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1 SPORTS Thursday, February 14, 2019 napavalleyregister.com seCTION KIRK KIRKPATRICK In a game that was much closer than the final score, the highly touted San Ramon Valley High girls basketball team got all it could handle from host Vintage as it won a CIF North Coast Sec- tion Division 1 playoff opener, 57-41, on Tuesday night. The Wolves came in seeded third, but after an entertaining first quarter, it was the 14th- seeded Crushers that had a 13-8 lead. deserve some respect after that game. It sure look like a 14th-versus-third- seed game to said Crushers head coach Joe Donohoe. credit goes to San Ramon.

They played a great game. You could tell year-round basket- ball The talented Wolves came in averaging a gaudy 76 points per game, but were held nearly 20 points below that average by the feisty Crushers. proved we could play with Donohoe said. kids love each other and I love them, so it was a very emotional night for Donohoe admitted he was mostly upset that the ride was over for a team that accomplished something no other Vintage girls basketball team had back-to- back titles in two different leagues. sad.

I thought we had a shot here he said. The Crushers played the Wolves nearly even for three out of four quarters. It was the decisive sec- ond quarter, when San Ramon scored the first 10 points and went on to outscore Vintage 20-6 for a 27-19 halftime lead, that ulti- mately made the difference. As was often the case for the Crushers, who finished 19-7 overall, it was Alyssa Andrews who led the way. The senior fin- ished with 17 points and seven rebounds despite missing five minutes of the third quarter after spraining an ankle.

San Ramon Valley ousts Crushers, 57-41 Maggie Douma of Okla-homa City University and Alyvia Fiske of Si- mon Fraser University (Burn- aby, British Columbia) earned All-America honors at the 2019 College Wrestling As- sociation Championships last week at the Cobb Civic Center in Marietta, Georgia. Douma, a Napa High School graduate wrestling at 143 pounds as a senior, became a three-time All-American by placing fourth in her division. Douma se- cured a spot in the third- place match by winning a 4-1 decision over Si- enna Ramirez of Southern Oregon. Douma lost 7-2 to Ashlynn Ortega from King (Tennessee) in a match for third place. Earlier in the tournament, Douma beat Lacey Henderson of Ottawa (Kansas) 14-4 in 2:55 and also pinned Hailey Finn of Life (Georgia) in 22 seconds.

Douma placed second at the WCWA Championships during the 2015-16 season and was seventh at the WCWA meet in 2016-17. She won two CIF Sac-Joa- quin Section titles. She was a two-time runner-up and also placed third in the state tour- nament for Napa High. She had a 34-4 record as a senior and compiled a 110-15 career record. Fiske, a Vintage High gradu- ate wrestling at 157 pounds as a sophomore, lost in the semi- finals to Iman Kazem of Menlo College, 9-7.

Fiske took third place by beating Hannah Gladden of Emmanuel College, 10-4. Menlo won the team title, Simon Fraser was second and Oklahoma City was seventh. Fiske was twice named as the Napa Valley Female Athlete of the Year and com- piled a 148-9 record, winning two CIF state championships, during her career at Vintage. She was selected as the Cali- fornia state winner of the 2017 Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award, the National Wrestling Hall of Fame an- nounced. The NAIA Invitational is March 15-16 in Jamestown, North Dakota.

Brianna Bowers of Napa has played in three games for the Sacramento State softball team and is 2-for-4 on the season. Bowers is a freshman out- fielder and a Napa High grad- uate who was a two-time Cal-Hi Sports All-State selec- tion. She was the Player of the Year on The Napa Valley Reg- All-Napa County team in 2017. Sacramento State was picked as the Big Sky Conference 2019 favorite in a Preseason Poll. Douma, Fiske earn All-America honors JAKE KREULEN PHOTOS Napa High sophomore Tyler Oda controls the ball against James Brahjon Thompson on Tuesday night in Union City.

