AV varsity girls cruise to 113-73 victory
Showing no letdown after a tough defeat to Monte Vista, the Amador Valley Varsity (4-1) girls got out to an early lead and cruised to a 113-73 victory over Cal (2-4).
The Dons took first in all but three events in the meet.
Kayleigh Foley and Catherine Breed both took a pair of firsts. Foley in the 50 and 100 free and Breed in the 500 free and the 100 backstroke. Both also swam on the winning 200 medley and 400 free relay teams.
Other individual first place finishes were garnered by Jennifer Cotton in the diving competition and Marina Allen in the 100 butterfly. Tory Houston had a good meet getting a pair of second place finishes (200 IM, 100 breast).
Results: 200 Medley Relay – 1st AV 1:53.40 (Catherine Breed, Tory Houston, Marina Allen, Kayleigh Foley), 2nd Cal 1:54.51, 3rd Cal 2:01.35; 200 Free – Bridget Bugbee (Cal) 1:57.11, Marie Schmidt (AV) 2:01.47, Casey Coughlin (AV) 2:04.05; 200 IM – Delise Batiza (Cal) 2:13.07, Tory Houston (AV) 2:15.71, Stephanie Cheng (Cal) 2:17.47; 50 Free – Kayleigh Foley (AV) 24.63, Helen Sun (Cal) 25.73, Jenn Docto (AV) 25.80; Diving – Jennifer Cotton (AV) 156.10, Lisa Grau (AV) 147.95, Ashley Salustri (AV) 131.80; 100 Fly – Marina Allen (AV) 1:02.10, Wong (Cal) 1:04.90, Natalie Meltzer (Cal) 1:05.09; 100 Free – Kayleigh Foley (AV) 54.42, Jenn Docto (AV) 56.71, Marie Schmidt (AV) 57.17; 500 Free – Catherine Breed (AV) 4:55.37, Bridget Bugbee (Cal) 5:15.51, Natalie Wong (AV) 5:19.36; 200 Free Relay – 1st AV (Tory Houston, Marina Allen, Melissa Pease, Jenn Docto) 1:46.10, 2nd Cal 1:48.86, 3rd AV 1:49.15; 100 Back – Catherine Breed (AV) 1:01.34, Delise Batiza (Cal) 1:01.35, Stephanie Cheng (Cal) 1:04.65; 100 Breast – Natalie Meltzer (Cal) 1:08.08, Tory Houston (AV) 1:10.22, Natalie Wong (AV) 1:14.07; 400 Free Relay 1st AV 3:43.30 (Catherine Breed, Jenn Docto, Natalie Wong, Kayleigh Foley), 2nd Cal 3:44.18, 3rd AV 3:59.57.
Current Records: Amador Valley 4-1, California 2-4
Winning every race doesn’t guarantee a victory in swimming and diving, but it sure helps. This was certainly true in the Amador Valley JV girls 130-51 thrashing of California High last Friday.
Kristin McNeil started the meet off well, taking the diving event by eight points over teammate Ari Byers. The Dons went on to take the 200 medley relay to start the swimming meet followed by Allie Hernbroth taking the 200 Free, Christina Zhang in the 100 IM, Chelsea King in 50 free and Michelle Schirle in the 50 Butterfly.
Kaitlyn Cilk then took the 100 free and Kelly Avon the 500 free leading into the 200 Free relay. Avon, Schrile, Cilk and Brittany Gallagher took first in the relay.
In the last two individual events, Sarah Turner too the 100 back while Cilk got her second individual first of the meet in the 100 breast.
AV varsity boy’s fall short in swim meet
Amador Valley (2-3) stayed close to California (3-3) in the Boys Varsity swim meet, but fell short, primarily in the free events, at the end of the meet, falling 107-78.
The Dons came into the swimming portion of the meet up by seven points led by the first place diving of Tyler Pullen. They stayed close, even taking the lead 31-30 after the 200 IM. However, Cal went 1,2,4 in the 100 Free to open up a 15 point lead and the Dons could get no closer.
qTim McLaughlin (200 Free) and Andrew Seitz (200 IM) grabbed first place finishes for the Dons. Seitz also got a second in the 500 Free while Kyle Surber finished a close second in the 50 Free. Edward Zhang also took a second in the 100 backstroke.
