THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
Led by former Petaluma High School standout Matt Medeiros, the Sonoma State men’s golf team won the Seawolves’ tournament that concluded Tuesday at Santa Rosa Golf and Country Club.
Medeiros tied for runner-up honors with two-time All-American Dylan Jackson from Cal State Monterey Bay. Medeiros, a sophomore, finished with a 1-under-par 215, four strokes behind Nick Handy of Northwest Nazarene.
With four Seawolves finishing in the top six, the team captured the Sonoma State Invitational for the first time since 2010. Sonoma State was 11 strokes better than second-place Cal State Monterey Bay. There were 14 teams in the three-day, 54-hole event.
Maria Carrillo girls No. 4
Maria Carrillo’s girls are ranked fourth in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America fall poll released Tuesday. The Pumas (12-0-1) trail top-ranked Exeter (N.H.), Northport (N.Y.) and Houston from Germantown, Tenn.
The Pumas are No. 1 in the Region VIII (West) ratings from the NSCAA, ahead of second-rated Bishop Gorman of Las Vegas. Tigard, Ore., is No.3. Montgomery (11-2) is ranked eighth in the Region VI ratings.
Soccer is played at different times of the season in different parts of the country. Some schools play winter soccer and some compete in the spring.
Analy’s boys are No. 20 in the NSCAA national top 25 and fourth in the Region VIII (West) rankings.
Refs watch illegal hits
With concussions at every level of football dominating public discussion, high school officials seem to be clamping down on illegal hits.
In the Middletown-St. Helena showdown last Friday, each team was assessed a 15-yard penalty for a helmet-to-helmet hit. St. Helena’s penalty came late in the game. It was on sophomore defensive back Javier Otero, and officials ruled it was a flagrant infraction, meaning Otero was ejected from the game.
Klee headed to West Point
P.J. Klee will make his debut this season with the Cardinal Newman wrestling team, but he may already have had the biggest day of his senior year.
Klee, who spent most of his high school years at Blair Academy, a boarding school in New Jersey, on Friday signed his Offer of Admission to the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y.
Klee won two national championships and was a three-time high school All-American at Blair. He will join the Army wrestling team.
He’ll report for basic training on June 30.
Volleyball catch-up
Girls volleyball is in the home stretch with Maria Carrillo and Sonoma Valley ranking among the state’s best.
Maria Carrillo is No. 14 in CIF Division 2 and Sonoma Valley No. 7 in Division 3, according to MaxPreps.
They are fifth and sixth overall in the North Coast Section. Also making the section Top 25 are Montgomery (No. 20), Healdsburg (No. 24), and Cardinal Newman (No. 25).
The Pumas have lost only three games in North Bay League matches and the Dragons have not given up a game in Sonoma County League action.
Press Democrat Staff Writers Phil Barber, Michael Coit and Ted Sillanpaa contributed to this report.