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The Amador Valley varsity boys’ soccer team finished with a 1-2 mark last week, beating Dublin, but losing to Dougherty Valley and Monte Vista.
The loss to Dougherty Valley was a 4-0 final, with Gus Shiblaq turning in a strong performance.
In the 2-1 win over Dublin, Ramsey Hanna got the first goal off an assist by Max Couper. The game-winner came with eight minutes left when Isaac Hilton found the net off a set piece from outside the box.
The week concluded with a 1-0 loss to Monte Vista. Sophomore goalie Elliot de la Torre kept the Dons in the game with several big saves.
The Amador junior varsity team went 1-1-1 last week.
It started with a 0-0 draw with Dougherty Valley. Goalie Zander Horberg came back from injury to record seven saves along the way to post the shutout.
In the middle of the week, the Dons beat Dublin 2-1, getting goals from Frankie McBain and Mateo Eichler. Clayton Kahl had an assist on the first goal. Nikhil Bhargava made decisive runs and was an attacking threat all day, earning him player of the game.
On Saturday, the Dons lost 4-1 to Monte Vista. Eichler was player of the game for his efforts getting the lone goal from the mark.
The freshmen had a tough week, suffering three one-goal losses.
Dougherty Valley took a 1-0 win holding off Amador’s offense that produced 20 shots on goal. Two days later the Dons gave up a late goal and fell 3-2 to Dublin. Less than 24 hours later, the Dons were at Monte Vista. With injuries stacking up, the short-handed Dons played with only one sub and lost 2-1.
Foothill boys’ soccer
Ryan Bongiorno scored his first goal of the season off an assist by Matthew Tahir and the Falcons pulled out the 1-0 win against California. The defense was great behind the play of Tyler Walsh, Thorben Gross-Perez, Adam Bernhard and goalie Aiden Ahmad.
The rest of the week did not go as well as the Falcons fell 4-0 to De La Salle and then 2-0 to San Ramon Valley.
In JV play, the Falcons tied Cal 0-0 to open the week, then lost for the first time this season 1-0 to De La Salle. Finally, Tyler Russo assisted Atlas Kading for the lone goal as Foothill beat San Ramon Valley 1-0.
Amador girls’ soccer
The Dons went 2-0-1 last week, not allowing any goals. They beat Dougherty Valley 4-0 as Maylen Montoya scored twice, with Hailey Morec and Hailey Cooper getting one each.
The middle game of the week saw a 0-0 tie with Dublin.
In the last game of the week, the Dons got a big 2-0 win over Monte Vista. Amador’s two goals came from Ava Haviley and Julia Wanis.
Girls’ basketball
The Amador Valley girls’ basketball team grabbed a 49-48 win over Dublin last week. Addison Leomiti had 14 points to lead the way, with Megan Hoang adding 11 and Avalon Kenitzer scoring six points.
Earlier in the week, the Dons fell 46-40 to Dougherty Valley. Kenitzer had 15 points, with Leomiti adding five.
Amador ended the three-game week falling 58-35 to Monte Vista. Hoang had five and Leomiti four.
Across town, the Foothill Falcons dropped a 51-32 game to California on the girls’ Senior Night. Riley Young had 15 points, and Beti Terpstra (who had 38 earlier this year in a win over Ygnacio Valley) finished with nine.
Amador boys’ basketball
The Dons dropped three tough games last week, losing to Dougherty Valley, Dublin and Monte Vista.
In the 59-52 loss to Dougherty Valley, Kasen Krueger had 19 and Jaylen Smith 12 points.
Next up was a 67-57 loss to Dublin. Cade Krueger had 23 points, with his brother Kasen adding 15. Brady McMillin had nine points and was solid on defense along with Nate Jetter.
Finally in the 64-45 loss to Monte Vista, Smith had 10 points as the lone Amador player in double figures.
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.
