Grace Maguire of Grace School and Audrina Tinoco of St. Bonaventure were named the co-Most Valuable Players and Kadyn Sanchez of Santa Clara was named the Pitcher of the Year for the 2026 Tri-Valley League softball season.
Selected to the first team were Maci Schotten, Hudson Ortiz, Janessa Brown, Leea Martinez and Jessika Soliz of St. Bonaventure; Rosy Salazar, Ava DePew and Eden Tuso of Grace; Sophia Romero of Santa Clara; Lilliana Gonzalez and Kyra Bouchard of Foothill Tech; and Sarah Fellers of Bishop Diego.
Named to the second team were Maria Castor, Kaydin Conner, Delilah Ramirez and Grace Ramirez of St. Bonaventure; Lucy Salazar, Addi Feola and Brooke Burns of Grace; Sophia-Grace Castorena and Janelle Sanchez of Santa Clara; Jocelyn Morales and Mackenzie Warren of Foothill Tech; and Eden Wynne and Keke Flores of Bishop Diego.
Earning honorable-mention selections were Ilani Rios, Annabella Jimenez and Jayleen Hererra of Santa Clara; Aria Acosta, Mercedes Navarro and Katy Flores of St. Bonaventure; Zoey Watkins and Luciana Franco of Foothill Tech; and Natalie Rodriguez, Pilar Alvarez and Penny Carroll of Bishop Diego.
Andy Gibson of St. Bonaventure and MeLinda Matsumoto of Bishop Diego were named the co-Coaches of the Year.
Tri-Valley League baseball
St. Bonaventure sophomore Wyatt Richardson was named the Most Valuable Player and Grace School freshman Kade Monica was named the Pitcher of the Year.
Selected to the first team were Joseph Martinez, Rowen Kaiser, Luc Beauchemin, Collin Barker and Seamus Sipe of St. Bonaventure; Cooper Casey, Robert Juker, Davin Arth, Shane White and Jacory Smith of Foothill Tech; Amos Lageschulte and Henry Preloger of Thacher; and Daniel Morlett of Grace.
Named to the second team were Masiah Merricks, Lukas Devericks, Cooper Masterson, Luke Henderson and Henry Bamieh of St. Bonaventure; Connor Nelles, Drayden Belitski, Rainen Tolentino and Cain Ebrahim of Foothill Tech; Makai Saiki, Dylan Ferguson and Gavin Willis of Grace; Chase Meyer and Noah Casbarro of Cate; and Cael Parker of Thacher.
Earning honorable-mention selections were Jayden Simerly, Devin Granillo and Thomas Apodaca of St. Bonaventure; Jack Mazza and Brady Borgstrom of Grace; Henry Helson, Alejandro Sandoval and Jonah Vann of Cate; Kendo Takahashi and Abel Janes of Thacher; and Andy Campa of Grace.
Mike Minjares of St. Bonaventure was named the Coach of the Year.
Tri-Valley League boys golf
Aiden Laliberte and Carson Coker of Grace shared MVP honors.
Earning first-team selections were Peter Jen of Villanova Prep; Joey Colitti and Tino Molfetta of St. Bonaventure; Luke Eliassen of Bishop Diego; and Sebastian Houvenin of Foothill Tech.
Earning second-team selections were Lane Hefelfinger of St. Bonaventure; Ben Markov, Enzo Rivera and Jess Lemos of Foothill Tech; and Jack Eliassen, Joe DeRosa and William Scribner of Bishop Diego.
Earning honorable-mention selections were CJ Ward, Eric Abbink, Grayer Gibbons and Noah Tran of Grace; Jackson Tauber and Jayden Lemos of St. Bonaventure; Brixton Pritchard, Daniel Zhu and Fred Vu of Villanova Prep; Barrett McKnight and Max Miller of Laguna Blanca; Hansen Chen and Luke Sasson of Foothill Tech; and Ben Zoltoski and Gabe Villa of Bishop Diego.
