The Tri-County Athletic Association picks best of its best in seven spring sports

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Grace Brethren's Mason Reid was named the Tri-Valley League Baseball Player of the Year for the second straight season.
Grace Brethren's Mason Reid was named the Tri-Valley League Baseball Player of the Year for the second straight season.

Mason Reid of Grace Brethren was named the Player of the Year for the second straight season and Hunter Watkins of Grace Brethren earned Pitcher of the Year honors for the 2022 All-Tri-Valley League baseball team in the Tri-County Athletic Association.

Named to the first team were Zack Day, Zach Mora and Mason Goulart of Grace Brethren; Nick Miller, Frank Tinoco, Ben Hall and Jalen Patton of St. Bonaventure; Jack Stowe, Gabe Martinez and Isaac Veal of Bishop Diego; Makani Nabarro and Nolan Waters of Dunn; and Emmett Mack of Cate.

Named to the second team were Carter Johnson, Grant Goulart and Owen Zahn of Grace Brethren; Cody Hoffman, Timmy Alvarez, Brendan McBride and JD Goodcase of St. Bonaventure; Evon Weeks and Austin Chrestenson of Bishop Diego; Theodore Anderson and Aidan Waters of Dunn; and Quinn Pullen of Cate.

Earning honorable-mention honors were Connor Hilbert, Ralph Zepeda and Evan Clouser of Grace Brethren; Elijah Hall, Toby Gray and Elijah Garcia of St. Bonaventure; Sam Kitt, Ryan Rheinschild and Kaden Guron of Bishop Diego; Spencer Troise, CJ Hollister and Payton Federmann of Dunn; and Matty Holmes of Cate.

Mark Fitzgerald of Grace Brethren was named the Coach of the Year.

Tri-Valley League softball

Ariana Gonzalez of Santa Clara was named the MVP and Joie Steinkamp of Grace Brethren and Alyssa Zaragoza of Santa Clara were named co-Pitchers of the Year.

Santa Clara High's Ariana Gonzalez was named the softball MVP of the Tri-Valley League.
Santa Clara High's Ariana Gonzalez was named the softball MVP of the Tri-Valley League.

Earning first-team honors were Alehsandra Martinez and Victoria Rodriguez of Santa Clara; Nadia Collins, Alexis Bower, Tera Sandoval and Brianne Runge of Grace Brethren; Natalie Nunes and Danielle Bishop of Foothill Tech; Grace Bracamontes of St. Bonaventure; and Tessa Johansen of Bishop Diego.

Named to the second team were Yazmin Wiggins, Mina Saldivar and Bella Nava of Santa Clara; Jennifer Garcia and Riley Hawkins of St. Bonaventure; Taylor Smith, Cameron Kenny, Payton Edwards and Madison Wall of Grace Brethren; Jasmine Guzman and Madalyn Huovinen of Foothill Tech; and Lily Simolon and Tara Gregson of Bishop Diego.

Earning honorable-mention honors were Jaidyn Wilson of Grace Brethren; Sydney Hornbuckle, Izzy Padilla and Hallie Barlow of St. Bonaventure; Abrial Ramirez, Ariana Maldonado and Abrianna Ramirez of Santa Clara; Lauren Fossati, Tiffany Martinez and Celia Porrazzo of Foothill Tech; and Chelsea Hayes, Jenna Hayes and Yvette Rosales of Bishop Diego.

Anna Sanchez of Santa Clara was named the Coach of the Year.

Tri-Valley League boys volleyball

Jack Shiebler of Laguna Blanca was named the Player of the Year.

Named to the first team were Freddie Russell, Miles Sedlin, Thomas Couvillion and Kincade Avery of Laguna Blanca; Jake Seay and Owen Peterson of St. Bonaventure; Tyler Jorden of Foothill Tech; Makaio Morphy of Bishop Diego; Mack Nieman of Cate; and Griffin Markee of Dunn.

Named to the second team were Ganden Walker, Drew Levinson and Tyson Deveze of Laguna Blanca; Marcus Valencia and Sean Scampone of Foothill Tech; Andy Fox of St. Bonaventure; Braylon Katers of Bishop Diego; Ben Richmond of Cate; and Tanner Rhodes of Dunn.

