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Baseball
WCAL playoffs
Valley Christian received the West Catholic Athletic League’s regular-season championship final week.
Thursday, the Warriors will go for the outright title.
They superior to the ultimate of the league playoffs on Tuesday with a 9-2 victory at residence over Archbishop Riordan as Michael Castaneda and Jacob Hudson hit residence runs to paved the way.
Valley (25-3) will face Archbishop Mitty, which received on its residence subject 8-3 over St. Francis on Tuesday behind two hits from Luka Brocilo and two RBIs from Makoa Sniffen.
If Mitty (21-6) wins at Valley on Thursday, the groups will share the league title.
The playoff format was arrange in another way than earlier years as a result of 4 groups – Bellarmine, Sacred Coronary heart Cathedral, St. Ignatius and Serra – tied for fourth place.
The league receives 5 computerized qualifiers for the Central Coast Part playoffs and would doubtless get a sixth group into the postseason as an at-large.
However a seventh group advancing appears unlikely.
So as a substitute of holding a conventional eight-team bracket, the league put the 4 groups that tied for fourth in their very own bracket, seeding them by a draw.
On Tuesday, St. Ignatius received at Bellarmine 5-0 and Sacred Coronary heart Cathedral prevailed at residence over Serra 5-4.
On Wednesday, SI beat SHC 6-4 for fourth place – behind Valley, Mitty, St. Francis – and Bellarmine defeated Serra 2-1.
Serra completed seventh and can doubtless miss the CCS playoffs.
Thursday, SHC will play at Bellarmine for fifth place.
In SI’s win over Bellarmine, Archer Horn allowed three hits in 5 ⅔ innings and Beau Schaffer closed out the Bells the remainder of the way in which as SI improved to 15-11.
Bellarmine is 14-11-1.
SHC rallied in its sport towards Serra, scoring 4 within the backside of the fifth to erase a 4-1 deficit.
Barclay Ovalle went 2 for two with a house run and two RBIs to steer SHC (14-13).
Serra fell to 14-10.
EBAL playoffs
San Ramon Valley and Granada superior to the semifinals of the East Bay Athletic League playoffs with victories at residence on Tuesday.
SRV was all the way down to its final out within the backside of the seventh towards Foothill when Julian Cambra doubled to drive in two runs to even the rating.
The Wolves received the sport 3-2 an inning later when Marco Jones singled with the bases loaded and no person out.
Granada beat California 8-5 because the Matadors took command with two runs within the first and 5 within the second.
Parker Warner had two hits, together with a house run, and Tommy Brown, Ben Johnston, Colin Johnston and Riley Winchell every had two hits and an RBI as Granada upped its report to 19-6.
Within the semifinals on Wednesday, Granada will play at De La Salle and SRV (16-9) will go to Amador Valley. DLS and Amador had opening-round byes.
The winners will advance to the ultimate Friday.
Pioneer 1, Leland 0
Pioneer’s junior ace Nathan Tichy tossed a whole sport towards Leland, hanging out 9 and permitting solely two hits within the BVAL Mt. Hamilton Division sport.
That wonderful efficiency helped preserve Pioneer alive within the league title race.
Sophomore Andre Valdespino drove within the sport’s solely run within the fourth inning. He completed 2 for 3 with a double.
The win improved Pioneer to 15-8-1 and 11-6 within the league, whereas Leland slid to 11-14, 7-9.
If Pioneer wins at residence towards Leland and Leigh loses at Dwell Oak on Thursday, Pioneer will seize a share of the title with not less than Leigh and Dwell Oak. Branham additionally will declare a chunk of the championship if it beats Sobrato.
Berkeley 4, Alameda 3
Berkeley obtained two hits apiece from William Chang, Leo Asfar, Nikhil Beasley and Manny Selles to slide previous Alameda and advance within the West Alameda County Convention Foothill Division playoffs.
Berkeley fell behind 2-0 however tied it up with two runs within the high of the fifth inning. Alameda (11-13) retook the lead within the backside of the fifth, however Berkeley (17-7) stormed again to attain the ultimate two runs of the sport.
Berkeley’s Daniel Beadles pitched all seven innings, with the junior hanging out 4 and permitting two earned runs.
Sacred Coronary heart Prep 2, San Mateo 1
The Gators clinched the PAL Ocean Division championship as sophomore Devin Saltzgaber improved to 11-0 after pitching 5 innings and never permitting an earned run.
Fellow sophomore Connor Schmalzle earned the save by throwing two scoreless innings in reduction. Senior Conrad Wilbur had two hits and each of SHP’s RBIs.
The win improved Sacred Coronary heart Prep to 19-6-1 and 12-1, whereas San Mateo drops to 8-15 and 5-8.
Softball
EBAL playoffs
San Ramon Valley 4, Granada 3
The Wolves punched their ticket to the EBAL title sport with a come-from-behind victory in a showdown between two Prime 10 groups within the Bay Space Information Group’s rankings.
Granada (19-5) obtained on the board first, scoring three runs within the backside of the second. Hannah Temple drove in a single run on a groundout, Alecsis Phillips drove in one other on a single into heart and Madison Hom bunted the final run in.
