Congratulations go out to Nkosi who signed his letter of intent last week. A GS athlete for four years we have watched him grow into a stellar performer. His hard work and dedication has paid off. Congratulations “Big Hurt”.

Coach Aaron:

Today, I signed a National Letter of Intent to play at Southern University. Attached is a press release and some photos of me signing my letter and with my family. Thank you for all of your support and training over the years. You helped prepare me for the next level and I appreciate it.

Thanks again,
Nkosi

Nkosi Djehuti-Mes Signs National Letter of Intent

Press Release: June 2014

Oakland, CA – Nkosi Djehuti-Mes a power-hitting outfielder from Oakland, California signed a national letter of intent this evening. Nkosi has accepted an NCAA Division 1 baseball scholarship and committed to attending Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana this fall. At Southern University, Nkosi Djehuti-Mes will play for the legendary coach Roger Cador who was instrumental in the careers of current and former MLB players, including Rickie Weeks (Milwaukee Brewers), Coco Crisp (Oakland A’s) and Fred Lewis (former SF Giant). Coach Cador says, “Nkosi is one of […]

Lacrosse

Jackie Gilbert (Jr) Midfielder Amador

Named to First team All EBAL. She led the Dons in almost every statistical category.

Second Team Honors

Taylor Cuenin (Jr) Midfielder San Ramon Valley

Amador Valley girls lacrosse team defeats Carondelet for NCS Division I title

PLEASANTON — Amador Valley High goalie Allie DaCar was hoarse but happy Thursday night.

The host Dons notched an immensely satisfying 8-6 win over three-time defending champion Carondelet in the North Coast Section Division I girls lacrosse championship game.

It was mission accomplished for a strong cast of Dons seniors who had lost to the Cougars the past two seasons in the section finals.

DaCar had four clutch saves and collected a groundball. Carondelet’s Corine Lafayette scored all six of her team’s goals, but the balanced Dons held on after holding five-goal leads three times, 5-0, 7-2 and 8-3. Andrea Arden, Evan Murphy and Jackie Gilbert led Amador Valley (22-1), the No. 1 seed, with two goals apiece, and Gilbert had seven draw controls.

Track & Field

NCS Championships

Jamaun Charles (Jr) Amador

100m Champion

200m Champion

School record holder in  100m (10.66)  200m (21.59).

State qualifier in 100/200m.

State Finalist in 100m 8th place.

In his first true year concentrating on the short sprints Jamaun became the bay areas top sprinter.  He dropped an astounding 4 tenths  in the 100m and 5 tenths in the 200m.

Michelle Thompson (Jr) Dougherty Valley

NCS qualifier in both hurdle events 110lh and 300H.

Had the heartbreak of missing state in both events finishing 4th in both hurdle races at NCS just by hundreths of a second.

Baseball

All EBAL

Honorable Mention

P- Alex Barden  SRV

All DFAL

MVP- Denis Karas  (Sr) Campo

Most Valuable Pitcher – Matt Ladrech  (Sr) Campo.

First Team

Austin Fisher Acalanes- Golden Glove Honors

Second Team

Bear Smith -Campo

Softball

All EBAL

MVP

P- Johanna Grauer Amador

Second Team

F- Giovy Webb  (So) Carondelet

Honorable Mention

F- Maddie Warren (So) Foothill

All DFAL

First Team

Zoe Marrott (so) 3b  Campo

Danielle Thomas (Jr) SS Campo

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Nice job to all the tracksters who performed well and are moving on to NCS this weekend. The were seasonal and personal bests set as Gamespeed athletes performed fiercely.

Dublin High

Ryan Jones– The junior  accomplished the rare feet of qualifying in four events, which is the maximum an athlete is allowed to compete in – 4×100 (6th), 100 (5th – 11.47), 200 (3rd- 22.96 PR) and 4×400 (56.4). 

Dougherty Valley High

Michelle Thompson – The junior Wildcat defeded her title in the 300H posted a time of 45.78 her second best of the season. She also was runner up in the 110H with a personal best of 15.03.  She will move onto the NCS trials this week.

Kristen Glavee – The junior sped to a 26.96 personal best good for 6th place and to advance to the NCS trials.

Amador Valley High

Jamaun Charles (Junior) blazed the track and won both the EBAL 100m (10.69) good for #9 in California and the 200m in 21.60 also #9 in the state. He also ran legs of the teams winning 400m and 4x400m relays.

Nice to see all of these young ladies (in bold) playing hard and doing well. They were part of a contingency from the Vacaville area who came to Gamespeed in their high school and college careers. The Daily Republic of Farifield posted an update on the ladies.

Cordes hitting up a storm for Cal softball team

CAL Softball vs St. Mary’s – April 10th, 2013.

Cheyenne Cordes had stretches where she simply sizzled at the plate for Rodriguez High en route to being named Gatorade State Softball Player of the Year.

The starting shortstop and leadoff hitter for the University of California enjoyed one such stretch over the last two weeks, batting a torrid .636 (14 for 22), including going 4 for 4 twice, with two doubles, four home runs, 10 runs scored and 13 RBIs in that span. One of her homers was […]