Mitty basketball star receives national honor. SRV’s Marco Jones on football recruiting trip to Texas A&M. De La Salle baseball’s good problem to have. Plus, spring football camps, …
Westmont High School’s Lucas Erceg throws to first base for an out against Branham High School at Branham High School in the first inning in San Jose, Calif. on Tuesday, April 30, 2013. Welcome to Friday Preps Spotlight, our new feature that sheds more light on the Bay Area’s high school sports scene. For tips and story ideas, emailOakland A’s relief pitcher Lucas Erceg caught the baseball world’s attention after he made an early candidate for the defensive play of the year.
“It’s not really a surprise, what he can do on the Athletics, with his athleticism and desire to be good,” said Pianto, a retired fireman who plans on eventually catching an A’s game at the Coliseum. “Everything’s good,” Pianto said. “The players work hard, and even though it’s tough to get in just one year,” they’ve definitely bought in.”It might be softball season, but the individual basketball awards keep on coming for Archbishop Mitty sophomore forward McKenna Woliczko.
When future UConn Husky and McDonald’s All-American Morgan Cheli missed a month with a leg injury, Woliczko averaged 25 points and 10 rebounds per game to compensate.While San Ramon Valley’s Marco Jones has been one of the Wolves’ best players on the baseball diamond, the 6-foot-5 power-hitter’s future is on the gridiron.
This past season, Jones had 166 tackles, 15 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks and three interceptions for a San Ramon Valley team that lost in the North Coast Section Open Division and Division I finals.De La Salle coach David Jeans has a problem: He has too many great players and not enough spots on his lineup card.
Jeans said it’s up to the players to compete for spots in the lineup from game to game, but that hasn’t made his job any easier. As a team, the Spartans have a .392 batting average and five players who are top 10 in slugging percentage in the East Bay Athletic League. Samuel Johnston had two hits, including a double, and drove in two runs and Diego Emerling pitched 5 ⅔ strong innings to lead the way as College Park improved to 10-6, 3-1.Campolindo coach Kevin Macy prides himself on basing his successful public school program upon what he calls “neighborhood kids,” average athletes who are coached up to be good players.
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