Manteca High sophomore Hailie Kim will defend her Valley Oak League girls tennis singles championship on Thursday, and it will be a teammate looking to take the crown.
The Valley Oak League Tournament began with singles play Tuesday at Mountain House High, and freshman Reina Ngo came from behind in the semifinal to earn her spot in the final. She avenged her lone loss of the season, knocking off Mountain House’s Alicia Rawat, 0-6, 6-2, 10-4.
In the other semifinal, the top-seeded Kim, who improved to 23-0 on the season, downed Riley Avila of Oakdale 6-1, 6-0 in a rematch of the 2025 title match. After a first-round bye, Kim shut out Patterson’s Elyse Wong and Hansika Dinesh in 8-0 super sets.
Second-seeded Ngo, now 22-1, blanked Sierra’s Aishwarya Bollu 8-0 and held off Mountain House’s Aditi Baskaran, 8-5.
Two other players from Manteca Unified schools reached the quarterfinals. Unseeded Rae Limbago of Manteca opened with an 8-0 win over East Union’s Khalia Bagayas and upset No. 5 Violet Tongson of Oakdale, 8-5. Limbago’s run ended with an 8-2 loss to No. 4 Avila.
No. 6 seed Mikayla Villalobos of Sierra downed Central Catholic’s Nina Franklin 8-6 in the second round before dropping an 8-1 decision to Rawat.
The singles final will take place Thursday morning during the doubles tournament back at Mountain House.
GIRLS GOLF
SJS Division III Tournament
East Union senior Arianna Pale will be joining Ripon junior Cameron Seefeldt next Monday, Nov. 2 as the lone qualifiers from the area for the Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Championships. Both are making repeat appearances at The Reserve at Spanos Park.
Pale earned her ticket Tuesday in the SJS Division III Tournament held at Paradise Valley Golf Course in Fairfield. She placed third individually with a 9-over 81, and East Union tied for fifth as a team with a 525.
Oakdale (459) and Rodriguez (503) were the top two team finishers and will bring full squads to Masters. Low medalist Angelina Santiago of Rodriguez carded a 75, and River City’s Chelsy Saelee was second with a 76.
Manteca’s Ganiyah Giron, Sierra’s Noah Ingua and East Union’s Alizae Farias finished tied for 15th with 99s.
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Division II
Granite Bay 3, Manteca 0
The 11th-seedeed Buffaloes (19-6) had chances to extend the match, but No. 6 Granite Bay (20-8) held on for the 25-11, 28-26, 25-23 victory. The Grizzlies head to No. 3 Vista del Lago (20-8) in the quarterfinals Thursday.
Taimane Tu’uga produced 12 kills, 10 digs, two blocks and two aces in her final appearance for Manteca. Fellow senior Trinity Todd had seven kills and seven blocks. Na’ima Calderon contributed four kills and three digs.
Katie Anderson collected nine assists and seven digs, while Jill Adape had six assists. Maddie Nunes paced the back row with 11 digs. Alanna Lowery pitched in with four blocks.
Rio Americano 3, Sierra 0
Sierra (19-11) battled tough against one of the section’s top clubs, but No. 2-seeded Rio Americano (38-6) prevailed in Sacramento, 25-13, 25-22, 25-23.
Delicia Kivalu-Ahio anchored the No. 15 Timberwolves’ attack with 14 kills. Senior Hannah Threet had two kills, two blocks, six service points and 13 digs, while Bella Lee had four kills, three blocks and two aces.
Hannah Dungca accumulated nine assists, six digs and two aces. Jadelyn Dole had 22 digs and five assists.
The Raiders will next play No. 10 Vacaville on Thursday.
Division III
Ripon 3, Vanden 0
Top-seeded Ripon (25-4) made quick work of the Vikings (12-19), 25-10, 25-10, 25-9.
No. 8 River Valley (15-15) visits Ripon on Thursday after knocking off Oakdale 25-10, 25-20, 25-23 in the opener.
Division IV
Escalon 3, River Islands 0
Third-seeded Escalon (21-10) took care of No. 14 River Islands, 25-17, 25-16, 25-15.
Leighann Ruiz headed the Riptide with 15 kills, while sophomore Corley Simoni rung up 12 assists, four blocks and two kills. Makayla Kai Samoranos added 10 assists and two kills.
Isabella Carrillo and Annika Zarate Operio led the back row.
Sixth-seeded Union Mine visits Escalon.
