San Marin HS Sports Update March 25-30

San Marin Sports Update March 25-30

Teams approach the midway point of league play, as playoff races soon will be heating up.  It will be a busy slate of game this week before teams are off for Spring Break next week. 

BASEBALL

Varsity Boys – The boys played 4 games over the past 2 weeks.  It started out with a 5-1 win over San Rafael. Marcus Chiu and Ryan Schalch both hit homeruns, while  Vince Cerruti was 2 for 2 and Tommy Mazzariello was 2 for 3 to bolster the offense.  Chrit Rudkin went the distance allowing 3 hits and striking out 8.   

The Mustangs then came back with a big win over Justin Siena 3-2 in 8 innings. After trailing 2-0 in the first, Mustang pitchers Dom Balestrieri, Jimmy Fewell and Ryan Schalch shut out the Braves the last 7 innings.  The Mustangs had a big day from Ryan Schalch who was 3 for 3 with 2 triples and a sacrifice fly scoring Travis Roberts to win the game. The first triple by Schalch was followed by a double from Thomas Leonard. After his second triple, Schalch scored on a sacrifice fly by Leonard. Irv Arellano had 2 hits on the day as did Travis Roberts. With the bases loaded in the top of the 8th, Schalch came in to pitch and got an inning ending double play on a ground ball to first baesman Chris Gorman who threw home for one out and Thomas Leonard threw to Jordan Herbstman covering first for the last out.

Then last week the Mustangs went 2-0 with wins over Branson and Terra Linda.  They now sit at 4-2 in league play.  They have a big week traveling to Novato Tuesday and hosting undefeated Drake on Thursday. 

JV Baseball

Last week the SM JV baseball team won Tuesday’s non-conference game against Redwood in an 8 inning hard fought match.  After 5 scoreless innings, Kevin Smith came to the plate with two outs and a runner on 1st.  After a first pitch steal, Smith hit a blazing double in the right center gap.  Freshman catcher Dawson Bacho followed with another hit giving SM a two run lead.  The Giants came right back with 2 runs of their own to tie the game in the bottom of the 5th. The score stayed tied until the 8th inning when Freshman Nick Corbani led off with a drag bunt hit.  He advanced to third on a stolen base and a fielder’s choice. The final run of the game came on a safety squeeze by shortstop Jeff Walchli.  Freshman Dominic Burke started the game for the Mustangs going three innings, giving up 4 hits and 0 runs.  Tony Dial got the win going 5 innings, giving up 6 hits and 2 runs.

On Thursday the Mustangs came out firing winning 13-0 in five innings against Terra Linda in a league game. Nick Corbani and Zach Martin combined for a one hitter.   Corbani went 3 innings, giving up 1 hit and 0 runs, and Martin threw 2 innings, giving up no hits and no runs. Offensively the Mustangs were led by Kevin Smith going 2-2 with two doubles and Conner McGarty going 3-3 on the day. Scott Sheron and Corbani also went 2-3 on the day.  The Mustangs face off this Tuesday against Novato (3-1 league) at SM at 4:30pm.

Frosh Baseball

The Frosh Baseball team split games with SR and JS last week.   The Mustangs got their first win of the season over SR in a 4-1 win. Jacob Pullan started on the hill the pitching 4 1/3 innings, giving up 2 hits and 5 strikeouts.  Cole Eyler came in as finished the final  2 2/3, giving up 1 hit and striking out 3.  A scoreless game was broken open in the 6th inning as Sam Leonard, Alex Correnti and Cole Eyler all had hits which resulted in runs.  On defense Jullian Villamante, Logan Desmond and John Vavuris all had great games.

On Friday at Justin Siena, the Braves got off to a hot start with 7 runs in the first 3 innings.  In the 5th inning, the Mustangs got on the board as Forrester Stearns collected an RBI hitting a single to bring Josh Garcia in.  Cole Eyler and Garcia each had 2 hits, a run and a RBI.  Cam Moylan, John Vavuris and Jacob Pullan pulled a nice double play in the 6th inning.

