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The Foothill High baseball team had been on a roll, winning six straight games and were unbeaten in East Bay Athletic League.
Last week, the Falcons dropped a pair of games to Granada, falling from the unbeaten ranks. But thanks to the latest winning streak, the team is still in the thick of the EBAL race.
The first game against Granada was a 4-0 loss. Hudson Flora had a pair of hits in three at-bats for the Falcons. Carson Mendonza got a double, with Aiden Tavares and Dylan Souza adding a hit each.
The rematch saw Granada come away with an 8-2 win over Foothill.
Flora had a hit and scored a run for the Falcons. George Schmitt had a hit and a run scored for Foothill. RJ Manicki had a double and Grant Hoenninger had a hit and drove in both Foothill runs.
Foothill boys’ volleyball
The Falcons split a pair of matches last week, with the win qualifying them for the North Coast Section playoffs.
The week started with a 20-25, 24-26, 25-17, 14-25 loss to Livermore. Highlights came from Josh Salonga (39 assists, 8 digs, 6 service points), Jeremy Sun (14 kills, 7 digs), Thomas Paduraru (11 kills, 4 blocks) and Trey Elson (7 kills, 1 block).
The Falcons closed the week with a 25-22, 25-15, 25-20 win over California.
This time the highlights came from Salonga (27 assists, 8 kills, 8 digs), Paduraru (9 kills, 470 percentage, 2 blocks), Rushil Vadada (6 kills at .600, 5 digs) and Manav Raghuram (11 digs, 10 service points).
Amador JV tennis
The Dons split their matches with California and San Ramon Valley last week.
In the 6-3 loss to California, the three wins came from Samarth Mahapatra, Suvir Rao and the doubles team of Henry Bull and Avij Asarawala.
In an 8-1 win over San Ramon Valley, four of the five singles wins came from Shreyas Sattiraju, Srikar Chidipotu, Kengo Waddell and Shaurya Grover.
The doubles teams of Erik Van Slyke-Udayan Singhal, Arman Turkhan-Suvir Rao and Aryan Chawlal-Sameer Datta all got wins as well.
Dublin Pleasanton Tennis Group qualifies for nationals
The Dublin Pleasanton Tennis Group reached a historic milestone last month, capturing the USTA Northern California Tri-Level Invitational title held from March 20-22 at Blackhawk Country Club.
The victory marks the group’s ninth trip to the National Championships in just four years and their first-ever qualification in the competitive 3.0/3.5/4.0 Division.
Led by captain Gabriel Mangonon and group mentor Narayana Rao Surapaneni, DPTG has built a legacy of excellence since the post-COVID return to play.
Their impressive national resume now includes one national championship (2022), two national runners-up finishes (2024, 2025), and nine total national appearances in four years representing USTA NorCal.
The DPTG winning team features a talented lineup of Tri-Valley athletes: Devank Agarwal, Gaurav Anand, Goutham Arra, Ritesh Bhandari, Sai Charan Kukunoor, Arjun Kumar, captain Mangonon, Mahesh Narayanan, Oliver Nono, Kiran Kumar Thungala, Bryan Wendleton, David Wiser and group mentor Surapaneni.
“While we have had great success in the 3.0 and 3.5 divisions, this is the first time we’ve made it to Nationals in the Tri-Level 3.0/3.5/4.0 category,” Surapaneni said. “The competition in Diablo South is incredible. Our second team finished 5th overall, missing the semis by just one set. Having two DPTG teams in the top five standings alongside San Ramon and Fremont proves the immense depth of talent in our local tennis community.”
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.
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