At this point, you have a chance to speak if you wish to speak on something which is not on the agenda that you want to bring to the attention of the planning commission.

Does anyone wish to have a public comment?

If not, then uh we will move on.

The public hearings.

First is the zoning text amendment regarding the residential care facilities.

Okay, great.

Thank you.

Good evening, Chairperson Anderson and members of the commission.

I'm Crystal DeCastro, Principal Planner in the Community Development Department.

The following item is a request for the Planning Commission to consider a resolution recommending the City Council adopt an ordinance amending various sections of the zoning code related to residential care facilities along with minor code updates.

State law requires cities to address barriers to housing development for vulnerable populations, including persons with disabilities, the unhoused, extremely low-income households, seniors, and the local critical workforce.

Consistent with this requirement, the city's housing element program requires the amendment to the zoning ordinance to increase the flexibility of residential care facilities or RCFs in all zones that allow for residential use and reduce their parking requirements.

So what is a residential care use?

So under the city zoning code, it defines two types of residential care use.

One is residential care home or RCH, and the other is residential care facility, or RCF.

So RCH refers to small facilities that serve six or fewer individuals allowed by right in all residential zones per state law.

RCF refers to larger facilities that serve seven or more individuals allowed by right in some residential zones and others may require a use permit in residential zones.

Both types provide 24-hour non-medical care and are licensed by the state.

State law requires that cities treat RCH as a residential use.

To support and implement the city's housing element program and expand housing opportunities for special needs population, the proposed amendments would update the definition for RCH and RCF, clearly distinguishing them by capacity.

So RCH has six or less and RCH has seven or more.

It would update the base district regulations to allow RCFs in areas where RCH is allowed, and then align the parking requirements as follows.

In residential zones, apply the same parking standards to RCFs as RCH, and then reduce the employee parking in non-residential zones from one space per employee to 0.75 spaces per employee.

While the maintaining the current 0.25 spaces per bed requirement.

Staff evaluated three alternatives and parking standards in three nearby cities, the cities of Dublin, Pleasanton, and Pleasant Hill.

The analysis included four existing RCFs in Walnut Creek as seen here.

As highlighted in this table, alternative one provides a moderate reduction in total parking.

It helps avoid overparking in residential areas and aligns with regional practices and trends.

Lastly, it maintains adequate capacity for both staff and visitors.

Earlier today, the city received a comment letter requesting for an additional amendment, and that would be to use floor area ratio or FAR in residential zones.

FAR measures floor area, not building shape.

So development in residential areas are concerned with keeping the character of the neighborhood.

Therefore, development is not based is on based on coverage, setbacks, and height, not FAR.

In not non-residential zones, such as commercial zones or mixed-use zones, far is based on the intensity of its use.

So typically buildings within mixed-use or commercial zones like downtown is more intense, so they're taller buildings rather than the buildings that are in residential neighborhoods.

The amendment before you tonight would not limit the amount of beds within a facility.

Therefore, RCFs would be feasible in residential zones.

As the amount of beds is controlled by the State Department of Social Services.

If the Commission would like to add FAR to this list of amendments in residential zones, staff would need more time to study the implications of this in the residential zoning districts.

Next is the minor code cleanup items.

Adding the definition for objective standards is one of the cleanup items, and that is just to be consistent with what the state allows and what is defined by the state.

Next is um removing an outdated summary use table by removing this table that avoids redundancy.

And also we have the data parcel viewer now available online that the community can refer to.

And lastly, with each zoning district in the chapter, it lists what the uses are that are allowed.

One more thing is the ADU ordinance update.

The update is to align with state law as it clarifies provisions for occupancy, fire sprinklers, demolition permits, and noticing.

And this is already something the city already practices because it's a state law.

In conclusion, staff recommends the planning commission adopt a resolution recommending council find the proposed amendments exempt from CEQA and adopt the ordinance.

Staff is available for any questions.

Yes, proposing them as precedents where uh they'd use FAR for it.

