Spring athletes end two-year drought, earn all-league honors
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CA (June 21, 2022) — After missing nearly the entire 2020 season and having an abbreviated 2021 schedule, high school spring sports athletes saw the full-season schedule to conclusion this school year.
For the senior class of 2022, it was the first such experience since they were freshmen in 2019.
And with a full schedule of competition came the opportunity for coaches to select all-league teams in the Diablo and East Bay athletic leagues.
Earning league most valuable player honors in the DAL were Clayton Valley Charter’s Jacob Krieg (baseball), Elisa Moreno (stunt) and Jordan Woolery (softball), Northgate’s Max Grigoriev (volleyball) and Coco Feliciano (golf) and College Park’s Michael Barnett (baseball pitcher of the year). Sage Madden of Carondelet was softball MVP in the EBAL.
Local schools in Diablo Athletic League plus Carondelet and De La Salle (East Bay Athletic League) all-league honorees.
Baseball
DAL Foothill MVP – Jacob Krieg (Clayton Valley Charter), Pitcher of Year –Michael Barnett (College Park). First Team – Ryder Helfrick, Jordan Bolden, Jerry Coakley (CVC), Diego Emerling, Xavier Guillen (CP), Matt Campopiano, Ian Wright (Northgate). Second Team- Niko Olson, Carl Rice (CVC), Zach Vasell, Kevwe Ojo, Jacob Courtney (CP), Liam Kevill (NG). Honorable Mention – Myles Walton, Leighton Helfrick (CVC), Charlie Malton (CP), Charlie Watson, Keone Takahashi, Jason Olvera (NG). Valley First Team – Elijah Scott, LJ Majarucon, Chase Taylor (Concord). Second Team – Skylar Juarez, Sean Murphy, Matt Dashner (Con). Honorable Mention – Ayden Welch (Con).
EBAL First Team- Alec Nava, Anthony Martinez, Donovan Chriss. Second Team – Cade Cushing, Cal Randall. Honorable Mention- AJ Bianchina, Tyler Wood, Sam Sitzman.
Boys Golf
DAL Foothill MVP – Coco Feliciano (NG). Second Team – Bobby Badskhshan (NG). Honorable Mention – Colin Parker (NG). Valley First Team – Henry Sanchez (CVC). Second Team – Anthony Karmann, Pete Campora (CVC), Chris Brown, Dylan Thomas (CP). Honorable Mention – Josh Ochoa (CP), Hudson Freitas (Con), Nick Conti (CVC).
Lacrosse
DAL Boys First Team – Collin Cabuatan (CVC), Colby Keck (CP). Second Team – Luke Foster, Cooper Brandt, Marc Valeriani (NG). Honorable Mention- Hunter Bock, Henry Morse (CVC), Garrett Vinogradov, Brett Lubeck (CP), Tony Pucci (NG).
EBAL Boys First Team – Hugh Conrad, Nolan Ohrman, Ryan Sanders, Luke Dermon, Andrei Gran. Second Team – Jackson Barth, Cooper Kennedy. Honorable Mention – Ben Kangas.
DAL Girls First Team – Kelsey Shaffer, Tade Scheid, Grace Thomack (NG), Samantha Frary (CVC). Second Team – Jocelyn Vanderbeek (NG), Isabella Percy (CP). Honorable Mention – Jadyn Martinez (CVC), Hanna Rauschmeier, Alexis Nguyen, Isabella Lopez (CP), Piper Stientjes (NG), Mariela Rios (Ygnacio Valley).
EBAL Girls MVP – Sage Madden. First Team – Sophia Van Berkum, Grace Mazolewski. Second Team – Anna Mollahan. Honorable Mention – Emilia Ehrlich, Sophia Bruzzone.
Softball
DAL Foothill MVP – Jordan Woolery (CVC). First Team – Jackie Alday, Soo Jin Berry, Charlie Tang (CVC), Alexis Sealey, Myia Weiler (CP), Lilly Ray (Con). Second Team – Isabella Scolini, Nadia Gomez (CVC), Jessica Elatorre, Emma Wood, Ava Davis (CP), Makenna Choi, Isabella Canfield (NG). Honorable Mention – Jessie Lovett (CVC), Avery Rodriquez, Morgan Bowdish, Isabel Gutierrez (CP), Ariana Rivera, Kylea Chapple, Casey Brenes (Con), Marina Johnsen, Katelyn Takahashi, Savannah Talmadge (NG). Valley First Team – Marisa Vazquez (YV). Second Team – Alejandra Garcia (YV). Honorable Mention – Lily Quezada, Jasmine Guadado (Mt. Diablo).
EBAL Honorable Mention – Karlie Seastrand, Sydnie DeMartini, Samantha Pera.
Stunt
DAL MVP – Elisa Moreno (CVC). First Team – Gabby Cherwin (CVC), Ashley Flittie (CP), Nyela Nesbeth (Con), Galilea Valle (YV). Second Team – Maddelyn Brigance, Zoe Morrison (CP), Lila Nikolich (CP), Karyme Mancillas (Con), Teresa Vazquez (YV). Honorable Mention – Mara Hill (CP), Nayely Jimenez, Zafirah Laguide (MD).
