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St. Patrick-St. Vincent, seeded 10th, stuns No. 2 Cardinal Newman. American’s Cinderella story halted by Benicia. Northgate girls upset Miramonte.
OAKLAND – St. Patrick-St. Vincent wing Dominique Trotter celebrates toward the end of SPSV’s 74-45 victory over Fremont-Oakland at Oakland HIgh School in the Damian Lillard Classic on Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023 didn’t get any favors from the North Coast Section selection committee.
A 17-win regular-season that included three losses to Northern California’s top-ranked team, Salesian — twice in league play, once in the league tournament — merited only a No. 10 seed in the Division II bracket for the Vallejo private school. Turns out, that seed was bad news for Cardinal Newman. The Santa Rosa school won 25 regular-season games and beat Washington-Fremont in the first round of NCS. But Cardinal Newman’s season is now over, the second-seeded team having its party crashed at home on Saturday night against St. Patrick-St. Vincent, 42-37. SPSV is not only a victory away from the final but also a spot in the Northern California regionals. The Bruins will be back on the road Wednesday, this time against sixth-seeded Benicia, a 51-37 winner over 14th-seeded American on Saturday.Well, would you believe that SPSV was not the lowest-seeded team to advance on Saturday? In Division VI boys, 12th-seededeach scored nine points to lead Moreau to a close victory at home over Alameda in a quarterfinal game. The Mariners advance to play top-seeded Montgomery-Santa Rosa on Wednesday. Darren Sabedra has theAmerican’s Cinderella story is over as the 14th-seeded team, which shocked third-seeded Redwood in the first round Wednesday, fell on the road against Benicia.Moreau, playing at home in Hayward, pulled away in the second half for a comfortable victory over Foothill in a quarterfinal game.nailed a shot with two seconds left to pull off the upset against Miramonte. She ended the game with 17 points, and, as she had done so many times during her Miramonte career, had a big scoring night. The senior scored 13 points, andThe Wolves jumped out to a 23-point lead by halftime and cruised to a semifinal matchup with Urban on Wednesday.had 18 points to lead the Red Devils into the semifinals of the NCS D-V playoffs. Dance, the team’s leading scorer with a 20-ppg average, also had four steals.contributed 12 points. The Red Devils ended an eight-game winning streak for International, which finished the season 18-9. Next up for Mt. Diablo is a rematch with No. 2 seed San Domenico on Tuesday night in San Anselmo. The Panthers beat Mt. Diablo 57-42 on Dec. 18 on a neutral court. San Domenico will come into Tuesday’s semifinal with 15 wins in its last 16 games.Sex in the bathroom, a racist letter, drug dealing: Antioch Library incidents prompt closureMan convicted of kidnapping Denise Huskins faces court-ordered restitutionFamily sues man whose daughter, ex-girlfriend drowned in Blackhawk pool on the day 4-year-old was supposed to meet himBay Area braces for high winds, rain and possible power outages. How much rain will you get? Vallejo cop allegedly told ex-girlfriend he knew how to dispose of a body, would file a missing person’s report if she tried to hide Vallejo cop allegedly told ex-girlfriend he knew how to dispose of a body, would file a missing person’s report if she tried to hideNYC man charged with falsely claiming ownership of New Yorker Hotel, using loophole to live rent-free for 5 years
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