Um but as I understand, all of those were in commercial zones.

Yes, they were in PDs, so they weren't in residential zoning.

Okay, they were office commercial.

And having RCRFs RCFs in uh um commercial zones uh evaluated one way and having them in residential zones evaluated a separate way, that all that complies with the state law.

That would comply with the state law.

Okay.

Yes.

What else?

Commissioner Count.

Um so in the letter that we received, there were two um sections that they suggested, one was for um the section in residential districts, but the other was for in non-residential districts, asking to add the line that says the maximum density for residential care facility shall be governed by the maximum floor area ratio in the underlying zoning district.

From what you presented here, it sounds like that's already the case.

That's already the case because they're more intense uses, so they use VAR.

But we don't have that wording it currently, it's just a practice rather than my question is would we need to add the wording that the letter is suggesting in order to clarify that going forward or I believe that it's clear, but I would need to ask legal to back and jump in on it.

So um for non-residential districts, and then let's go back to zone, um, let's go back to the general plan.

The general plan land use designations prescribes a range of FAR for non-residential land use designations and a range of densities for residential density for residential uh land uses.

Um in doing so, the um the zoning code picks up the same thing and drills down a little bit.

But what it does, I think the the different word here is maximum.

So it it's that would that would be a minor change.

I mean, if you if if the city wished to add the word maximum, it would give them uh by right to max out that density range listed in the general plan.

Let me add to that by saying that um the state also recently classified RCFs as um uh uh subject to utilizing density bonus.

So they are residents.

Commissioner Moran, thank you.

I the I caught a line in there saying that RCF's bed count was regulated by the state, I'm assuming it was a the department of that.

Is there do you know what that cap is?

Cause I'm what I'm wondering is you know RC uh eight.

The the the smaller version is six or less, but it's seven to we don't know, or yes, they have their regulations for that, and I'm not sure exactly what those regulations, but I think it would be related to safety and health requirements and fire code.

I know I know you can't tell me, but uh is it I wonder what that is.

The fact that there's no there's no ceiling, and I understand you know that we're not talking we're gonna put 20 beds in there more than likely, but I wish I knew, you know.

Yes, so what I can say is for a residential zone, you're limited by the size of the building, the setbacks, and the height.

So whatever would be allowed by the state within those confines of that building is different from what would be allowed, say in a taller mixed use or a commercial office area where there you would have a lot more floor area ratio to allow for more beds.

And this ties into the what we were just discussing, right?

So let's say you know the cap the cap as to the state, you know, depending on how large the facility is would be X, if we were to use floor area ratio determination, that would actually probably give leeway to increase the number of beds, right?

It would give leeway to increase the number of beds and increase the building intensity, meaning the floor, meaning the height, meaning how big of the lock coverage would be, would be even more, it would be greater.

Okay, yeah.

Thank you.

I would just add, if I'm not mistaken, my perception of the state uh organization involvements is around need and not around building side size.

So they're looking at need, demographic need in your community.

How many beds are needed for X kind of use?

So uh on the parking question, um, it looks like the uh what's proposed for Walnut Creek is uh in the same range as the other cities you looked at.

Um perhaps a little uh higher per employee, but a little lower per bed.

Um but would you consider that to be basically in the same range as the others?

Yeah, we were kind of in the middle between the other cities.

Okay.

Um for the six and under, does that include employees or just the residents?

So let me just make sure here.

Based in our zoning code is just six residents.

And the reason I ask is because um I have family that works in one of these and they sleep there, but they're not technically a resident.

So that's why I was one because a a lot of you have to sleep there to take care of the patients.

So I'm I'm wondering, but okay.

It's the actual patients, yes.

Okay.

Any questions?

Um I will ask what they're open up to public hearing.

Uh, one member of the public here, you like to speak on this matter.

I would love to.

All right, it's a good entree in, so it's exactly what I'm talking about.

Uh my name is Peter Gillis.

Good evening, everybody.