Earning honorable-mention honors were Jerry Carpenter, D.J. Sasek and Patrick Schuberg of St. Bonaventure; Liam Flood, Austin Carty and Anthony Eck of Bishop Diego; Matt Kyle of Foothill Tech; and Oliver Vachon and Vytis Morkunas of Dunn.

Jason Donnelly of Laguna Blanca was name the Coach of the Year.

Tri-Valley League boys golf

AJ Ryland of St. Bonaventure was the Player of the Year.

AJ Ryland
AJ Ryland

Earning first-team honors were Colin Donnelly, Eoin O'Neil and Andrew Chavez of St. Bonaventure; and Thomas Chadbourne, Jared Lantiegne and Devon Carbajal of Foothill Tech.

Earning second-team honors were Caden Raines of St. Bonaventure; Nathan Leedy of Foothill Tech; Benny Davis of Villanova Prep; Nathan Borgatello and Dominic DeRosa of Bishop Diego; and Mason Siegel of Laguna Blanca.

Earning honorable-mention honors were Keith Sauers of St. Bonaventure; Connor Quest, Andy Wu and Brady Crawford of Villanova Prep; Andrew Hotzler of Foothill Tech; James Loewen of Providence; and Maddox Stretz of Bishop Diego.

Conor Bohman of St. Bonaventure was named the Coach of the Year.

Tri-Valley League boys tennis

Ben Wang of Foothill Tech was the Singles Player of the Year and Will Vanica and Ethan Bloom of Cate were the Doubles Players of the Year.

Ben Wang
Ben Wang

Earning first-team honors were Joe McGonigle and Justin Park of Thacher and Jengus Ercil, Harry Su and Nate Newlove of Cate.

Earning second-team honors were Gordon Huckestein of St. Bonaventure and Ben Rodgers and Davis Ohanian of Laguna Blanca.

Tri-Valley League boys track and field

Earning first-team honors were Chris Diaz (100, 200), Koy Mortensen 110 hurdle, 300 hurdles), Andrew Driver (high jump), Robert Hernandez (shot put, discus) and the 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams of St. Bonaventure; Kai Bensen (1,600), Jonah Billings (3,200) and Aidan Hagerty (pole vault) of Foothill Tech; Ellis DelVecchio (800) of Thacher; and Justin Musyimi (400, long jump, triple jump) of Cate.

Chris Diaz
Chris Diaz

Earning second-team honors were Joaquin Johnson (200), Jordan Jimenez (110 hurdles), Koy Mortensen (long jump) and Kayden Brewer (shot put) of St. Bonaventure; Merric Bayless (400), Braeden Elliott (800), Cole Dinkler (pole vault), Shawn Gerk (triple jump), Aidan Hagerty (discus) and the 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams of Foothill Tech; Gabriel Madan (100) and Sebastian Sutch (1,600, 3,200) of Cate; and Alejandro Pelayo (300 hurdles) of Thacher.

Earning honorable-mention honors Joaquin Johnson (100), Koy Mortensen (triple jump) and Frank Ayala (shot put, discus) of St. Bonaventure; Cody Bondy (800), Jacob Walker (1,600), Cadden Wu (300 hurdles, pole vault) and Merric Bayless (long jump) of Foothill Tech; Gabriel Madan (200), Tyler Martinez (400), Carlo Kim (300 hurdles) and the 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams of Cate; and Diego Escalante (3,200) of Thacher.

Tri-Valley League girls track and field

Earning first-team honors were Rebecca Walker (1,600), Charys Pyle (300 hurdles), Ashley Crist (triple jump), Lily Shadden (high jump); Jolie Steur (pole vault), Maycie Duston (shot put, discus) and the 4x400 relay team of Foothill Tech; Kennedy Kirkland (100, 200, long jump), Francesca Sutch (400), Kendall Thorne (3,200) and the 4x100 relay team of Cate; Taylor Gudebski (800) of Thacher; and Layla Intenzo (100 hurdles) of St. Bonaventure.

