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Heading into the East Bay Athletic League boys’ basketball season, I wrote about how incredibly tough and deep the league was this year.
Now here we are at the last week of the season with just the NorCal finals and state title games left, and there is vindication for my early-season boasting.
Tuesday night in the Northern California D-I Regional finals for the fourth time this year No. 2 seed San Ramon Valley will face No. 4 Granada.
The winner will have a spot on the CIF D-I State Championship game, guaranteeing the EBAL will have a team playing for the state title.
The two teams have met three previous times. The Matadors (26-4) took the first one 60-58, but the Wolves took the next two, winning 80-56 in the EBAL playoffs, then 77-68 in the first round of the NCS Open playoffs.
The game is set for 7 p.m. on Tuesday night (March 5) at Dublin High.
The winner will play the victor of the SoCal final between Mater Dei and St. John Bosco. That title game will be Friday night at 8 p.m. at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.
On the girls’ side, Carondelet has advanced with the NorCal title game where the Cougars will travel to Bishop O’Dowd on Tuesday night at 7 p.m.
The winner faces the winner of Bishop Mongomery-The Brentwood School for the state title. The championship game is set for Friday at 6 p.m., also at the Golden 1 Center.
In soccer, the Dougherty Valley boys were the No. 1 seed in the CIF D-II Northern California Regionals and advanced to the finals before falling to No. 2 seed Burlingame 2-1 in the title game.
For more information on the Northern California and State playoffs, go to www.cifstate.org.
Winter All-EBAL teams
Here are the athletes named to the All-EBAL teams for the 2023-24 season.
Boys’ Basketball
Co-Player of the Year
Alec Blair (De La Salle), Seamus Deely (San Ramon Valley)
First Team
Luke Issac (SRV), Daniel Cojocaru (MV), Arshawn Salkhi (DLS), Jalen Stokes (Dub), NaVaughn Long (Gra), Cortevious Taylo (Gra), Aadi Malali (DV).
Second Team
Mason Thomas (SRV), Leo Ricketts (DLS), Siddarth Swarup (Foot), Cameron Anderson (Dub), Spencer Langowski (Gra), Matthew Diekman (SRV), Jaylin Smith (AV).
Girls’ Basketball
Player of the Year
Keshia Vitalicio (Carondelet).
Defensive Player of the Year
Tera Chen (San Ramon Valley)
First Team
Lauren Yee (Cal), Layla Dixon (Car), Sierra Chambers (SRV), Kenya Craven (Dub), Alyssa Rudd (MV), Sofia Bowes (SRV).
Second Team
Addison Leomiti (AV), Sophie Addiego (Cal), Sophia Ross (Car), Samaira Bakshi (DV), Sydney Muther (Dub), Riley Young (Foot), Jasmine Branda (Gra), Rachel Brans (MV), Angelina Bhatia (Liv), Avery Knapp (SRV).
Boys’ Soccer
Offensive Player of the Year
Dylan Voelker (Livermore)
Defensive Player of the Year
Beau Lopez (Monte Vista)
First Team
Charlie Sanner (DLS), Ronan Rattigan (DLS), Tre Roach (DLS), Lucas Pederson (MV), James Downes (MV), Beau Lopez (MV), Jake Hensley (SRV), Kaden Menache (SRV), Luis Franco (Gra), Tristian Casella (DV), Thorben Gross-Perez (Foot), Isaac Hilton (AV), Dylan Voelker (Liv), Matt Wong (Cal), Yasir Sharifi (Dub).
Second Team
Matt Rajecki (DLS), Ryan Roy (DLS), Brennan Drew (MV), Jack Gill (MV), Sawyer Hodson (SRV), Garrett Cooley (DV), Amir Anwary (Gra), Josh Eichenberger (Gra), Jameson Raby (DV), Shota Lam (DV), Aiden Ahmad (Foot), Coleson Franklin (AV), Mark Sorenson (Liv), Ezana Alemayehu (Cal), Ian McCorriston (Dub).
