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Biaggi and Tose lead Sonoma thinclads

Water polo Dragons drop finales to strong Ukiah

Hoping to finish their Sonoma County League regular season riding a wave of momentum that could carry them into the SCL championships, Sonoma Valley High School’s cross country girls and co-defending champion boys ran to road wins Wednesday behind seniors Gianna Biaggi and Chris Tose, respectively.

Competing in SCL tri-meets in Santa Rosa, Biaggi won the girls’ race with a time of 19 minutes, 27 seconds in leading the Lady Dragons to a final score of 18 in defeating El Molino’s 43 and host Elsie Allen’s incomplete.

Following Biaggi for Sonoma in rounding out the top-five girl finishers were senior Hannah Cenci’s second-place in 19:39, senior Laura Amador’s fourth in 20:56, and freshman Madeline Libbey’s fifth in 21:56.

In the boys’ tri-meet, the Dragons’ 26 beat El Molino’s 30 and Elsie Allen’s 64, as Tose won the race in 16:21, and rounding out the top-five for Sonoma were junior Christian Martinez’s second-place in 16:27, and junior Owen Ljung’s fifth in 16:46.

Sonoma’s cross country teams will next run in the SCL championship meets slated for Saturday, Nov. 3, on the Spring Lake course in Santa Rosa.

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Sonoma’s boys’ and girls’ waterpolo teams ended their Redwood Empire League regular seasons on the road Wednesday and were both defeated soundly by North Bay power Ukiah’s squads.

The Lady Dragons got a pair of goals by junior Abby Van Kirk in their 17-2 loss to Ukiah, while the Dragon boys were defeated 18-1, with their lone goal scored by senior Chase Campion.