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The Amador Valley boys’ volleyball team rolled to three straight wins last week, keeping a share of first place in the East Bay Athletic League’s Valley Division.
The Dons took straight-set wins over Dougherty Valley, Livermore and California.
The win over Dougherty Valley allowed the Dons to honor their eight seniors, with each playing well in the match. The seniors — Haard Shah, Spencer Thiel, Tyler Homes, Jackson Mello, Colin Bowers, Bryce Nohava, Luke Melvin and Nate Clinton — led the way on the court as the Dons beat the Wildcats.
One night later, Amador knocked off Livermore by a 25-18, 25-16, 25-17 score.
Highlights came from Parker Brookhart, the Amador libero (10 digs, 9 service points, while leading the team in passing), Max Riter (9 kills) and Nick Nayak (6 kills, 8 service points). Aidan Husenjnovic (3 blocks, 5 kills) was the leader in the middle.
In the match against Cal, the Dons got great plays from Ryan Bury, Aidan Lam, Jack Baer and Ryder Kuckein, as the Dons rolled over the Grizzlies 25-15, 25-12, 25-13.
Across town, the Foothill Falcons’ varsity team went 2-0 for the week and did so with a pair of straight-set wins.
First up was Granada, whom the Falcons beat 25-20, 25-21, 25-16. The highlights of the night came from Landen Meonske (22 assists, 9 digs, 4 blocks), Tyler Keala (13 kills, 2 aces) and Zach Seraj (9 service points, 8 kills).
The other win came 25-14, 25-13, 25-17 over Dougherty Valley. This time the highlights came from Noah Mitzenmacher (12 service points, 8 receptions), Jack Caudill (7 kills) and Ian Neuman (6 kills).
Amador swimming
Amador hosted Foothill for the final dual meet of the season, with the Dons taking all four of the levels — junior varsity and varsity for both boys and girls.
The JV won nine events, with freshman Susan Swyers leading the way winning both the 50 and 100 freestyles. She was also part of the winning 200 and 400 freestyle relays.
The JV boys won 10 events propelled by junior Colin Braga, who won the 100 individual medley and 50 fly. He was also part of the winning 200 medley and 200 freestyle relays.
The varsity girls won five events but were powered by a sweep in the 500 free led by freshman Lillyana Caples, followed by Mia Chang and Kylie Javier.
The Amador boys won seven events with Devyn Caples winning both the 100 butterfly and 500 free. He was also part of the winning 200 medley and 400 free relays.
Caroline Shimy won the JV girls’ 1-meter diving with Ben Lentz taking the varsity boys’ 1-meter.
Amador boys’ lacrosse
The Dons won both games they played last week.
They started the week with a 14-6 win over Dougherty Valley. Owen Heck had nine points (1 goal, 8 assists) and Hunter Selkow had eight points (3 goals, 5 assists) to lead the way for the Amador offense.
Reed Shaw played his first game of the season due to injury and scored two goals. Suvir Kheny and Alexander Santana also scored goals. On defense, Dillon Duke collected five ground balls and forced two turnovers.
In a 12-3 win over Dublin, Will Coultrip (5 goals, 2 assists), Brady Macisaac (3 goals, 1 assist) and Heck (2 goals, 2 assists) led the way on offense. Ayush Ahuja scored a goal and collected four ground balls. On defense, Duke collected six ground balls while Matteo Gervasoni forced four turnovers.
Amador baseball
The oldest rivalry in the EBAL saw Amador and Livermore split a pair of games last week.
In the first game of the week, the Cowboys pulled out a 2-1 win at Amador. The game was tied in the sixth inning when Livermore’s Ray Castillo sac fly scored their second run for the lead and win.
There was strong pitching for both teams, with Brady Lederer of Amador allowing six hits and two runs over five innings, striking out nine.
Livermore starter CJ Johnston gave up one run and three hits over seven innings, striking out nine.
Two days later, the Dons woke up and pounded out a 14-1 win at Livermore.
Amador rapped 17 hits in the game, led by Tyler Kubo. Kubo doubled in the second and singled in the third, fifth, sixth and seventh innings, finishing 5-for-6.
Additional multiple-hit players included Riley Borges (4), Mitch Kreider (2) and Ross Kobayashi (2).
Matthew Foley got the victory for the Dons, allowing one run on two hits over six innings. He struck out four and walked one. Tyler Trudeau, Bobby Alvear and Josh Rodriguez pitched for the Cowboys.
Editor’s note: Dennis Miller is a contributing sports writer for the Pleasanton Weekly. To contact him about his Pleasanton Preps column, email acesmag@aol.com.
Editor’s note: Dennis Miller is a contributing sports writer for the Pleasanton Weekly. To contact him about his Pleasanton Preps column, email acesmag@aol.com.
