The Marin Catholic girls basketball team capped off the winter campaign by winning the second state title in program history following a 48-38 win against Mater Dei Catholic in the Division III championship game on Friday in Sacramento.

With winter now officially in the books, we can turn our focus to spring — where the baseball season is already through two full weeks while softball was set to begin Monday, weather permitting.

San Marin, Tam, and Novato were among the teams to register sweeps in baseball last week with both the Mustangs and Hornets riding dominant pitching efforts.

Dominant pitching is also a staple in softball with Tam throwing a no-hitter. Marin Catholic and Archie Williams both registered one hitters.

Track had a big weekend of invitationals with several athletes from Marin turning in standout performances.

Izzy McFadden, Jocelyn Gigounas, Brooke Spagnuolo, and Sienna Frazier, Marin Catholic girls basketball >> MC needed contributions from up and down the roster to reel off nine consecutive playoff wins and secure the D-III state title in Sacramento on Friday. In the biggest game of the season, MC turned to its top player and McFadden delivered at both ends of the court, scoring 21 points to go with nine rebounds and five steals in the win against Mater Dei Catholic. Gigounas also played a key role in the title game with eight points and 11 rebounds to go along with a strong defensive effort. Spagnuolo and Frazier made their presence felt in the NorCal title game on Tuesday. Spagnuolo had 15 points and eight rebounds as MC took down Justin-Siena for the second time this postseason. Frazier scored 14 points, including a 3-pointer inside the final 3 minutes that gave MC a six-point lead.

Sean McGrath and Tanner O’Keefe, San Marin baseball >> McGrath and O’Keefe combined to silence Redwood bats this past week, both pitching complete-game one-hitters as San Marin swept the home-and-home series by a combined score of 4-1. McGrath struck out seven and issued one walk in a 2-0 victory on Tuesday. O’Keefe struck out three, walked three, and allowed an unearned run in a 2-1 win on Friday. San Marin begins a two-game set against Novato on the road Tuesday.

Eli Solem and Ryan Simon, Tam baseball >> Solem hit two home runs to lift Tam to a 9-5 victory against San Rafael on Friday as the Red-tailed Hawks started the league campaign with a 2-0 record. Solem hit a two-run bomb in the bottom of the second to open the scoring and added a solo shot to lead off the fourth inning. Simon’s big game came in a 7-3 victory against Alameda on Saturday. Simon had three hits, drove in four runs, and scored once. Simon hit an RBI double in the first inning and a two-run homer in the seventh.

Griffin Vorhaus and J.P. Harmon, Novato baseball >> Novato put together a pair of impressive pitching performances while sweeping Archie Williams by a combined score of 10-1 last week. Vorhaus went seven innings in a 5-0 win on Tuesday, striking out nine hitters and allowing four hits. He also had two hits, drove in a run, and scored another. Harmon turned in a dominating performance on Friday, working six shutout innings while allowing two hits and striking out 15 in a 5-1 victory. Harmon helped his own cause with a bases-loaded triple in the third inning. Vorhaus added a solo shot in sixth.

Eden Clark, Tam softball >> Clark was dominant against Pittsburg on Thursday, tossing a no-hitter while striking out 14 and issuing two walks in a 7-0 victory.

Paige Murphy and Sam Singer, Archie Williams softball >> Murphy tossed a three-hitter to beat Salesian last Monday and a one-hitter to beat Sonoma Valley on Thursday. All told, Murphy pitched 17 innings, allowed nine hits, and struck out 23 hitters in three appearances. All nine runs surrendered by Archie Williams last week — eight in a loss to Alhambra on Wednesday and one to Sonoma Valley — were unearned. Murphy also had seven hits, drove in three runs and scored seven times — including the only run in the 1-0 win against Salesian. Singer also had a big offensive week, hitting a two-run home run as part of a two-hit game against Alhambra. Singer had three hits, drove in four runs, and scored twice against Sonoma Valley.

Malliah Foster and Morgan Carlson, Marin Catholic softball >> Foster was just about unhittable in a 6-0 victory against Montgomery on Tuesday, allowing one hit and striking out 13 hitters. Foster also helped her own cause with two hits and an RBI. Carlson had two triples among her three hits, driving in two and scoring twice.

Annalise Horn, Redwood girls track >> Horn was almost a foot better than the field with a mark of 17 feet, 11 inches, to win the long jump at the Eddie Hart Invitational in Pittsburg on Saturday. Horn, who is the defending MCAL champion in the event, also competed in the triple jump on Saturday, placing second with a distance of 35’11”.

Ani Stieg, Archie Williams girls track >> Stieg placed second in the invitational mile at the Saint Francis Invitational on Saturday, breaking a school record in the process. Stieg crossed the finish line in 4 minutes, 58.3 seconds. The previous school record was 5:00.3 set by Katy Dykstra in 1982.

Nate Wanger, Tam boys track >> Wanger set a personal record in the 400 meters on Saturday, crossing the line in 49.82 seconds to take first at the Eddie Hart Invitational on Saturday. Wanger is the defending MCAL champion in the 400 and also placed second in the 200 last year.

Antonio Bayon, Redwood boys track >> Bayon set a new personal record with a throw of 150 feet, 2 inches to take second place in the discus at the Eddie Hart Invitational on Saturday. Bayon also placed second in the pole vault with a mark of 15 feet and finished fifth in the 100 hurdles in 15.42 seconds. Bayon is the defending MCAL champion in the 110 hurdles, the pole vault, and the triple jump.

Zach Wulff, Archie Williams boys volleyball >> Wulff accounted for 31 kills in four sets and added three aces as the Peregrine Falcons outlasted Terra Linda, 25-17, 26-24, 25-20, 28-26 on Wednesday. Wulff was named the MCAL’s player of the year in 2024.