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The Amador Valley girls’ soccer team won a pair of games last week to claim the East Bay Athletic League regular season title.
The Dons opened the week with a 2-0 win over Livermore with Angel Akanyirige and Maylen Montoya getting the goals.
The Amador defense held up against the added pressure to preserve the clean sheet in the win. Sophomore Claire Morgan had a great game holding down the midfield.
In the second game of the week, the Dons got a 2-0 win over crosstown rival Foothill.
The two sides fought to a scoreless first half thanks in large part to Foothill goalie Jillian Barth. About midway through the second half, the Dons got their two goals.
Alden Hofstede took an assist from Montoya near midfield and carried the ball down to beat the keeper. Moments later, Kaia Hoyman’s shot bounced off the far post right to Montoya who put the ball – and the game – away.
The Amador defense was amazing again, this time behind the play of Julia Wanis, Hailey Morec, Kailee Walker, Hoyman and Sydney Stimson. Karson Knuth and Ava Haviley stopped everything that came near them in the defensive midfield.
Amador boys’ soccer
In the last week of the season, the Amador varsity side beat Livermore 2-0 and lost to Foothill 5-2.
In the first 30 seconds of the Livermore game, Max Couper sent a pass to Henry Beatty, who in turn got it to Nader Hanna for the finish.
With two minutes left in the game, Isaac Hilton scored a header off a corner from Anish Dhakal. Lucas Cimas earned player of the game honors for his defensive and offensive contributions.
In the Foothill game, the Falcons took a 1-0 lead before Amador equalized with a Colin Braga goal off a Hilton assist. Beatty made it 2-1 Amador, but the Falcons scored four unanswered goals.
In JV action, the Dons started the week with a 0-0 draw with Livermore. Zander Hoberg got the shutout in the goal for Amador.
They ended the season with another 0-0 final, this one against Foothill. Santiago Rodriguez Torres was honored as player of the game for his outstanding play.
The Amador freshman team had a good week, beating Las Lomas 3-0 and then ending the season with a 3-0 win against Foothill.
Against Las Lomas, Ekansh Samanta had a pair of goals and was selected as player of the game.
In the win against Foothill, Amador got goals from Samanta, Cole Kikuchi and Muhriz Munir. Matthew Sun was selected player of the game as his aggressive pressing created turnovers that led to two of the three goals.
Boys’ basketball
The Falcons made their last regular season game a winning one, topping rival Amador by a 55-51 final in front of a large crowd at Foothill.
Leading the way for the Falcons was Ayden Magaro with 15 points. Vedant Mehta and Saahas Krishnamsetty had 13 each for the Falcons.
Ori Khasin had 17 to lead Amador, with Kade Krueger scoring 12 and Jaylen Smith getting seven points.
Girls’ basketball
The Falcons put an end to their best regular season in a long time, beating Amador 60-46.
Senior Beti Terpstra had 26 points to lead the Falcons. Riley Young added 12 points, Sophie Nguyen 11 points, and Maddie Rice nine points.
Addison Leomiti led the way for Amador with 18 points while senior Avalon Kenitzer had eight points in her last regular season game for the Dons.
Foothill beat Dougherty Valley 57-38 earlier in the week. Young had 30 points with Laila Shore adding 14 points, and Rice finishing with eight points.
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.
