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Friday, May. 15, 2009

Prep Roundup: Sierra wins for grieving coach

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SACRAMENTO — The unbeaten Sierra Timberwolves won one for their coach Thursday. Goalkeeper Marian Fallon stopped the final penalty kick to clinch the Timbervoles' emotional win over West Campus, vaulting Sierra into the Sac-Joaquin Section IV final.

Sierra (27-0-1), the Valley Oak League champion, won on penalty kicks 6-5 after the teams played to a 1-1 tie. Nicole Vanni, Hannah Obanni, Lacey Vaughn, Mikayla Scott, Jaime Hoffman and Melissa Bennett connected on their PKs for the Timberwolves.

Coach Manuel Pires, who got his 300th career victory Tuesday, attended a rosary for his father after the end of the West game.

The Warriors (15-2-2), who had eliminated Sierra from the playoffs the last two years, took a 1-0 lead in the 44th minute. Sierra answered in the 55th when Vanni turned on a miss and scored.

Sierra's Fallon finished with nine saves. Sierra meets Whitney, a 2-0 victor over Sonora in the semifinals, Saturday at Lincoln.

• RIPON 2, HILMAR 0, at Hilmar — Second-half goals by Renae McFadden and Meredith Perkins were the difference as the Indians (23-1-1) exacted two year's worth of revenge on the Yellowjackets (16-5-6). Ripon, which lost to Hilmar in the 2007 Division V title game, will face Central Catholic in Saturday's final. They have not met this season.

In the second half, Hilmar's defense allowed a corner kick to bounce in the box and an unmarked McFadden headed the loose ball into the net. Perkins made it 2-0 in the 54th minute when she was sprung free with a through-ball. Goalkeeper Riley Fielder got a piece of the shot, but not enough to keep it from trickling across the net.

• FOREST LAKE CHRISTIAN 2, MARIPOSA 1 (PKs), at Mariposa — Forest Lake goalkeeper Morghan Pomeroy stopped three penalty kicks en route to a 3-1 win in the penalty shootout after the game ended in a 1-1 tie. Jennifer Ritter gave the Grizzlies (16-7-3) the early lead in this Division VI semifinal.

SOFTBALL

• BIG VALLEY CHRISTIAN 22, TIOGA 4, at BVC — The Lions (7-10) plated 13 runs in the fourth, keyed by two doubles by Christina Azevedo and two hits by Rebecca Hanks, and stopped Tioga (6-10) in five innings.

TENNIS

• DIVISION I, at Santa Rosa — Enochs' Yann Libbrecht and Trevor Wright, doubles partners for only six matches, won twice Thursday to advance to the Division I semifinals. They beat Sahil Gupta and Matt Yee of Elk Grove's Franklin 6-3, 6-0, then beat Jesuit's Jared Nangle and Joe Thomas 6-3, 4-6, 4-0 (injury). Wright and Libbrecht next face top-seeded Nelson Hosley and Jimmy Stone of Davis-Yolo, who have yet to lose a game.

• DIVISION II, at Roseville — Manteca's unseeded doubles team of Yassen Aniss and Arnie Morales beat the No. 2 seed in the second round. In the third set, Bella Vista's Derek Thatcher and Cameron Archie had triple game point to go up 5-2, but squandered the advantage. Aniss and Morales rallied to win 5-7, 6-3, 6-4. Aniss-Morales beat Josh Ruben-Hyung Phuasalit 6-2, 6-1 in the first round.

TRACK & FIELD

• BOYS WAC FINALS — Livingston's Juan Segundo won four events, including helping the 4x400 relay team claim the title immediately after winning the two-mile race in 11:06.24. Segundo gave the relay team a big lead in the second leg and the Lions won in 3:38.99.

• GIRLS WAC FINALS — Patterson's Amber Bond was a quadruple winner, claiming the 100 (12.59), 200 (26.64), long jump (15-11¾) and pole vault (8-6).

• MMC FINALS, at MJC — Davis teammates Chris Izquierdo and Justin Nesbit were named athletes of the meet after each won two events and ran a leg of the winning 4x400 relay. Izquierdo's time of 2:03.29 was not his best of the season, but he beat the field by 3 seconds. The top four finishers in each MMC event advanced to the Sac-Joaquin Section Championships in Sacramento.

In the girls meet, Erica Goynes of Enochs was the athlete of the meet, winning the 200 (26.38) and 400 (59.30) and coming from behind in the anchor leg of the 4x400 relay (4:18.90) to beat Modesto (4:19.18).