I'm here on behalf of the owner of 2643 Larkey Lane here in Walnut Creek.

Um, you all, the letter you're re- talking about, it was sent by their legal counsel, and they wanted me to reiterate.

Uh so um I'm a land broker, I work with a lot of developers, and this asset class has become very popular because it's needed with uh the aging population, and there is an economies of scale, and what they worry about with this with uh to get enough beds, you know they're not looking to do a high rise um thousand bed kind of thing that doesn't fit with the with the model but they need enough because it's so expensive to build these days that they they need that.

So um let's see so i in this letter what they really wanted to urge was the planning commission and the city council to slightly modify the language to clarify the maximum permitted density on residential care facilities to continue to be governed by a an FAR.

So in these residential districts um it can really limit you I don't know if you guys have ever had to visit a anyone in one of these facilities.

Yeah it's uh uh they but it's parking really dictates the amount of beds um that we find on these so that is really you guys kind of covered it all and I appreciate it so they did give some uh precedence and as you said those were in a more of a commercial but this one is a residential zone it's kind of an odd lot it used to have a seven lot subdivision on it that was very peculiarly laid out and so this would really maximize the lot um doesn't affect uh the neighbors hardly at all and you know these type of facilities don't generate a tremendous amount of traffic so I think that's it.

Appreciate your time thank you.

Okay, questions, speaker.

Thank you.

I'll close the public hearing or close the public comment and uh bring it back to the the Commission.

For comments or motions.

Mr County um I guess I I'm still thinking about this particular scenario um that the letter is referring to um what a what it sounds like they're asking for is for an RCH to use the FAR, which we don't normally do.

So that would be a big change.

So that's that would require staff to go back and study the issue.

Am I understanding that clearly the the distinction is is where it is.

Right oh right.

Not not whether it's six or yes so right so theirs is in a residential district which we don't usually use FAR for.

I think the I the idea is that it's in a residential district where we don't use FAR for residences.

And it's supposed to fit in with the residential community that the same kinds of setbacks and you know heights and so forth limitations and constraints would would apply um now whether that allows you more or less space sounds like it probably allows you less um but that's the intent is to keep uh consistent with the with a residential neighborhood you want people to the whole point is for it to feel residential when someone moves into one of those facilities.

Right.

Okay.

And I make a comment that's also you want to keep the neighborhood to look the same to an extent to keep the character of the neighborhood.

Otherwise we start having all sorts of things going on.

First Chair Needy I have concerns if we were to use FAR because of the way that you apply FAR versus a density densities objective standards has setbacks.

And so one thing that I was thinking about Chip when you said that state density bonus law so in theory if someone would apply an FAR they could use a waiver to waive out of a height limitation and right.

And say that it physically precludes and so it just it makes me nervous to not I I think if someone if some if the fact that states any state density bonus law does apply to our s RCF or R C H then in theory if someone wanted to increase the density instead of using an FAR they could just apply a density bonus and get more density, but still keeping some objective standards like setbacks that is not gonna feel like a tower that's completely overbearing because I think FAR coupled with state density might be a little bit I don't know I'm just I'm trying I'm trying to think of how how it how would still emulate residential to fit in that area and I can't think of a way that it would otherwise, as far as the mechanism for density bonus that that is based on units, is it not?

Correct, and that's and that's gonna be a challenge.

Um but uh before before we discuss that, we should we the difference between uh um the that issue here is is what we're we're talking about density, but density is really not the issue, it's how big is the box and and the box is either going to be use an FAR standard or it's gonna use a building height set uh coverage and setback standard, and that's that's what we're talking about.

Yeah, if they build if you build one building and have 30 beds in it, it's one unit.

It's one that's uh that's fair, it's one unit.

Yeah, okay.

So density is really not at issue.

If there's a density bonus, we're gonna have to cross that bridge when we get there.

Okay.

I've only used FAR when designing commercial.

Um because it's been a box, a big box that's that's that we add the gross square feet.

