The San Ramon Valley High girls lacrosse team won the North Coast Section Lacrosse Championship on Saturday, held at Acalanes High School in Lafayette. They beat Amador Valley in the finals, 13-12. This was the first NCS Championship win for the Lady Wolves.
The Wolves started out hot, scoring four goals in the first few minutes of the game. Amador Valley fought back and took a 7-5 lead in the second half. After a hard fought battle, Allie Van Dorn scored the winning goal with two minutes left to play to seal the victory. The Wolves finished the season with a record of 17-3.
Monte Vista boys won their third straight NCS Lacrosse Championship defeating De La Salle, 9-5. The coaches continued their winning tradition of shaving their heads prior to the NCS Championship. They had done it the last two years and it proved to be good luck again this year.
Trailing 3-1 in the first half, the Mustangs kicked it up a notch and scored seven straight goals to move ahead, 8-3. They never relinquished the lead and finished with a final goal by Monte Vista’s leading scorer, Ryan Westfall, to secure the victory. Monte Vista finished the season with an 18-1 record.
Golf
The Monte Vista boys advanced to the CIF state golf championship after shooting a team score of 380 on Monday at Mira Vista Country Club in El Cerrito. Geoff Gonzalez led the Mustangs with a score of 73.
De La Salle finished first with a score of 377, and Junipero Serra of San Mateo finished second at 379. All three teams and the low six individuals will now advance to the California Interscholastic Federation championship in Santa Maria on June 6.
Tennis
Monte Vista boys tennis team lost a close match in the semifinals of the NCS Championship on Saturday at the Fremont Tennis Center. The Mustangs lost 4-3 to Sacred Heart Prep-Atherton. Tim Lantin was edged in the final match by Mirza Klis, 6-0, 6-7, 7-6. The Mustangs finished the season with a 22-4 record.
Volleyball
In the semifinals of the NCS Championship, San Ramon lost to Foothill, 25-16, 25-20, 25-13. The Wolves finished the season with a 27-6 record.
“Foothill played very well, and took control through most of the match,” said Coach Sean Stratton. “We started off strong, but in each game we started to have some difficulty when we got to 15 or 16 points.”
“The thing I was most impressed with was their sportsmanship,” he added. “They tried as hard as they could and took the loss with pride that they had a very successful season both on and off the court.”
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