SOFTBALL

The Mustang softball team played 6 games over the past 2 weeks and had a 3-3 split of them.   In week 1, the girls beat crosstown rival Novato 7-2.  Dixie Thompson was 3-3 on the night and Paige McIntosh hit her 3rd homerun of the season.  Hayley Gazdik went the distance only giving up 1 earned run and the defense played a strong game all around.  The next day the girls traveled up to Analy losing 13-8 in 8 innings.  Sam Tong had her breakout game at the plate going 3-5 with two doubles, scoring 2 runs and driving in 3.  They closed out the week against Marin Catholic with a tough 9-5 loss.  Again the girls battled back and forth for 7 innings, but just quite couldn't pull it through in the end.  Sam Tong hit her first home run of the season and Rebecca Simonetti went 2-3 at the plate.

Then last week the girls began down at Tam on Monday.  They jumped out to a 5-0 lead.  The powerful Tam offense came to life and took a 6-5 lead through 4 innings. The Mustangs responded in the 5th and 6th innings though as they added 3 runs per inning and pulled away for good to clinch an 11-8 victory.  Strong performances on the day from Sam Tong who hit her second homerun of the year, a 3-run homerun in the first, and Paige McIntosh who hit her 4th homerun of the year, also a 3 run shot.  Katherine Gonzalez had a great game in centerfield on defense and was able to prevent a homerun from going over the fence holding the batter to just a single.  The team then returned home Wednesday for a day game against Justin Siena and won 4-2.  Dixie Thompson got her first career start, complete game and win throwing a strong game from the circle.  The week concluded in a showdown against 1st place Terra Linda.  In a real fun and energetic game, the girls came up just short narrowly losing 3-2.  Strong performances all around and great defense by the girls kept the game close.  The team has finished off the week playing the last 14 innings without an error.

LAX

The girls hosted Justin Siena on Thursday and battled them for the entire 50 minutes.  Jenna Tooley had 4 goals while Taylor Wheaton added 2 assists.  Freshman goalie Kathryn Ruberto did an amazing job in the crease with 17 saves. Senior captain Laura Darken was fantastic on defense. 

Swimming

Last Week

Girls:  Terra Linda 117, San Marin 69

Boys: Terra Linda 118, San Marin 65

36 best times were registered on the day. Haley Blount finished 1st place in diving. 

Double Winner Girl 

Megan Campbell (200 IM, 100 Back)

Two Weeks Ago

Girls:  San Marin 131, San Rafael 29

Boys: San Marin 99, San Rafael 66

Double Winners Girls 

Megan Campbell (200 IM, 100 Fly)

Jessica Iacovelli (500 Free, 100 Back)

Patty Dougherty (200 Free, 50 Free)San Marin

San Marin won all 3 Relays

 Girls 200 Medley Relay make NCS consideration

Megan Campbell got NCS consideration times in both events 

Double Winners Boys

Kenneth Castro-Abrams (100 Back, 100 Fly)

Daniel Hardman (50 Free, 100 Free)

San Marin won all three relays

Kenneth Castro-Abrams made NCS automatic times in both his individual events

Track & Field

While on a bye this week, the track team did compete in the OAL Relays on the UC Berkeley Campus. We won 3 medals and had 10 personal bests out of the 22 events we entered. Here are our results:

Girls

100 - Ariel Dunbar - 13.15

800 - Jessica Arango - 2:48.68

3200 - Michelle Bollinger - 12:32.66

Long Jump - Ariel Dunbar - 13-03, Rachel Teel - 12-01.25

Triple Jump - Emma Westerlund - 31-00.75

High Jump - Jenna Sudlow - 4-10 (3rd place medal) Emma Westerlund - 4-06

Boys     

100 - Jason Shannon - 11.91, Aaron Kesler - 12.65

800 - Garrett Sutherland - 2:12.15

1600 - Ivan Chavez - 5:19.74

110H - Aaron Kesler - 17.15

300H - Paul Shin - 43.33 (3rd place medal)

Long Jump - Brian Ho - 19-02.75

Triple Jump - Brian Ho - 39-01.5

Shot Put - Erik Borders - 42-02 (2nd place medal), Eduardo Reyes - 38-07

Discus - Erik Borders - 116-07,  Eduardo Reyes - 98-11

Then last Thursday, the San Marin Track team had a quad league meet this week versus Tamalpias, Terra Linda and Branson.

