Raya Leikin scored her second goal late in regulation to give the Marin Academy girls soccer team a lifeline then got her hat trick in extra time to send the Wildcats to a wild 5-4 victory in the North Coast Section Division II quarterfinals on Friday.The top-seeded Wildcats (19-2-1) are set to host No.
4 Urban (17-5-0) at 3 p.m.
Tuesday in the semifinals.
Urban defeated No.
12 Terra Linda in the other quarterfinal on Friday.MA defeated Urban by scores of 4-1 and 3-1 in Bay Counties League West play but lost to the Blues 3-2 in the league championship game a week ago.Leikin scored in the 35th, 79th, and 81st minutes as MA rallied from a 4-2 deficit inside the final 10 minutes.
Sadie Goodenough and Reese Goodenough had the other goals for the Wildcats.Rashell Diaz and Josie Quinby scored to give Terra Linda a one=goal lead early in the second half but Urban scored twice in the last five minutes to secure a 4-2 victory in the D-II quarterfinals.
Diaz put TL (10-7-3) ahead 1-0 in the 17th minute on a penalty kick.
Quinby made the score 2-1 in the 50th minute.
Urban tied the game with a penalty kick in the 60th minute then got the winning goal in the 76th.Girls basketballMaya Saibel scored a game-high 23 points and Kitty White finished with 19 points in front of a boisterous home crowd as sixth-seeded Redwood beat No.
14 Montgomery, 63-42, in Fridays North Coast Section Division I quarterfinal match.The Giants led 31-27 at halftime before stepping on the gas pedal.
The Giants will face either No.
2 Bishop ODowd or No.
10 Alameda in Tuesdays semifinals.The full game stories for Redwood girls and boys can be found online at marinij.com/sports and will run in Sundays print edition.Prep baseballNovato opened its season Friday with a 6-0 victory over Rancho Cotate.
JP Harmon got the win with six strikeouts over three innings.
Cohen Garcia had a solid day on the base paths, with a triple, an RBI and three runs,College baseballFormer Redwood High standout Danil Wells scored on a walk-off base hit by Derek Bartram as College of Marin edged Diablo Valley 11-10 at home on Friday.The Vikings scored in the top of the ninth to take a one-run lead, before Mariners pinch hitter Kisho Li Kircher drove in Dorian Foster for the tying run in the bottom of the ninth.Reliever Samuel Schnitzer went 1.2 innings, allowing a run and two hits, to get the win.
The Mariners (6-7-1) are scheduled to play at Skyline on Saturday.FundraiserRegistration is open for the 36th annual Marin Athletic Fund golf tournament.
The event is scheduled for Monday, April 21, at Indian Valley Golf Club, with a 12:30 p.m.
shotgun start.
The cost is $250 per golfer and includes lunch and a buffet dinner post-play.
Contact Gary Burns at 415-300-7430 for more information..
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