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I have always been a big fan of wrestling, although never having participated in wrestling. I covered the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) State High School championships several times and it was one of the best events I covered.
It’s one-on-one on the mat with everyone watching – no place to hide and no excuses. You win or lose based on your performance.
A character builder of the highest level.
When the sport went away from the local middle schools, it was a disappointment as a whole group of impressionable young athletes were without a tremendous chance to grow.
But thanks in large part to the efforts of Amador Valley High wrestling coach Travis Chubb, the sport is back and the recently held Tri Valley Athletic League (TVAL) championship meet was held.
Following is how the Pleasanton middle schools of Harvest Park (HP), Hart (H), and Pleasanton Middle School (PMS) fared in the tournament:
Girls
68-81 pounds: 1) Leilani Ashton (PMS), 2) Briella Bantuagn (HP), 3) Ayurya Tiwari (PMS), 4) Ava Phillips (HP).
102-108: 1) Cara Callhan (PMS), 3) Ava Gallagher (HP), 4) Pemela Rodriguez (PMS).
107-113: 1) Olivia Torres (HP), 3) Emma Vilenueva (PMS), 5) Sanika Katkar (PMS).
121-131: 3) Aadhya Avinash (PMS).
148-160: 1) Caoda Calupad (H).
Boys
6th grade
85-92 pounds: 4) Dante Garcia (H).
92-101: 1) Alex Mercado (HP), 2) Grant Ford (PMS).
102-103: 2) Leo Pacheco (HP).
109-112: 1) Ian Ford (PMS), 2) Christian Choi (PMS), 3, Jack Filmore (PMS).
126-135: 2) Volodymyr Ihnatiev (HP), 3) Lucas Cheng (HP), 4) Arjun Kolipaka (PMS).
134-147: 1) Cruz Caloupad (H), 3) Hanming Lu (PMS).
155-169: 1) Liam Angeles (H).
7th grade
85-91: 1) Caleb Reta (H).
94-100: 1) Pedro Pinheiro (H).
102-108: 1) Ibrahim Alenuly (HP), 2) Takeo Simmons (H).
106-113: 1) Kennedy Realiza (HP), 2) Azaiah Alfinda (PMS), 4) Seth Atkinson (H).
122-130: 4) Johnny Gonderman (PMS).
147-156: 3) Fritz Otts (HP), 4) Dhruv Vamalapalli (H).
8th grade
108-115: 1) Revell Gallagher (HP), 4) Andrew Manjarrez (HP), 5) Mateo Reta (PMS).
129-134: 1) Alex Santos (HP), 2) Nathan Simpson (PMS), 3) Abdul Latif (H).
137-147: 1) Demitri Kuzmichev (H), 2) Mataio Bodily (PMS), 4) Dario Giraudbit (PMS).
149-151: 1) Matt Ian Mendoza (H), 2, Gavin Woodcock (PMS).
154-168: 2) Ford Lampert (H).
160-170: 3) Juvante Winters (PMS), 4) Zack Durbala (H).
184-210: 1, Kade Gregory (HP), 2) Keiyan Zaki (H), 3) Michael Jung (H).
Foothill volleyball
The Falcons came into the NCS D-I playoffs the No. 15 seed and at 15-15, an admittedly down season for the Foothill program.
But in the span of one match, the Falcons reached down and pulled off a shocker, sending No. 2 seeded Livermore and the Cowboys 34-4 record in a 25-18, 25-19, 19-25, 25-19 win.
Highlights came from Josh Salonga (25 assists, 17 kills, 13 digs), Trey Elson (11 kills, 5 blocks), Thomas Paduraru (10 kills, 4 blocks), and Rushil Vadada (20 digs, 4 kills).
That sent the Falcons to No. 7 Irvington and despite turning in a big effort, Foothill fell 25-17, 16-25, 22-25, 25-22, 10-15.
This time highlights were from Salonga (26 assists, 14 kills), Jeremy Sun (15 kills, 7 digs), Grey Garofalo (23 assists, 9 digs), Paduraru (12 kills (.800), 3 blocks), Elson (11 kills, 6 blocks).
Amador Valley swimming
The Dons had another strong day at the NCS Swimming Championships.
The boys were second out of 42 teams, with the girls finishing fourth out of 39 teams.
Here are the highlights for the Dons:
* Junior Cade Vieler won the 100 free, 100 back and broke four Amador Team Individual Records (50 and 100 Relay Split, 100 Free, 100 Back).
* Amador boys (Vieler, Ryan Wong, Toby Huang, Kealan Tupper) broke school record in the 200 Medley Relay.
*Amador Boys won 400 Free Relay (Vieler, Wong, Huang, and Tupper) broke school record by three seconds!
*Amador Girls (Rylee Hutchinson, Lillyana Caples, Alexis Thompson, and Francesca Lin) broke Amador record in the 200 Medley Relay, that was set in set in 2010
CIF State girls’ swimmers: Hutchinson (500 Free, 200IM, Relay), Caples (500 Free, Relay), Thompson (200 IM, 100 Breast, Relay).
Boys: Vieler (100 Back, 100 Free, Relays), (200 free, relays), Huang (100 fly, relays), Tupper (500 free, 200 free, relays), Nathan Ly (500 free), Christopher Wang (500 free), Jake Loftus (500 free)
Editor’s note: Dennis Miller is a contributing sports writer for Embarcadero Media Foundation’s East Bay Division. To contact him about his Pleasanton Preps column, email acesmag@aol.com.
