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Updated: May 23, 2013 9:16:16 AM PDT
(Dan Honda)
Battle-tested Carondelet softball team beats Arroyo in NCS Division II opener

Cougars needed at least one victory in EBAL last week to just qualify for postseason 
EBAL teams, led by No. 1 Granada, take the top four seeds in Division I bracket  
 
Dons' Johanna Grauer heads into Division I playoffs fresh off perfect game performance  
 
The junior's triple jump mark ranks high on NCS all-time list  
 
Hornets score in top of 11th inning to break tie, then hang on to beat Dragons  
 
Deer Valley, Liberty and Heritage share the BVAL baseball championship.  
 
Senior captures event with leap of 19 feet, 23/4 inches to go with two other league championships  
 
Mark DeLuca will lead boys team  
 
Yellowjackets also shine on defense; teams prepare for Friday's rematch  
 
Winning mark of 49 feet, 10 inches sets meet record and has national implications  
 
Of the state's top eight performers in the boys 400 meters this season, according to PrepCalTrack.com, four will be competing in this Sacramento Meet of Champions on Saturday at American River College.
 
 
Thirteen Players to watch in 2013BRETT BINNING, Monte Vista, Sr., shortstop -- The Auburn-bound Binning is hitting .  
 
ARIC CRABB
Duke-bound forward averaged 14 points and 10 rebounds per game for Open Division state champion Dragons  
 
Yellowjackets showed steady improvement all season and advanced to Division I state title game.  
 
ANDA CHU
Representing the West in the boys game are Salesian High's Jabari Bird, Deer Valley's Marcus Lee and Archbishop Mitty-San Jose's Aaron Gordon; Bishop O'Dowd's Oderah Chidom is playing in the girl's game.  
 
Four senior starters who sparked the victory over Windward-Los Angeles have long been a force for the Dragons  
 
Jim Gensheimer
K.C. Waters has 14 points and 20 rebounds for Bishop O'Dowd, which avenged their December loss to Windward  
 
Rachel Howard scores 11 points for Yellowjackets, who lose to Long Beach Poly 46-28  
 
Dragons feel they did not play as well as they should have in December loss to Windward  
 
JOSE CARLOS FAJARDO
Asha Thomas scores 11 points in third quarter to rally Dragons back from halftime deficit.  
 
USF-bound Rachel Howard leads Yellowjackets with 23 points in 56-45 win over Oak Ridge  
 
Victory moves Pride into state title game for second straight year  
 
Join the Bay Area News Group prep sports reporters all day for a live blog from Saturday's NorCal high school basketball playoff championships, semifinals, beginning at 10 a.m.  
 
Senior Rachel Howard leads Yellowjackets with 27 points  
 
Dragons hit their stride in third quarter to pull away from Panthers at Chabot College  
 
Falcons to play fellow upstart St. Francis-Mountain View in regional semifinals  
 
No. 1 Monte Vista falls as home to Gunn  
 
Matadors drop 63-62 decision to St. Mary's-Stockton  
 
Modesto Christian puts clamps on O'Dowd's Ivan Rabb