That's the way I've always calculated the FARC.

Commissioner Klopp.

The one question I had was related to parking, and I'm unsure how that relates to using FAR, but he described his one of the barriers as the number of parking slots required, and we're uh proposing a reduction in a standard currently, so shouldn't that help him?

I I don't I don't quite understand how those two arguments go together, but they are linked together in one of his sentences.

So the change would actually allow for more parking, right?

Oh, I think less, especially in the commercial zones and non-residential zones.

Thank you.

All right, any further discussion or a motion.

I do a motion.

Just to clarify on the parking, the uh I'm reading this as in residential zones would stay the same.

Where they're consistent with the underlying zoning district, it's the non-residential zones that our chart applies to.

Oh, that's right.

That's correct.

Okay.

Oh, sorry.

Um, I'd like to um my god, I'm having a brain part, to uh uh approve the this is this is approval not recommendation.

This is a recommendation of the city council.

Apologies.

I do move on to recommendation for an ordinance of the city council, the city of Walnut Creek amending various sections of Title 10, Chapter 2 zoning of the Walnut Creek Municipal Code to implement housing element program H-3.h regarding residential care facilities to clarify accessory dwelling unit, am I reading the right thing?

Yes, regulations consistent with state law and to make minor code cleanup edits.

Thank you.

That was a big one.

Any further discussion on the motion?

Call and roll, we'll do a roll call vote.

Uh Vice Chair Knighting.

Yes.

Commissioner Strongman.

Uh yes.

Commissioner Moran?

Yes.

Commissioner Cound?

Yes.

Commissioner Qualk?

Yes.

Commissioner Klopp.

Yes.

And Chair Anderson.

Yes.

That motion carries 7 0.

Very good.

Move on to our last item tonight, which is continuing retro junkie.

I will not ask if there are anyone who wishes to speak on this.

Well, we will okay.

So we open the item.

Okay.

I'm sorry.

Open the item.

Yes.

Open the public hearing and public comment and close that.

And uh any discussion about the motion.

We need a motion.

Yes.

I move that we continue item uh four B retro chunky to the meeting of November 13th.

Twenty twenty-five.

Thank you.

I'll second that.

Okay.

We have a motion and a second.

And it's called a roll.

Commissioner Klopp.

Yes.

Commissioner Strongman?

Yes.

Commissioner Moran.

Here.

Yes.

Sorry.

Commissioner Cowan.

Yes.

Commissioner Quapp?

Yes.

And uh Vice Chair Knighting?

Yes.

Chair Anderson.

Yes.

Okay.

Motion carries that item is continued to November 13th.

Okay.

Um five is Commission considerations for items that are not required to be public notice, but where we think some discussion might be helpful.

Any commissioner considerations.

Not move on to number six, which is member and staff reports or announcements.

I have one.

Just a reminder that there is a mayor chair breakfast uh meeting on 10 24 at 7 30 a.m.

upstairs.

Okay.

All are welcome.

Umice chair and I get to sit at the front table.

I'm just going to sit elsewhere.

Unless you'd like to sit with us, that's fine too.

Um but uh yeah.

If you haven't been to one of those, it's uh um it's interesting to hear about what everybody else is doing and uh how the city council is up to how everything get a better sense of how things fit together and you got breakfast.

So it's a win-win.

Um, I also just had a brief comment, if that's okay.

Um I just wanted to say thank you to the staff and the city council uh for moving forward uh this week with the visioning and strategy for the general plan update.

Um really seeking a format that will encourage input from a wide range of perspectives.

So thank you.

And I also wanted to say thank you to our community longtime champion of champions of the arts in Walnut Creek.

Um a number of us attended the on Broadway event this past weekend.

Um and it just it just made me so proud to live in a city that values the arts, champions the arts, and finds ways to bring people together of all ages in such enriching ways.

So I just wanted to share that.

Um yeah, thanks.

I'd like to also thank our interim city attorney who handled all of our legal questions tonight, without any hesitation.

