Stomping the Competition Lamorinda's Abbie Lee helped the NorCal Valley Stompers 14U softball team win the ASA Spring Swing tournament on March 22 in Antelope. The team of athletes from across the East Bay faced a tough Sunday lineup and closed out the championship game with a dominating 11-0 ...Submitted by Kwon Lee
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Beating the Best The Lamorinda Soccer Club U16 girls' team played in the Players College Showcase in Las Vegas from March 20-March 23. Competing in the TOP flight division against some of the top teams in California, the team's trip included a 2-1 victory over the No. 1 team in the ...Submitted by Corinna Sassano
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Team USA Adrian Jacobs, a local soccer player for the California Magic club, played for Team USA in the 2015 FC Barcelona Escola International Soccer Tournament from March 29-April 2. Jacobs, an 11-year-old, scored seven goals and had six assists for Team USA Fromacio Red U12. ...Submitted by Meredith Lewis
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Magic Show in Vegas After playing against each other during the high school soccer season, the California Magic U15 girls' team united once again as a team.
After a warmup tournament in early February, ...Submitted by Greg Davis
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Orinda Aquatics Takes Win Swimmers from the Orinda Aquatics Senior Group attended the annual Juanita Allington Senior Championship meet held in Clovis from Feb. 26-March 1. With two charter buses carrying 91 swimmers and three coaches, the team departed Lamorinda for four days packed with ...Submitted by Jon Wheeler
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DFAL Honors Winter Sport Athletes Girls' Basketball:
Miramonte
Sabrina Ionescu Most Valuable Player
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Campolindo Season Ends in State Finals The Campolindo boys' basketball team finished their historic season in the CIF Division III state championship game. After an incredible season, the Cougars' season came to an end in a heartbreaking 57-70 loss to Damien at Haas Pavilion on March 27. By Michael Sakoda
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Lamorinda Teams in Transition Vie for DFAL Title Last spring marked the first time since 2008 that baseball teams outside of Lamorinda won the NCS championship in both Division II and Division III.
The Miramonte Mats (4-4, 0-2 DFAL) ...By Spencer Silva
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Lamorinda Rugby Tournament Highlights The Lamorinda Rugby Club concluded its season by competing in the Norcal Rugby End of Season Tournament at the Wilder Fields in Orinda on March 15. Here are some of the highlights for the tournament. Submitted by Doug Pearson
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Perfect Season St. Perpetua's seventh grade girls basketball team ended a 12-0 season by defeating another St. Perpetua team to win the 2015 West Diablo CYO National Championship on Feb. 22.
...Submitted by Shannon Tague
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State Cup Champions For the second year in a row the Lamorinda U11 Navy girls' soccer team won the state cup. This year they won in the Diamond II Division. Their final two games of the year were played in Modesto on Feb. 21-22. The girls beat Clovis Crossfire 3-1 in their semifinal ...Submitted by Chris Palma
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Preseason Victory The Acalanes boys' tennis team, under the direction of new head coach Stephanee Lawrence, went undefeated in the California Tennis Classic team tournament March 6-7 in Fresno. Acalanes clinched the championship by a small margin, defeating Southern California ...Submitted by Suzanne Everly
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Skill on Display The Lamorinda rugby varsity was invited to play a Feb. 28 match against Jesuit (Sacramento) before Cal rugby's homecoming match. Lamo is entering the heart of its season before its European tour over spring break. Submitted by Steve Peterson
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CYO Champs St. Perpetua's fifth grade boys' basketball team capped a successful season with a 9-1 league record and the championship title in the Oakland Diocese American Division tournament.
...By Hector Chao
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League Champions The U10 Magic girls' soccer team won the San Ramon Futsal League title on March 8 with a hard battled 8-5 victory over the SR Supergirls. The Magic girls took control with great ball handling, passing and some rocket shots on goal. Submitted by Jon Zuber
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