Results: 200 Medley Relay – 1st Cal (Quincy, Perfect, Stelter, Bracken) 1:44.28, 2nd Cal 1:50.12, 3rd AV 1:50.54; 200 Free – Tim McLaughlin (AV) 1:54.08, Andrew Liu (Cal) 1:56.06; Daniel Lazaruz (Cal) 2:02.29; 200 IM – Andrew Seitz (AV) 2:03.47, Brad Perfect (Cal) 2:06.04, Jake Bahls (AV) 2:09.58; 50 Free – Stewart Bracken (Cal) 22.39, Kyle Surber (AV) 23.17, Jeremy Lewis (Cal) 24.05; Diving – Tyler Pullen (AV) 259.20, Nick Mancini (Cal) 136.85, Casey Long (AV) 103.40; 100 Fly – Kyle Stelter (Cal) 57.70, He (Cal) 57.95, Tim McLaughlin (AV) 1:01.99; 100 Free – Stewart Bracken (Cal) 48.93, Thomas (Cal) 52.22, James Raynel (AV) 53.67; 500 Free – Paul Quincy (Cal) 4:46.98, Andrew Seitz (AV) 4:47.07, Jake Bahls (AV) 5:07.17; 200 Free Relay – 1st Cal (Lewis, Quincy, Stelter, Thomas) 1:34.12, 2nd; AV 1:34.47, 3rd Cal 1:40.19; 100 Back – Paul Quincy (Cal) 59.08, Edward Zhang (AV) 1:01.50, James Raynel (AV) 1:02.36; 100 Breast – Brad Perfect (Cal) 1:03.69, Jeremy Lewis (Cal) 1:06.83, Krishnan Rajagopalan (AV) 1:10.71; 400 Free Relay – 1st Cal (He, Lazarus, Perfect, Terres) 3:26.44, 2nd; AV 3:35.51, 3rd Cal 3:46.45
Despite winning the 200 Medley Relay to start the meet, the Amador Valley JV Boys found themselves trailing 37-40 mid-way through their meet with Cal. Up to that point, the Dons had not taken an individual first. However, after that point, Amador tied or out-pointed the Grizzlies in every event and pulled out a narrow 93-76 win.
Curtis Wong and Jae Ryoo got the comeback started by going 1-2 in the 100 Free to give the Dons a 49-44 lead. James Cheney and Stefan Hall then went 2-3 in the 500 free to keep the lead at five points. The 200 Medley Relay team (Wong, Ryoo, Sam Martin and Trevor Landas) won to up the lead to seven.
The 100 backstroke upped the Amador lead by another two points with Chris Johnston taking first.
Wong and Landas essentially put the meet in the bag by going 1-2 in the 100 breaststroke but the 400 Free Relay team (Johnston, Martin, Chang and Hall) put an exclamation point on the meet by taking the final event.
Rage U-15 Girls triumph over Earthquakes
After two overtimes, the Pleasanton Rage U-15 Girls Division 1 U15 defeated the Mustang Earthquakes 1-0 in penalty kicks to advance to the semifinals in the State Cup.
Eight out of 10 girls from each team had to kick in the tie breaker. Ally White made a great save to win the game.
AV tennis finishes season with 8-1 win
Amador Valley’s tennis team closed out the East Bay Athletic League season with an 8-1 win over Foothill High School April 22 at the Amador courts.
Aswin Kolady, half of Amador’s tough senior 1-2 punch, defeated Rahual Doraiswami, 7-5, 6-0 at the first singles position. Luke Wagner, the “other half,” followed with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Ajey Kaushal. Amador Valley coach Bill Nandor said that while he will miss all four of his graduating seniors, coaching Wagner and Kolady has been a special treat.
The balance of the singles matches showed Arjun Kolady with a 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 win over Siddarth Krishnan and Greg Vuoto winning out over Umer Khan 6-4, 6-4. William Tom won a tough three-setter 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 over Connor Wrenn and Carl Kish closed out the Amador singles sweep with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Manraj Mangat.
In doubles, Amador’s A. J. Gorton and Ryan Paull won over Foothill’s Karan Sharma and Amandeep Chatta, 6-3, 6-3. Becker McGuire and Igor Pinchuk secured Amador’s final win of the day, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2, over the Foothill team of Derek Lee and John Bang. Vikram Ramakrishnan and Shane D’Cruz of Foothill avoided a shutout for their team with a hard fought three set victory over Amador’s T. R. Malko and Henry Boswell, 4-6, 7-5, 10-8.
