Las Lomas boys heating up with win over Clayton Valley
The Clayton Valley Charter boys basketball team, ranked fifth by Bay Area News Group, would have secured at least a share of the Diablo Athletic League Foothill Division crown with a win Tuesday night against visiting Las Lomas.
Instead, No. 20 Las Lomas rolled to a 62-47 victory.
Jake Davis scored 31 points and Jack Halpin added 12 points for Las Lomas (16-9, 8-3 DAL).
Elijah Perryman had 21 points for Clayton Valley (21-4, 9-2).
It was another impressive win for Las Lomas, which beat defending DAL Foothill champ Campolindo 59-39 last Thursday.
“We're starting to find ways to win,” Las Lomas coach Sly Hunter said. “If it's not through offense, it's through the defense. Our key has been the full-court pressure.”
Hunter is looking forward to starting the North Coast Section playoffs next week. Las Lomas will be in Division II.
“We're going to be a tough team,” Hunter said. “We're battle-tested and we're road tested. We had no home games in nonleague play.”
NO. 15 CAMPOLINDO 67, COLLEGE PARK 42 >> Shane O'Reilly scored 21 points, Logan Robeson added 17 and Dylan Mansour finished with 12 as Campolindo (18-7, 9-2) rolled past host College Park (14-11, 3-7) in a DAL Foothill Division game. NO. 8 SAN RAMON VALLEY 60, FOOTHILL 33 >> Seamus Deely scored 15 points in San Ramon Valley's win over visiting Foothill in the East Bay Athletic League tournament. Luke Isaak and Parker McClaughry had 12 and 10 points, respectively, for the Wolves (225), who played at California on Wednesday in the quarterfinals. Foothill slipped to 13-14.
NO. 9 GRANADA 65, NO. 18 MONTE VISTA 63 >> Tyler Harris had 24 points and Andrew Mckeever added 22 in Granada's win over visiting Monte Vista in an EBAL tournament game. Kasen Krueger (18 points), Jake Fields (17 points) and Joshua Matthew (10 points) led Monte Vista (19-9). Granada (19-7) played at Dublin in Wednesday's quarterfinals.
Girls basketball
NO. 1 PIEDMONT 62, NO. 9 BISHOP O'DOWD 47 >> Natalia Martinez scored 25 points, Maddie Hill had 13 and Eva Levingston finished with 12 points as Piedmont (23-0, 8-0) got past Bishop O'Dowd (14-8, 7-1) in a West Alameda County Conference Foothill Division game.
NO. 6 SAN RAMON VALLEY 81, NO. 18 CALIFORNIA 35 >> Amanda Kerner, Anneka Lupinek and Sierra Chambers combined for 48 points to help San Ramon Valley extend its winning streak to 13 games and improve to 23-3 overall.
NO. 11 MONTE VISTA 76, DOUGHERTY VALLEY 32 >> Monte Vista rolled past visiting Dougherty Valley in EBAL play. Nia Coleman (23 points), Alyssa Rudd (18 points), Sarina Nagra (17 points) and Rachel Brans (16 points) led Monte Vista, which improved to 20-5, 8-2. Dougherty Valley slipped to 8-12, 3-7. Monte Vista will play Granada on Friday in the EBAL tournament.
NO. 8 ACALANES 65, NORTHGATE 17 >> Dulci Vail scored 17 points, KK Lacanlale had 15 points and Sophie Chinn finished with 10 points in Acalanes' road win over Northgate in DAL Foothill Division play. Acalanes improved to 18-6, 10-0. Northgate slipped to 18-7, 7-4.
NO. 10 HERITAGE 67, PITTSBURG 12 >> Caitlynn Smith led the way with 14 points in Heritage's rout of host Pittsburg in Bay Valley Athletic
League play. Heritage improved to 21-4, 9-0. Pittsburg fell to 3-20, 1-8.
NO. 15 LOS GATOS 71, SARATOGA 56 >> Los Gatos secured the Santa Clara Valley Athletic De Anza division title with a win over visiting Saratoga. Ashley Childers (23 points), Nicole Steiner (21 points) and Claire Galbo (15 points) scored in double figures for Los Gatos, which extended its winning streak to 14 games while improving to 19-3, 11-0. Saratoga slipped to 6-16. 2-8.
PINEWOOD 53, NO. 20 CRYSTAL SPRINGS UPLANDS 37 >> Unranked Pinewood avenged last month's loss to Crystal Springs Uplands with a win on the road in West Bay Athletic League Foothill Division play. Ava Uhrich had 36 points and 17 rebounds for Pinewood (11-9, 7-1). Jemma Lacap and Raelyn Delacruz each scored 10 points for Crystal Springs (17-3, 7-1).