NCS roundup: Acalanes, Las Lomas win baseball titles. Miramonte celebrates softball crown

Acalanes returned to the winner s circle on Saturday for the first time in nine years when it scored three runs in the first inning and added two more in the fifth to lead by five before giving up a run The Dons went on to a - conquest over th-seeded Rancho Cotate to capture the North Coast Section Division II baseball championship Acalanes last won a title in when it beat Analy - The Dons have captured eight NCS baseball championships though they had to settle for a co-title with San Marin in when the ultimate encounter was called because of darkness Saturday s match at Diablo Valley College was settled promptly Ando Butner singled in the first stole second and came around on a hit by James Stadt Keegan Goddard followed with another single then he and Stadt executed a double steal to put runners at second and third Jimmy Cusumano drove both runners home with a single Cusumano had three RBIs for the day including a double to left in the fifth that made it - Stadt was -for- with two runs and three RBI Goddard scored two runs and drove in another The beneficiary was starting pitcher Brady Quinn who pitched five shutout innings and allowed two hits Acalanes improved to - - Rancho Cotate slipped to - Division IV No Las Lomas No Clear Lake This was only Division IV so the Knights first North Coast Section baseball title in the school s -year history might not get the pub it deserves But find another section champion that has had a more impressive run Here are certain cool numbers from that title The Knights went on the road for all four playoff games They traveled just under miles for those four contests Did they have a magic bus Las Lomas outscored its four opponents - Knights pitchers allowed five hits in innings That included a no-hitter Alessandro Martinez-Cabrera a one-hitter and a pair of two-hitters In Saturday s championship event Las Lomas - - scored single runs in the third and fourth innings then had a three-run outburst in the fifth to put the tournament away Clear Lake - didn t sum until the seventh Jack Foscalina led the offense with three hits and three RBI Harrison Bay also had three hits and scored two runs Starting pitcher Noah Sison worked the first six innings He allowed a run two hits walked five and struck out five He and Martinez-Cabrera each had two wins Division V No St Mary s-Berkeley No Swett Logan Donoviel pitched five shutout innings in relief scored a run and drove in a run as the Panthers captured their fourth NCS baseball title Donoviel took over in the bottom of the third with the event knotted at one apiece and proceeded to allow just two hits and two walks while striking out seven The Panthers who have four straight after a - regular season scored the deciding runs in the top of the fourth Reid Rakowski walked and was sacrificed to second by Nico Pilara Donoviel drew a base on balls to put two runners on and both scorer when Damien Nolan doubled Swett - - scored in the bottom of the second on a walk a hit batter and two wild pitches Division I third-place battle No Casa Grande No Foothill Foothill s season ended as the Falcons couldn t beat Casa Grande at home in the Division I third-place challenge The Pleasanton school matched Casa Grande s seven hits but couldn t overcome four errors Foothill trailed by as a large number of as five runs going into the bottom of the fifth inning Hudson Flora led Foothill with two hits and three RBIs Casa Grande s Brady Laubscher hit a three-run homer in the fifth inning that gave the Gauchos a commanding lead Casa Grande - secured the section s final NorCal bid The matchups will be communicated Sunday Foothill finished - Softball Division II No Cardinal Newman No Carondelet Cardinal Newman combined for seven runs in the fourth and fifth innings to break open a - championship and prevent Carondelet from winning its first section softball title since The Cougars - didn t go quietly after falling behind - after five innings They scored four in the top of the sixth to close within two runs but Cardinal Newman - put up two runs in the bottom of the inning for a few breathing room Leading the Carondelet offense was sophomore Reese Albano She had two hits and three RBI Freshman Arielle Henriquez had a triple and three runs batted in Nicole DiMarco of Cardinal Newman was the standout at the plate She homered and tripled and had five RBI Division V No Miramonte No Kennedy-Fremont The Matadors who have been thriving at so a multitude of other sports eventually added particular softball hardware to the school trophy circumstance Miramonte - scored three runs in the top of the sixth and made it stand up for the school s first-ever NCS softball title The Mats who had never had a plus- record in softball in the MaxPreps era dating back to relied on the arm of pitcher Abby Warren and the clutch bat of Talia Hagan Warren pitched a complete-game seven hitter and struck out She allowed two runs both unearned Talia Hagan had the key hit in the Miramonte sixth a two-run single Related Articles Wilcox s bid for CCS Division II baseball championship denied by Hollister Alhambra captures NCS D-III softball title with Hailey Powers walk-off home run Willow Glen loses first battle of the year as St Francis wins CCS Open Division softball championship in extras Back on top De La Salle routs College Park in NCS D title challenge to capture th section title CCS softball roundup The King s Academy Hillsdale Woodside win titles Kennedy - had a chance The Titans had a - advantage in hits They also had three fewer errors than the Mats Madelyn Montague s single in the seventh drove in Marilyn Rivas in the seventh to make it a one-run battle but the Titans couldn t get any closer Division I third-place championship No Foothill No Livermore Foothill punched its ticket to the CIF NorCal playoffs by upsetting Livermore on the road Senior Kaycie Burdick had a monster battle for the Pleasanton school She went for with two triples and a home run and had six RBIs Sophia Burdick had four hits and three RBIs for Foothill which improved to - - Livermore s Laine Macosky went for and knocked in four runs Both teams combined for hits Livermore finished - Nathan Canilao contributed to this statement