Rigl, Mihov top ranked freshman divers

Emma Rigl from Amador Valley’s girls varsity diving team dives into the pool and finished with Marina Mihov finished as the top ranked freshman divers in the NCS. The team’s four varsity girls scored exceptionally well at the NCS meet on May 14. Alexa Hernandez (sophomore) came in seventh with a score of 335.15, Emma Rigl (freshman) came in 9th with a score of 330.35, Marina Mihov (freshman), 13th with 298.70 and Lisa Grau (junior) 15th with 282.85. All four made the 2nd and last cut of the competition, leaving 16 divers from the original 35 top divers in NCS, which comprises of 153 schools and 21 leagues. EBAL divers were 42 percent of the total girls NCS list showing how competitive the EBAL league is in diving. Further, Alexa, Emma and Marina are all new to diving with this being their first year in the sport. They are all former gymnasts.

Cubs take out Phillies 7-4

The third matchup between the PFLL AA Cubs and Phillies on May 20 displayed a lot of great pitching, hitting, stealing, defense and team work. Luke Valentine started off on the mound for the Cubs, allowing no runs and making quick work of the Phillies line up in the first and second innings. Scott Kienhofer and Devin Cox teamed up to tag the Phillies runner out at first, firing up their team and closing out the first inning. Luke’s SGL early in the second brought home Nick Palange for the first RBI of the game. Luke and Carter Person both stole home on wild pitches to close out the second. The Phillies rallied in the bottom of third, tying up the game 3-3. Top of the fourth, Nick Narciso worked his way around stealing bases, including stealing home.

The final score was Cubs 7, Phillies 4.

Lacrosse players to play for the All-EBAL team

Congratulations are in order for the boys from the Foothill High School Varsity Lacrosse Team, who were named to the All-EBAL team for lacrosse for 2009, including: Gabriel Garcia, 1st Team Attack; Jason Koth, 2nd Team Defense; Mikey Lambrecht, 2nd Team Middie; Broc Schall, Honorable Mention Attack; and Scott Wheaton, Honorable Mention Attack.

Bees sting Riverdogs in Single A play

The Single A Bees played the Riverdogs May 30, rallying hard in the first inning, lasting only three minutes long for the Riverdogs. A great play by Sawyer Skerl and Sam Miller got the first two hitters out right away and the last out was a double play finished off by Jack Kesselring and Sawyer Skerl. In the following innings, strong plays were made by Maxwell Stubbs, Alex Horn and Sam Miller. The first pitcher up was Michael Floreczk and he threw heat the whole inning. Cory West and Cole Flashberger made a double play that saved the fifth inning. The last pitcher up was Sawyer Skerl who smoked heat the entire remainder of the game, with three players striking out and the rest ducking for cover.

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