Tri-Valley League boys volleyball
John Michael Flint of Bishop Diego was named the MVP and Dillan Bennett of Bishop Diego was named the Coach of the Year.
Selected to the first team were Styles Haley-Kettler and Curren Wiggins of Foothill Tech; Damien Krautmann, Luke Walters and Tyler Roberts of Bishop Diego; Soren Alldredge and Baylor Wilson of Laguna Blanca; Ben Terry of Providence; Lucian Tann of Cate; and Rylan Tse-Fong of Dunn.
Chosen for the second team were Zach Ohl of Foothill Tech; Kingston Bustos and Tua Rojas of Bishop Diego; Jamie Levinson and Teddy Wilson of Laguna Blanca; Cor Patterson and Moses Schlobohm of Providence; Philip Choi of Cate; and Luiz Stankovic of Dunn.
Earning honorable-mention selections were Royal Knox of Foothill Tech; Luca Moreno-Murphy, Nico DeRosa and Mikey Gomez of Bishop Diego; Lawler Jackson, Luke Rice and Michael Couvillon of Laguna Blanca; Sam Oliynyk, Isaac Hoffman and Ben Ropnow of Providence; Patrick Wykoff, Kunqi Wang and Rowen Foster of Cate; and Richard Bertea, London Smith and Patrick Chen of Dunn.
Tri-Valley League boys tennis
Drew Railey of St. Bonaventure earned Singles MVP honors and James He and Kenny Wang of Cate were the doubles MVPs.
Earning first-team selections were Greg Davis and Dylan Files of Foothill Tech; Kaden Greene, Kakeru Hirofuji and Kendrick Suen of Cate; and Grantas Pikunas of Dunn.
Earning second-team selections were Charlie Powers, Zack Powers, Aaditya Aturi and Ansh Joshi of Foothill Tech; Sterling Fisher, Jayden Yanez, Oliver Tande, Enzo Vinoly and Shaia Bijan of Laguna Blanca; Alex Washburn and Bryce Parent of Villanova Prep; Gavin White of Thacher; and Andrew Jayich of Cate.
Earning honorable-mention selections were Beckett Frisina, Max Meister and Vivaan Niadu of Thacher and Carter Bradley, Jaden Olds and Joaquin Gaona of Bishop Diego.
Tri-Valley League boys track and field
Earning first-team honors for winning league titles were Tony Dargan and Liam Purdy of St. Bonaventure; Viggo Bortolin, Asher Bayless, Andres Hernandez, Gavin Leddy, Asher Field, Christian Bondy, Oliver Anthony and Elijah Spencer of Foothill Tech; Jackson Steele and Ryan Chen of Cate; and Jungbin Yoon, Evan Murunga, Zain Kazazean and Rafa Kelliher of Thacher.
Earning second-team selections were Jaxson Carper, Taylor Kaiser, Silas Petty and Liam Purdy of St. Bonaventure; Christian Bondy, Andres Hernandez, Asher Field, Oliver Anthony and Roman Bennett of Foothill Tech; Ati Zwieback, Joshua Butler, Ethan Qiu, Jordan Ryan, Miles Thompson and Ryan Chen of Cate; and Sam Boeddeker, Connor Boyd, Remington Boykin, Aiden Garcia, Frank Macias and Gabriel Phillips of Bishop Diego.
Earning honorable-mention selections were Christian Bondy, Gavin Leedy, Asher Field, Quentin Harris, Oliver Anthony, Skyler Matthews, Jaden Prillhart, Baker Carlisle and Stephen Blazejewski of Foothill Tech; Jaxson Carper, Ayden Barajas, Ethan Montgomery and Caleb Pasina of St. Bonaventure; Jett Mortensen and Oscar Oro of Thacher; and Frank Macias of Bishop Diego.
