Wednesday, July 02, 2014 National Recognition Acalanes High School senior Chris Lane was named to the 2014 Brine National High School All-American team. He was selected to represent the Western Region at the Brine National Lacrosse Classic. The tournament is played June 30-July 3 in Maryland. Submitted by Natalie Lane
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Wednesday, July 02, 2014 A's Go all the Way The Lafayette Little League Athletics clinched the AA Championship by winning two games on June 7. Great pitching, defense and timely hitting all contributed to the wins. The A's represented Lafayette well by winning their first game of the District 4 Tournament of ...Submitted by Christine Curran
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Wednesday, July 02, 2014 Strokes Take National Titles Oakland Strokes competed at the US Rowing Junior Nationals and took home three medals. Over 130 rowing clubs and 1,800 athletes from across the country traveled to Lake Natoma in Folsom to compete at the event in mid-June. Submitted by Abby Klinkenberg and Lynn Klinkenberg
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Wednesday, July 02, 2014 Seals End Season in New York The LBA Seals completed their spring season by competing in a 104-team national tournament at Cooperstown Dreams Park from June 14-20. The Seals dominated the first three days of pool play, going 6-0 and defeating teams from Ohio, Colorado, Washington, Georgia, ...Submitted by Matt Hansen and Jon Zuber
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Wednesday, July 02, 2014 Clay Courts come to Lamorinda Longer rallies, a forgiving surface, the ability to slide. These are just a few of the benefits of playing tennis on clay courts. Although standard in Europe (red clay) and common on the east coast (green clay), clay courts are anomalies in the west. By Marissa Harnett
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Wednesday, July 02, 2014 Boys' All-League Awards Spring is a busy sports season for Lamorinda high schools. The boys' programs had strong showings this year. No fewer than two Lamorinda boys' programs earned berths in the North Coast Section postseason for each sport. Outstanding individual athletes were honored for ...Compiled by C. Mitchell
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Wednesday, July 02, 2014 NCS Titles for Lamorinda 2013-14 Season Girls' Basketball: Miramonte
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Wednesday, July 02, 2014 SMC All-Stars Return to Moraga In celebration of recent success, the Saint Mary's men's basketball program hosted an All-Stars Classic. Nearly 100 former Saint Mary's men's basketball players returned to Moraga on June 29 for the Gaels Basketball All-Star Classic and Alumni Weekend. By Caitlin Mitchell
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Wednesday, July 02, 2014 Moraga Sports Honored The Moraga Town Council issued two proclamations June 25 for two very different sports groups. First it honored the Campolindo boys' varsity volleyball team, which recently won its fourth consecutive North Coast Section Championship and second NorCal Regional ...By Sophie Braccini
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Wednesday, June 18, 2014 Up and Coming Four eighth grade girls from Orinda, Skylar Savar, Carson Broad, Grace Tehaney, and Katrina Drake, beat out 45 others to earn a spot on the Olympic Development Program's 2014 USA Water Polo Women's Development National Team. All four girls will attend Miramonte High ...Submitted by Christina Savar
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Wednesday, June 18, 2014 The Winning Continues After winning the sectionals, Santa Maria's girls won the 800m Sprint Medley at the Oakland Dioceses Championship track meet on May 10.
...Submitted by April Murphy
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Wednesday, June 18, 2014 First Time, First Win Eliana Mann of Lafayette competed at the "Pre-Regionals" Invitational Diving Meet over the weekend of May 31. Despite the fact that it was her first time diving at the Junior Olympic level, Mann earned the top spot in the 12-13 year old girls' 1-meter event. Submitted by Steve Sherman
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Wednesday, June 18, 2014 Seals Keep Winning Lamorinda Baseball Club's Seals won the Battle of the Bay tournament on June 7.
Lamorinda came out strong in Saturday's pool play, defeating Brushback Baseball from Los Altos and The ...Submitted by Jon Zuber and Matt Hansen
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Wednesday, June 18, 2014 LLL Champions The Cubs won the 2014 Lafayette Little League Majors division on June 7. They completed an undefeated season by winning the championship game 18-0. The Cubs advanced to the Tournament of Champions District tournament on June 14. Submitted by Cora Bahl
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Wednesday, June 18, 2014 Mavericks Top Finish The Moraga Mavericks 12U baseball team took first place at the 680 Diablo League Play-Off Championship Silver Bracket on May 31.
...Submitted by Joseph Wong
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