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Softball Roundup: San Ramon Valley stuns Amador Valley, Alhambra and Freedom rally for wins, and Alyssa Ross sets NorCal home run record
#8 San Ramon Valley didn’t score any runs against Johanna Grauer and Amador Valley in two regular season meetings but the Wolves (15-11) shocked the #1 Dons, 4-1, in the NCS Division I quarterfinals. Courtney Kezerian pitched a four-hitter and struck out fourand Riley Salvo collected three hits against the Dons (22-3). San Ramon Valley will now [...]
Bay Preps Report: NorCal volleyball title matches are set, plus baseball and softball rankings links
In NorCal Division I volleyball, Archbishop Mitty (30-5) won in a sweep over Granite Bay 25-19, 25-22, 27-25, behind 15 more kills from Adrian Williams. The Monarchs will play Deer Valley (42-1), a 25-21, 25-18, 28-30, 25-23 winner over Mountain View, as Jordan Ewert threw down 17 kills. Mitty will play Deer Valley Saturday for [...]
Roundup: SI, Krook cruise and will meet Willow Glen in CCS D-II Final, while Leland and Mt. Pleasant softball teams win one-run games
St. Ignatius (18-13), the 14th seed, is one win away from their second straight CCS Division II title after a 11-2 rout of #10 Branham (18-12). SI scored seven runs in the first inning and Matt Krook struck out six in three perfect frames, writes Darren Sabedra. Krook: “We’re on fire. We’re hitting the ball well, we’re pitching well, [...]
Bay Preps Report: El Cerrito’s Keith Benjamin gets an offer, Baseball and Softball Rankings, plus track notes
El Cerrito is going to be an exciting team once again in 2013. Last season’s NCS Division III runner-up features Adarius Pickett, Derik Calhoun, and Jalen Harvey (committed to Cal), who are three of the more highly recruited Class of 2014 players in the West. Now, receiver Keith Benjamin might get more attention after Benjamin received his first [...]
Baseball Roundup: Serra, St. Francis will meet in CCS Final, Dronkers pitches Amador Valley past Berkeley, and College Park wins thriller over Livermore
The CCS season had to end with Serra taking on St. Francis after the two teams have been regarded as the best in the section most of the year. St. Francis (28-4), the top seed and ranked second by BayPreps, in a 8-3 semifinal win versus #5 Palo Alto (18-16). Michael Strem picked up his [...]
Softball Roundup: 7-time champs San Benito advance to another CCS final, while SRV, Heritage, Concord, and Clayton Valley were among the NCS winners
In CCS Division I, top seed San Benito (24-3) squeaked past #4 Homestead, 2-1, thanks to a four-hitter from Megan Sabbatini. For the Mustangs (25-5), Katie Moss allowed only two hits and struck out six. Homestead came up short on playing a flawless game, writes Darren Sabedra. Coach Steve Allemandi: “We accomplished a lot of things. The [...]
Bay Area Softball Rankings from Harold Abend
A Special to BayPreps Amador Valley back on top after Mitty suffers huge upset, while Petaluma girls make history Apologies for the tardiness of these rankings but the weekend’s Elite 11 and Nike Football Training Camp events, coupled with delayed Cal-Hi Sports state rankings got the schedule out of whack. Softball Rankings (After games of [...]
Bay Preps Report: More football recruiting offers, Granada baseball now #19 nationally, and NorCal Volleyball Semifinals are set
The crop of Bay Area players is usually strong, but this year’s quantity of seniors may be as good as any. The college offers have reflected this talent. Casa Grande’s JaJuan Lawson picked up an offer from Boston College, Serra’s Matt Dickerson’s stock continues to go up after an offer from Oregon, El Cerrito’s Adarius Pickett [...]
Baseball Roundup: Dougherty Valley, Deer Valley, Campolindo, Washington, and Alhambra among those who move on in NCS, while Pacific Grove will meet Menlo in CCS D-3 Final
The top two seeds in NCS Division I, Granada and De La Salle, now know their Friday quarterfinal opponents. De La Salle, the #2 seed, will face #7 Dougherty Valley (12-13), after Draco Roberts hit a big three-run homer to lead the Wildcats to a 5-2 win versus #10 Freedom (16-9), writes Jimmy Durkin. Dougherty [...]
Softball Roundup: Murphy, Monte Vista cruise, Perez homers twice for Alhambra, and Crevani has four-hit day for SJND
Mackenzie Murphy pitched a four-hitter and struck out 15, while Kristen Clark had three hits, three runs scored and two RBI for #6 Monte Vista (15-10) in their 8-0 NCS Division I first-round win versus #11 San Leandro (15-7-1). The Mustangs will now play at #3 James Logan (23-1) in the quarterfinals. NCS DIVISION II #2 [...]