Foothill ended the league season with a 4-8 record, while Amador Valley is at 9-3 in EBAL and 16-4 overall and hopes to continue their season in North Coast Section tournament play.
Vortex loss tightens lacrosse playoff race
Last Saturday morning’s tough 7-0 road loss to Skyline at Witter field means the Pleasanton Vortex Pups B1 will need to take care of business in its final two games if they hope to secure a postseason spot in the Boy Pups B1 Division (5th/6th grade) playoffs.
“I don’t think that the score was an accurate reflection of the game, as we had our dominate moments and opportunities to score,” said Vortex coach Jeffrey Mills. “This was a very difficult stretch of seven straight road games versus very strong teams.”
Goaltender Connor McFarlane made 13 saves and helped the Vortex successfully kill a pair of six-on-five disadvantages. For the 2008 season, he continues to be the statistical leader in save percentages among all active Pup goalies in the Northern California Junior Lacrosse Association.
The defensive unit (Sam Gorman, Noah Geib, and Jason Sereda) and mid-fielders (Jackson Fialho, Brian Kinnee, Joe Chacon, Brian Culy, Andrew Totaro, Wesley Bower, Kevan Knaggs, David Zatorski) played well and continued to go hard for the entire game. The Vortex offense (Ian Mills, Erik Gallagher, Andrew Natsch, Colton Steiner, Aaron Hollingsworth) fired a barrage shoots and worked hard until the final game whistle.
Vortex players and families are looking forwarded to the final two games of the 2008 season on their home field at Hart Middle School. The Vortex still hold their postseason fate in their own hands with games against the Walnut Creek Warriors (5-9) tomorrow and Ross Valley (1-6) on Sunday.
Seahawks show significant improvement
More than 90 Seahawk swimmers attended the first long-course meet of the 2008 season at the San Ramon Livermore Valley Aquatic.
Coaches have seen significant improvement in personal best time across the board. More than one-third of the swimmers improved their time by 10 percent or higher. Among them, some had reduced their time by 15 percent or more. They are: Wolfgang Lachance (7) reduced his 100 Free by 23 seconds, Wolfgang also cut his 50 fly by 24 seconds and dropped his 100 breast by almost 24 seconds. Kayla Lindsay (9) improved her 100 fly time by 25 seconds. Regis Lachance (10) improved his 200 IM by 42 seconds. Analeser Chinn (9) reduced her 100 free by 16 seconds. He Zhang (10) reduced his 100 free by 23 seconds. Stephanie Aronson (11) dropped her 200 IM by 37 seconds. Heather Chandler (11) improved her 200 free by 32 seconds.
Seventeen swimmers had achieved 100 percent personal best time. They are: Wolfgang Lachance (7), Eva Chung (10), Kayla Lindsay (9), Analeser Chinn (10), Margaret Kauffeld (10), Jonathan Ong (10), Bridget Booe (12), Heather Chandler (11), Caitlin Macgregor (11), Morgan Mcgrath (11), Maggie Woods (12), Kevin Mclaughlin (12), Anthony Shen (11), Nick Silverthorn (12), Caleb Wang (12),and Bridget Moran (14).
PFLL scores
The Division AAA Red Sox pounded the Nationals, 17-1 last Saturday. The Red Sox bats were on fire again. Along with scoring 17 runs, the team had 17 hits, including five doubles. Every player had at least one hit which was led by Hayden Berson, Brian Blasquez, Patrick Ronan, Noah Pacheco and Ollie Allen. The defensive fielding and base running has become rock solid as the pitching crew continue to be ICEmen. They allowed only one run with total of 12k’s
The PFLL Majors White Sox fell to the A’s 9-8 last Saturday.
Collin Richardson and Josh Stevens pitched aggressively against the hard-hitting White Sox. Josh Steven closed out the game with striking out the last six batters. Rueben Mercado, Ryan Gronlund and Justin Gibson worked together to get a picture perfect double play. Greg Miller contributed in the field by making three outs, a play at second, running pop fly in right and a tag at second from the throw by Max Sanderson who was behind the plate. Ryan Gronlund made a play from short to first, Kenny Spivey made a play at second and Collin Richardson made a play at first. Justin Gibson went three-for-three at the plate with two singles and a triple resulting in three RBIs. Miller went two-for-two at the plate with a single and double, resulting in an RBI and scoring twice himself. Max Sanderson did a one hop over the center field fence, Mihir Naik hit the ball over the fence, but was robbed by the fielder getting the ball while reaching over.
