Two Blue Devils win hockey division **with photo–caption above**
Eight youth ice hockey teams from the Tri-Valley Blue Devils, based at Dublin Iceland, competed in the Silver Stick Regional tournament over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend in San Jose. The tournament was attended by teams from all over the West Coast and Arizona. Seven Blue Devils teams made it to the semifinals, five moved on to play in the championship games and two won their division.
The Blue Devils Mite (under 8) and PeeWee B (under 12) teams will represent the Pacific District in the Silver Stick International tournaments in January. The Mites will travel to St. Clair Shores, Mich. and the PeeWees are headed to Pelham, Ontario, Canada. Both teams will face opponents from across the U.S. and Canada as they battle for the International Silver Stick title — one of the oldest and most prestigious in youth hockey. Five of the players and the head coach of the Mite team live in Pleasanton. On the PeeWee B (under 12) team, there are two players from Pleasanton: Mitchell Walsh and Jeremy Goldhawk.
Pleasanton Seahawks turn in new cuts, times
In preparation for the December Junior Olympics (JO) this weekend, the Pleasanton Seahawks (PLS) turned in many new cuts and times at the Orinda OAPB Last Chance Meet, Nov. 14-15. New B Times: Sara Jeffrey and Michael Martin. New A Times: Samantha Howell, Taylor Park, Aditya Gupta, Wolfgang LaChance, Rishab Nair, Tyler Rhoads, Michael Yao, Madison Burson, Analese Chinn, Stephanie Jeffrey, Dylan Devries, Chloe Bantock, Bridget Booe, Heather Chandler, Elise Cox, Maya Gilchrist, Bernadine Martin, Roshni Nair, Cassidy Booe and Emily Saccullo.
New JO Cuts: Anna Parker, Alex Gilchrist, Regis LaChance, RJ Scott, Brian Lee, Andrew Song, Caleb Wang and Theresa Martin. New Far Westerns (FW) Cuts: Seohyun Kim and Tony Shen. New Pacific Reportable (PRT) Times: Jason Chen.
BUSC U13 Select win consolation bracket
BUSC U13 Div III Select team won the consolation bracket in the CYSA District III and IV District Cup 2009 Tournament with a record of 2-1-1 Nov. 14. The boys won their first round bracket, tying Dublin Stealth 0-0 and defeating Mustang Vipers 4-0 to move into the semifinal round against Union City Chivas.
The semifinal match was a hard fought contest by both teams with BUSC scoring early at the fourth minute of the first half. Chivas quickly tied the match at the 13th minute on a PK and remained tied 1-1 at the end of the half. The match was evenly balanced in shots on goal with BUSC at 14 and Chivas with 13. The winning goal was scored by Chivas early in the second half. Even though BUSC continued to play hard and put together several good runs against their opponents’ defense, Chivas held strong until the final whistle, winning the match 2-1. BUSC moved on to face Newark Arsenal in the consolation match. The boys were up for the challenge and defeated Arsenal 2-1 with a dominant overall performance. The Select team outshot Newark 19-7, holding them to only two shots in the first half. Newark jumped out to an early lead, scoring a goal at the 3rd minute of the first half. But, BUSC tightened their defense, maintained their game plan and didn’t allow another goal the remainder of the match. BUSC scored two minutes later, reversing momentum back to their favor. The Pleasanton boys then scored their second goal at the 17th minute of the first half, leading the match 2-1 at the end of the half.
