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As expected, the East Bay Athletic League represented well at the CIF State Swimming and Diving Championships last weekend at the Clovis Swim Center.
Mckinley Scobie of Foothill and Tim Wu of Dougherty Valley took individual titles, while the EBAL occupied many spots in the finals, finishing in the top nine in one of the toughest swimming states in the country.
On the girls’ side, Scobie got her title in the 200 freestyle, winning in a time of 1:47.42. She was also second in the 100 free with a time of 49.29.
The San Ramon Valley 200 medley relay was third in the finals, as the team of Daniela Linares Danzos, Sasha Babushkina, Izzy Richards and Alexis Parkinson got a top-three spot.
Monte Vista was eighth in the finals, with the team of Ella Busquets, Abby Buttery, Molly Lind, and Zoe Venetta representing the school and league.
Linares Danzos was third in the 100 butterfly (53.18) and second in the 100 backstroke (52.06). Busquets was fifth in the 100 back at 54.45.
Brooke Bennett of Granada was seventh in the 200 individual medley at 2:01.36 and third in the 500 free at 4:51.12.
Rylee Hutchinson of Amador Valley was second in the 500 free at 4:50.14, with Rosa Houberg of Dougherty Valley was sixth with a 4:51.42. That gave the EBAL three of the top six in the state in the event.
Alexis Thompson of Amador Valley was fifth in the 100 breaststroke.
In the 400 free relay, San Ramon Valley was third with the team of Parkinson, Kayla Arneson, Babushkina and Linares Danzos taking the spot. Granada with Brooke Bennett, Megan Lemler, Taylor Bennett and Gaby Kleman combined to finish eighth.
On the boys’ side, Wu’s win in the 200 IM came in 1:44.83. Isaiah Silver of Granada was fourth at 1:47.24 and Jeremy Ting of Monte Vista was sixth in 1:49.22, matching the EBAL girls’ feat in the 500 free.
In the 200 medley relay, De La Salle’s quartet of Blake Hill, Chase Lewis, Matt Nakayama and Tanner Lustig were third. The Amador boys’ team of Cade Vieler, Ryan Wong, Toby Huang and Kealan Tupper was fifth.
In the 200 free Tupper was sixth at 1:27.7, with Dmitriy Oransky of De La Salle ninth at 1:38.51.
In the 100 breast, Ethan Wang of Foothill was eighth in 55.37.
NCS baseball
The EBAL was well-represented in the NCS playoffs as expected! Here are the first and second potential matchups
Division I
First round
Heritage (16) at De La Salle (1), Foothill (9) at Novato (8), Petaluma (13) at Berkeley (4), Campolindo (12) at Redwood (5), Dublin (15) at Clayton Valley (2), Liberty (10) at Monte Vista (7), Alhambra (14) at College Park (3), San Ramon Valley (11) at Granada (6). All games are set for 5 p.m.
Second round
De La Salle-Heritage winner vs. Novato-Foothill winner, TBD; Berkeley-Petaluma winner vs. Redwood-Campolindo winner, TBD; Clayton Valley-Dublin winner vs. Monte Vista-Liberty winner, TBD; College Park-Alhambra vs. Granada-San Ramon Valley winner, TBD.
Division II
First round
California (16) at McKinleyville (1), 5 p.m.
Second round
California-McKinleyville winner vs. Benicia-Bishop O’Dowd winner, TBD.
NCS softball
Here are the EBAL teams in the D-I and D-II with first round and potential second round games.
First round
D-I
Clayton Valley (9) at California (8), Granada (10) at American Canyon (7), Carondelet (11) at Liberty (6), Alameda (1) vs. bye, San Ramon Valley (2) vs. bye, Livermore (3) vs. bye
D-II
Foothill (9) at Cardinal Newman (8)
Second round
D-I
California-Clayton Valley winner at Alameda, 5 p.m.; College Park vs. Heritage winner vs. Castro Valley-San Marin winner, TBD; Granada-American Canyon winner at San Ramon Valley, 5 p.m.; Carondelet-Liberty winner at Livermore, 5 p.m.
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.
