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The Amador Valley boys’ basketball team kept their season alive by knocking off Liberty 57-43 to take third in the North Coast Section Division I playoffs.
After falling 53-50 in the semifinals to Granada, the Dons faced a huge game with Liberty for third place and a spot in the CIF State Basketball playoffs.
Dante Ventura scored 17 points to lead the Dons in the win, with Jaylen Smith adding 12. Elijah Stanley had nine to round out the top scorers for Amador.
In the loss to Granada, Smith scored 17 for the Dons, with Stanley adding 14, and Cade Krueger chipped in 10.
See the story below for the CIF tournament information.
CIF Basketball
On the girls’ side of the tournament, Carondelet – by virtue of the Cougars’ 50-49 win over San Ramon Valley in the NCS Open final – was seeded No. 4 and the Wolves No. 5.
If you do the math, that meant the Cougars would be hosting the Wolves in the first round on Wednesday night. It was going to be the fourth time the two sides met this year, with San Ramon Valley holding a 2-1 lead.
The winner will play at top-seeded Mitty on Saturday night.
In the Boys’ Open play, De La Salle was seeded fifth and set to play at No. 4 Modesto Christian. The winner will play at top-seeded Riordan on Saturday night.
D-I play was set to start Tuesday night with No. 7 Daugherty Valley hosting Destiny Christian (10) at 7 p.m. The winner will play the winner of Lincoln (15) at Clayton Valley (2).
In D-II play, Granada (3) was hosting Clovis (14) and Amador Valley (7) playing Serra (10). Both games were set for Tuesday night, with results pending as of press time.
The Amador-Serra winner would play the Sacramento (2)-Bullard (15) winner. The winner of the Granada-Clovis game would play the winner of the Oakland Tech (5)-Milpitas (11) game. Those games were set for Thursday night.
CIF Soccer
In the girls’ tournaments, Carondelet was seeded No. 8 and set to open at No. 1 Gregori on Tuesday night. The winner would face the winner of Saint Francis-Buchanan on Thursday.
In the D-II event, No. 5 Amador Valley was at No. 4 Mitty. The winner would be at the winner of the Davis (1)-Las Lomas (8) game on Thursday. San Ramon Valley (7) was at Vista Del Lago (2).
The winner of that one would face the winner of Cardinal Newman (3)-St. Ignatius (6).
In boys’ play, Monte Vista (7) was at Granite Bay (2) in D-I play. The winner would take on the winner of Clayton Valley (3) against Everette Alvarez (6).
In the D-II tournament, San Ramon Valley (8) was at Clovis (1), with the winner facing the Vintage (4)-Turlock (5) winner on Thursday.
De La Salle (2) was hosting Leigh (7), with the winner taking on the Hillsdale (3)-Berkeley (6) winner.
CIF Wrestling
Standout Granada wrestler SJ Martin capped a 37-2 senior year by taking the girls’ 120-pound state title Saturday in Bakersfield and giving the vaunted Matadors’ program its first-ever CIF individual championship in the sport.
In addition to the state title by Martin, teammate Maile Nguyen also found a spot on the medal platform, finishing sixth at 105 pounds.
“It was a really good weekend,” said Sean Jackson, one of the Granada wrestling coaches.
The top-seeded Martin plowed through the competition. She opened with a pin of Tatiana Colmenero of Gilroy in 59 seconds. That followed with a pin of Kenzie Herrera of Reedley in 57 seconds.
In the quarterfinals, she pinned Mariana Gonzalez of Buchanan in 1:17, then advanced to the finals with a pin of Eliana Garcia of Northview at the 2:13 mark.
Once in the finals, Martin came through with a 12-0, majority decision of Ava Ebrahimi of Poway.
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.
