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Welcome to the Playbook!
It is time for another week of the 2025-26 prep sports year! The Playbook takes you inside the East Bay Athletic League, writing about outlooks, updates and insights into all the sports, along with profiles of athletes, and opinions regarding controversial issues in high school sport!
The Big Picture talks with the soccer coaches from both the CIF State D-II soccer title winners, the San Ramon Valley boys’ and girls’ teams.
EBAL Power Rankings feature the first polls of this season for baseball, softball and boys’ volleyball. What to Watch has some non-league baseball, as well as EBAL play for softball and volleyball. The Fast Five lets you get to know Foothill softball player Myra Galzie. Her favorite fast food restaurant scores some big points with the Playbook!
If you know of a great story, or have any questions, please reach out either by email at acesgolf@aol.com or by phone at 925-200-0719.
From the sidelines,
Dennis Miller, Playbook Editor
San Ramon Valley boys and girls win soccer state championships
Two improbable road runs to the state championship became a reality last Friday night when the boys’ and girls’ teams of San Ramon Valley claimed CIF State Division II soccer titles.
Power Rankings as of March 17.
EBAL SOFTBALL
1. California (3-1): I am giving the Grizzlies the benefit of the doubt where in my first poll. The lone loss was to Alameda by a 4-0 final.
2. Carondelet (4-1): The Cougars jumped out to a 4-0 start, then fell 7-3 to Clayton Valley. Cal beat Clayton 7-4.
3. Livermore (3-1): The Cowboys fell 3-1 to Alameda for their lone loss.
4. Foothill (6-2): The Falcons have lost to Clayton Valley and Berkeley. They fell 9-4 to Clayton.
5. Amador Valley (3-2-1): The Dons have dropped games to Tracy and Castro Valley. The tie came against Marin Catholic in the season-opener.
Others: Dublin 4-3, Granada 3-2, San Ramon Valley 3-3, Monte Vista 1-4, Dougherty Valley 0-3.
EBAL BASEBALL
1. De La Salle (1-3): The Spartans had a self-suspension of five games (three counted as forfeits) for violations of school policy, team rules and the code of conduct. When they finally got on the field over the weekend, they beat formerly unbeaten Elk Grove 6-0. The team to beat this year.
2. California (4-0-1): This may shake out differently as the season goes on, but the Grizzlies are getting it done early. The tie was with Piedmont.
3. Dublin (5-1): You can only play the teams on the other side of the diamond, and the Gaels are doing that well right now. The lone loss was to Wilcox of San Jose by a 5-2 final.
4. San Ramon Valley (3-1): The Wolves lost to College by a 2-1 final but did get a big win at Serra to open the season.
5. Monte Vista (4-2): The Mustangs dropped games to Washington and Alhambra but came back with a nice win over Clayton Valley.
Others: Amador Valley 3-3, Foothill 3-3, Granada 3-3, Livermore 2-4, Dougherty Valley 1-3.
EBAL BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL
1. Dublin (7-0, 1-0): The Gaels deserve the top spot for now as they have yet to lose a match this year.
2.Livermore (15-3, 1-1): The Cowboys did lose to San Ramon Valley in league but beat De La Salle in a tournament last weekend.
3. De La Salle (9-7, 2-0): The Spartans are near .500 overall but have played a tough schedule. Big game with Livermore on Tuesday night, then with Amador on Thursday.
4. California (5-3, 1-1): The Grizzlies lost to Livermore in league but then came back and beat Amador Valley 3-1.
5. Granada (11-3, 1-1): The Mats took out Foothill 3-1 in league but then fell 3-1 to De La Salle.
Others: Amador Valley (10-6, 1-1), Monte Vista (7-3, 0-2), San Ramon Valley (6-5, 1-0), Dougherty Valley (7-6, 0-2), Foothill (6-5, 1-1).
Today (March 17)
EBAL Baseball Non-league: Freedom at California, Vacaville at San Ramon Valley, both 4 p.m.
EBAL Softball: California at Monte Vista, Granada at Dublin, Livermore at Foothill, all 4 p.m.
EBAL Boys’ Volleyball: Dublin at Amador Valley, 5:30 p.m. California at San Ramon Valley, Granada at Foothill, both 6 p.m. Livermore at De La Salle, 6:30 p.m.
Tomorrow (March 18)
EBAL Baseball Non-league: Las Lomas at California, Heritage at Dublin, Kimball at Livermore, 4 p.m.
Thursday (March 19)
EBAL Baseball Non-league: Clayton Valley at Granada, Mt. Eden at San Ramon Valley 4 p.m.
EBAL Softball: San Ramon Valley at California, Foothill at Granada, 4 p.m.
EBAL Volleyball: Amador Valley at De La Salle, 6:30 p.m. Granada at San Ramon Valley, 7 p.m.
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Pleasanton Preps: Amador wrestler overcomes tough injury to win NCS crown
“It was an amazing – and improbable – 36 hours for Amador Valley wrestler Eliana Caro.”
Road warrior Wolves: Both SRVHS soccer teams advance to state championship games
For the town of Danville, Friday the 13th will have a non-superstitious meaning this year as the San Ramon Valley High boys’ and girls’ soccer teams will be playing for CIF State titles that day.
We interview high school athletes and coaches all the time. Occasionally we ask them questions that have nothing to do with sports. Here’s one:
Name: Myra Galzie
School and grade: Foothill (10th/sophomore)
Sport: Softball
Favorite streaming channel and favorite show: Disney+ / Anything “Star Wars” related
Favorite genre music and favorite performer: Music from the 2010s
Who is a must follow on social media: University of Washington Softball (uwsoftball).
Favorite fast-food restaurant and meal: Chick-fil-A / chicken nuggets
Favorite quote: “Trust the process.” (Former Philadelphia 76ers guard Tony Wroten is credited)
Do you have someone you want us to interview? Email us.
Dennis Miller is a veteran sports writer and editor, covering sports in the Tri-Valley for over 35 years. In addition to being the editor of Tri-Valley Preps Playbook, he has written a weekly column for Pleasanton Weekly and PleasantonWeekly.com, “Pleasanton Preps,” since 2011. Email him at sports@pleasantonweekly.com.
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