High school football:
Marin Catholic reaches semis
The final days of Jared Goff’s storied high school career are numbered and apparently he’s hoping to make the most of them.
The Marin CatholicKentfield quarterback was at his best during a 59-6 North Coast Section Division III quarterfinal home win over Miramonte-Orinda on Saturday afternoon.
Goff, who has committed to play at Cal, completed 15 of 19 passes for 287 yards and four touchdowns before being pulled with 6:20 left in the third quarter.
Colton Hanley, Goff’s top target, had three catches for 142 yards and two touchdowns, including a 68-yarder on which he broke three tackles before reaching the end zone.
Akili Terry rushed for 123 yards and one touchdown and also caught a TD pass.
Other standouts for the top-seeded Wildcats (11-1) were Sam Killpack (seventh interception, fumble recovery), Morgan Mahalak (two TD runs) and Anthony Tiusti (57-yard interception return).
Miramonte (7-5) scored on the first play of the game, an 82-yard pass from Drew Anderson to Zati Williams. Marin Catholic’s secondary had a good day after that, intercepting five passes.
Marin Catholic hosts third-seed Cardinal Newman (11-1) in next week’s semifinal.
Division I: The much-anticipated contest between James Logan-Union City and Freedom-Oakley was all the home team as Logan took a 27-2 halftime lead and won 33-18. Northwestern-bound Warren Long was too much for the Falcons (9-3) with 290 yards rushing and three touchdowns, including runs of 65 and 58 yards for the Colts (11-1), who travel to California-San Ramon (9-2) for a Saturday semifinal. … A 78-yard TD run by Alejandro Apodaca gave upstart Amador Valley-Pleasanton (8-4) the lead for good in a 28-25 upset win at San Ramon Valley-Danville. Amador Valley travels to top-seed De La Salle-Concord (11-0) on Friday.
Other NCS games: Top Division III seed El Cerrito rode a couple first-half touchdowns from Derik Calhoun then rode its superb defense to defeat visiting Bishop O’Dowd-Oakland 19-7. Adarius Pickett added a 3-yard run for El Cerrito (12-0), which plays Analy-Sebastopol in a Friday semifinal at De Anza-Richmond. … Danny Brink had a 50-yard TD run and Matteo Abreu added a 56-yard interception return for a score in the second half to key a 29-25 win for St. Helena (11-1) over host and two-time defending champion Salesian-Richmond (9-2), which received an 80-yard first-quarter TD run by De’Angelo Hernandez.
Central Coast Section: In Division III play, Sobrato (8-3) won its first postseason football game 40-17 over visiting Riordan despite 352 yards rushing for the Crusaders (3-8). Sobrato quarterback Michael Bosksnick accounted for 253 yards and four touchdowns. Chris Hall led Riordan with 15 carries for 157 yards; teammate Tre Gunter had 20 carries for 132 yards. … In Division IV play, second seed Sacred Heart Prep-Atherton (10-1) received two touchdowns apiece from Kevin Donahoe and Andrew Segre to easily down visiting Pacific Grove 48-15 in first-round play. The Gators will play sixth-seed Soquel, which upset No. 3 Carmel 49-42 on Friday night. … In Division II play on Friday, top-seeded St. Francis broke two school records on defense during a 42-0 win over visiting Overfelt-San Jose. The Lancers held Overfelt to 7 total yards and 3 on the ground. Alex Andrighetto rushed for two touchdowns, and Austin Guibor and Devin Hurtado each had one for St. Francis (6-5). Guibor also caught a touchdown pass from Mike Lauck. Austin Martin led the St. Francis defense with nine tackles and a sack. The Lancers will host Aragon-San Mateo, a 35-21 winner over Leland-San Jose, in a Friday semifinal game.
CCS volleyball finals
Division II: Mitty, ranked fifth in the nation by MaxPreps, improved to 34-0 with a 22-25, 25-15, 25-16, 25-17 victory over third-seeded Los Gatos at Independence High in San Jose. … Clare Powers led the Monarchs with 16 kills, and Heather Lowell added 14. … Riana Brennan provided the firepower for Los Gatos (23-7) with 26 kills. … The win erased a two-year drought in which Mitty did not reach the finals. The Monarchs have won 18 section titles in 22 years.
Division III: Valley Christian routed Sacred Heart Cathedral 25-22, 25-16, 25-17 at Independence. … Ronkia Stone led the Warriors (31-7) with 11 kills. … The Irish (27-8) received a team-high eight kills from Courtney Wong. … Valley Christian captured its first title since 1986. … SHC was making its ninth straight finals appearance (six wins).
Division IV: Sacred Heart Prep (30-5) withstood a furious rally from Harbor-Santa Cruz (30-6) to win 25-17, 25-23, 21-25, 25-23. … SHP’s Sonia Abuel-Saud had two kills in the final stages.