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Welcome to the Playbook!
It is time for another week of the 2025-26 prep sports year! The Playbook takes you inside the East Bay Athletic League, writing about outlooks, updates and insights into all the sports, along with profiles of athletes, and opinions regarding controversial issues in high school sport.
The Big Picture starts with the road warriors that have become the boys’ and girls’ soccer teams, as both Wolves’ teams advanced to the CIF D-II soccer championship games by winning a combined six matches away from home. Plus, get a roundup on how the other EBAL teams fared in NorCal playoffs games.
EBAL Power Rankings feature the final rankings for soccer and basketball. Next week we debut the baseball, softball, and volleyball rankings. What to Watch has the CIF State soccer finals, as well as the first week of EBAL volleyball. The Fast Five comes back next week with spring sport athletes!
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From the sidelines,
Dennis Miller, Playbook Editor
Road warrior Wolves: Both SRVHS soccer teams advance to state championship games
For the town of Danville, Friday the 13th will have a non-superstitious meaning this year as the San Ramon Valley High boys’ and girls’ soccer teams will be playing for CIF State titles that day.
Final Power Rankings of winter season.
EBAL GIRLS’ SOCCER
1. San Ramon Valley (16-3-3): The Wolves beat Vista del Lago in shootout, then top Cardinal Newman and Mitty both by 1-0 scores, to advance to the CIF D-II title game against Westlake on March 13.
2. Carondelet (16-4-3): The Cougars opened the D-I CIF playoffs by taking out top-seeded Gregori 2-0 but then lost in shootout to Buchanan after a 0-0 regulation match.
3. Amador Valley (8-4-3): The Dons got a spot in the D-II CIF field but fell in the opening round, falling in shootout after a 0-0 regulation tie with Mitty.
4. California (12-6-1): Did not play last week.
5. Granada (14-4-2): Did not play last week.
Others: Monte Vista (8-6-3), Foothill (4-7-1), Dublin (3-11-2), Livermore (8-11-3), Dougherty Valley (2-12-1).
EBAL BOYS’ SOCCER
1. San Ramon Valley (20-5-5): The Wolves go on the road for three games, taking all three to advance to the boys’ D-II CIF State final. The Wolves beat Clovis (4-1), Vintage (2-1) and Berkeley (2-1) to advance to the title game where they face Mira Monte of Bakersfield on Friday.
2. Monte Vista (16-4-3): The Mustangs started the CIF D-I playoffs with a 1-0 win over Granite Bay but then dropped a 2-1 final to Everett Alvarez to end their season.
3. De La Salle (16-6-1): The Spartans started the CIF D-II playoffs with a 4-2 win over Leigh but then fell 2-1 to Berkeley in the second round.
4. Granada (11-7-2): Did not play.
5. Amador Valley (12-8): Did not play.
Others: Livermore (12-8), Dublin (10-9-2), Foothill (8-7-3), Dougherty Valley (4-12-1), California (1-15-5).
EBAL GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
1. San Ramon Valley (25-4): The Wolves open the CIF Open playoffs with 51-44 win over Carondelet, beating the Cougars for the third time in four games this year. The season came to an end with a 74-46 loss to top-seeded Mitty.
2. Carondelet (25-5): The Cougars fell 51-44 to San Ramon Valley in the first round of the CIF State Open playoffs. They finish the season with a 1-3 record against SRV.
3. Dublin (21-8): Did not play last week.
4. California (17-11): Did not play last week.
5. Dougherty Valley (19-8): Did not play last week,
Others: Monte Vista (12-13), Amador Valley (11-14), Granada (9-17), Foothill (9-16), Livermore (11-16).
EBAL BOYS’ BASKETBALL
1. De La Salle (24-8): Lost to Modesto Christian 71-59 in the first round of the CIF State Open playoffs to end their season but still finish the year at No. 1.
2.Dougherty Valley (23-11): The Wildcats made it to the CIF D-I regional semifinals with wins over Destiny Christian (84-58) and Clayton Valley (59-55) but fell 86-61 to Folsom.
3. Amador Valley (21-13): The Dons beat Serra (62-58) and Sacramento (69-64) to make the D-II regional semifinals but fell 74-71 to Oakland Tech to end their season.
4. Granada (21-9): The Mats were beaten 69-63 at home by Clovis in the first round of the D-II playoffs.
5. Dublin (19-9): Did not play last week.
Others: Livermore (19-10), Monte Vista (17-12), California (14-13), San Ramon Valley (11-15), Foothill (12-14).
Today (March 10) – EBAL boys’ volleyball: Amador at Dougherty Valley, California at Livermore, Dublin at San Ramon Valley, De La Salle at Monte Vista, Granada at Foothill, all 6:30 p.m.
Thursday (March 12) – EBAL boys’ volleyball: California at Amador Valley, San Ramon Valley at Livermore, Monte Vista at Dublin, De La Salle at Granada, all 6:30 p.m.
Friday (March 13) – CIF State Soccer Championship, D-II Girls: San Ramon Valley vs. Westlake, at Natomas-Sacramento, 5:30 p.m. D-II Boys: San Ramon Valley vs. Mira Monte-Bakersfield, at Natomas-Sacramento, 8 p.m.
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Pleasanton Preps: Amador boys finish third in NCS basketball playoffs
The Amador Valley boys’ basketball team kept their season alive by knocking off Liberty 57-43 to take third in the North Coast Section Division I playoffs.
Expanded SRV Little League set for first opening day after merger
Youth baseball players, coaches and organizers in the northern part of the San Ramon Valley were getting ready for opening day, the region’s first in its new era of Little League.
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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