A lot of work.

Yeah.

Thank you for being here.

All right.

Uh if there's nothing more, uh, we stand adjourned.

29 minutes.

We had 30 minutes.

To Walnut Creek and Northgate High School.

It's time for the Battle of the Creek volleyball edition.

It's gonna be Los Lomas taking on North Great in this cross town rival.

I'm Anthony Schultz along with El Lapsker Schwartzman Chloe Ty is also with us.

And uh so far so good for both of these teams.

Fourteen wins on one side, and then thirteen wins on the other.

So both teams a nice year so far.

Uh North Gate is second in the league currently, and Alkalani's is uh Los Almas is third in the league.

Uh winning over Kalanis has decided there's standings right now.

Yeah, Los Almas playing real well.

They've won six rate.

These teams met early in the season, earlier in the season, with uh Los Lomas winning.

So Northgate kind of looking for some redemption there, and uh Los Lomas looking to get uh a season sweep over the Crosstown rival Broncos.

Yes, this is a Battle of the Creek, but it's also Dig Pink right now, which is why you see everyone warming up in pink shirts, symbolizing uh October and the fight for breast cancer right now.

Uh great cause.

Come on back.

Battle of the Creek coming up right here on Walnut Creek TV.

We're still looking forward to the gonna go to the reverse.

And the ladies are getting set to start here, and Elle and Chloe along with me, and then we were just talking about how the the talent level looked like it's getting better and better.

Yeah, this is probably due to the local club vibe, which is a Walnut Creek based club.

Their talent as they grow as a bigger club has spread into both of these schools.

And so you'll see players on both sides have both come from vibe.

Well, here come the girls.

And again, why all the pink around?

This is Dick Pink today.

October is breast cancer awareness month.

So Dick Pink.

The schools raise money to try and then we donate the money to organization for cancer and breast cancer research.

So we can find a big big seal down there.

And uh Los Lomas had their big pink earlier this week.

What a great cause.

All right, teams getting set, and in that Diablo foothill league.

Northgate coming in at five and three in the Diablo foothill.

13 and 8 overall.

Los Lomas four and three in League 14 and 5 overall.

And the uh referees today, Kathy Laraya is the R1.

She'll be up on the stand.

Dan Huey will be across court.

He will be the R2.

Los Lomas, a winner earlier in the season against Northgate, and they actually won rather easily.

So Northgate looking to be much more competitive against their crosstown rivals.

We are just a couple of minutes away from getting this one started.

There's Grace Lau out talking to the Northgate Broncos.

And you see Los Lomas going through their dance ritual.

It's all about bonding.

Yes.

Hopefully we get a lot of uh cheering between the teams.

It always makes it more fun, especially when you have the parents involved.

All right, just getting ready to start now.

Broncos in black.

And Los Lomas in white.

Just telling uh Ella before that uh sometimes in the old days you'd watch that football game, and the color scheme's just too close for these crosstown rivals.

Look like an inter squad game going on.

It looks like number 19 for uh Los Lomas's captain.

And I believe for maybe 17.

Uh for Northgate.

We have Hannah or number number 13 and number 10 as well as number 17 are all captains for Northgate.

Hannah Estelle, number 13, and we are set to go.

And it will be Hannah Estelle number 13 to get us started here with the serve for the Northgate Broncos.

Best of five here to decide it.

And this first one is no good.

Lie left and a point for Los Lomas to start.

London Palmer will get the serve going here for the Knights.

They did not put a one up on the board.

Now they do.

Third one's got to come over.

It does.

Diving for it, unable to get there and make the play.

Is Emma Gullaher.

Valiant effort, but uh couldn't quite save it.

That was a really nice out of system kill for Gagne.

Number three.

And now she's up to serve.

Alright, here's Gyne Salooney.

One of four sisters going through the program.

Here's the serve.

Kind of looking for it and finding it the last minute.

Was Las Lomas set up.

Spike.

