Gryphons Rising Hustle and Heart

How You Win Matters

Become your best self through participation in competitive athletics. Aligned with a commitment to excellence in academics, you’ll focus on personal growth and skill development by cultivating discipline, sportsmanship, leadership, teamwork and character. Whether you’re a spectator or participant, each game is an opportunity to witness the passion and drive of a Gryphon and share in community spirit and pride.

Go to a Game | Find Your Team

The Way of the Gryphons

Excellence
Professional coaching, skill development and competition thrive in tandem with academic excellence. First class field, court, and training facilities are just steps away from the classrooms.

Opportunity
Gryphons choose among 26 teams in 9 sports for Middle School, and 24 teams in 11 sports for Upper School.

Versatility
As a Gryphon, you have the opportunity to play multiple sports across the school year, and across your school career. 

Possibility
Whether you’re an All-Star or just getting started, there’s a competitive team for every Gryphon.

Support
If you’re committed to a sport beyond school, Crystal has training facilities and sports medicine expertise that support your passion for athletics.
    • volleyball

      20+

      league, 11 CCS, and 5 State Championships since 2020

    • Persistence and effort are what matters.

      320

      All-League Performers since 2020

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Upcoming Games Cheer us on!

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Varsity Girls Basketball at San Mateo HS

Non-League
San Mateo High School
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Varsity Boys Basketball at South San Francisco HS

Non-League
South San Francisco High School
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JVB 1 Blue MS Boys Basketball Game vs HCS

League
vs.
Highlands Christian School
San Bruno Recreation (Veterans Memorial Recreation Center)
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VB 1 Blue MS Boys Basketball Game vs Harker

League
vs.
Harker
Harker School - Union Campus
Home

VA MS Boys Basketball Game vs TKA

League
vs.
The Kings Academy
MS Gym - MS Gymnasium - Gym
Home

JVA MS Boys Basketball Game vs TKA

League
vs.
The Kings Academy
MS Gym - MS Gymnasium - Gym
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JV Boys Basketball at St. Francis (Watsonville)

Non-League
St Francis Central Coast Catholic HS - Watsonville
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Varsity Boys Basketball at St. Francis (Watsonville)

Non-League
St Francis Central Coast Catholic HS - Watsonville

Middle School Campus:  Belmont

Tony Komsan Gymnasium & Sports Facilities
  • PE/Athletics office
  • Turf field
  • Sports court
  • GaGa Ball pits

Upper School Campus:  Hillsborough

The Gryphon Center
Providing our students with the finest training facilities available in the Bay Area:

  • 3,200 square foot Fitness Center (weight room)
  • Private room for one-on-one health risk appraisals
  • Athletic & attendance offices
  • School counselor's office
  • 3 Classrooms
  • Mirrored dance studio
  • 2 full-size basketball courts (6 baskets per court)
  • 2 competitive volleyball courts (with two additional practice courts)
  • 7 badminton courts
  • Student and faculty locker rooms
  • Team rooms
  • Athletic trainer's office and room for injury evaluation, treatment and rehabilitation
  • Five-station climbing wall with multiple routes and varying levels of difficulty
Adjacent to the Gryphon Center is a synthetic turf field, and on the other side are three tennis courts.

Our Athletics Department Leadership

List of 5 members.

  • Photo of Chris Wade

    Chris Wade 

    Director of Athletics
  • Photo of Lou Kim

    Lou Kim 

    Associate Head for Institutional Programs and Initiatives, 9th Grade Team Lead
  • Photo of Japheth Cato

    Japheth Cato 

    Associate Director of Athletics
  • Photo of Chloe Robinette

    Chloe Robinette 

    Associate Director of Athletics
  • Photo of Patti Syvertson

    Patti Syvertson 

    Director of Sports Medicine, Mind Body Department Chair

Athletics - Journey Onward

This is the start of Your Journey

Contact

Admission Questions:  admission@crystal.org

Middle School

10 Davis Drive, Belmont, CA 94002
650-645-1000

Upper School

400 Uplands Drive, Hillsborough, CA 94010
650-342-4175
Nondiscriminatory Policy: Crystal Springs Uplands School admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.

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