MC girls capture first NorCal championship
Soccer season wrapped up on Saturday with the Marin Catholic girls team making program history by claiming its first NorCal championship following a win in the Division IV title game.
The San Domenico boys basketball team was also victorious on Saturday and remains alive in the D-V playoffs.
The Archie Williams boys soccer team and the Redwood girls basketball team also picked up NorCal victories last week. SLOANE CAREY, AVA KORICH AND BRIANNA FRADE, MARIN CATHOLIC GIRLS SOCCER >> MC, making its NorCal playoff debut this season, needed to pick up three wins in five days to claim the D-IV title. The Wildcats got a number of big goals and assists from the attacking trio of Carey, Korich and Frade en route to the title. A 4-1 quarterfinal win over Live Oak saw Korich and Frade score goals with Carey and Frade getting assists. A 1-0 overtime win against Kerman was decided when Korich took a corner kick and Frade's shot found its way into the back of the net for the game winner. That combination worked again in the final
against Everett Alvarez, this time in reverse with Frade setting up Korich for the opening goal. MC had to work overtime again, winning the title when Carey scored in the 10th minute of extra time.
GAVIN EARLY AND OMAR WILLIAMS, SAN DOMENICO BOYS BASKETBALL >> Early put together a trio of monster double-doubles as the Panthers won their first three NorCal D-V playoff games last week to advance to Tuesday's championship game.
Early began the week with 16 points and 15 rebounds in a win against Lowell. The junior then dominated Futures Academy (Sacramento) with a 20-point, 22-rebound stat line in the quarterfinals. Early was as it again against Oakwood in Saturday's semifinal, scoring 17 points to go with 12 rebounds. Williams, a sophomore, was also a key player for San Domenico, scoring 18 points against Futures and nine more against Oakwood. No. 2 San Domenico
travels to No. 1 Athenian for the championship game at 7 p.m., Tuesday in Danville. COLE SULLIVAN, ARCHIE WILLIAMS BOYS SOCCER >> Sullivan had a prolific scoring week to lead the Peregrine Falcons to a pair of big road wins en route to an appearance in the NorCal D-IV title game. Sullivan scored five times and assisted another goal in a 7-4 quarterfinal win against Galt on Tuesday. Sullivan then scored two more goals as Archie Williams took down top-seeded University 3-2 in the semifinals. The Peregrine Falcons reached the final as a No. 5 seed, falling 2-0 to No. 2 King City.
KITTY WHITE AND MAYA SAIBEL, REDWOOD GIRLS BASKETBALL >> White averaged 18.5 points per game and Saibel averaged 13.5 points as the No. 12 Giants scored a road upset against No. 5 Evergreen Valley before falling to No. 4 seed Colfax in a game that was moved to Redwood's home gym. White scored 20 points against Evergreen Valley while Saibel scored 10. Both players had 17 points against Colfax.
LIAM PARROT, BRANSON BASEBALL >> Parrot delivered the game-winning hit in extra innings as the Bulls opened the season with an 8-7 win against Redwood in eight innings on Tuesday. Parrot had two hits, two RBIs, walked once and scored once. He also had the Bulls' lone RBI in a subsequent 3-1 loss to Redwood on Saturday.
SEAN MCGRATH, SAN MARIN BASEBALL >> McGrath went the distance on Friday, pitching seven innings with 11 strikeouts as the Mustangs avenged a 3-1 loss to Tam with a 3-1 victory against the Red-tailed Hawks. McGrath limited Tam to four hits and one earned run.
SOPHIA EVERETT AND THOMARA DRUMMER, SAN RAFAEL SOFTBALL >> San Rafael's junior standouts led the way as the Bulldogs opened the season with a 16-2 drubbing of Santa Rosa. Everett had four hits, including a home run, four RBIs and scored four times. Drummer had a strong day at the plate — three hits and three RBIs — but was even better in the circle, striking out 13 of the 14 hitters she faced in 4.2 perfect innings.
EDEN CLARK, TAM SOFTBALL >> Clark enjoyed a banner day at the plate and in the circle as the Red-tailed Hawks rolled to a 13-3 win against Piner. Clark pitched all five innings, allowing three earned runs and striking out 12. Clark hit a bases-loaded single to score three in the second inning then ended the game with an RBI triple in the bottom of the fifth.
STELLA BELLUOMINI, REDWOOD SOFTBALL >> Belluomini pitched a complete game with one earned run and seven strikeouts as Redwood opened the season with a 3-1 win against Northgate. The Giants defeated Northgate 12-2 in last year's North Coast Section D-II quarterfinals. Belluomini also had an RBI single in the fourth inning to give Redwood a 3-0 lead.