SPRING SPORTS: Petaluma’s Scranton and Giraud among top throwers

Track

Petaluma High’s Allison Scranton and Morgan Giraud highlighted local efforts in the Santa Rosa Throwers and Vaulters Jamboree hosted by Santa Rosa High last weekend.

Scranton won both the shot put (34 feet, 3 inches) and the discus (136-4), while teammate Giraud was third in the shot at 31-2½ and second in the discus (119-4).

Petaluma’s Katya Williges was third in the pole vault at 9-0.

Among the boys, Casa Grande’s Greg Poteracke won the shot at 50-4½ .

Petaluma’s Dan Curren was second in the pole vault at 12-4.

The Petaluma girls dominated a Sonoma County League meet against Healdsburg and El Molino on the Trojan track, scoring 122.5 points to 27.5 for Healdsburg and 13 for El Molino.

Petaluma’s girls ruled in all areas. Camille Leoni and Mia Martin led the sprinters, with Leoni winning the 100 in 12.8 seconds and Martin the 200 in 26.96.

Helena Abbott in the 400 (1:04) and Liza Bernard in the 800 (2:37) were best in the middle distances.

Madison Parratt won the 1600 in 5:43 and Sophie Hospodar taking the 3200 in 13:43.

Nora Lindsay swept the hurdles for the Trojans, winning the 100 highs in 18.72 and the 300s in 52.73. Scranton won the shot at 34-9½ and the discus at 137-10¼ .

Leoni won the long jump at 15-2 and Williges took the high jump at 4-8. Natalie Gilmore won the pole vault at 10-9.

Petaluma won both relays, clocking 52.5 in the 4x100 and 4.32 in the 4x400.

Petaluma’s boys had less success, finishing second behind Healdsburg. The Hounds scored 72 points to 53 for Petaluma and 47 for El Molino.

Ty Pearson led Petaluma efforts, winning the 300-meter hurdles in 41.26. Curren cleared 13-7 to win the pole vault.

Petaluma won both relays, running 45.52 in the 4x100 and 3:44 in the 4x400.

Softball

St. Vincent’s Hannah Sarlatte threw three perfect innings to highlight a 16-1 Lady Mustang win over Tomales. The senior struck out four without allowing a hit or a walk. Amanda Yarger finished the no-hitter but walked three in her two innings of work.

A 10-run St. Vincent rally in the second inning assured that the game would be terminated after five frames.

At the plate, Haley Antonini was 3-for-3 and scored three runs; McKenna Wilson-Kay also had three hits, scored two runs and knocked in four; Alexis Torres had two hits, scored two runs and drove home two; Mary Cerf had a hit and drove in three runs; Sarlatte had two hits, scored a run and drove home two; Yarger went 3-for-3, scored two runs, hit a triple and drove in a run; and Katelyn DelaMontanya had a hit, scored two runs and drove in two.

Tennis

Montgomery took care of business at Casa Grande, defeating the Gauchos, 6-1.

Casa Grande’s only win came at No. 4 singles where the Gauchos’ Jason Goldblatt beat Montgomery’s Jacob King, 7-5, 6-4.

Casa also had a tough time on its home courts against Cardinal Newman, losing 6-1.

The Gauchos’ only win came at No. 4 singles, where Goldblatt defeated Grant Wall, 6-4, 6-0.

Petaluma dominated Healdsburg, 6-1, in a match played on the Healdsburg courts.

The Trojans swept singles play with Kevin Cox, Jason Metten, Nathan Wong and Alex Wolf not losing a set.

Zach Leno teamed with Leno Dimitri and Adam Voulk joined Sam Rosloff to win doubles matches in straight sets.

Petaluma followed with a 5-2 loss on its home courts to Analy.

Wolf was a singles winner for Petaluma, defeating Greg Gonzales, 6-7, 6-4, 6-2.

The Trojans’ doubles duo of Adam Volk and Sam Rostoff also won, beating Lucas Brooker and Tom Howley.

