California Magic 08 Girls sweep Bay Area Spring Cup The California Magic Soccer Club's 08 girls went undefeated in the Bay Area Spring Cup claiming their division's Spring Cup title. Coach Beto Zambrano applauded the cohesiveness and passion the team displayed throughout the tournament. "The championship match tested ...Submitted by Megan Shields
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California Magic 07 Boys win Cinco de Mayo Fiesta The California Magic Soccer Club's 07 boys captured the AFC Cinco de Mayo Fiesta division title early May in Hayward. "The boys played amazing futbol, always building out from the back, making combination plays through the middle and scoring smart goals," said Coach ...Submitted by Megan Shields
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Lamorinda Divers qualify for NCS Divers from the combined CLAM high school team for Miramonte, Campolindo, Acalanes and Las Lomas participated in the DAL League Championship meet Saturday, May 5 at Acalanes High School. Eight team members automatically qualified for NCS and three achieved co ...Submitted by Trish Cetrone
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2017-2018 Boys DAL All League Winter Sports DAL All-League - Foothill Division
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Oakland Strokes sweep to nationals The many hours of training, early mornings and grueling land and water workouts paid off this weekend for the Oakland Strokes Rowing Program as they put on a powerful performance to take a record breaking 18 medals, and advance a total of seven boats to the USRowing ...Submitted by Rachel Yates
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Acalanes and Miramonte Competitive Sport Cheer teams come to fore What do George W. Bush, Samuel L. Jackson, Kirk and Michael Douglas all have in common? They were all cheerleaders in high school. Cheerleading dates to 1877 at Princeton University though females did not begin to participate in cheerleading until 1923. Yet it was ...By Jon Kingdon
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Split decision for Lamorinda Lacrosse at DAL Championships The boys and girls DAL championship games played on May 4 had a distinct Lamorinda flavor to it.
The Miramonte boys were playing at Acalanes and the Acalanes girls were playing at ...By Jon Kingdon
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Cal Rugby returns to SMC to face Linwood Playing in front of a loud and raucous crowd at Saint Mary's College last Saturday, the University of California clearly outplayed Linwood University in a D1A semi-final game winning by a final score of 43-22. By Jon Kingdon
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Diablo Alliance 10U All-Girls Team takes bronze in USA Water Polo Spring Sunday Tournament Diablo Alliance Water Polo Club's 10u team took third place at the USA Water Polo's Spring Sunday tournament April 15. The all-girl team started the tournament with an easy win over Stanford and then faced CC United all-boys top team for a bid at the gold medal game. ...Submitted by Rhodora Del Rosario
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Lamorinda tennis teams sport winning records in playup to NCS Historically, the tennis teams in Lamorinda have generally been successful. This year has been no exception with all three teams sporting winning records. With so much rain this spring, the teams have been forced to play as many as four matches in a week to make up ...By Jon Kingdon
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Lamorinda golf teams prep for NCS Mark Twain described golf as a good walk spoiled. However, for Acalanes, Campolindo and Miramonte, it's far more satisfying than that as all three schools are finishing the regular season on high notes and are preparing for the NCS tournament. In the competitive ...By Jon Kingdon
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Orinda resident completes 32nd consecutive Boston Marathon One of the great traditions in sports is the annual running of the Boston Marathon, which is run on Patriot's Day, the third Monday of April. The race began in 1897 with a total of 18 runners and has grown to the point where there are over 30,000 runners and 500,000 ...By Jon Kingdon
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Lamorinda Rugby Team goes 3-0 in Ireland The Lamorinda boys high school rugby team spent their spring break touring Ireland.
The 26 players, three coaches and about 20 parents traveled to Dublin, Cork, Galway and New Ross. ...Submitted by Doug Pearson
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7-year-old signs Letter of Intent with Saint Mary's Soccer There are numerous rules regarding signing a letter of intent to be on a college's athletic team. However, the one constant for every school is that the signee be at least a senior in high school. By Jon Kingdon
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DAL lacrosse teams participate in league championship series For the first time, the Diablo Athletic League boys and girls lacrosse teams are going to participate in a league championship series. Because of this change, the schools are no longer playing a home and home series with the schools in their league, playing each other ...By Jon Kingdon
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