SRV (19-5) answered within the very subsequent inning, beginning the rally with an Ava Lyons RBI single. With the bases loaded, senior pitcher Paige McLeod drove a bases-clearing double into proper subject to offer the Wolves the lead.
McLeod shut out Granada’s prolific bats the remainder of the way in which, tossing a whole sport and hanging out eight.
San Ramon Valley will host Amador Valley on Thursday within the EBAL championship.
Amador Valley 6, California 0
Amador Valley’s unimaginable run has continued all the way in which to the EBAL title sport after it went on the street and defeated a scorching scorching California group that had received eight in a row.
Now winners of eight consecutive video games themselves, the Dons loved an incendiary pitching efficiency from Kaylee Davis, who struck out 16 of 27 batters confronted and allowed simply 5 hits in a whole sport.
She labored with a 1-0 lead till the Dons put 5 runs on the board within the fifth inning.
Amador Valley (15-10) had 11 hits, all singles. Aleena Helms, Caydence Likeness and McKenna Charbonneau every had two hits apiece.
Charbonneau had two RBIs, Mai Falcone scored two runs, and Helms, Oxe and Neves every drove in a single run.
Third baseman Noelani Ching had two hits for California, and leadoff hitter Alyssa Villarde hit a triple.
After beginning the season 3-8, Amador Valley will compete for the league title on Thursday.
Capuchino 3, Hillsdale 0
Three first-inning runs have been all Capuchino ace pitcher Nohemi Livingston wanted to get the victory over PAL Bay Division opponent Hillsdale, as she held the San Mateo college to 4 hits and walked none in a whole sport.
Avery Motroni drove in two runs on a fly ball into left subject. Then junior Katalina Ngaluafe helped one other runner get throughout residence plate by hitting a popup that was mishandled by the protection. Hillsdale pitcher Lexi Kuka was flawless in any other case, permitting only one hit during the last six innings.
Capuchino, winners of eight in a row, is 22-4 and is in first place within the league with an 11-2 report. Hillsdale, third within the PAL Bay with a 9-5 report, is 15-5 total.
Willow Glen 4, Westmont 1
Willow Glen remains to be in rivalry for the BVAL Mt. Hamilton Division title after defeating visiting Westmont.
Freshman Alanna Clincy was dominant for the Rams, hanging out 17 and permitting simply 4 hits in a whole sport. It was her fourth sport of the season with double-digit strikeouts.
Senior Aleki Ulu and freshman Lea Crawford every had two hits, and Clincy, sophomore Sienna Wilson and Faamaai Ulu every had an RBI.
Willow Glen (18-6) is now tied with Westmont (17-7) at 10-3 within the division. Willow Glen hosts Santa Teresa on Thursday and Westmont travels to Branham on the identical day to shut out the common season.
Lacrosse
NCS boys
In Division I, No. 1 De La Salle took down No. 4 Vista Del Lago 17-10, whereas No. 2 Redwood routed No. 6 Monte Vista 14-6 within the different semifinal. De La Salle and Redwood will play for the part championship on Thursday at 7 p.m. at De La Salle.
In Division II, No. 1 Tamalpais dispatched of No. 4 Justin-Siena 15-8 to arrange a championship showdown with No. 3 Piedmont, which defeated No. 2 Acalanes 9-8 of their semifinal. That sport may even be performed at Tamalpais at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday.
NCS women
In Division I, No. 1 San Ramon Valley (23-0) simply maintained its unbeaten report with an 18-5 win towards visiting No. 5 Redwood. SRV will play No. 2 Oak Ridge, which defeated No. 3 Amador Valley. San Ramon Valley will host that 7 p.m. sport on Thursday.
In Division II, No. 3 Campolindo upset No. 2 Marin Academy 7-6 to advance to the championship, the place it'll face No. 1 Tamalpais after the Purple-Tailed Hawks crushed College-SF 20-6. Campo will journey to Tamalpais for a Thursday sport at 5:30 p.m.
Boys volleyball
CCS playoffs
The highest seeds within the Open Division, St. Francis and Archbishop Mitty, each superior to the semifinals, with St. Francis beating No. 8 Mountain View 3-0 and Mitty defeating No. 7 Cupertino 3-1.
Mitty will play No. 3 Valley Christian, which defeated Santa Cruz 3-1. St. Francis will play No. 5 Sacred Coronary heart Cathedral, which defeated No. 4 Homestead 3-2.
In Division I, No. 6 Monta Vista will play at No. 2 Branham in a single semifinal. Within the different, No. 5 Carlmont will journey to No. 1 Bellarmine.
In Division II, No. 3 Monterey will play at No. 2 Carmel, and No. 5 Harbor will journey to No. 1 Harker within the different semifinal.
NCS playoffs
In Division I, No. 3 Amador Valley will play at No. 1 Foothill. In Division II, No. 4 De La Salle will journey to No. 3 Northgate.
In Division III, No. 1 Bishop O’Dowd will host No. 2 Moreau Catholic, and in Division IV, No. 1 Berean Christian will host No. 2 California Crosspoint. All 4 matches will begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday.