ALUMNI UPDATE
Sydney Marks
High school: St. Mary’s Sport: Volleyball
College: Cal Baptist
Marks, a senior middle blocker, racked up 14 kills, four blocks and four digs as the
Lancers opened the National Invitation Volleyball Tournament with a 3-2 victory over
Little Rock on
Nov. 29, then had six kills, three blocks and two digs as Tulane knocked the first-year Division I program out of the tournament with a 3-1 victory. Kat Tudor High school: St. Mary’s Sport: Basketball
College: Oregon State
Tudor, a junior guard, led the Beavers with 24 points in Saturday’s 100-46 win over La Salle, adding nine rebounds, three steals and three assists. Monica Valenzuela High school: Lodi
Sport: Basketball
College: Holy Names Valenzuela, a sophomore guard, had nine points, six rebounds and two assists in a 94-62 loss to Azusa Pacific, then had 11 points and three boards in an 82-53 loss to Biola. Ezra Kiedrowski High school: Lodi
Sport: Basketball
Semi-pro: Team Trouble
Ezra made his first start for Team Trouble of the ABA on Saturday, helping the squad beat Oakland 151-90 to improve to 5-2 with seven points, six rebounds, three steals and an assist. Adam Gotelli High school: Elliot
Sport: Basketball
College: Life Pacific
Gotelli, a junior guard, had eight points in a 91-66 loss to William Jessup, then had 14 points, three rebounds and two steals in an 84-71 win over Menlo. Evan Madill High school: St. Mary’s Sport: Basketball
College: Cal Maritime
Madill, a junior guard, had five points and three rebounds in the Keelhaulers’ 95-88 win over Cal Miramar. David Lerma High school: Elliot Sport: Basketball
College: Maranatha Baptist Lerma, a senior guard, had two points and a rebound in a 91-65 loss to North Central (Minn.), then had eight points and seven boards in a 75-66 win over Northland. Anthony Lewis High school: Lodi
Sport: Basketball
College: Fisher (Mass.)
Lewis, a junior guard, had five points and three rebounds in a 91-70 loss to Coast Guard Academy, then had five points, four boards and four assists in a 110-90 win over St. Joseph’s (Vt.). Alexis Cavero High school: Tokay
Sport: Wrestling
College: Eastern Oregon Cavero, a sophomore, placed third at the Battle of the Rockies in Great Falls, Mont., going 3-1 with a pin over Jamestown’s Myranda Velazquez. Haley Boynton High school: Lodi
Sport: Cross country
College: Chico State
Boynton, a sophomore, placed 103rd in the NCAA Division II Championship Meet, taking the 6-kilometer course in 24 minutes, 25.6 seconds. Chico placed eighth as a team. Johnny Smith High school: Liberty Ranch Sport: Football College: Sacramento City
Smith, a sophomore defensive lineman, had two tackles and a sack as Sac City lost 24-10 to Sierra in the NorCal Grizzly Bowl. Alexa Brand High school: Lodi
Sport: Basketball
College: Delta
Brand, a sophomore guard, had three points, seven rebounds and two assists in a 111-72 win over Riverside, 12
points and five boards in an 81-64 win over Chabot, three points and two steals in a 61-59 loss to Sacramento, and three points in an 81-75 loss to Ventura.
Jalen Valverde High school: Elliot Sport: Basketball
College: Delta
Valverde, a sophomore guard, had 10 points, six assists and five rebounds in a 70-65 win over West Valley, then had six points, three assists and three boards in a 112-55 loss to San Francisco, and had 12 points, seven assists and five rebounds in a 78-71 win over College of the Sequoias.
Jimmy Beltz High school: Elliot Sport: Basketball
College: Delta
Beltz, a freshman guard, had nine points and two rebounds against West Valley, five points against San Francisco, and 22 points, two assists and two boards against Sequoias.
Spencer Monteiro High school: Lodi
Sport: Basketball
College: Delta
Monteiro, a sophomore forward, had 23 points, eight rebounds and two assists against West Valley, six points, five rebounds, three assists and two steals against San Francisco, and 10 points and four rebounds against Sequoias.
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