as Dublin advanced with a 72-37 victory on its home court.

Haley Van Dyke, Campolindo

Sport: Basketball

Position: Forward

Class: Senior

The Washington-bound star finished with 60 points to break her own North Coast Section scoring record as Campolindo defeated Moreau Catholic 73-50 in a Division III quarterfinal. Van Dyke was 27 of 42 from the field and 3 of 6 from beyond the 3-point arc. She set the previous record in January when she scored 56 in a win over Brookside Christian. Van Dyke began this week averaging 30.2 points per game.