The Amador Valley girls soccer team rolled to three wins last week, moving to 8-0 on the season and climbing up to a No. 9 ranking in California.
The Dons started the week on Dec. 12, taking down East Bay Athletic League opponent Dublin 2-1 on a cold night. Keara Greenan scored the first goal followed by another goal from defender Hannah Landel on a corner kick to put the Dons up 2-0 at half.
From there the Dons defense hung on in the second half for the 2-1 win.
Two nights later, Amador took on another EBAL rival, this time beating Livermore 4-0.
The scoring was paced by Sydney DeVor who had a pair of goals. Midfielders Kieran Wallace (goal and an assist) and Molly Murphy (goal) also had a great night.
Once again, the defense locked up the Livermore team, with goalie Bailee Alvarez-Walls getting the shutout.
The week ended with a 2-0 win over a strong Clovis North team from Fresno.
Again Alvarez-Walls was up to the task with a shutout. The defense has remained consistently strong throughout the season, led by sophomore center defender Julia Gonsman. Goal scorers for Amador were defender Michaela Riter and midfielder Wallace. Isabella Mayo provided the assist on Wallace’s goal.
Foothill girls soccer
Foothill opened its EBAL season at home by beating Granada 1-0.
The match was tightly contested throughout, with much of the play taking place in the midfield for both teams with very few good scoring opportunities.
Finally, in the final 20 minutes, the game turned when Sarah Mirr pressured the Granada defense into a mistake, intercepting a misdirected pass and calmly finishing for the game-winner. The Foothill defense was tested, holding up very well to bring the victory home for the Falcons.
Later in the week, the Falcons traveled to Dublin to take on a good Gaels squad in a tough, physical match and returned home with a 0-0 draw.
Foothill’s back line played strong again throughout the match, led by Peyton Raun, Quinn Lombardi, Megan Guerra, Emma Monsen, Allison Casey and keeper Allison Jenezon.
The Gaels mustered only one quality scoring chance in the match. The Falcons struggled offensively to get the ball forward, ending with six shots for the match, from Mirr (four shots), Kira Broacha (one) and Drew Pagtakhan (one).
On Saturday, the Falcons moved back to their non-conference schedule with a match against Washington (Fremont).
The offense found the going much easier, knocking off the Huskies 4-0.
The Falcons overwhelmed the Huskies from the opening whistle with extensive play from the entire squad in the first half and part of second, generating 23 shots and 12 corner kicks in the match, against just one shot for Washington.
The scoring was led by Mirr with a hat trick on nine shots, as well as Broacha’s late tally on one of her five shots.
Dennis Miller is a contributing sports writer for the Pleasanton Weekly. To contact Miller or submit local high school sports scores, game highlights and photographs for his weekly Pleasanton Preps column, email him at acesmag@aol.com.
