Marin Catholic lacrosse sweeps all-MCAL Player of Year honors

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Marin Catholic’s Elsa Greene (2) maneuvers around defenders from Marin Academy during the closing seconds of the fourth quarter of a North Coast Section Division 1 quarterfinal girls’ lacrosse game May 8 in Kentfield. D. ROSS CAMERON — CONTRIBUTED

Layton Carson (4) of Redwood is defended by Marek Elia (19) of Marin Catholic in the MCAL boys lacrosse final in Larkspur on April 30, 2022. DOUGLAS ZIMMERMAN — CONTRIBUTED

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After winning both league titles in boys and girls lacrosse this past season, Marin Catholic swept the MCAL Player of the Year honors when the league released some of its all-league honors on Saturday.

MC’s Marek Elia and Elsa Greene were the top players for boys and girls lacrosse, respectively.

The MCAL also released its selections for boys tennis, plus swimming and diving. Tam’s Witt Bulger was the player of the year in tennis. Terra Linda’s Ben Butler and Tam’s Addison Everage were the top swimmers. Novato’s Leo Hernandez and Redwood’s Katerina Hersch were the top divers.

The full list of all-league honors for all spring sports will run in print when the Marin IJ selects its players of the year at some point after all the sports conclude.

Boys lacrosse

MC placed six more players on the MCAL first team with attackers Jake Holmes and Tate Sedlachek, midfielder Auggie Chapman, face-off Alex Buck, defender Jack Herold, plus goalie Tanner Warne.

Redwood put three players on the first team — John Anderluh, Graham Weir, and Reed Werner. Tam’s Quinn Harte and Price Jeffris were also selected, along with Novato’s Tyler Smith.

Girls lacrosse

MC finished the regular-season in third place before springing a pair of upsets to win the league title. The Wildcats are represented on the first team by Marlee Nies, Greenley Achuck, and goalie Gianna Rinaldi.

Players from Redwood and Tam — the top two seeds — make up the majority of the first team. The Giants placed Lucy Miller, Lucy Jeffers, and Nina Baker on the squad. The Red-tailed Hawks are represented by Ellie McEvilley, Quinlin Dayton, and Mia Yolles.

Other players to make the grade for first team were San Marin’s Alex Chamberlain and Quincy Dean, Novato’s Ava Lawrence, plus Branson’s Audrey Spaly.

Boys tennis

Redwood went undefeated during the regular season and won the team title so it wasn’t a big surprise that half of the six first-team singles players — Julian Zhang, Casra Afsharipour, and Will Greenwald — were Giants.

San Rafael’s Forrest Reilly, Branson’s Chase Hoeveler, and MC’s Jack Millar were the other selections.

Three of the six doubles players selected are from Branson with Leighton Fraser, Tommie Higgins, and James Stovell. Redwood’s Liam Martinez, plus MC’s duo of Charlie Miller and Qas Vidarthi were the other selections.

Boys track

San Domenico junior Omar Williams was a double-winner in Santa Rosa at Saturday’s North Coast Section Class A meet, a qualifier for the NCS Meet of Champions. Williams won the 300 meter hurdles with a personal-best 40.44-second time. He won the high jump at a height of 5 feet, 11 inches in a three-person showdown, and took fourth in the long jump (20’4.75”).

Branson junior Luke Vilhauer and San Domenico senior Kris Jakstas tied at 5’10” in the high jump and finished fifth and sixth, respectively.

Panthers senior Devin Price took second place in the 1600 (4:30.56).

Branson’s team of Whitley Fraser, Braxton Armstrong, Holden Fischer and Shiloh Williams finished a close second in the 4×100 relay (44.46).

Girls track

The Branson School enjoyed a strong day in Santa Rosa at Saturday’s North Coast Section Class A meet, a qualifier for the NCS Meet of Champions.

Branson sophomore Hailey Sellers was a mere second off the pace as she finished second in the 800 meter finals in 2 minutes, 12.76 seconds. Bulls senior Imogen Brown placed third in the 400 (59.30).

Branson sophomore Farah Allen and freshman Maya Gidney took second and fourth, respectively, in the 1600. Allen ran a time of 4:50.64 and Gidney ran a mark of 5:17.72.

Allen, Brown, Gidney and Sellers cruised to victory in the 4×800 relay in 9:32.61. Sellers, Brown, Brooke Davis and Lauren Wood teamed to take second in the 4×400 relay (4:08.07).

Marin Academy junior Grace Bramble took second in the triple jump with a personal-best 33 feet, 0.25 inches, and was fourth in the long jump with a PR of 15’9.5”. Wildcats senior Esme Morrison placed third in the high jump after finishing in a three-way tie with the bar set at 4 feet, 10 inches.