9 local athletes named spring sports league MVPs

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CA (June 20, 2024) — Nine local athletes received most valuable player honors as spring sports wrapped up the 2023-24 athletic year for area schools in the East Bay and Diablo athletic leagues.

Tabbed for league most valuable player honors in the DAL were College Park’s Nate Leffel (baseball) and Evelyn Delbono (lacrosse), Clayton Valley Charter’s Joey Postlethwaite (volleyball) and Katie Dargani (stunt) and Northgate’s Luke Steinert (volleyball) and sophomore Ashley Herman (softball pitcher). The De La Salle duo of Andrei Gran (lacrosse defense) and Luke Nobrega (volleyball) and Carondelet’s Gabriella Dedes (volleyball defense) were EBAL standouts.

Local schools in Diablo Athletic League plus Carondelet and De La Salle (East Bay Athletic League) all-league honorees:

Baseball

DAL Foothill MVP – Leffel (College Park). First Team – Jerry Coakley, Dylan Cesario (Clayton Valley Charter), Diego Emerling, Sam Johnston, Connor Berkowitz (CP). Second Team- Josiah Morris, Hank Phifer (CVC), Jimmy Voorhies, Tino Vasell (CP), Blayne Ballard, Nate Luehs (Northgate). Valley First Team – Aaron Hunt (Concord). Second Team – Jared Bennett (Con).

EBAL First Team – RJ Meyn, Hank Tripaldi, Tyler Spangler. Second Team – Alec Blair, Jack Karst, Joe McGee, Ethan Sullivan.

Boys Golf

DAL Valley First Team –Nicky Conti, George Simpkin, Johnny Warrander (CVC), Josh Ochoa (CP), Hudson Freitas (Con). Second Team – JP Barnaba, Peyton Alexander (CP), Ethan Sampanes (Con), Peter Campora (CVC).
EBAL First Team- Josh Kim, Colin Keith.

Lacrosse

DAL Boys: First Team – Luke Foster, Tim Fenstermacher, Jack Richardson, Tony Pucci (NG), Henry Morse, Collin Cabuatan (CVC). Second Team – Brady Mize (CP), Jack Berger, Finn McLean, Eytan Joergens, Zach Gossett (NG), Logan Knapp (CVC).

DAL Girls Valley MVP – Delbono (CP). First Team – Rio Rauschmeier, Katherine Isherwood, Emma Jones-Bay, Gabby Mihaylova (CP), Kiley Ruff, Sofia Xiaris, Avery Boughton (CVC), Nanci Garcia (Ygnacio Valley). Second Team – Abigail Smith, Ally DeMartini (CVC), Abigail Turner, Alyssa Hennefer, Avila Jopes (CP), Lucero Garcia (YV).

DAL Girls Foothill: First Team – Kelsey Shaffer, Piper Stientjes (NG); Second Team- Jocelyn Vanderbeek (NG).
EBAL Boys MVP – Gran. First Team – Mikey Lencioni, Hudson Lee, Henry Benner, Jackson Barth, Kellen Dunn. Second Team – Hudson Hilal.

EBAL Girls Defensive MVP – Dedes. First Team – Anna Mollahan, Jenna Balousek, Sophia Bruzzone; Second Team – Emily Ahern.

Softball

DAL Foothill First Team – Anja Perreira, Kate Hadley, Ruby Bartholomew (CVC), Abby Wood, Jessica Delatorre (CP). Second Team – Angelina Vargas, Annika Scheafer, Lucy Kimura (CVC), Ava Davis, Maya Davis, Keira Pfeiffer, Alexis Weiler (CP). Valley MVP Pitcher – Herman (NG). First Team – Makenna Choi, Liliana Canfield, Addison Baxter, Taelyn Jriyasetapong, (NG) Shay Caban (Con). Second Team – Aislynn Newlin (Con), Katelyn Takahashi, Marina Johnsen, Stella Hanko (NG). Mountain First Team – Lily Quezada, Jasmine Guardado, Dazzelynn Alon (MD).

EBAL Second Team – Angela Gates.

Stunt

DAL MVP – Dargani (CVC). First Team – Sam Totah, Niobe Reed, Stephanie Castellanos, Gabriella Weeks (CVC), Siena Barsetti, Mara Hill, Lila Nikolich (CP), Jasmine Diaz, Natalia Arreola (Con). Second Team – Chyann Valdehueza, Emma Lam, Emily Cademartori, Sophia Canesa (CVC), Roxy Lara (Con), Malia Fortini, Chloe Mercer (CP).

EBAL Second Team – Sophia Brown.

Swimming & Diving

DAL Boys First Team – Diego Castaneda (CVC), Kyle Kengla, Mason Wendler, Marcus Manuel, Ben Nonaka, Brady Cannon (NG).

DAL Girls First Team – Lily Struempf (NG), Madison Bautista (CVC). Second Team – Haylee Wong, Kayla Joseph, Gianna Kougios (CVC). Honorable Mention – Madison Turner (CP).

Boys Tennis

DAL Foothill First Team Singles – Jon Lee, Raihan Lele. First Team Doubles – Colin Sheldon, Romtin Pourzand (NG). Second Team Singles – Dimitri Bazulin (NG). Second Team Doubles – Ryan Collins, Kian Khomjani (NG). Valley First Team Singles – Nicholas Ashley (CVC). First Team Doubles – Zach Pili, Jiayi Zhang (CVC), Juan Vera, Gael Rodriguez (MD). Second Team Singles – Daniel Yoshimoto, David Yoshimoto, Alex Mihaylov, Alan Berrera (Con), Arman Mirza (MD). Second Team Doubles – Henry Dolor, Jonathan Caole (CVC), Caesar Dolor, Oswaldo Palacios (YV).

Track & Field

DAL Boys First Team – Ryan Christy, Jad Ghbeish, Andres Watts, Charles Smith, Coleman Krause, Logan Remington (CVC). Second Team – Daniel Martinez, Julian Walker (CVC), Jack Rattary, Eli Long (CP), Ethan Cunningham, Arthur Gainant, Boston Molinelli, Zachary Simon (NG). Third Team – Daniel Messer (CVC), Robert Benard, Justin Faustini (NG).

EBAL Boys First Team – Trey Caldwell III, 4 x 400 and 4 x 100 Relay, Anthony Dean, Jaden Jefferson, Jayden Nicholas. Second Team – Toa Faavae.

DAL Girls First Team – Shantia Ali, Kimora McDonald, Zoe Lahanas, Vivienne Magu, Stephanie Vojtenyi, Kaelyn Ramos (CVC), Katarina Muellerleile (CP), Finn Carlson (NG), Savannah Sawyer (YV). Second Team – Thea Jeffress (CVC). Third Team – Ella Kopper, Gabriela Manning, Armita Javidi Parsijani, Ava Scattergood, Reagan Thomas (NG).

EBAL Girls First Team – Malia Velasco, Jayla Addison. Second Team – Kiana Kenion.

Boys Volleyball

DAL Foothill MVP – Steinert (NG). First Team – Atilla Yeh (CP), Ingmar Nordberg (NG). Second Team – Zeon Hubp, Trey Broussard (NG). Valley MVP – Postlethwaite. First Team – Jeremy Oviedo (CVC), Jumaiya Tabayoyong (Con). Second Team – Zachari Modina, Carter Kano (CVC), Scotty Bliss (Con), Adam Clamucha (YV).
EBAL Offensive Player – Nobrega. First Team – Antonio Pinto. Second Team –Kyle Lemmons.