DAL and EBAL Athletes earn all-league honors for fall season excellence

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CA (Dec. 14, 2022) — Four local athletes earned league most valuable player awards for the second year in a row as the Diablo and East Bay athletic leagues announced their all-league honorees for the fall season.

Northgate and College Park each had three DAL MVPs among the athletes from local schools tabbed for all-league honors.

College Park junior Faith Espinosa was the DAL Valley MVP golfer again. Her senior schoolmates Gavin O’Leary (offense) and Keith Brown (defense) were named MVPs after leading the Falcons to an undefeated DAL Valley Division football championship.

Northgate senior Ellexis Mingming claimed her second successive DAL Foothill Division MVP award.

Bronco water polo had the DAL MVPs for both boys and girls. Evalinne Vecchio on the girls side and junior boy Ben Forer each repeated as the league’s outstanding performer.

All-Diablo Athletic League

Cross County

Boys: 1st team – Jack Rattary, Alex Lamoureux (College Park), Daniel Messer (Clayton Valley Charter); 2^nd team – Daniel Martinez (CVC); Honorable Mention- Alex Walker (CVC), Robert Benard (Northgate), Blake Leung (College Park).

Girls: 1^st team – Isabelle Ruff (CVC); 2^nd team – Grace Reed (CP); Megan Malloy, Gabriela Manning (NG); HM – Missy Leclaire (CP), Skylar Bennett (CVC), Macey Harlow, Ella Kopper (NG).

Football

VALLEY MVP Offense – Gavin O’Leary (CP), MVP Defense – Keith Brown (CP); 1^st team – Sean Murphy, Keoni Caban, Jose Ortiz, Monte Beam, Fredriko Naranjo, Quentin Artis, Fabian Lopez (Concord), Dillon Daley, Tony Keck, Enzo Giannini, Jimmy Voorhies, Mason Kern, Angelo Abella, Colby Taul (CP); 2^nd team -Josh Greer, Dalton Bonnington, Hunter Pelayo, Langston Cook, Donovan Khatami, Colter Seidenspinner (CP), Ashten Adkins, Tayshawn Glover, Jalen Downs, Manuel Zuniga (Mt. Diablo), Sean Murphy, Jaden Reger, Fredriko Najanjo (Con), Mozell Wilson, Da’ion Kendricks (Ygnacio Valley).

FOOTHILL 1^st team – Emanuel Webster, Emilio Pucci (NG); 2^nd team – John Pelletier, Liam Walsh (NG).

Girls Golf

FOOTHILL MVP – Ellexis Mingming (NG); 1^st team – Audrey Cheng (NG); HM – Cami Barajas (NG).

VALLEY MVP – Faith Espinosa (CP); 1st team – Ashtyn Hosler, Aailylah Dacasin (CVC), Erin Hurley (CP); 2^nd team – Ciera Alkhoury, Tori Pollicino, Olivia Divers (CP); HM – Athena Alkoury (CP), Keyli Flamenco (CVC), Kaitlyn Sakurai (Con).

Girls Tennis

FOOTHILL 1^st team – Emma Golovin (NG); 2^nd team – Zuzana Duris, Tade Scheid, Diana Zvenigorodsky (NG); HM – Charlotte Perrin (NG), Siobhan O’Neill (CP).

VALLEY 1^st team- Arlen Venegas Rivera (Con), Adriana Alcasabas (CVC); 2^nd team – Ashlee Pilon, Grace Deseelhorst (CVC); 2^nd team – Leah Lopez (CVC), Jaquelin Fernandez (Con), Mariela Rios, Crystal Gomez (YV); HM – Leslie Mendoza (YV), Ruma Pierre (CVC), Kai Murillo (Con).

Girls Volleyball

VALLEY 1^st team – Leila Garcia, Annika Scheafer (CVC), Abby Wood, Hannah Hetrick, Ava Davis (CP); 2^nd team – Ava Salamasidis (CVC), Emma Wood (CP), Gabriella Guzman Hernandez (YV); HM – Emma King (CVC), Sophie Pence (CP), Sophie Ramos (MD), Christina Noonan (YV).

FOOTHILL 1st team – Ela Ismen (NG); 2^nd team – Lauren Philips (NG); HM – Grace Dausses (NG).

Water Polo

VALLEY Boys: MVP – Ben Forer (NG), Outstanding Goalie – Cal Albright (NG); 1^st Team – Colin Parker, Tommy Martin (NG), Misha Popov, Jackson Barnacal (CP), Dominic Vines, Kyle Stillinovich (CVC), Jackson Faulkner (Con); 2nd team – Tate Stein, Jack Emelson (NG), Kyle Hetherton (CVC), Nic Austen, Connor Glasgow, Ryland Pierce (CP), Matthew David (Con); HM – Aiden Chenault (NG), Sam Harper (CP), Jack Parker (CVC), Hudson Freitas (Con).

VALLEY Girls: MVP – Evalinne Vecchio (NG); 1st team – Eireini Priftis (Con), Mikayla Brown (CVC), Kalena Kardell, Lucy Galbraith (CP), Rachel Tucker, Sophia Weise (NG); 2nd Team – Ella Thorsen, Elisa Thorsen (CP), Chloe Pappas, Ainsley Castillo, Claire Mohrland. Josie Croy, Geetha Chandrasekaran (NG), Savannah Freitas (Con); HM – Makena Cooper (CVC), Adriahna Shirley (CP), Maddie Rohrlick (NG), Riley Bowen (Con).

All-East Bay Athletic League

(DLS boys, Carondelet girls. CVCHS football)

Cross Country

Boys: 1st team – Trey Caldwell.

Girls: 2^nd team – Kendall Foxworthy; HM – Mary DeMartini.

Football

1^st team- Derek Thompson, Spencer Brien, Journey McKoy, Charles Greer, Cooper Powers, Johnathan Guerrero, Joey Manzone, Stef Bakiev (DLS); Jordan Palega, Joey Mourad, Charles Cox, Anthony Lucero, Davin Amos, Micah Avery, Casey Forester, Richard McKay, Henry Phifer (CVC); 2^nd team – Dylan Greeson, Drew Cunningham, Jaden Jefferson, Tommy Rainsford, Grant Wells (DLS); Jake Dern, Nick Khashabi, Isaiah Mejia, Jake Morris (CVC).

Girls Golf

1st team – Samantha Miller; 2^nd team – Morgan Gamble, Sam Reyes; HM – Chloe Sitzmann.

Girls Volleyball

2^nd team – Bella Ehrlich; HM- Shelby Santos, Lauren Atis.

Water Polo

Boys:  1^st team – Carsten Peters, Jack Richards, Tyler Layman, Dominic Brown, Jay Hubbard.

Girls: 1^st team- Josie Haast, Sarah Wright, Abby Roder; 2^nd team – Brynn Tully, Clara O’Connor.