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Don’t look now, but the Foothill football team controls its own destiny in the East Bay Athletic League’s Valley Division following their 35-20 win over Livermore last Friday.
The Falcons were coming off consecutive games where they were outscored 77-0 in losses to San Ramon Valley and Amador Valley.
Friday night they fell behind early but rallied for the convincing win that moved them to 1-0 in Valley play and a 3-4 overall. With games remaining with Granada, then Dublin, the path is simple – win both games and the Valley title comes back to Foothill, along with a berth in the North Coast Section playoffs.
Foothill volleyball
The Falcons claimed their fourth league title in the last six years by winning the EBAL playoffs, beating San Ramon Valley and Carondelet.
The week started with a 23-25, 25-23, 25-19, 25-21 win over San Ramon Valley.
The highlights came from Kait Vogel (24 digs, 14 kills, 10 service points), Ilayda Caglar (18 kills, 13 digs), Emily Evans (6 kills, 5 blocks), Addie Boeschenstein (8 kills, 2 blocks) and Sahej Toor (6 kills, 2 blocks).
In the final, the Falcons beat Carondelet 23-25, 25-18, 19-25, 25-17, 15-6.
This time the highlights came from Caglar (21 kills, 20 digs), Vogel (29 digs, 17 service points, 12 kills), Makenzie Bulaon (24 assists, 14 digs, 10 service points), Olivia So (20 digs, 9 service points) and Sewa Adesuyi-fasuyi (6 kills, 4 blocks).
Amador JV water polo
The Dons battled in the Jet Blast Tournament and ended up with a second-place finish Oct. 16-17.
In the first game, Amador topped Lick Wilmerding 18-7. The goals were scored by Ashvin Aggarwal (5), Andrew Walker (3), Adrian van de Veerdonk (4), Ranbir Panech (2) and Lucas Singh (1).
For the game, van de Veerdonk had four assists, with Walker adding two along with Panech. Colby Vet, Alex Khatuntsev and Brian Ishii each had one assist.
The second game was a 15-9 win over Washington. Leading the way, van de Veerdonk had six goals, Walker and Panech had three each, Aggarwal had a pair of goals and Singh added one.
Assists went to Vet (4), Walker (1), van de Veerdonk (1), James Bao (1), Panech (1), Singh (1). Vet had eight blocks in the goal.
Game three saw the Dons beat Liberty 12-7. Here were the goal scorers: Walker (4), van de Veerdonk (4), Panech (3) and Singh (1).
In the championship game the Dons fell 18-1 to Acalanes. The lone goal came from van de Veerdonk, with the assists going to Vet.
Eckersley, LaRussa in Tri-Valley fundraiser
Next Friday (Nov. 6) offers a chance to spend an evening with former Oakland A’s and Hall of Fame member Dennis Eckersley.
The proceeds from the event will benefit the Eugene O’Neill Foundation. The event takes place at Village Theatre in Danville with tickets priced at $100.
From his 24-year career in Major League Baseball as one of the game’s greatest closers and iconic pitchers to his 20-year career as a color commentator for the Boston Red Sox, “Eck” is legendary for his charismatic, colorful and unfiltered storytelling. Eckersley has generously offered to take pictures with ticket holders. A special raffle will be held featuring Dennis Eckersley signed merchandise.
Adding to an already incredible lineup, Hall of Fame Manager Tony La Russa will join Eckersley on the stage. La Russa famously transitioned Eckersley into the role of the closer with the Oakland A’s — a move that redefined the bullpen and set Eckersley on a path to first-ballot Hall of Fame immortality.
Together, they will share behind-the-scenes stories, insights, and banter from their respective championship runs with the Oakland A’s and the St. Louis Cardinals.
For more information or tickets, go to eugeneoneill.org.
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.