Tri-Valley League girls track and field
Earning first-team honors for winning league titles were Anna O’Neil, Isabella Clutts, Wizdom Moore, Victoria Reneau, Ella Bart and LaShea Randolph of St. Bonaventure; Lyla Huff, Keera Wallace, Bennett Rodman and Amelia Gerk of Foothill Tech; Sophie Blank, Sloan Harwell, Gwen McTigue and Emerson Evans of Cate; and Lu Rodriguez of Thacher.
Earning second-team selections were Sloan Harwell, Sophie Blank, Gwen McTigue, Elise Tsai, Emerson Evans and Nika Iverson of Cate; Lu Rodriguez and Chloe Hamilton of Thacher; Aanya Desham, Bennett Rodman, Genevieve Carlisle, Lyla Huff, Evelyn Whatley, Gwenyth Stachurski, Lauren Kallik and Amelia Gerk of Foothill Tech; and Ella Bart and LaShea Randolph of St. Bonaventure.
Earning honorable-mention selections were Lyla Huff, Genevieve Carlisle, Auden McCoy, Taylor Schmidt, Bennett Rodman, Alinah Rodriguez, Lily McPherson and Evelyn Whatley of Foothill Tech; Wizdom Moore, Riley Weal and Alynah Leon of St. Bonaventure; Chloe Hamilton and Addy Yoon of Thacher; and Harper Bishop, Elise Tsai and A. Bitang Cameron of Cate.
Tri-Valley boys swimming
Earning first-team honors for winning league titles were Josiah Hansen, Devon Liang, Wil Rivera, Jae Wykoff and Elliott Paige of Cate; Matthew Sullivan, Bennett Sullivan, Yikai Feng and Jake Wyatt of Laguna Blanca; and Murray Lynn of Villanova Prep.
Earning second-team selections were Jake Wyatt, Bennett Sullivan, Matthew Sullivan and Yikai Feng of Laguna Blanca; Elliott Paige, Charlie Guo and Devon Liang of Cate; and Mason Steen, James Keyser, Murray Lynn, Jacques Basoco and Liam Tibay of Villanova Prep.
Earning honorable-mention selections were Parks Riley, Jaxson Brown, Gavin Ingold, Connor Morris, Kylan Jaeger and Albert Lao of Foothill Tech; Liam Moes, Devon Liang, Charlie Guo, Jae Wykoff, Mo Kanda-Gleeson, Elliott Paige and Tristan Maigret of Cate; and Yikai Feng of Laguna Blanca.
Tri-Valley girls swimming
Earning first-team honors for winning league titles were Cynthia Hu, Sadie Lagerquist, Ali Bly, Samantha Roberts and Caroline Vanderkooij of Foothill Tech; Tori Kim, Emi Kanda-Gleeson, Sofia Wang, Makayla Niu, Jen Won, Madeleine Kollock and Amber Lam of Cate; Tierney Clark of Bishop Diego; Siobhan Murphy of Laguna Blanca; and Charlotte Keeley of Dunn.
Earning second-team selections were Cynthia, Samantha Roberts, Sadie Lagerquist, Caroline Vanderkooij, Sunny Roberts and Ali Bly of Foothill Tech; Tierney Clark of Bishop Diego; Natalie Burns of Villanova Prep; and Tori Kim, Madeleine Kollock, Sofia Wang, Jen Won and Emi Kanda-Gleeson of Cate.
Earning honorable-mention selections were Cynthia Paul, Karina Delgado, Liv Henderson, Natalie Burns, Lyndee O’Gorman, Maria Ballesteros and Yuwen Huang of Villanova Prep; Charlotte Keeley and Margaret Watson of Dunn; Kirra Tanaka and Tori Kim of Cate; and Ali Bly of Foothill Tech.
Tri-Valley League girls beach volleyball
Wynter Thorne-Thomsen and Sophie Otte of Bishop Diego were named the Players of the Year.
Selected to the first team were Sam Jacobson and Emily Turner of Foothill Tech and Zoe Benton and Chelsea McCalister of St. Bonaventure.
