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The East Bay Athletic League strutted its stuff Saturday in the North Coast Section cross country championships at Hayward High.
In the two divisions – D-I and D-II – the EBAL took the team titles for both boys and girls.
Dublin took the D-I boys’ race, accounting for only 24 points, with California finishing second at 74. In D-II, the Granada boys were the winner with 70 points, while Amador Valley was second at 110.
On the girls’ side for D-I, Dougherty Valley was the winner with 35 points, with California second at 66 points. The D-II girls’ team race was won by Monte Vista with 58 points.
The Dougherty girls had just 32 seconds between the Wildcats’ first and fifth runners. It was the fifth title for Dougherty, winning in 2009, 2017, 2021, 2022 and this year.
Following are the team scores and the top 10 individual finishers in the four races:
Boys’ Division I
Team scores: 1, Dublin 24; 2, California 74; 3, Berkeley 86; 4, Dougherty Valley 114; 5, Liberty 117; 6, James Logan 115; 7, Castro Valley 157; 8, Pittsburg 254.
Top 10 individuals: 1, Daniel Santhiapillai (Dublin) 15:51.8; 2, Justin Fong (Dublin) 16:07.2; 3, Jeremy Imbo (Dublin) 16:07.20; 4, Laksh Komboj (Dougherty Valley) 16:16.1; 5, Lucas Lipman (Dublin) 16:21.17; 6, Kai Hamre (California) 16:28.0; 7, Isaac Ouelle (Castro Valley) 16:34.2; 8, Vedanth Pothina (Dougherty Valley) 16:35.8; 9, Leo Harte (Berkeley) 16:36.5; 10, West Murch (Berkeley) 16:37.2
Boys’ Division II
Team scores (top 10 and other EBAL): 1, Granada 70; 2, Amador Valley 110; 3, Redwood 112; 4, De La Salle 113; 5, Monte Vista 140; 6, College Park 153; 7, American 184; 8, Washington 213; 9, San Ramon Valley 240; 10, Napa 290; 12, Foothill 325; 15, Livermore 382.
Top 10 individuals: 1, Heath Salter (De La Salle) 15:16.2; 2, Mateo Cefaro (Monte Vista) 15:18.0; 3, Sattvik Raju (Amador Valley) 15:15.9; 4, Rohan Kotamraju (Monte Vista) 15:33.9; 5, Nicola Barron (Granada) 15:36.8; 6, Aiden Versteeg (Amador Valley) 15:37.9; 7, Neil Ajeesh (Granada) 15:44.0; 8, Gabriel Cavanagh (Redwood) 15:53.7; 9, Jmel Testai (San Leandro) 15:54.1; 10, Anish Gopisetty (Washington) 15:57.3.
Girls’ Division I
Team scores: 1, Dougherty Valley 35; 2, California 66; 3, Berkeley 77; 4, Castro Valley 79; 5, Dublin 111; 6, Liberty 236; 7, James Logan 236; 8, Pittsburg 239.
Top 10 individuals: 1, Emily Bellinger (California) 18:20.9; 2, Carina Nottingham (Berkeley) 18:21.6; 3, Iliana Niergarten (Castro Valley) 19:09.9; 4, Anusha Natraj (Dougherty Valley) 19:22.2; 5, Neha Chhabra (Dougherty Valley) 19:27.6; 6, Abigail Cotton (California) 19:27.8; 7, Alyssa Shah (Dougherty Valley) 19:30.5; 8, Leila Reddi (Dublin) 19:37.0; 9, Aditi Naveen (Dougherty Valley) 19:39.9; 10, Anaya Kumar (Dougherty Valley) 19:54.8.
Girls’ Division II
Team scores (Top 10 and other EBAL teams): 1, Monte Vista 58; 2, Redwood 78; 3, San Ramon Valley 82; 4, Granada 120; 5, Clayton Valley 167; 6, Foothill 190; 7, College Park 206; 8, San Leandro 218; 9, American 240; 10, Heritage 282; 11, Amador Valley 297; 12, Livermore 300.
Top 10 individuals: 1, Kaylie O’Connell (Monte Vista) 17:44.3; 2, Sydney Middleton (Redwood) 17:55.2; 3, Sade Bumpus (Granada) 18:03.3; 4, Macy Mullins (Foothill) 18:16.8; 5, Nadya Makarova (Monte Vista) 18:18.8; 6, Ava Padilla (Monte Vista) 18:20.8; 7, Brooke Ennen (San Ramon Valley) 18:35.2; 8, Kacie Wang (Amador Valley) 18:52.4; 9, Katherine Buechter (Clayton Valley) 18:55.6; 10, Sydney Smith (Redwood) 18:57.9.
CIF NorCal water polo
In the girls’ brackets, top-seeded Carondelet took the NorCal title with a 10-6 win over No. 2 seed Sacred Heart Prep.
In the girls’ D-III tournament, Amador Valley was seeded sixth and fell 17-5 on the road to Los Altos, the eventual runner up.
In the D-I boys’ tournament, Sacred Heart Prep took the title with a 11-10 win over Miramonte in the finals. Along the way, SHP took out a pair of EBAL teams.
In the first No. 8 San Ramon Valley fell to the top-seeded SHP 16-10. In the semifinals it was a 9-8 win over No. 4 De La Salle. The Spartans beat the Menlo School 11-10.
NCS football
De La Salle won another Open Division crown with a 24-17 win over Pittsburg at Diablo Valley College.
In the D-II tournament, it will be Clayton Valley against Monte Vista in the finals. Clayton beat top-seeded Campolindo 21-17 in one semifinal, while Monte Vista beat California 35-21 in the other.
In the D-IV semifinals, top-seeded Hayward beat No. 4 Granada 41-18.
CIF State girls’ golf
Southern California got the best of NorCal, taking the top two team spots, and the individual title in the CIF State championships played Nov. 19 at Poppy Hills.
Santa Margarita took the team crown with a team score of 355. Torrey Pines was second at 363, with Stevenson of Pebble Beach finishing third at 367.
Rancho Bernardo (384), Carondelet (395) and Granite Bay (401) were the other three times in the tournament,
Victoria Cui of Crystal Springs-Upland was the individual champion at 4-under. Lily Peng of Carondelet and Erin Lee of Dougherty Valley were both at 1-under, tied for seventh.
Editor’s note: Dennis Miller is a contributing sports writer for the Pleasanton Weekly. This column originally appeared in Tri-Valley Preps Playbook, a weekly sports e-newsletter published by Embarcadero Media Foundation. To sign up for free, visit here.
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