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Prep roundup: Riordan boys put on a show in rout of San Francisco rival St. Ignatius
Boys basketball
No. 9 Archbishop Riordan 68, No. 7 St. Ignatius 51
In a game featuring an array of dazzling dunks and flashy fastbreaks, Riordan set the tone for the game early on a comparatively mundane first three halfcourt possessions.
Zion Sensley finished through contact with an and-1 layup, Jasir Rencher bullied inside for another pair of free throws, and then John Tofi earned two more free throws.
The message was simple: make an undersized St. Ignatius front line, one missing injured 6-foot-8 senior Theo Lamb, attempt to defend the rim against Riordan’s tall wings.
Riordan (5-3) found very little resistance in the Crusaders’ second straight West Catholic Athletic League rout. Riordan had defeated St. Francis 88-40 on Tuesday.
“I wanted to get in there and make them feel me,” said Rencher, who scored 12. “I felt like they disrespected us on the rankings, so I wanted to show them why we should be on top.”
St. Ignatius (9-2, 0-1) was able to stay in the game for a half because of hot three-point shooting.
Riordan’s San Francisco rivals hit five triples in the first two quarters, and trailed only 30-23 at intermission. Steele Labagh, who made four 3-pointers, led SI with 21 points. However, the Wildcats missed several layups, much to the chagrin of their head coach Jason Greenfield.
“I thought we got to the basket with ease,” Greenfield said. “We just couldn’t score over their length.”
Riordan took control after the break, outscoring St. Ignatius 21-10 in the third quarter. Sensley, who transferred back to Riordan this summer after spending the previous two seasons at Prolific Prep, put in 17 points.
“He’s back home,” Riordan coach Joe Curtin said. “It’s just great to see him in front of a crowd like this, and in front of his classmates. That’s something he’s missed for years in high school.”
Rencher scored 12, and sophomore guard Andrew Hilman thrilled the packed gymnasium with a variety of crafty drives and tomahawk dunks on his way to 16 points.
In what is scary news for the rest of the WCAL, Riordan could get even bigger and athletic this season. The team is still waiting to see if 6-foot-10 Priory transfer Nas Emeneke will be ruled eligible.
“There are teams that peak in December and January, and we’re definitely not one of those teams,” Curtin said. “There’s serious room to grow.”
No. 5 Archbishop Mitty 61, Bellarmine 41
Archbishop Mitty easily handled WCAL and San Jose rival Bellarmine after Nathan d’Abreu Noronha led the team with 18 points. Gavin Ripp pitched in 14 points, and Aaron Biebel joined him in double figures with 10 points. Mitty improved to 7-4, while Bellarmine dropped to 5-6.
No. 6 San Ramon Valley 62, No. 11 Berkeley 47
San Ramon Valley came back from winning the Gold Division at Damien and took down giant-slayers Berkeley on Thursday night. Berkeley had defeated last year’s NorCal Open Division teams Dougherty Valley and Modesto Christian earlier this season.
Luke Isaak, who hit the game-winning shot in the championship game at Damien, scored 12 of his team-high 24 points in the fourth quarter. Seamus Deely scored 11 points, and Jack Moxley had 10 points.
Samir O’Brien scored 15 points, and Ollie Miller scored 19 points to pace the YellowJackets. The Wolves snapped Berkeley’s four-game winning streak.
Girls basketball
No. 1 Archbishop Mitty 79, Presentation 8
Longtime Mitty coach Sue Phillips earned career win No. 800 as the nation’s top team opened WCAL play with a rout of Presentation. Darren Sabedra was in San Jose and has the full story here.
St. Mary’s-Stockton 60, No. 5 Acalanes 49
Acalanes was able to hang tough with one of NorCal’s elite teams in a possible playoff preview, and played great defense on five-star college prospect Jordan Lee, whom the Dons held to eight points.
Acalanes’ backcourt duo of Dulci Vail and KK Lacanlale scored the majority of the Dons’ points, with Vail leading the team with 22 and Lacanlale putting in 18.
