Wednesday, February 25, 2015 Big Celebration The Santa Maria eighth grade American girls' team celebrated their qualification for the playoffs after a recent victory over St. Perpetua. Santa Maria won 36-14 on Jan. 31. Santa Maria qualified for the upcoming diocese playoffs on Feb. 28-29. Submitted by Cathleen Huston
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 St. Monica's Wins Again St. Monica's sixth grade boys' basketball team defeated St. Mary's of Walnut Creek 41-22 on Feb. 15 to win the CYO American League Championship. The group of boys has won the championship in their age group five years in a row, beginning in the second grade. They ...Submitted by Lyn Schmidt
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 Training with the National Team Samantha DeVecchi of Orinda went to Florida to train with U.S. Youth Soccer Olympic Developmental Program (ODP) National Team from Jan. 22-26. DeVecchi was one of four chosen from Northern California in an age group of 60 participants. Submitted by Mary Staff
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 Game Within a Game St. Perpetua's seventh grade girls' national team scrimmaged at the halftime of the St. Mary's women's basketball game against BYU on Feb. 12. The Gaels beat the Cougars 76-71.
...Submitted by Amber Thiselton-Dyer
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 Gaels Number "13" Retired Saint Mary's honored former guard Patrick Mills by retiring his number "13" in a halftime ceremony on Feb. 21. In front of a packed house, college president James Donahue and athletic director Mark Orr presented Mills with a framed jersey to commemorate the honor.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 Campo, Mats Qualify for NCS Playoffs Lamorinda is sending two basketball programs to the NCS Division III playoffs. Campolindo (23-3) is the No. 4 seed and Miramonte (13-13) the No. 7 seed. The Cougars hosted De Anza Feb. 24, while the Mats traveled to Santa Rosa and squared off against Sonoma County ...By Spencer Silva
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 All In The Diablo Foothill Athletic League girls' basketball season finished last week and the NCS playoffs began last night. All three Lamorinda girls' programs earned playoff spots.
...By Conrad Bassett
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 Campolindo to NCS Semifinals, Miramonte Knocked Out Campolindo's boys' soccer team has advanced to the semifinals of the NCS Division II Soccer Championship. The other program to qualify for the playoffs, Miramonte, lost in the opening round. By Karl Buscheck
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 All Three Girls' Soccer Programs Advance As soon as the seeds for the NCS Division II girls' soccer playoffs were announced, a matchup between No. 1 Acalanes and No. 5 Miramonte seemed inevitable. On the other side of the bracket, No. 3 Campolindo also advanced to the semifinals. By Karl Buscheck
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 Looking Ahead Jordan Hoover of Miramonte signed a National Letter of Intent to attend and play water polo for the University of California, Berkeley on Feb. 4, National Letter of Intent signing day.
...Submitted by Dave Hoover
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 Goal! Three Lamorinda athletes signed National Letters of Intent to play college soccer this week. Preston Kilwien, who played three seasons at Campolindo before joining the De Anza Force Academy in Cupertino, will attend Florida Gulf Coast University on a soccer s ...Submitted by Richard Kilwien
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 Lamorinda Rivals in Championship The St. Monica second grade boys' basketball team won the West Diablo CYO basketball league.
They won the championship game 20-18 on Feb. 1 against St. Perpetua. Submitted by Eric Van Olst
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 National Champs The St. Perpetua third grade boys' basketball team won the CYO National Championship on Feb. 1. It was an exciting finish to a successful season where the team went 9-1.
...Submitted by Shannon Tague
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 SMC to Face Tough Opponent The Saint Mary's women's basketball team will face BYU in one of its biggest games of the regular season. On Thursday, the Gaels take on the Cougars (19-5, 11-2 WCC) to stay in contention for the WCC title. The game is even more important for Saint Mary's after the ...By Michael Sakoda
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 Fighting for Position As the regular season of high school boys' soccer finishes up this week, Acalanes (2-4-3 in league), Miramonte (4-3-3), and league leader Campolindo (8-1-1) are reflecting on their seasons and vying for playoff spots. The NCS seeding meeting will take place on Feb. ...By Scott Wu
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