Marin Briefs: Terra Linda football tops Novato on late Hail Mary,
Drake gets first win
Facing a late fourth down, Terra Linda High football coach Dallas Hartwell opted to go for the win rather than hand the ball back to Novato.
Quarterback Tommy Hayes and receiver Jack Brody connected on a Hail Mary for the go-ahead touchdown with about 30 seconds left as the Trojans pulled out a 24-17 victory on Saturday.
TL (2-1) got an early touchdown run by Josiah Hernandez and held a 10-7 lead at the half. Novato (12) scored on a Jonaven Hill touchdown run late in the third quarter to take a 1410 lead.
TL responded with a oneyard scoring run by Hayes to move back in front, 1714. Novato got down to the TL 1-yard line on its ensuing drive but a false start penalty pushed the Hornets back and they settled for a tying field goal by Jose Martinez with about 2 minutes left.
Hartwell rolled the dice facing a fourth down on the Hornets’ 42-yard line in the final minute of the game. Brody came down with the football around the 2-yard line and was able to leap into the end zone for the winning touchdown.
Colton Baldwin and Nate Karpay-Brody ran for touchdowns and the defense did the rest as Drake picked up its first win of the season, 14-0, against San Rafael.
“It was important just for the morale of the team, especially losing the first two (games) in the way that we lost them,” first-year Drake coach Anthony Jackson said. “It felt like we could have played better. The players and coaches took ownership and came out and practiced really hard.”
Baldwin put the Pirates (1-2) on the board with a second-quarter touchdown then Karpray-Brody doubled the lead with a score in the third quarter.
Jack Raskowsky led the defensive effort for Drake with double-digit tackles against the Bulldogs (1-2). Jaylen Maffei and Finn Hummell intercepted passes for Drake.
Prep baseball
Tucker Bougie had two hits, scored two runs and came in to close the game out in relief after Drake made it interesting in Tam’s 5-3 win on Saturday.
Bougie and starting pitcher Alex Dargan helped Tam build a 5-0 lead in the top of the third inning but
Drake scored three times in the bottom of the sixth on a home run by Cal Almborn. Dargan, who struck out nine, got out of the jam and turned it over to Bougie who struck out the side in the bottom of the seventh.
• Novato pitcher Derek Bartram surrendered a pair of earned runs in the top of the first but settled down after that and drove in a pair of runs to aid his cause as the Hornets defeated Branson 4-2 on Saturday. Bartram doubled in the third inning to give Novato the lead for good. Jacob Rabb doubled in an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth for the final margin.
Prep cross country
Julian Durante and Diego Fino crossed the finish line in under 11 minutes, taking first and second, respectively, to lead the Drake boys to a 16-43 home win on its 2.1-mile campus course against San Marin on Saturday. Drake capped an unbeaten season with the victory.
• San Marin’s Selina Ruano took first in 13 minutes, 36 seconds but the Drake girls took a forfeit win as the Mustangs fielded just two runners. Jane Adams, Alexandra Greenwald, Phife MacGabhann and Alyssa Connelly
rounded out the top five for the host Pirates, respectively.
Girls tennis
Branson picked up a pair of singles wins and swept the doubles en route to a 5-2 win against Terra Linda on Saturday. TL’s Madison Kernahan-Kenney and Branson’s Sophie Lui battled it out at No. 3 singles, with KernahanKenney eventually securing a 7-6 (7-5), 2-6, 7-6 (1513) victory. TL’s other win came at No. 1 singles, courtesy of En-Ya Zhang.
• Redwood’s Erin Roddy defeated Novato’s Elle MacDonald in a good battle at No. 1 singles in Redwood’s 7-0 victory on Saturday.
College softball
Lauren Lapinid delivered an RBI single in the fourth inning to help Dominican University salvage a split of a doubleheader against Holy Names on Saturday.
Lapinid’s single scored Alyssa Ramirez to give the Penguins () a 1-0 lead. Lapinid later came around to score on a throwing error to make it 2-0. Pitcher Kathryn Caravalho pitched a complete-game shutout to pick up the win.
Celeste Salas had a pair of RBIs for the Penguins in Game 1 — a 4-3 loss.