The Valley’s Archbishop Hanna High School’s senior wrestling standout Alexis Garcia and the boys’ basketball team just concluded title seasons and are returning to the postseason to compete in the North Coast Section championships.
As the first Archbishop Hanna wrestler to ever earn a sectional medal with his seventh-place finish last season, Garcia will try to win another NCS medal after capturing the 134-pound weight-class title at Saturday’s Coastal Mountain Conference championships.
Joining Garcia at the NCS championships is Archbishop Hanna senior teammate Tyler Smith, who took home a CMC third-place medal.
The prestigious NCS event takes place Friday and Saturday, Feb. 27 and 28, at James Logan in Fremont.
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Archbishop Hanna High School’s basketball team recently repeated as the Small School Bridge League champion with an 11-0 record and will take a 22-4 overall mark into the postseason, where it’s been seeded third for the North Coast Section Division-6 playoffs.
The third-seeded Hawks have an NCS Division-6 first-round bye and will host the winner of Wednesday’s, Feb. 25, opener between sixth-seed Rincon Valley Christian (NCL-2, 15-11) and 11th-seed Realm Charter (NLA, 15-9) at 8 p.m. in a Saturday night, Feb. 28, quarterfinal clash at the Hanna Center gym.
Also receiving first-round byes along with Archbishop Hanna are top-seed St. Bernard Catholic (HDNL Little 4 champion, 17-10); second-seed St. Elizabeth (BCL-E champion, 16-9); and fourth-seed Rio Lindo Adventist Academy (SSBL, 19-5).
Playing NCS Division-6 openers Wednesday night are fifth-seed California School for the Deaf (BCL, 17-10) hosting 12th-seed Round Valley (NCL-3, 10-11); seventh-seed Anderson Valley (NCL-3 champion, 17-8) hosting 10th-seed Tomales (NCL-2, 9-8); and eighth-seed Mendocino (NCL-3, 18-8) hosting ninth-seed Ferndale (HDNL Little 4, 5-17).
Comprising the league-champion Archbishop Hanna hoops Hawks, coached by Courtney Jackson, are seniors Dominic Cancilla, Taray Cannon, JHe’nearo Hemmingway, Larry Michel, Armani Perry and Jim Saefong; juniors Ajay Dieteman, Isaiah Kelly, Joshua Manzano, Fernando Marquez, Santiago Mccahey, Rodrigo Molina, Jesus Tremillo, Mike Veregge and Dakota Woltering; and sophomore Yuerra Blaylock.
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