Earning second-team honors were Brooke Pyle (100, long jump), Lauren Kaller (200), Sofie Prieto (1,600), Charys Pyle (100 hurdles), Jolie Steur (triple jump), Nisha Reddy (pole vault), Stephanie Botello (discus) and the 4x100 relay team of Foothill Tech; Lily Clemens (800), Ali Bennett (high jump) and the 4x400 relay team of Thacher; Ava Everett (400, 300 hurdles) of Cate; Kaitlyn Ray (3,200) of La Reina; and Marina Hernandez (shot put) of St. Bonaventure.

Earning honorable-mention honors Lauren Kaller (100), Sofie Prieto (3,200), Charys Pyle (high jump) and Stephanie Botello (shot put) of Foothill Tech; Francesca Sutch (200, 800), Kendall Thorne (1,600) and Ava Everett (long jump) of Cate; Sarah Sonenshine (400), Julia James (100 hurdles) and Ali Bennett (300 hurdles) of Thacher; Marina Hernandez (discus) and 4x100 relay team of St. Bonaventure; and the 4x400 relay team of La Reina.

Tri-Valley League girls swimming

Ashley Rush (100 freestyle, 100 breaststroke) of La Reina was named the Girls Swimmer of the Year.

Earning first-team honors were Sophia Leal (100 backstroke) and the 200 IM and 400 freestyle relay teams of La Reina; Charlie Woo-Bloxberg (200 freestyle, 500 freestyle) of Foothill Tech; Kendall Keshen (50 freestyle, 200 IM) of Laguna Blanca; Ida Tulley-Giles (100 butterfly) of Villanova Prep; and the 200 freestyle team of Cate.

Earning second-team honors were Anna DiSorbo (200 freestyle, 500 freestyle) of Cate; Sophia Leal (50 freestyle) and Maddy Tomich (100 butterfly) of La Reina; Hannah Tully-Giles (200 IM, 100 backstroke) of Villanova Prep; Catie Fristoe (100 freestyle, 100 breaststroke) of Laguna Blanca; and the 200 IM, 200 freestyle and 400 freestyle relay teams of Foothill Tech.

Earning honorable-mention honors were Zsofia Kovacs (200 freestyle), Nyrie Krumian (100 butterfly) and the 200 freestyle relay team of La Reina; Mikaela Clabaugh (200 IM) of Foothill Tech; Eva Tully-Giles (500 freestyle), Ida Tully-Giles (100 breaststroke) and the 200 IM relay team of of Villanova Prep; and Nicole Teh (50 freestyle, 100 freestyle), Angie Zoric (100 backstroke) and the 400 freestyle relay team of Cate;

Tri-Valley League boys swimming

Cyrus Symington (200 IM, 100 butterfly) of Cate was named the Boys Swimmer of the Year.

Earning first-team honors were Brandon Rogers (100 freestyle) and 200 freestyle relay of Foothill Tech; Luigi Travi (50 freestyle, 100 backstroke) of Villanova Prep; and Zach White (500 freestyle), Phin Stephenson (100 breaststroke) and the 200 IM and 400 freestyle relays of Cate.

Earning second-team honors were Levi Davis (200 freestyle) and the 200 IM and 400 freestyle relays of Foothill Tech; Nico Macias (100 backstroke) of St. Bonaventure; and Kairei Jones (200 IM, 100 breaststroke), Charlie Schofield (50 freestyle, 100 freestyle), Phin Stephenson (100 butterfly), Ben White (500 freestyle) and the 200 freestyle relay of Cate.

Earning honorable-mention honors were Nathan White (200 IM, 100 breaststroke), Brandon Rogers (50 freestyle) and Scott Leung (100 butterfly) of Foothill Tech; Nico Macias (100 freestyle), Matthew Linskey (500 freestyle) and the 200 IM and 200 freestyle relay teams of St. Bonaventure; and Ben White (200 freestyle) and Brian Payne (100 backstroke) of Cate.

Tri-Valley League girls beach volleyball

Alina Urzua and Eliana Urzua of Bishop Diego were named the Players of the Year.

Named to the first team were Jane Krautman and Avala Elwood of Providence.

Named to the second team were Frances Carlson and Lola Hall of Laguna Blanca and Isabella Rodriguez and Courtney Velarde of Foothill Tech.

Earning honorable-selection honors were Gina Decas and Maddie Applegate of St. Bonaventure and Maliah Juker and Rebekah Solkowski of Foothill Tech.

