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The Foothill girls’ water polo team found success at the varsity level with the Falcons’ two games against the varsity and junior varsity from Dougherty Valley.
In the varsity match the Falcons battled out to an early lead, then gradually worked it out to a comfortable 13-3 final.
The Falcons had a plethora of players turn in good efforts.
Natalie Williams led the way with seven goals, two steals and two earned kickouts resulting in six power plays.
Nashika Rath posted two goals, a steal and one earned kickout. Ashby Clark also scored two goals, and Aria Nair added a pair of steals.
Brianna Gavril also tallied a pair of goals for the Falcons.
The Falcons’ JV goalie was called into varsity action, making six saves and allowing no goals in the second half.
The JV game was a battle throughout, with the Falcons fighting out to a 2-0 lead at the end of the first quarter. Both offensive units found some life in the second quarter with the Falcons holding a 6-4 at the halftime break.
Dougherty came back strong in the third and took a one-goal lead at the end of the third quarter, 7-6. The Falcons got the better of play and at the end of regulation it was 9-9.
Dougherty Valley got the win with a 5-meter goal in overtime.
Foothill JV was led by five goals from Ava Francis and two each from Sophie Moghal and Arshia Jain. Natasha Pabalkar had eight blocks in her debut as goalie.
Foothill girls’ volleyball
The Falcons scored a pair of big East Bay Athletic League wins last week, finishing the week alone at the top of the Valley Division and tied for the best record overall.
The week started with the Falcons knocking Carondelet from the EBAL unbeaten ranks with a 23-25, 25-19, 25-18, 25-19 win.
Highlights came from Paige Nelson (23 kills, 15 digs, 4 aces), Danielle Yeh (35 assists, 4 aces, 4 kills), Olivia So (19 digs, 6 aces) and Addison Monnastes (6 kills, 2 blocks).
The second game of the week was the big crosstown match with Amador Valley, and the Falcons came away with the 25-17, 25-19, 25-15 sweep.
Highlights came from Nelson (22 kills (.510), 8 digs), So (15 digs, 7 aces), Emily Evans (4 kills, 1 block), Serena Wu (4 kills).
Amador girls’ water polo
The Dons got eight goals from Susan Swyers on the way to beating Livermore 12-1.
Addi Drain added a pair of goals with Zahra Alami and Claire Kunich got one each. Abigail Jones had two assists, with Deep Suresh posting four saves in the goal.
Foothill HOF possibilities
Foothill is one of the only EBAL schools without an athletic Hall of Fame, but there is no shortage of high-quality athletes deserving of the recognition.
This week in the Tri-Valley Preps Playbook, I wrote about all the EBAL schools and their Halls of Fames. If you want to see it in depth, take a look at the Playbook and see what our fellow EBAL schools are offering.
I included what my first class of the HOF for Foothill would be: Brandon Crawford, Val Arioto, Gary Daniels, Evan Patak and Kim Patrick.
If you want to read more about each of my picks, as well as the first two Foothill coaches I would add to the class, head to PleasantonWeekly.com to find how to get the Tri-Valley Preps Playbook newsletter each week for free – then read this week’s Big Picture story.
You can also find the latest EBAL Power Rankings for football, volleyball, and flag football. Once again, it’s free each week and will be delivered to your inbox every Tuesday afternoon.
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.
