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The Amador Valley wrestling team did something not many local teams have done in the last 15 years, and that is beat De La Salle.
The Spartans have won 14 of the last 15 North Coast Section Dual Meet titles, losing only in 2009 to James Logan.
But on Jan. 30, there the Dons were standing with a 38-33 win over De La Salle.
So dominant has been De La Salle that in 2010, the East Bay Athletic League coaches voted for the Spartans to get the EBAL automatic berth to the Dual event, thus allowing teams in the EBAL to not have to wrestle against the Spartans.
The last couple years, some EBAL coaches were tired of handing the Spartans the automatic berth, but they couldn’t get the votes needed to change the policy.
“I have been trying to get this changed,” Amador coach Travis Chubb said. “I wanted this dual meet.”
Chubb didn’t get the votes again this year but did come out with a dual match against De La Salle last week.
Some of the big performances for the Dons came from Jayden Wood, Roman Moore, Noah Awad and Santino Sevier.
The Dons trailed 33-30 with two matches left. Awad stepped up with a 17-3 win to give the Dons a 34-33 lead, and Sevier won 10-2 in the night’s final match, locking up the 38-33 win.
Amador boys’ soccer
The Dons had a mixed week of results, losing a pair of EBAL matches but getting a big non-league win.
The league games were against Dublin (2-1) and Monte Vista (4-1). Nader Hanna and Ekansh Samanta scored the Dons’ only goals in those contests.
At the end of the week, the Dons came away with a 2-0 non-league win over Heritage. It was a rainy day, but the Dons got goals from Jonas Lyions, and Hanna scored from long range. Goalie Anon Prathnadi secured the shutout with several key saves. Lyions earned Player of the Game honors.
The junior varsity team also split their results.
They began the week with a 2-0 win against Dublin, fueled by two goals from Kinston Smith, assisted by Muhriz Munir and Leo Wiedemeyer.
Joseph Prunty earned Player of the Game for his versatility, playing defense, midfield and forward due to injuries on the team.
The JV then fell 2-0 to Monte Vista, despite a strong defensive effort from Sean Kim, who earned Player of the Match for his performance.
They also lost a hard-fought, rainy match against Heritage 2-0, with Harry Brown earning Player of the Game for stepping up on the injury-plagued team.
The freshmen had a mixed week as well.
The week started with a 6-0 home win over Dublin, getting goals from six different players. Notably, Lucas Shimy with a header, Jace Danielson with a long-distance stunner, and Mueez Munir with a slick one touch finish off a cross.
The Dons then traveled to Monte Vista, facing the Mustangs with several players injured. They fought hard, but in the end were hurt by the lack of depth and fell 3-0.
Amador boys’ basketball
The Dons suffered through another tough EBAL week, falling to Dublin and Monte Vista.
In the 58-52 loss to Dublin, the Dons got 14 points from Cade Krueger 14, 10 points each from Jaylen Smith and Kasen Krueger, and Dante Ventura added nine.
The 47-38 loss to the Mustangs, Smith had 11 and Kasen Krueger had 10.
Amador girls’ soccer
The Dons got a much-needed 4-1 win over Dublin last week.
Alden Hofstede scored a pair of well-earned goals to lead the Dons. Addison Montoya — a freshman — got her first goal as a member of the Amador varsity.
Another freshman, Addison Stout, continued to score goals for the Dons and had an assist, with Haily Morec getting the final goal for Amador, off an assist from Ava Hailey.
Mira Garuda had another strong showing, putting up two assists for the Dons. Sophomore Keeper Sara Reni had four saves and allowed only one goal.
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.