Also in the Majors, the Angels took down the White Sox April 24, 11-8.
Ivan Swalve hit a strong double to tie the game 5-5 in the first inning and went on to pitch five strong innings holding the Sox to a close game with the score tied in the fifth 8-8. Matt Weir hit a double sliding into the base then stole home. Jordan Ott hit well but injured sliding into second base and was safe. Jake Wilgus hit a double and Weir went on to send a crushing line drive down the third baseline. Derek Banister was the closing pitcher and struck out the side in the sixth for the win.
In weekend play, the Angels lost to the Rangers in an extra inning 9-10. It was a close and exciting game with Kevin Vigallon starting out the Angels action bombing a homerun and bringing in two more runs in the first inning. Swalve hit a triple for two RBIs, Wilgus had a base hit for two RBIs and Stephen Chipman hit a line drive down the second baseline, pitched and caught a high fly in center field. Amir Patel hit a triple in the second inning and went on to play great defense at first base catching two outs in the thirrd. Kyle Lawrence pitched the third for three-up-three-down thanks to Camden Murtagh’s great defense at short stop making the play for two outs and another in the sixth. In the extra inning Rangers scored one run and the Angels just couldn’t quite bring home the win.
In Division AA, the Red Sox walloped the Pirates 11-1 last Saturday, dominating both in offense and defense throughout the game. Tanner Calcagno completely dominated the mound for the first three innings churning out nine strikeouts without giving in any score. Cliff Moran started the 11 score streak by a RBI single in the first top. In the second, Mitchell Lawrence hit a grand double scoring two RBIs following Daniel Choi’s single RBI hit. Again Cliff Moran singled followed by another single by Raymond Abels in the third inning. They continued to garner more scores from three singles by Matthew Morosoli, Raymond Abels, and Eric Doppee, respectively in the fourth. Daniel Choi took over the mound in the top of fourth and showed a quality pitching with two strikeouts until Mitch Lawrence came in to save the game with two more strikeouts.
The Division Junior 80 PFLL fell to the Dublin team 8-6 last Saturday.
Dublin started strong with six runs in the first two innings. In the third inning PFLL responded with four runs, and then again two more in the fourth inning, but were unable to keep the momentum going.
Top Offensive Player: Ben Case; Top Defensive Player: Sean Stiles
The Division AAA Orioles shut out the Tigers, 10-0 April 22.
Orioles pitching staff Nate Gipson, Jack Connolly, Nick Martin, and Shawn Kienhofer combine to pitch a no-hitter. The first place Orioles who now have a 7-1 record combined big hits and excellent pitching to shut down the Tigers.
Top Offensive Players: Ryan Hobbs, Jakob Davidson; Top Defensive Players: Timmy Wu, Arthur Hwang, Nick Bush.
Lady Hustle falls in Fresno after reaching Gold Bracket
The Lady Hustle Fastpitch 14U softball team, of Pleasanton, competed at the Fresno Force Classic Tournament last weekend, winning two out of three games over over Seattle’s Lady Sharks and San Diego Gold, and a loss to Valencia’s Synergy.
Within the field of 48 teams from all over the United States Lady Hustle earned a berth into the Gold Bracket consisting of the top seeds after Saturday pool play. Lady Hustle received strong pitching from Sami Schiller, Montana Berg and Katie Mannion with solid defensive play from Nicole Borchard, Bianca Devoto and Nu Nu Evans. Leading hitters were Bianca Devoto, Sami Schiller, & Alyssa Lanza.
Lady Hustle ran into a tough team in the Corona Angels from Southern California. The Corona Angels were ranked third in the nation last year. Hustle put up a tough fight but fell by a score of 5-2 against a powerful lineup. Sami Schiller had a long two-run homer to account for Lady Hustle’s runs. Lady Hustle did load the basis in the final inning to bring the go ahead run to the plate before a final ground out to end the game.
–Teresa Borchard
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