San Ramon Valley's Sierra Chambers (3) lays up a shot against Carondelet High in the first half of their NorCal Division I quarterfinal game at San Ramon Valley High in Danville, Calif., on Thursday, March. 2, 2023. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
Girls basketball
St. Mary’s-Stockton 53, No. 3 San Ramon Valley 48
San Ramon Valley’s hot start to the season didn’t lead to another victory on Friday night. But it clearly showed that the Wolves are right there with the some of the best teams in Northern California.
St. Mary’s-Stockton, a longtime juggernaut, ultimately prevailed at the Marin Catholic tournament in a game that was tight from start to finish.
SRV, ranked third by the Bay Area News Group, led 11-10 after the first quarter. The Stockton school went in front 29-27 at halftime and led 43-29 after three quarters.
“Tough loss to a Great team tonight,” SRV posted on X formerly Twitter. “Hung in there just couldn’t finish. Super proud of our group. We’ll respond.”
Sierra Chambers scored 18 points to lead SRV. Avery Knapp contributed nine points.
Acalanes defeated tournament host Marin Catholic 52-36 and will play St. Mary’s in the final today.
The Dons (3-0) built a 10-point halftime lead, held a seven-point advantage after three quarters and pulled away from Marin Catholic in the fourth period to improve to 3-0.
SRV (2-1) will play Marin Catholic today.
Boys basketball
No. 1 De La Salle 79, Head-Royce 38
In the semifinals of its tournament, De La Salle put away its visitors from Oakland in the first couple of minutes, building an 18-0 lead on the way to a second consecutive dominant victory.
The Spartans routed Vallejo 75-34 in the first round Thursday.
De La Salle, which emptied its bench in the second quarter, had four players score in double figures against Head-Royce: Alec Blair (14), Leo Ricketts (13), Zach Arnold (11) and Arshawn Salkhi (10).
The Spartans will play Central Catholic of Portland, Ore., in the final today. Central Catholic cooled off Serra in the other semifinal, rolling to a 58-38 triumph.
University 56, No. 13 Sacred Heart Prep 55
One day after edging Granada by a point, Sacred Heart Prep was unable to win a nail-biter against University, falling in the semifinals of the Riordan tournament.
University advanced to today’s final against the tournament host. Riordan, ranked third by the Bay Area News Group, overpowered Terra Nova 80-25 in the other semifinal.
JP Kerrigan had 25 points on 8-of-13 shooting and Drew Wagner finished with 10 points to lead SHP (1-1).
Tennyson 73, Castlemont 62
Matthew Lorje, Larrie Noble and Paolo Barroga provided almost all of the scoring for Tennyson as the Lancers stayed undefeated on the young season with a victory at home.
Castlemont led 16-10 after the first quarter. Tennyson pulled even at halftime 29-29 and went ahead 51-39 after three quarters.
Lorje finished with 24 points, Noble contributed 22 points and Barroga added 19 to lead the way.
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Piedmont improved to 3-1 with a 54-50 victory over Acalanes in the semifinals of the Piedmont tournament. The Highlanders will play Redwood in the championship game today at 6 p.m. Redwood defeated St. Ignatius 55-49 in the other semifinal.
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