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5/12/12 - Track & Field - EBAL Championships: Amador Valley's Josh Slaton won the boys 200 meters (22.51), the 400 (49.82) and ran a leg the victorious 400 and 1600 relay teams to lead the Dons to the team title with 117 points, just ahead of De La Salle (113). (full story)

3/22/12 - Distance runner Blair Hurlock finished in 12th place in the 1,500-meter run at the Hornet Invitational Open track and field meet March 12 at Sacramento State University. Hurlock, a sophomore at De La Salle High School, competed among collegiate-level runners and logged a time of 4 minutes, 5.68 seconds in the event. The race included 29 runners. Jonathan Peterson of UC Davis won with a time of 3:50.82. (story@Tracy Press)

5/21/11 - Spartans win NCS Tri-Valley Championship.
De La Salle won the boys team title, getting wins from Michael Barton, Kyle Williams in the 3,200 (9:31.30), James Van Wyck in the pole vault (15-2) and its 400 relay team. Michael Barton won the boys 110-meter hurdles in 14.45 seconds but was disqualified in the 300 hurdles -- an event in which he entered the day ranked ninth in the state, according to DyeStatCal.com. He knocked over the fifth hurdle and it went into the adjacent lane, impeding that runner's progress.

5/10/12 - The Spartan Volleyball Team has had an impressive season, going undefeated in the EBAL with a 14-0 record, winning 42 matches and losing only 3. Their overall record of 31-2 has kept them atop of the East Bay Rankings all season and should earn them the number one seed in this year's NCS Championships.

4/23/12 - With their stunning domination and ultimate championship victory in the Bellarmine Tournament, beating all six teams in straight sets, the Spartans have been ranked 3rd in the State, the highest of any NorCal team, by Maxpreps. (State rankings)

4/30/12 - Spartan Duo wins EBAL Doubles Championship. Alec Bakos and John Philip stepped up their game to an extremely high level, to a level you can only hope to get in a final round - it was VERY impressive to watch. They dominated the top seeds from Monte Vista from the beginning, and became the EBAL Doubles Champions, winning in straight sets, 6-3, 6-0. (story by coach Jim Puccetti)

4/27/12 - The North Coast Section football playoffs will remain status quo for the 2012 season after a proposal to add an open division was voted down by the section's board of managers Friday in San Rafael. Under the East Bay Athletic League's plan, which failed by a vote of 24 to 13, the Division I playoffs would have broken into two eight-team divisions. (full story)

2/1/12 - A trio of Spartan football players signed Letter of Intents for their college choices - Michael Barton (Cal), Bart Houston (Wisconsin), and Josh Jenkins (Army) (full story). DLS alumni Conner Peters (Laney College) signed with Boise State.

1/29/12 - Michael Barton, Bart Houston, and Anthony Williams join the 30th edition of the Cream of the Crop Class. And for only the third time in the last 30 years, six of the region's top 20 prospects are headed to Berkeley. The group of six has become a close-knit bunch intent on opening a newly refurbished Memorial Stadium in style. (full story)
2012 Cream of the Crop Top 20 Capsules (@cctimes.com) (view as pdf)
30 Years of Cream of the Crop - Complete list (@cctimes.com)

3/20/12 - Defenders Johnny Marcinkowski and Isaiah Dargan were named to the All East Bay Soccer 1st Team. Junior Goalkeeper Andrew Konstantino was named to the second team. (All East Bay Soccer Teams)

2/25/12 - An unprecedented fourth title in a row, the Spartans topped San Ramon Valley 2-0 at Dublin High for their 10th overall NCS title in Saturday's championship game. The game was scoreless for 65 minutes, but DLS kept the pressure on and finally broke through in the 66th minute when Carlo Eikani buried the ball into the top of the net. (full story)

2/23/12 - Spartan Johnny Marcinkowski was voted the "Most Valuable Player" for this year's All EBAL soccer team. Eight other members were named to the first (Molineux, Dargan, Konstantino) and second (Martinez, Rowling) teams, or received Honorable Mention (Eikani, Bob, McNell). All EBAL Team

4/18/12 - Mark Halvorson, Coach of the Year. With a mix of defending section champions and newcomers to the sport, Halvorson guided the Spartans to new heights during the 2011-12 season. De La Salle won a North Coast Section dual title for the six straight year (fourth in Division I). With six individual champions, the Spartans then won the section meet with a staggering 318.5 points, more than 130 points ahead of second place College Park. De La Salle finished fourth at the state meet, placing higher than any other Northern California school.

