Three Healdsburg High athletics teams made their NCS playoff entrance, and exit, last Wednesday after we went to press. The girls basketball team, and both girls and boys soccer teams, made it into the playoffs, but their post-season ended quickly in all cases.
The NCS tournament assigns teams to divisions that do not necessarily match their size, but by a complicated formula even coaches struggle to make sense of. That’s how Healdsburg’s girls Greyhound team drew a Division 2 assignment, and lost their first game against Moreau Catholic, 47-30. Thus ended the year for the 19-8 overall, 7-3 in the league Greyhound girls.
The boys soccer team always played good games, whether at Healdsburg High or on the road. They ended the season with a 9-4-7 overall (3-0-5 record in the North Bay – Redwood). That gave them a high #3 seed in the competitive Division 4, and they drew a first-round match against 14-seed Kennedy Richmond (11-9-4). But by the end of the night it was Kennedy that got the win, and Healdsburg’s boys soccer season, too, was over.
The girls playoff game, also Division 4, also took place on Wednesday, Feb. 19. The 14-4-3 girls were seeded #11, and their opponent was 6-seed San Rafael High with their 12-8 record. Unfortunately the girls soccer team lost 3-0 to San Rafael in the first round.
“Vanessa Castro hit the goal post early but San Rafael scored on a penalty kick shortly thereafter, and had their last goal in stoppage time in the first half,” said assistant coach Peter Mork. “No one scored in the second half as we played them tough on both ends of the field. It was a great season for our seniors.”
But wait: Complete All-League selections for Healdsburg student-athletes will be announced shortly, and published in the Healdsburg Tribune as soon as they become available.