Diving for it, unable to get it.

Is the Libero in the back row?

Lekken uh Donny's one of the feature players here for the Knights.

Another valiant effort, but can't get that one.

And now two to one in favor of the Broncos.

Here's Gyne again.

Here's Grace Lau, the head coach right near her.

And this one to set up to nobody.

Los Lomas did not react well at all.

Ali Velasquez tried to set it up to a teammate, but nobody rotated back for the ball.

That's a really big miscommunication error that might cost them later on if it keeps going like this.

Here's Saloney again.

And this one not going over the net.

So the Broncos on a bit of a run here after Los Lomas had the first one with the misserve.

They've run off four in a row, four to one in favor of the home team.

Oh, set up nicely.

The Broncos are able to get that one back over.

That was a center dump earlier.

And this one is good.

Knocked home, but that center dump did not catch the Broncos by surprise.

Priya number five is very good at getting those dumps in in that campfire area.

And that was a really nice tip by Sofia Woods to end off that play.

That's Priya Salvaraja of the Northgate Broncos.

And now four to two and Los Lomas with the serve.

And boy, that's gonna be just long.

And the point is gonna go to the Broncos.

Boy, talk about a good job for Northgate with uh Priya knowing where she was on the court, and either she let it go or she missed it.

I'm not exactly sure, but whatever it is, it worked out well.

5-2 Northgate.

She's up to serve now.

Set tapped over.

They joust at the net, and the joust winners are the Broncos, and they lead it now by four, six to two.

It was a really good idea by the Los Lomas center to try and go with the three, but the block is really good.

McKenna started off as middle, now playing Oppo, and her and Kira together are good block.

Broncos with the serve again.

Set.

Tapped over.

Broncos ready for it.

Third one's got to go over.

It does it.

Set up spikes home.

Nice setup and nice spike.

And it's McKenna Kissak getting the kill.

So the Knights have had a little bit of problem with some of their communication so far.

That had been a problem earlier in the season.

They have seemed to get that adjusted properly, but it's uh biting them a little bit here in this first set.

There's a roll shot going over, diving for it, unable to get it.

And that kill is gonna go down.

I can't see the number.

Constitution for a 17 for four, and then two for 13 for Los Lomas.

Number 13 is up to serve.

It looks like she'll be playing center right now, so meaning they're playing a 6-2, a 6-2 rotation system for the setters.

Amara and a muo is gets credit for that last point.

Here's a spike and the block.

Put it back.

Return to sender.

And the Knights get the point.

That was a really nice, really nice hit, but an even nicer block.

Third one's got to go over.

It does with the roll shot and then hit backwards the other way.

And that was Maddie Buscaglia unable to get that one to go in the right direction.

Eight to four now in favor of the Broncos.

Gianna Vice is now on for Northgate.

18 serving.

That she'll be playing center.

Trini Renato, number seven for Northgate is now playing front row.

Oppo.

Yeah, the Broncos to serve.

Leading by four.

Dug out nicely that time.

Back set.

Slam.

Broncos are ready for it.

There's one going over, hit at the net and then going down point to the Broncos.

That was a really nice tool on the block.

Gianna Vice.

Another serve for Giana.

Set.

Spike blocked, and this one is gonna go.

Point for the Los Lomas Knights.

Another joust at the net.

First one was one by Northgate.

This one won by the Knights.

Now a substitution.

London Palma is on, playing Ferro outboard.

Here's Omara Anubo.

Six feet one jumps through the building.

Her serve is handled pretty easy.

This one coming back, and it's gonna be off of Ghani.

She couldn't handle it.

Really nice out of system hit for Caprice Campanelli for Northgate.

Amara, very athletic, can really play all over.

So many of these players do.

This one going backwards.

Kind of miss hit by Palma that time.

She went out to try to get it to a teammate and just didn't get enough of it.

11 to 5 now, Broncos.

This one going backwards again.

Donnie's trying to save it.

