The San Ramon Valley High School boys swim team won its fourth straight EBAL Championship, at the San Ramon Aquatic Center on Saturday. The Wolves scored 454 points, finishing 32 points ahead of second-place Foothill High.
Senior Sheldon Gruendl led the Wolves, finishing first in the 100 freestyle and third in the 50 freestyle. He also led the 200 freestyle team to victory. Gruendl has been on all four EBAL Championship teams.
In the girls event, Monte Vista scored 538 points to top second-place Foothill’s 447 to win the EBAL Championship. Paige Bradley and Kim Bierwith led the Mustangs to victory winning individual events. Bierwith set a new meet record in the 50 freestyle with a time of 24.05, breaking a record of 24.36 set in 1985.
Baseball
Monte Vista varsity baseball lost a close game to California, 7-6, last Friday in a battle for first place in the EBAL. Monte Vista took a 4-1 lead but in the fourth inning Cal’s Jeff Johnson hit a grand slam homerun to make it 5-4. The Mustangs rallied back but Cal never relinquished the lead.
The Mustangs are now 16-5 overall and 9-2 in the EBAL. California is 17-3 overall and 9-1 in the EBAL.
Golf
On Monday, the Monte Vista boys golf team finished in third place at the North Coast Section tournament held at Redwood Country Club in Fortuna. This earned them the right to advance to the California Interscholastic Federation Northern Regional Championships on May 22 at Mira Vista Country Club in El Cerrito. The Mustangs shot a team score of 383 and finished behind second-place De La Salle, 379, and the winner Foothill, 370.
Chris Oki led the Mustangs with a score of 74. The top three teams and four low individual players advanced to the State Championships next week.
Tennis
Monte Vista boys tennis lost in the NCS finals at San Marin High School to Redwood-Larkspur, 6-1, on Saturday. Both Redwood and Monte Vista will now advance to the California Interscholastic-Federation playoffs May 19-20 at the Fremont Tennis Center. •
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