The Dons dropped to 11-4. St. Mary’s is 11-4.
Boys soccer
Serra 1, Bellarmine 0
The Bells needed just one goal to open WCAL play with a victory over Bellarmine. Baden Smith banged in the match’s only goal off an assist by Nate Coughlin.
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Artwork quilt unveiled at San Francisco dirt alley that was mistakenly bought at auction
In the fall of 2025, CBS News Bay Area first brought you the story of a Sunset couple that had the winning bid for a piece of property next to their home. They thought they were getting the duplex next door. Instead, they got a small patch of land known as Dirt Alley.
This story has many chapters, but it ended with a community celebration.
The final chapter in the story of Dirt Alley was written Wednesday night as they unveiled the tiles of artwork on the pavement.
“I’m very happy today,” JJ Hollingsworth said. “It’s just amazing that these artists that I’ve been working with and sold the alley to have come through with this incredible art.”
JJ Hollingsworth was the original property owner. She took out $25,000 from her retirement to pay for this parcel in a city auction. She thought she got a bargain for the duplex next door. When she found out it was actually the alley, the stress led to health problems and a lot of anxiety.
“I’m trying to forget, but I caused all this,” she said. “That’s what happened. I caused all this.”
Then came an email that would help her get out of the Dirt Alley nightmare. A group of friends from San Francisco was interested in buying this 82-foot-long alley.
“I know she was really stressed out when she first bought this and kind of didn’t know what she was going to do with it,” Theo Bleier said. “It’s really lucky. We were going to buy a different parcel, and we lost the auction. It was more than we wanted to spend. We felt really lucky the coincidence worked out, and we were able to help out JJ.”
The new owners then had the idea of laying an artwork quilt on the pavement and took submissions online.
“I think we had about one million people visit the website at least,” owner Patrick Hultquist said. “1.2 million, I think is the number of people that visited the website.”
The tiles with the most votes made it onto what is now called Notion way.
“Now, it’s not an official name of the street. It’s an unofficial name, but we did get an official-looking sign,” he said.
JJ Hollingsworth, who is a music composer, wrote a ballad called Notion Way for the special occasion. What started as a horrible mistake ended up bringing the community together.
“It’s really beautiful,” neighbors Tom Goslinga & Nesha Niezrecki said. “It’s how culture gets created in a lot of ways. People kind of being creative with an interesting situation. It’s really cool.”
While Hollingsworth is grateful for how this story ended, she says she learned a valuable lesson from this whole experience.
“Read the fine print and ask a lot of questions,” she said.
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A driver in a car riddled with bullets fled a Marin County Sheriff’s Office deputy at high speeds over the Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco early Tuesday morning, according to authorities. The suspect, identified as Martin Zuniga Jr., 26, was later located in Novato and arrested.
The deputy first observed the suspect driving at approximately 100 mph on Highway 101 near the Richardson Bay Bridge. After pulling over the car, the deputy “noticed approximately 14 fresh bullet holes in the vehicle,” the sheriff’s office wrote. Zuniga allegedly told the deputy that he had just been involved in a road rage incident near Novato, but he refused to get out of the car and give a statement.
Zuniga “abruptly put the car into drive and fled the scene,” the sheriff’s office wrote.
The pursuit led to the Golden Gate Bridge, where the deputy disengaged due to unsafe speeds across the span, according to authorities. The car was later found abandoned on the streets of San Francisco.
At approximately 6 p.m., detectives located Zuniga in downtown Novato and placed him into custody. The sheriff’s office said at the time of the arrest that he was in possession of a loaded .40-caliber pistol with a high-capacity magazine and suspected cocaine.
Zuniga was booked into the Marin County Jail for:
- Reckless evading
- Violently resisting law enforcement
- Felon in possession of a firearm
- Felon in possession of ammunition
- Addict in possession of a firearm
Anyone with information regarding a shooting or road rage incident in the evening or early morning hours of June 15 and June 16 is asked to contact the Marin County Sheriff’s Office at 415-479-2311.
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