She had to go go past the one young lady with the flag out there and couldn't make the play.

And now all of a sudden, the Broncos have sprinted out to a seven-point lead.

A little bit of a discussion between their coach and the downer.

It looks like the flag girl might be asked to move out of the way next time.

So Liz Myers talking it over with uh Don Huey, the R2.

Good explanation in there.

It's like Donnie's had to go completely around her, and just because of that had no play on the ball.

Play is resumed.

There is no replay.

And this one into the net.

So the service error there gives the six point two.

The Lady Knights and Lekanadonis will serve.

Sophia Woods is now in.

Set.

Tapped over.

There's Amara.

Amara back row attack and she puts it home.

There you saw the athleticism of Amara and Umo.

She played a really big part in Los Alamos's last last time they played.

She definitely carried them to the end line.

Here's one coming over.

Third one's got to go over.

It does with the roll shot.

Oh, nicely played by Donnie's to save that one in the middle.

And this one is going to be blocked down.

Counted for the Broncos, and they lead it 13 to 7.

There is now no Libero on the court for Northgate as the middle serves, and there's a middle and front row.

And that of course, Lubero, they can uh substitute whenever they want.

And limited to I think 18 for everybody else.

And here comes the serve.

Broncos by six.

First set here in this battle of the creek.

And blocked back.

And now the point is gonna be awarded.

Four hits called against the Broncos.

Back in stepping in for number six.

Kathy LaRaya, the R1 making that call, putting up the four fingers.

Too many chances there for the Broncos.

13 to 8 now.

Set up.

Joust at the net.

Kind of.

That ball on the set never got above the net that time.

That was a little close to the net.

Hopefully next time they can capitalize on it.

Emma Gallagher.

Boy, got to chase this one.

Beautifully done to keep it alive.

Oh, what a play that time.

Set.

Tapped over, and nobody can get this one.

And getting the kill that time is London Palma.

But uh boy, what a play by Caprice Campanelli, number 10 to keep that one alive.

That was a great play.

This one coming over.

Caprice with the back set, and it's spike backwards and Palma does it again.

She's really tall, has always been very good at blocking, especially in her position, and her timing for that was immaculate.

And that is gonna be a service error.

Long and a little bit too wide.

And the score now 14 to 11, and Northgate will get the serve back.

Another setup off of substitution for Northgate with number 13.

Number 13, Hannah Stell serving.

Here comes Hannah now.

Second chance at the serve for her.

Set.

Spiked over.

Hannah going for it.

She missed it, and the point's gonna go to Las Lomas.

That was a really nice, well placed far push tip by number 16 Landed Palma.

Another serve upcoming here for the Lady Knights.

Broncos set this one up and going backwards.

Lekina couldn't handle that one coming from across the court.

Alright, Gyne Saluni.

Another chance at the service line for Dyne.

Set.

Spike.

And that one is going down.

Gyne was there, but just too hard.

Beautiful, beautiful hit by Amara.

Again, she was a really big part of Los Almas's last one against Northgate.

It'd be really interesting to see if she can do it again here.

They know they can get her the ball, and she's either gonna get the kill or she'll get them in a reset.

And this one going a right, trying to save it, and the Lady Knights cannot.

And the Broncos go up now 17 to 12.

Amara really great at keeping her team in system.

And that first time against Aka helped them win because she could get the kill.

Gyne.

And too long.

Another service error.

That's kind of been a problem for Northgate.

That's at least three so far in the first set.

It seems like they're pushing a lot deeper, trying to get the deep line.

See if Los Lomas will let it go.

But it has not been working so far.

And this one off the net and counted.

Sophia Woods with the serve.

And boy, a little bit of luck that time.

It hit the top of the net and then went over for the score.

Sofia pushing herself to be a six rotation middle.

She'll exhaust herself playing all the way around and really runs a great offense.

That was a nice save by number 12 McKenna Kissa.

And Joust of the net.

Set up.

Spike.

That one's coming down.

