Sports briefs: Tam nets late winner to outlast Marin Catholic
Maren Jones scored in the final two minutes of regulation to help the Tam High girls soccer team pull out a wild 4-3 win against Marin Catholic on Monday.
Jones opened and closed the scoring for the Red-tailed Hawks (10-3-2, 9-2-2 MCAL) with a penalty kick in the 10th minute and a goal in the 79th minute, assisted by Stella Espinasse.
Marin Catholic (6-6-3, 5-5-2) held a 1-0 lead early when Ava Korich curled in an Olympico — a shot scored directly from a corner kick. Jones equalized then Marissa Scanlan gave Tam a 2-1 lead in the 16th minute — also assisted by Espinasse.
Sloane Carey tied the game at 2-2 for MC with a free kick. Espinasse gave Tam a 3-2 lead in the 68th minute but MC fought back again to tie the game on Korich’s second goal.
The result moves Tam into first place on 29 points. Redwood and Branson lurk one point behind but both have a game in hand relative to Tam.
- Maya Greenholz scored one goal and assisted two others as Redwood (10-1-4, 8-0-4) picked up its best result of the season so far with a 4-0 victory against Archie Williams. Greenholz assisted on Sarah Farese’s opener, scored the third goal off an assist from Caroline O’Donnell then set up Charlotte Lacy for the final goal. Dakota Ledesma netted the second goal unassisted. Archie Williams (8-3-3, 7-3-3) sits fourth with 24 points.
- San Rafael and Terra Linda battled to a scoreless tie on Monday and even though the result counts as a draw in the standings, the Mission Game needed a winner for trophy purposes. Clea Jimenez Donovan made one penalty kick and saved two as the Bulldogs emerged from the shootout with a 4-3 edge. Arlin Guzman, Lila Nitta and Clarissa Diaz also made their spot kicks for the Bulldogs (0-15-2, 0-12-1), who earned their first MCAL point of the season with the tie.
- San Marin (6-6-1, 6-6-1) vaulted into fifth place in the standings following a 4-0 victory against Novato (3-12-0, 2-10-0) on Monday night. Maddie Boone, Sicily Grasso and Mia Nettz scored for the Mustangs, along with an own goal credited to the Hornets.
Prep wrestling
Redwood’s Evan Daley, Nikolao Sellers and Ali Hamzia each took home gold for winning their weight classes in Saturday’s Puma Classic at Maria Carillo High School. Daley was awarded the Outstanding Wrestler honor for the upper weight classes.
The Giants’ Nate Olsen placed third, although he was limited by the number of matches in which he could compete in a week. Jose Ordonez placed fifth in his bracket.
Redwood is scheduled to compete with Tam and Novato in a matchup of undefeated teams Wednesday to decide the MCAL regular season team title.
Ping Pong
Caulbridge School in San Rafael is organizing the Middle School Ping Pong League of Marin County, which is set to run from February through March.
The league is open to right to 10 public or private school and teams of four of more students. Each team competition will consist of three singles matches, one double match and a team rumble.
A Coaches Clinic will be held at 10 a.m. until noon on Feb. 4 at Caulbridge School. League matches will be held on most Thursdays, beginning Feb. 9 until March 23 with the finals slated for March 30.
To sign up your team or to learn more, please email Admin@CaulbridgeSchool.org