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The Foothill boys’ volleyball team picked up another two wins to stay unbeaten in East Bay Athletic League play at 6-0.
The two wins were huge as the Falcons got past two of the other top teams in league, overcoming one-set deficits in both matches.
They opened the week with a 23-25, 25-20, 25-23, 25-20 over rival Amador Valley.
Highlights came from Noah Mitzenmacher (27 receptions, 9 service points, 5 digs), Casey Collins (11 kills, 11 service points, 5 aces), Kayan Vohra (14 kills, 2 blocks) and Caden Stedman (7 kills, 1 block).
Next up was a 22-25, 25-19, 25-22, 25-18 win over previously unbeaten Granada.
The leaders this time were Collins (17 digs, 16 kills, 10 service points), Josh Salonga (38 assists, 10 digs, 3 kills), Mitzenmacher (22 receptions, 16 digs) and Dean Caudill (13 digs, 8 kills).
Over the weekend, Foothill went to the Stockton Classic finishing with a 2-2 mark, beating Christian Brothers and Futures, and losing to Oak Ridge and Granite Bay. Playing well in the event was Yun Bae (23 service points, 23 digs, 17 kills, 17 assists), Salonga (70 assists, 16 digs), and Ian Neuman (11 kills, 11 digs).
Amador volleyball
The Dons took the first set from Foothill, but dropped three in a row to the Falcons in the Pleasanton rivalry match.
The highlights came from Max Riter (23 kills, 2 blocks, 6 aces), Nick Nayak (11 kills), Parker Brookhart (34 assists, 10 digs), Ryan Bury (7 kills), Aiden Husejnovic (5 kills), Ryan Yu (2 aces) and Aiden Lam (7 assists).
Amador rebounded by knocking off Dublin 25-16, 28-26, 25-20.
Big performers here were Riter (17 kills, 6 digs, 2 blocks), Nayak (9 kills, 3 blocks), Parker Brookhart (3 aces, 18 assists), Lam (2 kills, 15 assists), Bury (4 kills, 10 digs), Ryder Kuckien (9 digs) and Husejnovic (4 kills, 2 blocks).
Foothill softball
It was an up-and-down week for the Falcons as they lost 18-13 to Dublin and beat Clayton Valley 5-4.
In the loss to Dublin, Marissa Anderson had three hits, including a home run, and she drove in a pair. Kaycie Burdick had three hits, with a home run.
Alexa Sponsel had two hits and drove in two, while Kyla Springer added three hits and drove in two against the Gaels.
In the win over Clayton Valley, Ellie Novitske drove in the game-winner in the seventh inning. Sophia Burdick had two hits to drive in a pair of runs, and Amanda Bilter diving catch in left to save a pair of runs.
Foothill swimming
The Falcons got some great performances in their dual meet wins over Livermore on both the boys’ and girls’ side.
For the Foothill girls, Chloe Xu, Clare Alexander and Mckinley Scobie all won a pair of individual races.
Xu took the 200 freestyle and the 100 butterfly, with Alexander picking up wins in the 200 individual medley and the 100 free, and Scobie winning the 50 free and the 500 free.
All three swam legs on the winning 200 free, with Alexander and Scobie swimming legs on the 400 free relay. Xu swam a leg on the winning 200 medley relay.
On the boys’ side, Cameron Jones won the 50 and 100 free, and same legs on the 200 and 400 free relays.
Conner Kann took the 200 free and 100 backstroke, while also swimming legs on the 200-medley relay and the 400 free relay. Ethan Wang won the 100 fly and the 100 breaststroke.
Amador swimming
The Dons took all four meetings at Livermore: The varsity girls won 132-31, the varsity boys 140-24, the JV girls 133-23 and the JV boys 137-12.
A couple of varsity girls achieved North Coast Section automatic qualifying times while winning their events, sophomore Rylee Hutchinson won the 200 freestyle in a time of 1:55.43 and sophomore Lillyana Caples won the 500 free in 5:06.92.
One of the more exciting races was the varsity boys’ 100 breaststroke, which saw Asher Ding lead an Amador to a 1-2-3 sweep with the top three times only separated by a little over a second. Ding’s winning time was 1:03.43 (an NCS consideration time).
For the JV girls, Grace Choe was a double winner, winning the 100 IM in a time of 1:08.68 and the 100 back in 1:07.52.
Choe was also part of the winning 400 free relay.
On the JV boys’ side, Evan Crandall was also a double winner, winning the 50 free in a time of 28.69 and the 100 free in a time of 58.96. He was also part of the winning 200 medley relay.
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.
