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Lamo JV Win Playoff Game Dons to the Next Level Submitted by Steve Peterson Submitted by Gint Federas Nearly 20 Acalanes Dons were awarded athletic scholarships to compete at the collegiate level in their respective sports. .

Photo Gint Federas Front row, from left: Elizabeth Schultz, golf (San Jose State); Kyra Ruegg, swimming (Chapman College); Rachael Cox, volleyball (U of Rhode Island); Reilly Fellner, water polo (UCLA); Chloe Landry, (UC Berkeley); Kate Fellner, lacrosse (UC Davis); back row: Austin Fisher, (Santa Clara University); Grant Henderson, baseball (UC Davis); Jack Deveny, lacrosse (Carthage College); Robbie Stern, lacrosse (Colorado College); Marco Helfrich, soccer (UC Berkeley); Max Mirner, soccer (St. Mary’s College); Tommy Bush, water polo (Brown University); Will Brueckner, golf (Gonzaga); Dan Cardiff, tennis (Cal Poly SLO); Michael Wang, track (Cornell); Not pictured: Jack Mariani, lacrosse (UCSB); Henry Baer, swimming (Cal Tech); Marshall Morse, lacrosse (Carthage College). LMSC Wins Las Vegas Titles Submitted by Corinna Sassano

With MacLean Marks looking on, Michael Stenaro again takes the ball for Lamorinda.

Photo provided he Lamorinda Soccer Club’s U15, U16, Arizona on Friday evening. Saturday brought Tand U18 girls team returned from the Las a 2-0 shutout of the San Bernadino Inland Em- Vegas Players College Showcase, where they pire Surf Club and Sunday closed with a 2-0 showcased the LMSC possession brand of soc- win against the Washington Rainier Valley cer. Club. The U18 girls’ team, ranked No.1 in North- The U15 girls’ team was a finalist in its di- ern and No. 5 in the Western United vision. The team played five games in three Lamorinda JV (in white/green) finishes with a 6-2 league record. Photos provided States, returned to successfully defend its Las days, finishing with a 3-2 record. It opened on he Lamorinda Junior Varsity beat the even the score 12-12. Marks also had a conver- Vegas title. The team started slow, but finished Friday with a 1-0 win against Carlsbad Light- TUnited Lions of Los Gatos in a playoff sion kick on the day. Hayden Bradley quickly strong to beat out all the competition while scor- ning Elite. On Saturday, the girls split their match at St. Mary’s Pat Vincent Memorial Field scored another try to give Lamorinda its first ing a tournament-high 11 goals. It was the games with a 2-3 loss against Austin Texans on April 12. lead. Bradley had two tries in the game. Danny team's final club tournament. and a 2-0 win against a very strong Notts For- Lamorinda found themselves down 7-0 Ritelli also scored in the effort. Jesse Marlow The U16 girls’ team won its division going est FC Red. On Sunday, the girls cruised to a early, but the team fought back to tie it at 7-7 be- and Dylan Wall both recorded conversion kicks. 4-0 while scoring 11 goals and allowing none. 2-0 win against United Black. In the hind Blake Peterson's try, his first of two, and After building a solid 29-12 lead, the JV It opened on Friday with a 2-0 win against the championship, the girls faced Michael Stenaro’s conversion kick. team held on to win 38-26. San Diego Surf Club and followed that up with ECNL Academy. Despite scoring first, the girls Later, MacLean Marks put down a try to a 4-0 win against the 8th ranked team from ultimately lost 1-2.

Seals Win Again Submitted by Jon Zuber he 12U Seals baseball Tclub won the Spring Super NIT Tournament at Twin Creeks in Sunnyvale April 11- 13. The Seals had their work cut out for them after losing the Follow us on first game 10-6 to the East Bay All Sports Dawgs. Lamorinda Twitter@ beat the Fremont Fury 7-4 in the second game and then de- Lamorinda feated the Cypress Gators 14-3. The Seals opened up Sunday’s play by taking down the Bay Sports Valley Bombers 8-0. After going 3-1 in pool play the Seals earned the No. 1 seed as they moved on to the semi- final game, where they beat the Submit stories to Delta Dawgs 9-5. Lamorinda then beat the Perk's Titans 7-2 sportsdesk@ Top row, from left: Grant Daley, Grant Harper, Owen Hansen, Nick Kresnak, Colby Burns, Nicolas Bamont; to earn their second straight Bottom Row: Brett Donat, Kyle Sintchak, Kade Shipp, Mark McCurdy, Vince Bianchina; Not Pictured: Will championship. The Seals are 9- lamorindaweekly.com Windatt, Coach Jon Zuber Photo Matt Hansen 1 overall.