Named to the second team were Sara Stoney and Sienna Huckestein of St. Bonaventure; Rylie Hannah and Grace Canavan of Foothill Tech; Sage Holcombe, Lolayna Redmond, Charlie Carrington and Erin Slifirski of Laguna Blanca; and Olivia Leflang and Addie Barat of Bishop Diego.
Earning honorable-mention selections were Avery Chensky, Maggie Mann and Delilah Harvey of St. Bonaventure; Bella Ruiz, Jastine Gomez, Kayla Mendez and Jane Mowrey of Santa Clara; Kylie Federmann, Fallon McKee, Lokelani Nabarro and Savannah Lukas of Dunn; Natalie Chan and Elle McMahon of Bishop Diego; Jaylah Castro and Ori Ouermi of Thacher; Peyton Fox, Fiona Holt, Sydney Friedl and Jaelisa Lozano-Rivera of Foothill Tech; and Rosie Murren, ShirEl Salomon and Liliana Sklar of Providence.
Frontier League baseball
Hudson Von Der Lieth of Dunn earned MVP honors and David Timewell of Bishop Diego was named the Pitcher of the Year.
Named to the first team were Macx Felix of Santa Clara; Dylan Sezzi of Villanova Prep; Ricky Fisher, JJ Mercier, George Guzman, Sean Monaghan and Josh Lopez of Bishop Diego; and Thomas Burry, Mason Hunt and Noah Benfield of Dunn.
Selected to the second team were Christopher Alcala, Jaxx Martinez, Julian Garcia and Armando Rivera of Santa Clara; Anthony Nocon of Villanova Prep; Liam Fox of Dunn; and Brandon Stein, Zach Fisher, Joaquin Adam and Joe DeRosa of Bishop Diego.
Earning honorable-mention selections were Alex Ambriz and Roman Escobedo of Santa Clara and Elliot Rutherford and Alex Nocon of Villanova Prep.
Jesse Landeros of Bishop Diego was named the Coach of the Year.
Frontier League boys track and field
Earning first-team honors for winning league titles were Fabrizio Simental, Davian Valladolid, Masen Ritter, Azarel Valladolid, Franckel’Ly Jacques, Fabrizio Simental and Eythan Prado of Santa Clara; Joseph Chavarria, Mateo Corral, Adrian Cayabaya, Abe Evans and Tommy Paine of Villanova Prep; and Manny Najera and Joshua Small of Providence.
Earning second-team selections were Fabrizio Simental, Eddie Guzman, Azarel Valladolid, Eddy Briones, Eythan Prado, Kian Vea, Davian Valladolid, Jesse Garcia, Alec Ines and Adam Villanueva of Santa Clara; Pablo Stephenson-Carrasco, Theo Sam, Aydin Gomez and Gabriel Coutinho of Dunn; and Mateo Corral of Villanova Prep.
Earning honorable-mention selections were Franckel’Ly Jacques, Eddie Guzman, Eddy Briones, Eythan Prado and Adam Zaragoza of Santa Clara; Abe Evans, Mateo Corral, Tommy Paine and Adrian Cayabaya of Villanova Prep; and Gabriel Carreiro of Dunn.
Frontier League girls track and field
Earning first-team honors for winning league titles were Tatiana Taylor of Laguna Blanca; Elsabet Schlobohm and Anabelle Leon of Providence; Emily Starna of Santa Clara; Gretchen Grenier, Sheridan Coulter, Sawyer Hunt, Ava Liniger and Deborah Sferrazza of Dunn; and Meaghan Burns of Villanova Prep.
Earning second-team selections were Emily Starna of Santa Clara; Natalie Delgado and Meaghan Burns of Villanova Prep; Sawyer Hunt of Dunn; and Anabelle Leon of Providence.
Earning honorable-mention selections were Julissa Tinoco of Santa Clara and Sheri Coulter of Dunn.
This article originally appeared on Ventura County Star: Tri-Valley, Frontier leagues honor best of the 2026 spring season
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