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Justin-Siena’s Lauren Keller will get a hand on a tough spike of their loss to Petaluma Tuesday, Oct.14, 2025 in Petaluma. (John Burgess / The Press Democrat)
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Justin-Siena’s Lauren Keller will get a hand on a tough spike of their loss to Petaluma Tuesday, Oct.14, 2025 in Petaluma. (John Burgess / The Press Democrat)
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A yr in the past, Petaluma’s volleyball workforce break up the Vine Valley Athletic League pennant with American Canyon after an exciting season finale.
On Tuesday evening, the Trojans left little doubt who the brand new queens of the league are, clinching the outright title in a four-set residence victory over Justin-Siena, 25-22, 25-18, 23-25 and 25-19.
“I really feel prefer it’s been a development all through all of our years right here,” senior libero Emma Schwappach stated of the achievement. “Beginning out in sixth place, after which fourth place sophomore yr, to sharing league after which being sole league champion, it feels actually good. Simply seeing it develop in all 4 years on varsity is very nice.”
TROJANS ARE LEAGUE CHAMPS! Maddie Dilles ends it with a kills and Petaluma wins the outright league title in 4 units: 25-22, 25-18, 23-25, and 25-19 #PDPreps pic.twitter.com/jh4IxVWeq2
— Kienan O’Doherty (@kodoherty22) October 15, 2025
The Trojans (20-5, 11-1), who swept Justin-Siena of their first assembly earlier this season in Napa, wasted no time in Tuesday’s rematch, gaining a 9-5 lead off of two Alyssa Smith aces. Petaluma would totaled 13 aces within the match.
Justin (14-10, 8-3) went on a 5-1 run to tie it at 10 earlier than Petaluma answered with a 12-8 run to make it 22-18. Three factors later, and Petaluma had a 1-0 match lead.
The Braves settled all the way down to go up 10-7 within the second set and later prolong the benefit to 13-9. They led nearly all the way in which within the second earlier than the Trojans tied it up at 18, then poured on an 8-4 run to take the second set and put Justin-Siena on the point of one other sweep.
After a back-and-forth begin to the third set, Petaluma held many of the leads. However Justin discovered the comeback it had been in search of, successful the third set 25-23 after being down 23-21.
“I really feel like we needed to reset our power and our mindset,” Senior exterior hitter Mischa Pendleton stated of her Trojans teammates at that second. “We had been fairly drained within the third set, so we needed to pump it again up and do not forget that we had been nonetheless within the lead. We simply wanted to loosen up and play our sport.”
They did simply that within the fourth set, extending their result in 21-16 after trailing early on. They pressured Justin to name two timeouts inside the span of 5 factors.
Then, at 24-19, Maddie Dilles earned the decisive kill to provide the Trojans the pennant and an computerized berth into the North Coast Part playoffs.
Pendleton led the Petaluma offense with 17 kills, whereas Dilles added 10. Lucy Walling had 9 kills and Grace Gutierrez contributed 25 assists and 5 kills.
“I believe it’s simply these particular bonds that you could’t discover on different groups,” Gutierrez, a senior setter, stated of Petaluma’s success this season. “For instance, I’ve recognized Emma since we had been 5 or 6 years previous. I imply, yeah, we get aggravated with one another typically, however it’s nothing that impacts us after we are enjoying on the court docket.”
Petaluma and Justin will now participate within the VVAL match subsequent week earlier than starting the NCS playoffs the week after.
Analy 3, St. Vincent 2
The Tigers rallied from a two-set deficit to take the subsequent three and win a five-set thriller in Petaluma on Tuesday, 19-25, 18-25, 25-14, 25-18 and 15-7.
Sophia Dutt had 13 kills and18 digs for Analy (16-8, 6-1 NBL Redwood), whereas Cadence Wooden had 14 kills. Sophia Broadbent-Bell earned 19 assists and 10 digs, whereas Isabella Romine added 22 assists and 11 digs. St. Vincent is now 12-14 and 4-3.
Windsor 3, Montgomery 0
The Jaguars remained excellent in league play with a sweep over Montgomery on Tuesday night, 25-12, 25-12 and 25-12.
Aubrey Bush led Windsor (17-5, 7-0 NBL-Oak) with seven kills, whereas Addy Knobel added six kills. Ava Rush had 12 digs and Keira Rogers had 15 assists. Montgomery is now 9-10 and 2-5.
Cardinal Newman 3, Ukiah 0
The Cardinals saved rolling in league play, sweeping Ukiah on Tuesday for the second time this season, 25-15, 25-16 and 25-15.
Sabina Walsh notched a season-high six aces from the service line for Newman (15-9, 6-1 NBL-Oak). Kimmy Wilson completed with 27 assists and 5 digs, whereas Cienna Alvarez added 18 kills.
Ukiah is now 12-15 and 2-5.
Different scores:
Classic 3, Casa Grande 1 (20-25, 25-12, 25-20, 25-15)
Rancho Cotate 3, Piner 0 (25-19, 25-12, 25-21)
St. Helena 3, Decrease Lake 1 (20-25, 25-12, 25-22, 25-23)
Flag soccer
Maria Carrillo 37, Rancho Cotate 6
The Pumas improved to 13-2 on the season after beating Rancho Cotate on Monday evening.
Hanisi Daveta continued her stellar marketing campaign on the quarterback place, tossing six touchdowns. Whitney Cia and Dani Silacci caught two apiece, whereas Alani Lorange and Ruby Laughlin had the others.
Silacci and Lorange additionally had interceptions.
Different scores:
Cardinal Newman 26, Analy 7
Casa Grande 36, Santa Rosa 0
Women golf
Healdsburg 202, Maria Carrillo 281
At Sugarloaf, Santa Rosa
Healdsburg: Brooklyn Viramontes (Medalist) 34, Keira Au 39, Natalia Arreguin 41, Amber Dhiman 44, Siena Yeilding 44, Zella Santana 52, CeCe Michner 55, Finley Nelson 55, Shylo Osborn 58.
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