Girls Lacrosse Playoff Doubleheader at Petaluma 9:00 and 11:40

The Bulldogs won two games this last weekend of April 27^th and 28^st with a victory of 18-2 versus the Napa Force on Saturday, and a victory of 24-0 over the Morgan Hill Mavericks on Sunday, capping the last home game for 10 graduating seniors. Saturday began with a special pre-game ceremony introducing the senior players, presenting parents with a single rose wrapped in purple and gold, and taking family and team pictures on the Al Kyte Field.

With the current record of 9 wins and 4 loses, the Varsity Bulldogs have qualified to be in the 2013 NCJLA playoffs. The first playoff game is Sunday May 5^th, 1:00 at Casa Grande.

Check out the Senior Tribute with awesome photos by David Izu and his assistant Grant Nakamura:

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Location: Casa Grande N, Petaluma, CA 

Note: Varsity Quarter Final Playoff Game 

Freshman Huma Dadachanji gets around the Skyline defense and scores a goal. (Photo by David Izu)

The Oakland Tech Varsity Lacrosse Team defeated Skyline 21-1 on April 13th, dominating their cross town rival with more experienced and veteran play. There was plenty of offense. Five goals were scored by Kinshasa Smith; and four goals were made by Jamie Mitchell.  A hat trick of three goals was made by Ethan Smith.  Two goals each were scored by Trenton Shore and Leo Nakamura.  One goal each was made by Sasha Bates, Huma Dadachanji, Austin Shore, Oscar “Dude” Fullerton, and Jake Martin. Leo Nakamura and Jasper Korian teamed up to win 13 of 16 (72%) face offs.  13 saves were recorded for goalie Elan Sherman.

The Bulldogs split two games this last weekend April 20^th and 21^st with a win of 19-7 versus the Stockton Spartans on Saturday, and a tough loss of 5-10 to the top ranked South Valley Chiefs.  With the current record of 7 wins and 4 loses, the Bulldogs are still in the hunt to make the NCJLA playoffs, if they can finish the regular season with two more wins.

Check out the awesome action photos by David Izu:

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The Oakland Tech Girls Varsity Lacrosse team starts the 2013 season with 5 wins and 3 losses. Fielding a team of 25 girls including 11 returning seniors and 10 new players (9 freshmen!), the team is on course to be highly competitive in their northern California league. The head coach is Maya Semans with assistant coach Ellen Fisher. The girls prepared for the season with a lacrosse clinic at UC Berkeley’s Memorial Stadium in January as well as a memorial tournament hosted by the Petaluma Lacrosse Club.

The team took this week’s loss to San Jose 4-12 in stride, recognizing there are plenty of games yet to play. Two goals each were made by Cecilia Seiter and Rachel Loo. Olivia Branch made 8 saves. A double header is coming up this weekend.

Check out the following 2013 action photos by David Izu and Sal M. Esquivel:

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The three Oakland Tech lacrosse teams, Boys Varsity, Girls Varsity, and Boys Junior Varsity are club teams belonging to the Oakland Lacrosse Club of the Northern California Junior Lacrosse Association (NCJLA).  Preparing for the coming 2013 lacrosse season in the spring, Kevin Kelley, the new Tech Junior Varsity lacrosse coach, orchestrated a lacrosse clinic reaching out to the various players, coaches and teams that play lacrosse in the local East Bay area. Lacrosse players from middle school through high school were invited to attend from the Oakland Lacrosse Club (which includes Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) middle school players and Oakland Tech and Skyline high school players.)  Players from other local clubs also came from Skyline (Piedmont), Berkeley, Alameda, Pleasanton, and Fremont.

Oakland Tech Lacrosse players participated in a lacrosse clinic hosted by UC Berkeley at the newly renovated Memorial Stadium. The clinic was organized by the Oakland Lacrosse Club and lead by coaches and players of Cal’s Men’s and Women’s Lacrosse teams in January 2013. (Photo by Matthew Szymankowsk)

The players were divided by age, and lacrosse skill level. Over 75 players were broken up into pods of 6 to 8 players rotating to different drill stations set up on the turf.  Intermediate players did sets of passing on the run in figure eights as well as give and go shooting to goal. The more experienced players got plenty of repetitions passing and rapid shooting to goal from 7 yards and 15 yards–right and left handed.  Since the clinic was led by Cal players and coaches, the high school players got a taste of what it means to be in a disciplined fast pace practice session.

Parents got to walk around the newly renovation Memorial Stadium after sipping a local café latte and sitting in the sun. The clinic ended with some quick scrimmages on short fields and goals set up across the stadium. The Tech players and coaches hope this clinic will be an annual event. (Photo by Matthew Szymankowsk)

The Girls Varsity Lacrosse team won two games in a doubleheader on Sunday, March 24, 2013 with victories of 10-5 overOrangevale, and 13-3 over Woodcreek, increasing their club league standings and record to 5-1.  In the first game, the senior leadership set the tone of the day with crisp passing, catching on the run, and crafting plays to score goals.  Good communication and strategic field positioning were key in this game. The scoring was led by team captains Grace Wong, Elisabeth Opdyke, and Cecilia Seiter who combined to make 7 goals and 3 assists. One goal was scored by Monica Branch, and  two goals were scored by Sophia Grossman who also made two assists. One assist was made by freshman Tasha Dean. Goalie Olivia Butler called out the defense and made 10 saves.  It was a beautiful sunny day on Al Kyte Field to host these two teams from Sacramento.  After getting some nourishment of homemade sandwiches and some Jamba Juice, the Bulldogs went on to their second win of the day – a game in which Monica Branch was on fire with 6 goals, including a fancy behind-the-back shot.

2013 Oakland Tech Girls Lacrosse Team

at Stockton

at Stockton