Girls’ Soccer
Player of the Year
Maylen Montoya (Amador Valley)
Defensive Player of the Year
Layla Armas (California)
First Team
Gianna Masinter (Dub), Brianna Dowling (Foot), Siena Zunino (MV), Isabella Pierotti (MV), Maylen Montoya (AV), Angel Akanyarige (AV), Sydney Head (AV), Alyssa Eaton (Gra), Layla Armas (Cal), Chloe Casselman (Car), Victoria Alessandrini (Car), Samantha Walker (Car), Ella Beardslee (SRV), Tessa De Guzman (DV), Maddie Funk (Liv).
Second Team
Kate Phelps (Dub), Jillian Barth (Foot), Sophia Carbone (MV), Avery Standish (MV), Sydney Stimson (AV), Julia Wanis (AV), Katy Canaan (Gra), Joanna Castillo (Cal), Kayla Villarde (Cal), Gianna Giusto (Car), Kaya Durkee (Car), Sami Schulze (SRV), Lauren Kealy (SRV), Giovanna Coble (DV), Eva Torrico (Liv).
Boys’ Wrestling
103: Jack Baker (Gra), Troy Nejib (Cal), Darius Sanchez (DLS); 115: Caleb Tatad (DLS), Kenshin Lin (DV), Jack Bronte (Gra); 122: Manuel Martir (DLS), Yousuf Amin (Dub), Benjamin Peralta (Cal); 128: Gio Cuevas (DLS), Nathan Marek (AV), John Duncan (Foot); 134: Carlos Vazquez (DLS), Nick Baxter (Gra), Rueben Castro (AV); 140: Trevor Economos (MV), Joshua Perez (DLS), Quentin Quizon (DV); 146: Anish Neema (DV), Troy Pierce (DLS), Boden Kellar (Gra); 152: TJ Arvizu (DLS), Brody Allen (AV), Jonathan Kim (DV); 159: Franklin Enkhmandakh (DLS), Toa Bodily (Foot), Luca Moore (AV); 167: Alexander Ortiz (DLS), Jack Gamble (Cal), Hakeem Salemi (Gra); 177: William Dawson (Gra), Sebastian Ramirez (DLS), T.J. Chandler (AV); 192: Aiden Ochoa (Liv), Jake Blake (Gra), Noah Awad (AV); 217: Jayden Wood (AV), Omar Torres (DLS), Noah Liman (Gra); 287: Asher Nischke (Liv), Taniela Pahulu (Cal), Wyatt Ferguson (DLS).
Girls’ Wrestling
102: Lauren Nguyen (Gra), Navjot Waraich (Dub), Cali Courteau (Cal); 107: Eliana Caro (AV), Hyunju Kim (SRV), Chloe Panelo (Foot); 112: Izabella Guerrero (SRV), Candice Carandang (Dub), Tabitha Maher (SRV); 117: Iris Fan (MV), Mia Larsen (Cal), Johanna Mendoza (DV); 122: Maile Nguyen (Gra), Charlotte Macachor (DV), Hannah Lee (SRV); 127: Mason Harsch (MV), Kaylyn Williams (Gra), Shereen Mehta (DV); 132: Lana Nguyen (Dub), Sierra Monaghan (AV), Sylvia Heloin (Cal); 137: Maci Stemmons (MV), Brooke Ironside (Cal), Romy Clevenger (Liv); 142: Dakota Ionescu-Catrina (AV), Vanshika Burman (DV); 147: Aeryal Stinson (DV), Rocio Ortiz (Liv), Luci Ornelas (MV); 157: Maya Jaurez (AV), Kendra Kock (SRV), Inayah Alam (Dub); 172: Lavendra Hafoka (Dub), Sarah Gebhardt (MV), Zara Nesar (AV); 192: Temi Adalumo (MV), Reyna Jimenez (DV); 237: Mary Holton (MV).