EBAL Second Team – Haleigh White. Honorable Mention – Ella Reardon.
Swimming & Diving
DAL Foothill Boys First Team – AJ Fong, Andrew Hallett, Kyle Kegla, Scott McMillan, Jacob Mohrland, Mason Wendler (NG). Valley First Team – Damik Van Fanos, Diego Castaneda, Jack Stack, Shawn Canada, Steven Tanos (CVC), Devin Purewal, Nate Wendling, Soren Stanton, Zac Gartner (CP). Second Team – Carrick Duggan, Devin Kelly, Finn Cleary, Jack Parker, Jeff Ellis, Kevin Hetherton (CVC), Jackson Barnacal, James Mariolle (CP). Honorable Mention – Colin So, Logan Gandrup (CP), Dominic Vines, Logan Meyer, Nico Bushnell, Derek Tizon (CVC).
EBAL Boys First Team – 200 Medley Relay, 400 Free Relay, Zach Elian, Tonny Roder. Second Team – 200 Free Relay, Scott Iannaccone, Tyler Laymon. Honorable Mention – Brendan Ryan.
DAL Foothill Girls First Team – Lily Strumph (NG). Second Team – Cady Chan, Vlada Chekurova, Alyssa Lund (NG). Valley First Team – Abigail Adent, Gianna Kougios, Haylee Wong, Maya Canada (CVC), Amara Martinez, Anna Gornyitzki, Elsa Horciza, Eva Gornyitzki, Lucy Galbraith (CP). Second Team – Audrey Hoover, Madison Branse, Mckenna Gross (CP). Honorable Mention – Amanda Meyerson, Grace Clearly, Molly Boland (CVC).
EBAL Girls First Team – Stephanie Iannaconne, Jenna Ravarino. 400 Free Relay. Second Team – 200 Medley Relay, 200 Free Relay. Honorable Mention – Olivia Cunningham, Elisabeth Butler, Madison O’Connell, Stephanie Iannaccone.
Boys Tennis
DAL Foothill First Team Singles – Dibyam Dikhit (CP), Marco Tse (NG). Second Team Singles – Daruish Azarkhish (CP), Ioann Timokhin (NG). Second Team Doubles – Woosup Kim – Colin Sheldon, JJ Mattingly – Nate Qui (NG). Honorable Mention – Max Behr (CP), Jonathan Lee (NG). Valley First Team – Arnav Bhalla (CVC). First Team Doubles – Arthur Ashley – Nick Ashley, Alex Mihaylov – Francis Ortaliz (CVC). Second Team Singles – Nikko Valenvuela, Killian Pollock, Jason Shin (CVC). Second Team Dobules – Zyler Anwar – Bach Nguyen (CVC). Honorable Mention – Arman Mirza, Mauricio Lope (MD), Arslan Adil (YV), Connor emery, Jason Miller (CVC).
Track & Field
DAL Boys First Team – Alan Solari, Fernando Perez, Ian Kelly, Matteo Mitchell, Ryan Christy (CVC), Alex Lamoureux (CP), Anthony Billeci (NG). Second Team – Anthony Medina (CP), Evan Leach, John Hagedorn (NG), Micah Avery (CVC), Zachary Smith (MD). Honorable Mention – Bradley Haraguchi, Gage Watts, Justin Faustini (NG), Gabriel Merritt, Rahsaan Woodland (CVC), Tyler Martin (CP).
EBAL Boys First Team – Oscar Gomez, Journey McKoy. Second Team – Oscar Gomez, Chukwunonso Udeh. Honorable Mention – Anthony Trucks, Chukwunonso Udeh.
DAL Girls First Team – Ashleigh Christy, Kimora McDonald, Sylar Bennet, Zoe Lahanas (CVC), Jessica Chisar (CP). Honorable Mention – Kellsey Ogu, Kimora McDonald, Niya Benjamin (CVC).
EBAL Girls Honorable Mention – 4×400 Relay.
Boys Volleyball
DAL Foothill MVP – Max Grigoriev (NG). First Team – Trevor Lau, Peter Berardini, Sami Hieta (CP). Second Team – Luke Steinert (NG), Caden Mays, Logan Gomez (CP). Honorable Mention – Will Badorf (NG), Jordan Segall (CP). Valley First Team- Joey Postlewaite (CVC), Alex Hockenbery (Con), Alejandro Valdez (MD). Second Team – Adrian Salamasidis, Gregory Bryant (CVC), Andrei Mata (MD). Honorable Mention – Zach Berg (CVC), Lucas Ahnen (Con), Emmanuel Busine (MD).
EBAL First Team – Noah Deitrick, Brady Cline. Second Team – Cebrian Carter. Honorable Mention – Andrew Pringle.
Jay Bedecarré
Jay Bedecarré is a long-time resident and writer in Concord and Clayton. He began his newspaper writing career while still a senior at Mt. Diablo High School and he has been part of The Pioneer since its inception in 2003. Jay also operates Bay Area Festivals, presenting events around the San Francisco Bay Area including Bay Area KidFest annually in Downtown Concord.