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Soccer
Granada ladies have a good time an enormous upset
No. 16 seed Granada surprised top-seeded Monte Vista 1-0 within the first spherical of the North Coast Part Division I ladies soccer playoffs Wednesday evening.
Jordan Knight gave the guests the lead off a nook kick on a set piece with about quarter-hour to play.
Monte Vista completed the season 13-1-4.
Granada (5-10-5) superior to play at eighth-seeded Maria Carrillo within the quarterfinals on Saturday.
Monte Vista was 17-0-1 in opposition to Granada courting to 2011.
Within the MaxPreps period, which dates to 2004, Granada is 2-22-3 in opposition to the powerhouse from Danville.
In mid-December, Monte Vista beat Granada 4-0.
Granada coach Tessie Wagner-Pease mentioned after the match Wednesday that her workforce was lacking gamers within the earlier assembly due to COVID.
“We’ve been engaged on the psychological recreation all season,” she mentioned. “We’ve had the revolving door of gamers in, gamers out. So all the time having to continuously change and have gamers play totally different positions all season made an enormous distinction.”
Monte Vista coach Chris Lum credited Granada.
“They did very well,” he mentioned. “They did precisely what they have been speculated to do. They held robust. They bent however didn’t break.”
Each groups are members of the East Bay Athletic League.
Given the power of the league, Lum mentioned Granada was not a “true 16 seed.”
— Jesus Cano
Basketball
SJND boys pull off a stunner
For conventional powerhouse St. Joseph Notre Dame, this season has been nothing near conventional. The Pilots completed the common season 4-17 total and 0-11 in league play.
The Alameda college — a 16-time NCS champion and former residence of Corridor of Famer Jason Kidd — didn’t have to fret about ending .500 in its league, non-league, or inside its division to qualify for the playoffs as a result of the NCS suspended that bylaw this season.
SJND made the Division IV bracket as a No. 15 seed and was despatched 287.5 miles from residence to play second-seeded Arcata on Wednesday evening.
In a season of few triumphs, SJND discovered one close to the Oregon border.
The Pilots, who hadn’t gained since Dec. 28, prevailed 55-51 to advance to the quarterfinals on Saturday in opposition to No. 10 seed Stuart Corridor, which routed seventh-seeded Middletown 63-33.
SJND led 11-9 after the primary quarter and 23-13 at halftime.
The house workforce lower the deficit in half by the top of the third quarter however couldn’t keep away from the upset.
— Darren Sabedra
Open Division: Gettin’ all the way down to enterprise
The Open Division begins Thursday evening with 4 video games, two boys and two ladies. On the boys’ aspect, fourth-seeded Dublin (16-5) hosts No. 5 Northgate (19-6), with the winner visiting high seed Campolindo (23-1) subsequent Wednesday evening. A Dublin-Campo matchup can be about pretty much as good because it will get, with six of the highest recruits within the norcalpreps.com Bay Space rankings being featured. Dublin has junior guards Courtney Anderson Jr. and Donovan Cooks. Campo has the highest Bay Space prospect in senior guard Aidan Mahaney, together with 6-6 energy ahead Matt Radell, taking pictures guard Logan Robeson and guard Cade Bennett, who's the son of St. Mary’s School coach Randy Bennett. Dublin was the final NCS workforce to knock off Campolindo, 64-55, within the 2019-20 playoffs. Since then Campolindo has gained 25 in a row in opposition to NCS competitors, together with a 50-42 win over Dublin on Nov. 27.
The very best ladies matchup Thursday is perhaps third-seeded San Ramon Valley’s (24-3) go to to No. 6 Heritage (17-5). OK, why are the Wolves, with the higher file and better seed, on the highway? The NCS has a rule that league champions host within the first spherical of the playoffs, and Heritage gained the Bay Valley Athletic League. This recreation presents an actual hazard for San Ramon Valley. Each groups have big-time stars in Natalie Pasco for SRV and Amanda Muse for Heritage. However Muse simply is perhaps the very best faculty prospect within the Bay Space, boys or ladies. The 6-4 junior has obtained all types of faculty affords, and he or she has narrowed her decisions to 6. They embrace Stanford, UCLA, Oregon State, Washington, Duke and Notre Dame. Muse is averaging 17.3 factors, 10 rebounds and 4.2 blocked pictures per recreation. She will be able to take over contests. San Ramon Valley will counter with the Boise State-bound Pasco and sophomore guard Sierra Chambers. Will that be sufficient to beat the drawback of taking part in on the highway? The winner will go to No. 2 seed Salesian subsequent Wednesday. — Mike Lefkow
Boys: Salesian squeezes by Las Lomas
Second-seeded Salesian bought a fairly good scare from No. 15 seed Las Lomas on Wednesday evening earlier than squeezing previous the Knights 56-53. Salesian trailed by 4 factors early within the fourth quarter earlier than rallying. Sophomore Amani Johnson led the Satisfaction (10-8) with 17 factors. Salesian coach Invoice Mellis was beneficiant together with his reward for Las Lomas (9-17). “They’re well-coached and so they performed extraordinarily laborious,” Mellis mentioned. “We’re just a little banged up. A pair guys didn’t play. We’re simply attempting to climate the storm.” A stormy season it has been for Salesian. On Wednesday, ankle accidents stored Tyler Harris and 6-6 junior Emerson Jones on the sidelines. Freshman Alvin Loving injured his ankle through the recreation and 6-4 senior Austin Johnson was simply getting back from an ankle harm. “It’s been attention-grabbing,” Mellis mentioned. No less than it isn’t Covid. Salesian has solely performed 18 video games this season due to a Covid outbreak round Christmas that sidelined eight gamers, three assistant coaches and a workforce supervisor. Las Lomas did have an opportunity to tie Salesian on Wednesday, lacking a 3-pointer on the buzzer. Salesian performs American Canyon at Pinole Valley on Saturday. – Mike Lefkow
Women: St. Mary’s upsets Justin-Siena
No. 10 seed St. Mary’s bought 28 factors and 7 rebounds from star Anela Thomas and upset No. 7 Justin-Siena 53-50 in a Division IV first-round recreation. Thomas, a senior, is rated the Twenty third-best participant within the senior class by norcalpreps. The Panthers (9-9) wanted each considered one of Thomas’ factors after Jada Johnson suffered what coach Chris Toler referred to as a “vital” knee harm within the second quarter. He didn't say if she would be capable to play Saturday when the Panthers go to No. 2 seed Piedmont. … Alameda did a pleasant job of taking enterprise within the first spherical of Division II. The fifth-seeded ladies took care of No. 12 Rancho Cotate 73-41, and the boys, additionally seeded fifth, routed Acalanes 72-49. – Mike Lefkow