Girls soccer
Division I
No. 4 Archbishop Mitty 0, No. 2 Del Oro-Loomis 0 (Mitty wins 5-3 in PKs)
After 80 minutes of regulation and 15 minutes of overtime, nothing was settled in the Northern California Division I girls soccer final on a wet and frigid Saturday night in the Sierra foothills.
It came down to penalty kicks.
When Angie Cao blasted the ball into the top right-corner of the net, Archbishop Mitty could finally exhale and celebrate.
Hours after Mitty’s boys team won the school’s first regional soccer championship, prevailing at home in PKs over St. Francis, the girls team matched the achievement with their own regional crown.
They won on the road over Del Oro-Loomis 5-3 in PKs after the teams played to a 0-0 tie through regulation and OT.
Archbishop Mitty girls soccer team poses with the trophy after winning the NorCal Division I title on March 2, 2024 (Photo courtesy of Archbishop Mitty soccer)
“Total team effort against a very organized defense,” Mitty coach JT Hanley said in a text to the Bay Area News Group. “Kiki Vostermans and Murphy Walsh were work horses in the midfield, and Jordan Geis put in another huge shift. Megan Haniger led a great, organized back line, and Elizabeth Bray made 3 important saves in the second half.
“Horrible weather conditions and certainly not a ‘festival of football,’ but we were very composed and disciplined.”
Geis, Tvesa Vathulya, Haniger, Jasmine Wheeler and Cao scored the PKs for Mitty.
Natalie Rolla was in goal for Mitty during the shootout. She nearly stopped Del Oro’s third attempt. The fourth try hit the cross bar.
Mitty finished 21-2-1. Del Oro dropped to 14-2-6.
— Darren Sabedra
Boys soccer
Division II
Burlingame 2, No. 1 Dougherty Valley 1
Burlingame came up with the golden goal in overtime to clinch the NorCal Division II boys soccer title.
Dougherty Valley coach Bijan Sadeghy said Shota Lam scored Dougherty’s goal, and that Michael Xiong also had a fantastic game for the San Ramon school.
He added that Dougherty had two goals disallowed in overtime.
Burlingame finished its season 18-4-1. The Panthers scored at least two goals in each of their three NorCal victories.
Dougherty dropped to 19-6-4.
– Joseph Dycus
Division III
No. 1 Newark Memorial 2, No. 6 Cardinal Newman 1
The Cougars capped off an incredible season with a NorCal Division III title.
The go-ahead score came in the 64th minute when Cardinal Newman scored an own goal to put Newark ahead 2-1.
The Cougars’ defense hung tough in the final minutes. In stoppage time, Cardinal Newman was awarded a free kick. The ball fell in front of Newark Memorial goalie Eriberto Bermudez.
But before Cardinal Newman could attempt a shot, the ball was cleared by Newark defenders.
Noel Cabrales scored the other goal for the Cougars early in the second half after Newark was awarded a penalty kick. Bermudez totaled 11 saves.
Newark Memorial finished the season with a 24-1-3 record.
— Nathan Canilao