Varsity Boys

The Varsity Boys team picked up its first win of the season against Branson and was very competitive against much larger squads from Tam and TL. Our athletes had many personal best with the following highlights:

• Erik Borders took first place in both the Shot Put, 40 feet 7 inches, and the Discus, 109 feet 9 inches.
• Jason Shannon took second place in both the 100 meters, 11.4 seconds, and the 200 meters, 24.0 seconds
• Garrett Sutherland took third in both the 1600 meters, 4:58.4, and the 800 meters, 2:15.0.
• Aaron Kesler took third in the 110 meter hurdles, 17.1 seconds.
• Bruce Lee took third in the Triple Jump, 37 feet 8 inches
• Eduardo Reyes took third in the Shot Put, 37 feet 11 inches

Varsity Girls

The Varsity Girls team hung tough with the much larger teams producing many good results:

• Jenna Sudlow took second place in both the High Jump, 4 feet 10 inches and the Long Jump, 13 feet 10 inches.
• Michelle Bollinger took second place in the 1600 meters, 5:49.2, and third in the 3200 meters, 12:59.9.
• Ariel Dunbar took second in the 100 meters, 12.7 seconds, third in the 200 meters, 28.1 seconds and third in the Triple Jump, 31 feet 1 inch
• Megan Stone took third place in the Discus, 73 feet 5 inches

JV Boys

The JV Boys team beat Branson to improve their record to 2-3.

• David Beach took first place in the 400 meters, 57.7 seconds, and third in the 200 meters, 26.1 seconds
• Erik Pfeifer took first place in the High Jump, 4 feet 10 inches
• Peter Cervantes took second place in the Discus, 90 feet 6 inches
• Holden Thomas took second place in the High Jump, 4 feet 8 inches.

TENNIS

Josh Bernstein, Jackson Grover and Nick Grech - the big three - racked up victories, but San Marin came up just short against cross town rival Novato. All three turned in very solid performances against strong opponents. 

Against Branson, Freshman CJ Turner had his best match of the season, and won in a third set tiebreaker in a match. Josh Bernstein, against one of the top players in the league, battled hard and came up just short in a third set tiebreak 10-8. 

SCHEDULE FOR THIS WEEK

Monday,  April 1

5:00 PM

 Boys Varsity Volleyball

Drake @ SM

Tuesday, April 2

4:00 PM

Boys Varsity Tennis

@ Justin Siena

4:30 PM

Boys Varsity Baseball

@ Novato

4:30 PM

Boys JV Baseball

Novato @  SM

4:30 PM

Girls Varsity Soccer

Branson @ SM

6:30 PM

Boys Varsity Lacrosse

@ Cardinal Newman

6:30 PM

Girls Softball

San Rafael @ SM

Wednesday, April 3

4:30 PM

Boys Freshman Baseball

Novato vs SM @ Sinaloa

5:00 PM

Boys Varsity Volleyball

@ Tamalpais

Thursday, April 4

3:00 PM

Track & Field

MC @ SM

4:00 PM

Boys Varsity Tennis

@ MC

4:00 PM

CoEd Varsity Swim & Dive

@ Redwood

4:30 PM

Varsity Baseball

Drake @ SM

4:30 PM

JV Baseball

@ Drake

4:30 PM

Girls Soccer

@ Redwood

Friday, April 5

5:00 PM

Boys Varsity Volleyball

@ El Molino

Saturday, April 6

11:00 AM

Boys Freshman Baseball

Drake @ SM