San Marin girls advance to NCS finals

COM women face Skyline Wednesday

San Marin rolled into the North Coast Section Division III girls basketball finals with Tuesday's 43-27 victory over No. 2 seed Pinole Valley. Senior Keeley Wright scored 14 points to break the 1,000-point mark for her career with San Marin.

Julie Martinez led the No. 3 Mustangs (23-6) with 15 points and Selina Ruano added eight points.

The Mustangs will face the winner of Tuesday's other semifinal between No. 1 Marin Catholic and No. 4 Eureka.

Women's basketball

For the first time in 20 years, College of Marin is headed to the California Community College Athletic Association playoffs. The last time the Mariners competed in the postseason was the CCCAA's final four in 2003.

The Mariners open the postseason competition against Skyline College in San Bruno at 7 p.m.

WIth Bay Valley Conference Coach of the Year Emily Schaefer directing the team, the Mariners finished the regular season with a 16-10 record to secure the 21st seed in the playoffs. The Mariners placed fourth in the Bay Valley Conference.

“At the beginning of the season, the coaching staff knew we had a special group. It has been a privilege to watch them achieve their goals” Schaefer said.

College baseball

Santa Rosa Junior College hammered the visitors from College of Marin, 21-9, on Tuesday. With the score tied 3-3 after 3 1/2 innings, the Bear Cubs scratched out seven innings in the bottom of the fourth inning.

Marin starter Erik Kvidahl pitched 3 1/3 innings during which he surrendered eight earned runs on 11 hits and three walks, while he struck out four batters.

Chris Delangis doubled and hit a two-run homer for the Mariners, while Steven Elsner also homered and

Cam Appling double.

The Mariners (5-8) get another shot at Santa Rosa on Thursday in Kentfield.

Bocce

hit an RBI

The Marin Bocce Foundation anticipates it will be able to offer a few openings in its popular night leagues at Albert Park, once the current resurfacing project on the courts is completed.

The facility, located adjacent to Albert Park in downtown San Rafael, typically has about 1,200 league players active in 160 teams in its daytime and evening leagues combined. The federation is the largest club of its kind on the West Coast with the most league players.

The nine-week

spring season will begin in late March. General manager Jessica Libien said she has several team openings for the evening leagues that play on Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays. League play starts at 6:30 p.m. Each evening, 20 teams — each with between 4-10 players — compete under the lights, playing a best of three games.

The cost is $495 per evening league team per season; the per-person cost depends of the size of the team. Anyone age 18 or older is eligible to register.

Players may bring and consume their own food, beer, and wine. The facility features picnic tables with umbrellas and some padded seating. All playing equipment is provided by Marin

Bocce Federation.

There a few openings for individuals in the senior daytime leagues on existing teams as well. The weekday sessions begin at 10 a.m.

Call (415) 485-5583 or email general manager Jessica Libien at jessica@ marinbocce.org to learn more about the openings, special events, nonprofit fundraisers, corporate team-building outings, and individual or team bocce lessons. Online registration is available; all the details are found on marinbocce.org.

Golf

Sacha Laskar swung a 5-iron for a hole-in-one from the blue tee on the 13th hole at Indian Valley Golf Club on Monday.