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Spring break means one thing when it comes to prep sports – the Livermore Stampede softball tournament is riding into town.
There are 16 teams in the three-day event, and it is a veritable who’s who of softball prowess in Northern California. This year Eagle High of Eagle, Idaho joins the party.
The East Bay Athletic League is represented by Livermore, Granada, Carondelet, San Ramon Valley and California.
The rest of the teams are Alameda, Casa Grande (Petaluma), Castro Valley, College Park (Pleasant Hill), Freedom (Brentwood), Liberty (Brentwood), Saint Francis (Mountain View), Sheldon (Elk Grove), Whitney (Rocklin) and Willow Glen (San Jose).
Here are some of the top teams in the tournament:
Livermore (10-1): The Cowboys are also 5-0 in EBAL play but have huge games with Carondelet and San Ramon Valley in the second half of play, that is unless they meet them here.
Laine Macosky leads the way at the plate, hitting .485 with a pair of home runs and she has driven in 12 runs. Gianna Willes is at .345 and has also driven in 12 runs.
The pitching is all about Kaci Norton who is 6-1 with a 1.00 ERA. She has pitched 42 innings in the circle and has struck out 57 batters.
Willow Glen (8-1): The Rams have just a 3-2 loss to Mitty as the lone blemish on their season and are 5-0 in Mt. Hamilton play. Last season the team was 28-0 before dropping a pair of postseason games.
Catalina Medina is hitting .571 with three home runs and 17 runs scored. Alanna Clincy is at .526 with 12 RBIs, and Maia Mendoza is hitting .429 and has driven in five runs.
Clincy is 5-1 in the circle and has struck out 65 hitters in 32 innings pitched. Freshman Kayla Valtscheff is 3-0 with a 1.22 ERA. She has struck out 23 in 23 innings pitched.
Saint Francis (10-1): The Lancers are always one of the top teams in Northern California and have their only loss to Destiney Christian.
Jaime Oakland has continued her amazing career and is hitting .719 at this point with 20 runs scored. Malianna Liongitau is hitting .500 with 12 RBIs. Peyton Tsao is hitting .472 and has driven in 23 runs.
In the circle it has been the duo of Blanka Fisher and Mercedes Coller. Fisher is 5-0 and has not allowed an earned run this season. In 25.1 innings pitched she struck out 42 and only allowed nine hits. Coller is 4-1 with an ERA 1.89. She has pitched 29.2 innings and has 34 strikeouts.
Foothill boys’ volleyball
The Falcons had been the hottest team in the EBAL, but they suffered a couple of tough losses.
After being up 2-0 against San Ramon Valley only to see the Wolves rally for the 3-2 win.
In the 25-12, 25-16, 21-25, 19-25, 12-15 loss to SRV, the Foothill highlights came from Josh Salonga (32 assists, 15 service points, 12 digs), Jeremy Sun (18 kills, 14 receptions), Thomas Paduraru (12 kills, 5 blocks) and Manav Raghuram (16 service points, 14 digs).
Later in the week the Falcons lost to Dublin 20-25, 18-25, 23-25. The highlights came from Rushil Vadada (11 digs, 8 kills), Grey Garofalo (30 assists, 8 digs), Wynter Alexander (5 kills, 2 blocks) and Sun (18 receptions, 15 digs).
Foothill girls’ lacrosse
It’s been quite a turnaround for the seniors in their four years at Foothill.
When the girls were freshmen, they finished the season 0-13. Fast forward to their senior season and they head into spring break with a 3-1 EBAL mark in their division.
This past week the Falcons split games, losing for the first time, 12-7 to Dougherty Valley. They rebounded with a 17-14 win over Dublin. The week leaves the Falcons in second place, one game behind Dougherty.
In the first week of league play, the Falcons beat Livermore (16-5) and Granada (15-5).
On offense, the Falcons are getting great play from sophomore Amelia Fowler (29 goals), Hailey White (29 goals) and Medeline Rich (24 goals).
On defense, senior goalie Chloe Grijalva and defender Emily Evans have been playing well.
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.