JAKE KREULEN UNION CITY After rolling through the Vine Valley Athletic League with a spotless 12-0 mark, the Napa High boys basketball team was looking for its first playoff win since 2001, in its first playoff game since 2005. Unfortunately for the 14th-seeded Griz- zlies, they are still looking for that victory. Third-seeded James Logan bulled its way to an 85-76 home victory in the first round of the CIF North Coast Section Div. 1 playoffs Tuesday night. was a physical Napa High head coach Zack Cook said.

shot about nine or 10 more free throws than we did, but how the game The Grizzlies (23-6) trailed for all but 65 seconds in the contest, taking their final lead on a 10-foot pull-up jumper from Tyler Oda with 1:48 left in the opening frame. A Brayden Greenlee basket with 1:28 left in the third cut the Napa deficit to 55-52, but Daniel Combs sank a trey to move it back to six on the ensuing possession. The Grizzlies closed it to 58-56 when Zach Swim used a strong post move to score 34 seconds into the fourth quarter. But the Colts (22-5) responded with a three-point play with 6:37 left in regulation, and Napa never got closer than five the rest of the way. play our best Cook said.

cut it close to 3 or 2 a couple of times and then they would get a big 3 or an and we just get over the Brock Bowers was nearly unstoppable in the early going, the sophomore putting up eight points in the first period and seven more in the second to keep the Grizzlies within striking distance, but Napa never could maintain a lead. Bowers finished with a team-high 24 points, with Swim pouring in 22 and Stephen Blume adding 12. Green- lee chipped in seven, Oda had six, and senior Vince added five. came to said Logan head coach Melvin Easley, whose team went 14-0 in Mission Valley Conference play and will host No. 6 seed Monte Vista of Danville on Friday night.

are a very solid and well-coached team. got some kids who are going to play at the next level, es- pecially (Swim). They definitely got the boards, and we anticipate the inside game that they had. We tried to take away the inside, but Napa came and played the game and they really gave us a run for our After a back-and-forth first eight min- utes, the Colts pushed the lead to nine just 30 seconds into the second frame on a bucket by Brett Thompson, who led all scorers with 26 points. Colts hold off Napa MARTY JAMES The Cherry Pie Criterium, now in its 44th year, will take place on Monday, Feb.

18 in the parking lot of Napa Valley College at 8 a.m. There are 11 different races that are based on age group, sex and skill level. The profes- sional race starts at 10:10 a.m. and the day concludes with the pro race at 4:10 p.m. Professional cyclists will com- pete for $500 in prize money in each pro race.

The event is sanctioned by USA Cycling and the Northern California Nevada Cycling As- sociation. The top-3 finishers in each race receive a cherry pie from Model Bakery of Napa, in addition to merchandise. It is sponsored by the Eagle Cycling Club of Napa. The Cherry Pie Criterium is the first race in the Northern Califor- nia Junior Race Series. Cyclists make multiple laps around the one-mile course during the criterium.

Races, which open to boys and girls in juniors divisions, and men and women, are held on a 1.1-mile technical course, which has several turns, in the main parking lot of the college. Cyclists and spectators can park their vehicles at NVC by taking Streblow Drive. Cherry Pie Criterium races Feb. 18 at NVC DEAN RUGGIERO PHOTOGRAPHY Vintage senior Alyssa Andrews eyes the basket against San Ramon Valley on Tuesday night. CIF NOrTh COasT seCTION dIV.

1 GIrLs basKeTbaLL PLayOFFs Andrews leads Vintage with 17 points, seven rebounds NOTes aNd QuOTes MarTy JaMes Please see JaMes, Page B2 CIF NOrTh COasT seCTION dIV. 1 bOys basKeTbaLL PLayOFFs Napa battles James Logan throughout 85-76 loss Napa High sophomore Brock Bowers sprints upcourt ahead of James Malcolm Steadman on Tuesday night in Union City. Please see VINTaGe, Page B2 Please see NaPa, Page B2 Please see CrITerIuM, Page B2.