Golf

St. Vincent convincingly won the Coastal Mountain South Tournament played at Aetna Springs in Pope Valley.

Led by Alex Graham and Jack Hood, St. Vincent shot a 311, more than 40 strokes better than second-place Middletown (356). The leaders were followed by Kelseyville (385), St. Helena (404), Rincon Valley Christian (418) and Clear Lake (459) with Sonoma Academy and Geyserville having incomplete teams.

Graham and Hood shared medalist honors with 75s, a stroke better than teammate Ryan Johnson, with Joey Wertz shooting 78.

Petaluma played well but El Molino played better, winning 220-239, in a Sonoma County League match at Rooster Run.

Shannon Stoll led a balanced Petaluma scoring with a 46, followed by Kyle Medeiros with a 47, Ben Johnson with a 48 and Drew Johnson and Adam Berardi, both with 49.

El Molino’s Keaton Kithcart took medalist honors with an even-par 36.

The Trojans also lost a match to Sonoma Valley, losing at the Sonoma Golf Club, 238-245.

Medeiros led the Trojans with a 42, with Stoll shooting a 49, Bernardi a 50, Johnson a 52 and Ben Tatum a 52.

Sonoma Valley’s Kyle Caselli took medalist honors with a 41 over the par-36 course.

Swimming

Casa Grande split a North Bay League dual meet with Rancho Cotate, with the Casa girls winning 106-64, while the Gaucho boys were beaten, 82-59.

The Casa girls had several strong efforts in their victory with Lucia Mora winning the 200 IM in 2:32.47, Cassie Bailon taking the 50 free in 30.06, Josie Broderson best in the 500 free in 6:11.63 and Molly McSweeney winning the 100 back in 1:22.81.

Casa Grande won the 200 medley relay in 2:16.46, and the 200 free relay in 1:56.55.

Henry Steiner led the Gaucho boys with wins in the 200 free in 1:46.87 and the 100 fly in 55.58.

Max Yu took the 50 free in 24.30 and Eric Grini won the 100 free in 54.89 and the 200 free in 1:39.90.

Lacrosse

The steadily improving Petaluma Lady Trojans won two league games last week, defeating Windsor, 17-5 and losing to Rancho Cotate, 17-6.

Petaluma took control of the opening draw against Windsor, and the first goal of the game was scored by freshman Nicole Walker. After Windsor tied the game at 1-1, Grace Spaletta responded with two consecutive goals for Petaluma, assisted by Tiernan Settles and Nichole Costa.

Windsor continued to battle, with back-and-forth scoring efforts by both teams resulting in a 4-4 tie late in the first half. The Lady Trojans took control of the game with additional scores by Walker, Costa and Settles to close the half with a 7-4 lead.

The second half was all Petaluma, as the Jaguars were only able to muster one additional goal to the Trojans’ 10. Scoring totals included five each for Spaletta, three apiece for Settles and Costa, and one tally for freshman Kathryn Wood.

Draw control was a key factor in the game, with the Trojans winning possession 75 percent of the time.

Solid defense that caused turnovers and maintained possession was provided by sophomores Gina Maddelena and Emily Herbst along with freshmen Brittany Tomrose and Zoe Tiller. Sarah Graham recorded six saves in the cage for Petaluma.

The game opened well for Petaluma against Rancho Cotate, with the Lady Trojans taking an early 2-0 lead on goals from Spaletta and senior Taylor Forslind. The game became a back-and-forth battle, with two tallies added by Settles, one on a key interception by Forslind. Costa added a goal for Petaluma to keep the Lady Trojans close, with Rancho holding a lead of 7-5 at halftime. Graham had a stellar first half in goal, notching six saves for Petaluma.

The Lady Trojans were able to open up the second period with a second goal by Costa to bring the game to within one, but illness and first-half injuries took their toll, and left the team with no subs. Despite a valiant defensive effort, including an interception by Whitney Royall, the Cougars were able to take advantage, and won the game by a final score of 17-6.

Top scorers for the Trojans were Settles and Costa, with two apiece, with Wood and Costa providing assists.