Lathrop’s boys volleyball team completed a perfect regular season Wednesday with its 25-15, 25-14, 25-15 sweep of visiting Grace Davis.
The Western Athletic Conference champion Spartans (15-0, 27-0 overall) honored their nine seniors in the process.
Christian Green had a near double-double with eight kills, eight aces, two solo blocks and four digs. came Arman John added nine kills, five aces, two solo blocks and four digs. Christian Millan chipped in with four kills and five digs.
Veonn Taito and Jesse Macharia fired three kills apiece. Setter Tory Sumbler accumulated 22 assists, 12 digs, four aces and two blocks.
Lathrop awaits its placement in the Sac-Joaquin Section playoffs. Brackets will be released Friday.
GIRLS TRACK & FIELD
Ripon 129, Modesto Christian 7
Ripon 113, Livingston 23
The Indians ended the regular season with a 6-0 record in dual meets. They clinch an outright share of the Trans-Valley League title in the league final next Thursday, May 5 at Riverbank High.
Annie Wild stood out in the double dual hosted by Ripon on Wednesday. She won the 800, 1,600 and 3,200, earning a new personal record in the 1,600 (5 minutes, 16.84 seconds). Jenna Skavdahl was the runner-up in the 800 and 1,600 and winner in the 400.
The freshman trio of Starla Skiles (100, 300 hurdles), Emily Paxton (200) and Ellena Parenti (100 hurdles, high jump) also contributed first-place points.
Gabby Delgado was a double winner in the throwing events. Katie Martin took first in the pole vault, and Kaitlyn Espinola won the long jump.
BOYS TRACK & FIELD
Ripon 135, Modesto Christian 1
Ripon 107, Livingston 29
Jack Manning won the 100 and triple jump and took second in the 200. Norberto Quintero took second in the 100 and first in the 200. They both set new personal records in the sprint events.
Jaden Hamilton (400, pole vault) and Anthony Sausedo (110 hurdles, 300 hurdles) each won two events. Joshua Sanchez and Liam Ferris went 1 and 2 in the shot put. Ferris won the discus throw.
Marcus Madowski claimed the high jump, while freshman Anden Ries placed first in the long jump.
Ripon is 5-1 going into the TVL Championships and has a chance to annex at least a share of the title.
SOFTBALL
Beyer 25, Lathrop 0
The visiting Patriots (7-3 WAC, 9-8-2 overall) took a combined no-hitter into the fifth inning but had it broken up by a single from Lylliana Avila.
"Beyer is an aggressive, well-rounded team and we came out pretty flat defensively, which only made our battle more difficult,” Lathrop coach Stephanie Maestretti said. “They came out swinging at the first pitch and immediately put us to work. We made some mental errors that we haven't been making in our last few games, and just couldn't get any momentum in our favor."
JV boys volleyball
Lathrop 2, Grace Davis 1
Alexander Vere was all-around dominant in helping Lathrop (12-2 WAC 16-4 overall) prevail, 24-26, 25-16, 15-5.
He finished with nine kills, eight assists and eight digs. Marco Palomares registered five kills and four aces. Caiden Wisnieski also rapped five kills. Rajveer Singh and Charles Reyes each had three kills and three aces. Reyes also distributed 21 assists.
