The Sierra girls swim team clinched its first Valley Oak League championship since 2016 last Friday, racing past visiting Mountain House on senior night, 116-53.

Mountain House won the boy competition, 115-45.

Keira Brink and Bianca Fraser were both in on four first-place finishes. Fraser won the 200-yard individual medley and 100 butterfly, while Brink took the 50 and 100 freestyles. Both were on the winning 200 medley and 200 free relays.

Stephanie Thomason took care of the distance events, winning the 200 and 500 free.

The Timberwolves’ boys were paced by Bayen Ballew, who won the 50 free and was the runner-up in the 100 free. Travis Moore prevailed in the 500 free. Carson Murray, Dallin Murray and Noah Sandoval joined Ballew to win the 200 free relay.

Sierra next competes in the VOL Championships on April 25 at Patterson High.

BOYS VOLLEYBALL

Lathrop 3, Grace Davis 0

It was all Lathrop (9-3, 22-7 overall) in the Western Athletic Conference match Monday, ending in a 25-20, 25-8, 25-13 sweep.

Gabriel Fa’ali’i (eight kills, three digs), Marco Palomares (five kills, two aces), Cameron Loyola (four kills) and Meuta Miller (three kills, three blocks) led the charge.

Mario Luna added 22 assists, two kills and two aces. Edmund Balugo finished with five digs and two aces.

East Union, Patterson 0

The Lancers (6-4 VOL, 11-6 overall) rolled to a 25-22, 25-10, 25-23 road win behind Gabe Estabillo’s eight kills and 11 service points.

Xavier Gaspar netted five kills and three aces. Keenan Yang picked up 14 digs.

BASEBALL

Oakdale 4, East Union 1

Visiting East Union (7-6 VOL, 13-10 overall) managed to scratch across a run against Georgia-committed ace pitcher Landon Schutte, who had more than enough offensive support to hold for the win. Randy Martinez knocked in Joe Alvarez in the seventh inning for the Lancers’ lone run.

Schutte twirled a two-hitter and struck out eight. He also powered the Oakdale (11-5, 14-9) attack with two RBIs. Griffin Costa went 4-for-4 with a double and two runs scored.

Patterson 6, Sierra 1

The visiting Tigers (6-8 VOL, 10-10 overall) opened up with three runs in the first inning at Jack Thomson Stadium, and pitching Max Medina took it from there. He struck out seven and gave up one unearned run on three hits and a walk over six innings.

Ryan Reyes went 3-for-3 with three steals for Sierra (3-9, 6-13), plating his team’s only run. Patterson’s Andrew Garcia and Caden Lozano each drove in a pair of runs.

SOFTBALL

Lathrop 18, Johansen 16

In Modesto, the visiting Spartans (6-4, 9-6 overall) set the tone in this wild WAC tilt, scoring five runs in the first inning. It was back and forth from there, and Lathrop pulled away with four runs in each of the fifth, sixth and seventh innings. Johansen (2-9, 2-12) threatened in the bottom of the seventh with seven runs but came up short.

Luz DeLuna did much of the damage for Lathrop, as she smacked two doubles, plated three runs and drove in seven in her prolific 5-for-5 effort. Kendall Stewart went 4-for-5 with three RBIs. Aubree Martinez (2-for-3) hit a triple, knocked in three runs and plated four. Ja’Leiyah Ray scored three runs and stole three bases.

Julianaa Marquez was the winning pitcher.

JV boys volleyball

Lathrop 2, Grace Davis 0

Bryan Gamboa drilled 10 kills to go with three digs and two aces, as Lathrop cruised to the 25-11, 25-13 victory.

Dylan Beltran contributed five kills, four blocks, three aces and two digs. Cayden Phaing fired four aces while handing out 15 assists. Christopher Ygay collected eight digs.

East Union 2, Patterson 1

Facing match point, East Union (7-4 VOL, 9-7 overall) rallied for seven unanswered points for the improbable 22-25, 25-20, 16-14 victory.

The Lancers’ balanced attack was headed by Oliver Desjardins (three kills, three digs, two assists), Julian Khoonsvirong (four kills, two aces), Gunnar Fay (three kills, two blocks), James Russell (three kills, two blocks) and Gael Rubio (three kills). Urijah Lopez led the defense with seven digs to go with two aces. Jacob Ramirez chipped in three digs.

JV girls swimming

Sierra 89, Mountain House 47

The Timberwolves wrapped up their undefeated run in the VOL on friday.

Meghan Klein was the top points-getter with wins in the 100 free, 50 back, 200 free relay and 200 medley relay. Abi Garcia (50 free, 200 free relay, 200 medley relay), Jewels Shinn (50 breast, 200 free relay, 200 medley relay), Rylee Danel (100 IM, 50 fly) and Alexis Ayala (200 medley relay, 200 free relay) were also key contributors.