4/18/12 - Six Spartan wrestlers were a part of the All East Bay Wrestling 1st Team - Nathan Cervantez, Joe Ramirez, Joe Moita, Jon Jay Chavez, Alex Abono, and Justin Walker. (complete list)

4/10/12 - Senior guard Amadi Udendyi and Junior forward Elliott Pitts were name to the All East Bay Basketball First Team. (complete team list)

3/13/12 - Jesuit-Carmichael outscored De La Salle 14-3 in the final three minutes, nine seconds Tuesday to stun the host Spartans 44-41 in the CIF Division I Northern Regional semifinals. The Marauders' Akachi Okugo drilled a go-ahead 3-pointer with 35 seconds left and two free throws by Bryce Pressley with 5.4 seconds left sealed the upset win. (full story) - NorCal Brackets

3/10/12 - The host Spartans rode a hot start from junior Elliott Pitts and the defense did the rest in a NorCal Division I quarterfinal. Pitts scored 16 of his game-high 24 points in the first nine minutes of the game to help De La Salle (28-2) to a 54-40 victory over Pleasant Grove-Elk Grove. (full story)

5/5/12 - Mistakes in the late innings proved too much for the De La Salle High baseball team to overcome as the Spartans lost 5-4 to Bishop Amat-La Puente in the final game of the Dave Stewart/Oakland A's Showdown at O.co Coliseum. (full story)

5/4/12 - De La Salle's Andrew Buckley brought his football mentality to the baseball diamond Friday afternoon. The end result was a robust pitching effort, as Buckley tossed a four-hitter with seven strikeouts in the Spartans' 4-0 win over host San Ramon Valley in an EBAL first-place showdown. The victory gives De La Salle a one-game lead over both the Wolves and California. (full story)

Dunne Heads to Cal to Play Rugby
De La Salle High running back Lucas Dunne, who helped lead the Spartans to the CIF Open Division title this year, said Friday that he’s headed to Berkeley to play rugby for Jack Clark and the Golden Bears next season.

12/22/11 - De La Salle's Colin Chiapello earned first team honors for the All-East/North Bay Division 1 Water Polo Team. Tucker Angelo, John Keane, and goalkeeper Tim Sweeney were 3rd team selections. (full story)

11/19/11 - Seniors Tim Sweeney and John Keane, Junior Tucker Angelo, and Sophomore Colin Chiapello, won 2nd team honors for the All-EBAL Water Polo Team. Senior Justin Roberto of San Ramon Valley won MVP honors.

11/19/11 - Lead by Spartan runners Evan Molineus and Luke Williams, who finished 2nd and 4th, the De La Salle Cross Country Team won the NCS 2011 Division 1 Championship!! With runners John Jankowski and Clark Messman finishing in the top 15, the Team beat second place Amador Valley 45-87; both teams qualify for the CIF State Championship on Saturday, November 26th. (complete results)

11/5/11 - The Spartan Cross Country finished 3rd in this year's EBAL Championship, behind winner San Ramon Valley and second place Amador Valley. Evan Molineux ran a fantastic race, finishing second overall with a time of 15:27.45.

All-East Bay Lacrosse Team
Connor Hunt - De La Salle, Defender, Sr. -- The Cornell-bound Hunt was named an All-American and helped the Spartans allow just 114 goals in 22 games this year.

All-EBAL Teams
Connor Hunt was selected to the All-EBAL Lacrosse First Team; Justin Garcia, Matt Corbin, Eric McCosker, Ryan Eberspacher, and Teddy Wilm to the 2nd team; Vinny Coric and Kyle Price were honorable mentions.

8/13/11 - Ipsen wins US Diving Title
Kristian Ipsen rallied to win the 3-meter springboard title at the U.S. diving championships Saturday, doing the toughest final three dives among the top contenders. Ipsen totaled 499.50 points in the six-dive final at UCLA, getting back into contention in the fourth round with a dive that earned marks of 9.0 and higher. (complete story)