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Welcome to the Playbook!
It’s time for another week of the Tri-Valley Preps Playbook, your inside source for all things sports when it comes to the East Bay Athletic League!
I’ve been covering the EBAL since 1985 and know the coaches, players, parents, and athletic staff at all the schools, giving me the inside scoop on what is happening behind the scenes! Join me each week for some honest feelings about the good, the bad, and the ugly side of high school athletics!
This is the final Playbook of the 2023-24 school year! Now, our newsletter is taking our usual summer break. Thank you all that have followed the Playbook and see you soon!
The Big Picture celebrates the CIF NorCal D-I baseball and softball champs! Always a top-notch league, this year the Granada baseball and Amador Valley softball teams took it to the next level. Read about how the Matadors and the Dons got to the top of the mountain.
EBAL Power Rankings has the final baseball and softball rankings. Will we have a change in the top spot for softball?
Special addition this week! The 2024 All-EBAL teams are listed this week!
That’s it for the 2023-24 Tri-Valley Preps Playbook! Got a great story idea for something coming up in the fall? Let me know at acesmag@aol.com! Have a great summer and I look forward once again to following the action in the fall!
Granada baseball caps near-perfect season with CIF NorCal championship
The Granada baseball team finished out a near-perfect season, beating St. Mary’s of Stockton 6-4 on Saturday in the CIF NorCal championship to wrap up the season 32-1.
Power Rankings as of June 3.
EBAL BASEBALL
1) Granada (32-1): Amazing. The Mats run the table through the CIF NorCal field and win the D-I title with a 6-4 win over St. Mary’s-Stockton to finish 32-1.
2) De La Salle (21-8): The Spartans had a very good team but had the bad luck to be the same league/section with Granada. Fell to the Mats 5-0 in the second round of NorCal.
3) San Ramon Valley (16-11): Season over.
4) Foothill (13-13): Season over.
5) Livermore (14-12): Season over.
Others: Amador Valley (10-14), Dublin (10-14), Monte Vista (15-12), California (11-13), Dougherty Valley (7-16).
1) Amador Valley (19-11): Yes, Livermore did win league and beat Amador twice this year — but when you go on a run like the Dons did in the postseason, winning the CIF NorCal D-I tournament and you deserve the top spot to end the season!
2) Livermore (24-6): Snubbed by not getting a D-II NorCal spot as the Cowboys deserved a spot.
3) California (16-8): Season over.
4) Granada (12-9): Season over.
5) San Ramon Valley (13-12): Season over.
Others: Dublin (13-8-1), Foothill (12-10), Carondelet (9-10), Monte Vista (5-13), Dougherty Valley (4-16).
EBAL All-League teams
Here is a recap of the highlights of the East Bay Athletic League’s All-League teams for the spring 2024 season. For the full list, visit our website.
Baseball
Player of the Year: Parker Warner (Granada). Offensive Player of the Year: Brandon Clizbe (Monte Vista).
Softball
Offensive Player of the Year: Kaycie Burdick (Foothill). Defensive Player of the Year: Kaitlyn Le (California).
Boys’ Volleyball
Offensive Player of the Year: Luke Nobrega (De La Salle). Defensive Player of the Year: Noah Mitzenmacher (Foothill)
Boys’ Golf
MVP: Benjamin Wang (Dougherty Valley).
Stunt
Player of the Year: Addison Crawford (California).
Boys’ Tennis
First team, singles: Aniketh Poruri (Foothill), Luca Tabidze (San Ramon Valley). Doubles: Dash Parkinson-Lubold/Gavin Jia (Amador Valley), Lio Gublar/Justin Ge (California).
Swimming and Diving
Boys: First team — Diving: Benjamin Lentz (Amador Valley); 200 Medley: Amador Valley (Cade Vieler, Devyn Caples, Oryan Liu, Andre Lillie); 200 Free: Tim Wi (Dougherty Valley); 200 IM: Luka Mijatovic (Foothill); 50 Free: Sawyer Jones (San Ramon Valley); 100 Fly: Tim Wu (Dougherty Valley); 100 Free: Sawyer Jones (San Ramon Valley); 500 Free: Luke Mijatovic (Foothill); 200 Free relay: San Ramon Valley (Chase King, Nick Tovani, Drew Arney, Sawyer Jones); 100 Back: Sam Seybold (San Ramon Valley); 100 Breast: Sammy Kan (Monte Vista); 400 Free relay: Foothill (Ethan Wang, Kaden Wong, Connor Kann, Luka Mijatovic);
Girls: First team — Diving: Emily Whiteneck (San Ramon Valley); 200 Medley relay: San Ramon Valley (Miranda Stevenson, Raya Mellott, Avery Knapp, Alexis Parkinson); 200 Free: Elisabeth Butler (Carondelet); 200 IM: Raya Mellott (San Ramon Valley); 50 Free: Miranda Stevenson (San Ramon Valley); 100 Fly: Elisabeth Butler (Carondelet); 100 Free: Madison O’Connell (Carondelet); 500 Free: Kaitlin Lee (Dublin); 200 Free relay: San Ramon Valley (Alexis Parkinson, Avery Knapp, Sasha Babushkina, Miranda Stevenson); 100 Back: Madison O’Connell (Carondelet); 100 Breast: Raya Mellott (San Ramon Valley); 400 Free relay: Carondelet (Madelynn Gomez, Elisabeth Butler, Natalie Aiken, Madison O’Connell)
Boys’ Lacrosse
Defensive Player of the Year: Andrei Gren (De La Salle). Offensive Player of the Year: Derek Hoffman (Monte Vista)
Girls’ Lacrosse
Defensive Player of the Year: Gabriella Dedes (Carondelet). Offensive Player of the Year: Leslie Iorio (San Ramon Valley)
Pleasanton Preps: Amador Valley softball captures North Coast Section title
The Amador Valley girls’ softball team needed extra innings, but the Dons pushed a run across in the top of the eighth to get a 3-2 win over College Park to win the North Coast Section Division I championship.
Dennis Miller is a veteran sports writer and editor, covering sports in the Tri-Valley for over 35 years. In addition to being the editor of Tri-Valley Preps Playbook, he has written a weekly column for Pleasanton Weekly and PleasantonWeekly.com, “Pleasanton Preps,” since 2011. Email him at sports@pleasantonweekly.com.
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