Frontier League baseball

Xander Belchere of Foothill Tech was named the Player of the Year and Christian Roe of Villanova Prep earned Pitcher of the Year honors for the Frontier League.

Named to the first team were Joseph Poteracke, Simeon Rodriguez, Bronson Taylor and Aden Gomez of Foothill Tech; Jason Valenzuela, Matt Rios and Johnny Sifuentes of Santa Clara; Riley Powell and Aiden Schindel of Villanova Prep; and Ben Kelliher of Thacher.

Named to the second team were Matt Vega, Jack Pankratz, Cameron Stevens and Leo Pankratz of Foothill Tech; Landen Melendez and Jay Melendez of Villanova Prep; Adrian Saldivar and Andrew Lajoie of Santa Clara; and Peter Robinson of Thacher.

Earning honorable-mention selections were Boden Carr, Ethan Miller and Cole Hill of Foothill Tech; Dylan White, Julian Espinoza and Octavio Pillado of Santa Clara; Nicco Yberri and Josh Connell of Villanova Prep; and Rob Carney, Hayden Hooper and Gage Grimes of Thacher.

Craig Stevens of Foothill Tech was named the Coach of the Year.

Frontier League boys track and field

Earning first-team honors were Austin Chrestenson (100), Su'e Luamanu (shot put, discus) and the 4x100 relay team of Bishop Diego; Liam Gair (200, 400), Christian Platt (long jump) and Tim Wu (triple jump) of Villanova Prep; Isaac Noyes (800, 1,600), Hunter LaBrie (110 hurdles), Teleios Zermeno (300 hurdles) and the 4x400 relay team of Providence; and Luis Tototzintle (3,200) and Alex Villanueva (high jump) of Santa Clara.

Earning second-team honors were Christian Platt (100), Thien Scofield (110 hurdles) and Christian Hernandez (triple jump) of Villanova Prep; Austin Chrestenson (200), Sauileone Faiga (long jump), Eaven Morales (high jump), Henri Benoit (shot put) and Greco Guevara (discus) of Bishop Diego; Teleios Zermeno (400), Samuel Pelto (3,200) and Hunter LaBrie (300 hurdles) of Providence; and Tomas Guerra (800), Luis Tototzintle (1,600) and the 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams of Santa Clara.

Earning honorable-mention selections were Qu'Ran Gossett (100), Josh Seashore (400) and JD Vargas (shot put, discus) of Bishop Diego; Christian Platt (200), Neil Del Rosario (110 hurdles), Thien Scofield (300 hurdles) and the 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams of Villanova Prep; Samuel Pelto (800), Zach McNees (1,600, 3,200), Teleios Zermeno (long jump) and Jonathan Saunders (triple jump) of Providence; and Miko Dinulos (high jump) of Santa Clara.

Frontier League girls track and field

Earning first-team honors were Ruby Kilpper (100), Avala Elwood (400, 800, long jump), Aza Elwood (1,600, 3,200) and Abigail Fiedtkou (triple jump) of Providence; Clara McDonald (200, shot put), Annabel McDonald (discus) and the 4x100 relay team of Bishop Diego; and Aixa Rivera (100 hurdles), Nina Zeiter (300 hurdles), Kirra Crane (high jump) and the 4x400 relay team of Villanova Prep.

Earning second-team honors were Abigail Fiedtkou (100), Ruby Kilpper (200, long jump, triple jump), Aza Elwood (800) and Sabine Zermeno (3,200) of Providence; Maya Chavarria (400, 100 hurdles, 300 hurdles) of Villanova Prep; Isabella Perez (1,600) and the 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams of Santa Clara; and Annabel McDonald (shot put) and Clara McDonald (discus) of Bishop Diego.

Earning honorable-mention selections were Nayeli Martinez (100), Mariel Chavez (400) and Catherine Hernandez (shot put) of Santa Clara; Abigail Fiedtkou (200, long jump) of Providence; Parker Andelman (800) of Bishop Diego; and Nina Zeiter (100 hurdles), Aixa Rivera (300 hurdles, triple jump) and Kirra Crane (discus) of Villanova Prep.

This article originally appeared on Ventura County Star: Tri-Valley League picks its best in seven spring sports for 2022