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If there was one team I was secretly pulling a little extra hard for, it was the Amador Valley girls’ soccer team in the postseason.
I had a lot of those girls as students at Harvest Park Middle School, and I felt they survived a midseason struggle to rebound and make a championship charge at the end of the season.
It was a great story for a great group of girls.
After standing at 5-3 through the first eight games, the Dons put together an eight-game win streak that took them to the North Coast Section final. It was a game the Dons had earned the right to host, but saw it moved to Monte Vista in Danville because of a conflict with a track event at Amador on a Saturday.
The Dons ended up dropping the game to Monte Vista 1-0, but at 13-4 overall, it was an easy choice for the Dons to get a CIF State Northern California berth, as they were seeded No. 6.
In the first round they went up to Rocklin and shocked the No. 3 seeded team 2-1 to advance to the semifinals of the eight-team field.
From there they went to No. 2 seed Saint Francis in Mountain View. The Dons battled throughout but dropped to a 2-0 final to see their season come to an end.
The Dons finished 14-5 overall — pretty good stuff for being 5-3 at one point.
Foothill boys’ volleyball
It was thrilling action for the Falcons last week as they got a pair of five-set wins.
First up was Mission San Jose, and the Falcons got a 23-25, 25-20, 27-25, 15-25, 15-11 victory. Highlights came from Josh Salonga (25 assists, 12 kills, 12 digs), Dean Caudill (16 kills, 13 digs) and Cameron Hitchan (12 kills, 1 block).
The match was a bit of redemption for the Falcons as last year MSJ was one of only two teams to beat them in a five-set match.
Next up was Castro Valley, and Foothill pulled out the 25-18, 23-25, 25-21, 27-29, 15-8 win in a match between the two NCS Division I finalists from last year.
Salonga, Caudill and Hitchan all played great again, along with big nights from Jeremy Sun (18 digs, 13 kills), Thomas Paduraru (8 kills, 3 blocks) and Grey Garofalo (19 assists, 4 digs).
Out with winter, in with spring!
As the final lights are about to go out on the winter sports season over the next couple weeks, the glaring chaos that is the spring season is about to hit full stride.
And that means it’s time to start sending in those results each week.
It’s why I hammer you over your head with pleas to turn in results: So, we can get these kids some credit in print! Help me be part of the solution, not part of the problem.
In the time it takes to write a letter, you could have turned in some results and got the kids the credit they deserve.
Last spring we had the best season I have seen, as a number of sports had results turned in regularly. Foothill volleyball coach Dusty Collins has been as good as it gets turning the Falcons volleyball stats.
So here is the official shoutout for help. I am just one person and there are loads of spring sports!
Here is my contact information again (acesmag@aol.com) so you can email me — Sunday by noon of each week is the deadline for the previous week’s sports.
You don’t have to wait until Sunday as you can send info in during the week, and I will save it. If you are willing to help this year, contact me and I will help you set up the easiest plan for the season.
Help me get our athletes the coverage they deserve!
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.