The second half was a defensive battle on both sides of the pitch, resulting in no additional goals by either team with the BUSC Select team winning the consolation match. Over the two-day event, BUSC out shot their opponents with a total of 67 shots on goal to only 33 against. Goals were scored by Matt Teng, Roberto Beard, Dylan Tuell, Pierre Marie and Brian Kinnee at one apiece. Mason Picone also contributed two goals to finish the weekend at seven total for the team. Assists were credited to Brian Kinnee with four and Andrew Griehshammer and Roberto Beard with one apiece (Roberto Beards goal was “unassisted”).Chris Klahr, Matt Teng, Drake Hartland, Tomas Rozsa and Chris Goldhawk held all opponents to a total of three goals in their defensive positions, including two shutout performances. Thanks to Drake for joining the team for the District and Association Cup events. The midfielders did an outstanding job transitioning play up the pitch, creating scoring opportunities. They were Joshua Cole, Lucas Warzyniak, Pierre Marie, Reed Marques and Ryan Vicencio. Sammy Hanson and Chris Goldhawk shared Keeper duties over the four matches with Hanson having 17 saves and Goldhawk having five, including a blocked PK in the Chivas game.
Rage U14 Orange win District Cup **with photo**
The Rage U-14 Orange won the District Cup Nov. 14. Rage began the tournament against Mustang Stampede, scoring when midfielder Kayla Bautista won the ball in the RAGE goal area, dribbled it up the left side, and sent a through pass to forward Vanessa Villanueva. Vanessa powered up the left side and sent a perfect cross to forward Courtney Seams at the near post for a score. Mustang’s best threat was a corner kick that fullback Katie Oross cleared out. Game two against Dublin, Rage midfielder Rebecca Dumanski won control of the ball on the right sideline and crossed it to Courtney who received it then passed to the far post where Claire Williams found net. Laura Morgan maintained the lead when the speedy fullback ran down and stopped a Dublin breakaway. Vanessa then scored on a header shot from a Kayla assist. Forwards Paige Peterson, Courtney, and Vanessa kept pressure on Dublin with 32 possessions in the Dublin side of the field.
Game three against Castro Valley, Vanessa scored on a Kayla corner kick. This was Vanessa’s team leading 9th goal and Kayla’s 16th assist. The RAGE defense gave up the 1st goal of the tournament when Castro Valley sent a long shot into the upper corner. Erica Goldhawk and Patti Norcross assisted in stopping additional CV threats. Rage played the Mustang Eagles for the championship. In the fifth minute, Kayla sent a corner kick past the near post where midfielder Lindsay Curlett fired it into the back of the goal. Ariel Gershman, Kayla, and Rebecca controlled the ball 31 times in the midfield while fullbacks Olivia Deutschman and Katie Oross anchored the defense turning 17 balls to the outside and passing most up the sides. Ariel cleared out a dangerous Eagles corner kick. Goalie Nikki Costello also had a nice stop. The RAGE defense held until the last two minutes when a long Eagles shot found the upper corner to tie the game. RAGE and Eagles went scoreless in two OTs and the game went to PKs. Vanessa, Lindsay, Paige, Kayla all had successful PKs and after five shooters the teams were tied 4-4. In PK sudden death, Rage’s Claire Hickel’s shot found net. Nikki then stopped the sixth Mustang shooter to seal the win.
Amador senior signed to University of Oregon lacrosse team
Caroline Federighi, a senior at Amador Valley High School, has been named as one of nine recruits signed to play lacrosse for the University of Oregon in the 2010-11 school year.
Federighi is a goal kicker for Triple Threat LAX and helped the Dons reach the semifinals of the North Coast Section (NCS) for the third consecutive year in 2009. She started in all 21 games as a junior, recording a save percentage of 61 percent. Other accomplishments include: being named East Bay Athletic League (EBAL) MVP, Team MVP, 2009 U.S. Lacrosse first-team All-American and U.S. Lacrosse Academic All-American. During her sophomore season, she helped Amador capture the NCS Championship, going undefeated through EBAL play. Academic accolades include: NCA Scholar Athlete Award (’07, ’08, & ’09), AVHS Principals List for a 4.0 GPA (’07, ’08, & ’09), California Scholarship Foundation member (’07, ’08, & ’09). In 2008, Federighi helped her club team take second place in Mid-Atlantic Sr. Division, and win the SandStorm and Surfside championships. The Ducks begin the sixth season Feb. 13 at Jacksonville, Fla.
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