Braves Report: March 18 2019

BASEBALL: Baseball improved to 5-1 on the season by picking up a pair of wins last week, beating Moreau Catholic 12-5 and Cloverdale 9-2.  Both games saw the bulk of the roster contribute.  Nolan Dunkle threw three hitless innings of relief against Moreau Catholic and the offense was paced by Dom Moore's four hits and Marcus Nunes 3 hits, double and 4 RBI.  Against Cloverdale Maxx Castellucci struck out 12 batters in 4 innings of work and Nick Andrews tallied four in relief for good measure.  The Braves have a busy week ahead traveling to Las Lomas Tuesday, Vinmtage Thursday and St Joe's Notre Dame Saturday.  

SOFTBALL: Split a pair a games last week, beating Calistoga 15-4 before losing their first game of the year against Cardinal Newman 15-3.  On the season the 6-1 Braves have outscored opponents 101-37 with seniors Victoria Politz (16 hits) and Clare Garcia (15) leading the offensive attack.  They host Drake Tuesday before opening league with Vintage Thursday. 

GIRLS LACROSSE: Dropped a pair of tough games last week to Granite Bay (17-7) and Casa Grande (16-10) in a rematch of last year's NCS exciting playoff opener.  The team is 3-3 on the season and will be back in action next week, the 26th , against Cardinal Newman.

BOYS LACROSSE: Improved to 4-1 with a rout of Branson last week by the score of 15-2.  The has outscored opponets 72-20 on the year and Aidan Cushing and Connor Machado continue to lead the way on offense. The team is gearing up for Northgate (home) and Lick-Wilmerding (road) this week.

TRACK: Our Braves track team had another great performance versus Vintage and Sonoma.  All three 4 x 100 relay teams opened the meet with dominate wins, which lead to more sprinting success. Conrad Say ran away from the competition in the 100m in PR time, the JV boys swept the 100m and both relays, Sydney Thweatt won both the 200m and 400m while Claire Sullivan won the 100m.  It was a team effort all around the track and field.  Specific team scores will be announce soon.