Boys Basketball
No. 3 Archbishop Riordan 74, Bellarmine College Prep 51
Riordan locked up its first outright West Catholic Athletic League title since 1990 on Friday night with a dominant win on the road over Bellarmine.
Zion Sensley scored 19 of his 29 points in the first half. The Saint Mary’s commit hit seven 3-pointers and made seven out of eight free throws. Jasir Rencher added 13 points for Riordan.
Bellarmine (9-14, 4-9) struggled to find much offense outside of Will Corbett, who had a team-high 24 points.
Riordan (19-4, 13-0) shared the WCAL championship with Archbishop Mitty last season.
No. 12 Oakland Tech 57, McClymonds 50
Another hard fought Oakland Athletic League game ended with the Bulldogs squeezing out a victory over McClymonds.
Ardarius Grayson had 19 points for Oakland Tech (22-5, 9-0). McClymonds forward Demarion Gardener had 12 points as the Warriors fell to 21-6, 5-4.
Oakland Tech’s final game of the regular season will be against Oakland High on Wednesday. The Bulldogs will win the OAL outright with a win. They will share the crown with Oakland if they lose.
Piedmont 44, Castro Valley 37
If you like defense, this was the game for you.
Baskets were tough to come by for both teams throughout the 32 minutes. Castro Valley only scored 16 points in the first half, but led by two going into intermission.
Though Piedmont’s offense picked up in the third, the Highlanders went into the fourth quarter down two. Piedmont’s defense held Castro Valley to just seven points in the final eight minutes and scored just enough to prevail.
Brit Burden led Piedmont with 19 points.
Piedmont finished the regular season 17-9, 8-4. Castro Valley ended its regular season 10-16, 2-10.
Terra Nova 41, Woodside 39
How bout them Tigers?
Terra Nova upset the top team in the Peninsula Athletic League Ocean Division at home to move into second place in the league standings as the regular season came to a close.
The Tigers (15-8, 7-3) held a seven-point lead after three quarters.
Woodside outscored the hosts 11-6 in the fourth period, but it wasn’t enough as the Wildcats dropped to 17-6, 8-2.
Senior Vinny Smith led Terra Nova with 19 points. Woodside junior Kevin Perez scored 12 points in the loss.
Girls Basketball
No. 1 Archbishop Mitty 74, No. 11 St. Ignatius 40
The dominance continues for the No. 1 team in the nation.
Mitty (23-0, 11-0) rolled past St. Ignatius to capture its eighth consecutive outright West Catholic Athletic League title.
Super sophomore McKenna Woliczko led the way with 23 points, eight rebounds and five blocks for the Monarchs. Belle Bramer added 17 points.
Sophia Sanchez scored 15 points for St. Ignatius (14-8, 6-5).
UConn commit Morgan Cheli missed her third straight game for Mitty.
No. 8 Piedmont 62, Castro Valley 34
Is there anything Natalia Martinez can’t do?
The Piedmont senior guard scored 40 points in her second consecutive game as the Highlanders finished West Alameda County Conference Foothill Division play with a victory over Castro Valley. In three games this week, Martinez averaged 39.6 points.
Piedmont improved to 20-5, 7-1. Castro Valley is 9-15, 2-7.
Shakila Zuberi added nine points for the Highlanders. Naomi Chew and Sofia Tom led Castro Valley with nine points each.
Heritage 57, Liberty 46
The Patriots continued their dominance in the Bay Valley Athletic League, winning their ninth straight league title.
Both teams played evenly until Heritage caught fire in the third quarter. The Patriots outscored the Lions 16-4 coming out of halftime and went into the fourth quarter with a 50-32 lead.
Freshman Ze’ni Patterson scored a game-high 24 points for Heritage.
The Patriots ended the regular season 18-8, 9-1. Liberty finished 16-10, 8-2.
No. 10 Los Gatos 60, Monta Vista 38
Los Gatos junior Nicole Steiner nearly had a triple double in a victory over Monta Vista as the Wildcats clinched the SCVAL De Anza championship.
Steiner had 11 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists. Ashley Childers scored a game-high 16 points and Claire Galbo had 15 points in the win.
Sophia Lu led Monta Vista with 12 points.
Los Gatos (21-2, 11-0) will finish the regular season against Palo Alto on Tuesday.
Monta Vista fell to 18-5, 8-3. The Matadors are second in the De Anza standings.
Fremont-Sunnyvale 68, Homestead 38
The Firebirds dominated Homestead in this SCVAL De Anza game.
Senior Anusha Chadalavada led the way for Fremont with 22 points. Luciana Ortiz had 17 points and Haley Johnson chipped in 12 in the win.
Fremont improved to 11-12, 5-6 and will finish the regular season against Los Altos on Tuesday. Homestead dropped to 6-17, 2-9.
Boys Soccer
South San Francisco 2, Jefferson 0
South San Francisco won the PAL Ocean title with a victory over Jefferson.
After a scoreless first half, the Warriors (13-4-2, 8-1-1) scored two goals to seal the victory.
Delfino Martinez had a goal and assisted on Cristian Urbina’s goal.
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