Set up very nicely.

Out of system, but she always makes it work.

She definitely is very good at powering through that block.

Los Lomas's block.

McKenna Kissack set up very nicely.

She gets the kill.

And as many times as the Broncos or as Los Lomas sees the Broncos start to pull away.

Still able to stay in this one.

This one hits the net.

Oh, and one good turn deserves another.

The Knights had that happen on their side, and now the Broncos get it here as they pick up the point.

They lead by five.

Seriously.

Nice save.

Tapped over.

Set.

Roll shot coming over.

Set up.

There's another one pushed.

Bronco save this one.

Amara again and she puts it down.

It seems that Northgate's trying to push the deep corners for La Soma, seeing if they can catch a little barra off guard, maybe off the fingertips.

But so far it's been going up and setting up perfectly for Amara, who just killed it every time.

Yeah, Amara was so good as a freshman last year.

A lot of coaches wanted Liz to uh nominate her for all league as a freshman.

There's a nice setup right there, but the block by Omara, it's gonna go out of bounds though.

And the Broncos gonna get a point, but we are really seeing the athleticism of Amara on display here tonight.

And beyond that, we're also seeing everyone following it to the line.

McKenna over there followed made sure the ball is actually out.

And on the other side of Los Lomas, the serves.

They're really making sure is it going in or is it going out and following it to the line until they're sure it's going out?

Yeah, this one coming over.

20 to 15 now in favor of the Broncos.

Amara with that roll shot.

Set spike, and that one is a little bit too far, and the point's gonna go to the Broncos.

They said.

A really nice deflection for Kira Eberz, number six, hits it in a three or a push one, excuse me, and just goes off the hands and out.

That one looked like it was.

I thought that was out for a moment there, but apparently not.

Nice pass.

Tapped over.

Oh, what a diving play to keep it alive for North Gate.

Amara again, and they get this one.

And this one hits the top of the net.

Set.

Nights onto the outside hitter, but the knights are ready.

Amara taps it over, gets it to the open spot, and this one hit up into the stands.

Gayne Saluni was right there, but too much power on that tip.

21 16 now in favor of the Broncos.

They've led throughout.

Here's Amara to serve, and this one is gonna be out of bounds.

Wide left.

And the Broncos getting close to victory here.

And sophomore, Connie Kai was recently pulled up from JB, going up to serve now instead of number number 10, Caprice Campanelli.

Broncos three points away from a first set victory here.

Set spike, and this one is gonna be no good.

No, it is good.

Broncos.

That was a beautiful slide attack.

You don't see that very often, even in varsity.

So when you see it's always beautiful.

So Lekken up gonna serve here.

Her club five points down here in this opening set.

Third one's got to go over.

It does.

Tapped over.

Nobody there.

Oh, what great placement.

That looked almost a little bit like a miscommunication.

A set too high.

But Sophia Woods managing our fingertips just in time and found the space where the North Gate Libera was not.

Sophia Woods very good at blocking up front.

Great hang time.

We saw it there.

Just the tap over to put it into the no man's land.

22-18.

And finally get open spot on the floor.

Right between three players, and the Broncos get a point now, two points away from the victory.

A bit of hesitation and a tool from the block.

That's all it takes to get the point.

Palma was right next to another player, and they could not uh that was another miscommunication there.

Two players going for the ball at the same time.

Specifically, two outsides, both trained to be on the one that needs to take the ball, but sometimes the communication is just the thing that keeps the game going.

Twenty-five's a winner.

Boy, awkward looking hit that time, and they're gonna be out of bounds, and that is gonna be a point for the Broncos.

They win it.

This first set by a final of 25 to 18.

So the Broncos take the first set.

We'll be back with set number two in just a moment.

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The final as Northgate wins that uh first set, second set coming up, and uh for the Broncos, Gianna Vice, some nice saves, but some miscommunication on the Los Lomas side may have cost them that set.

Yes, especially at the beginning.

Northgate went out for one.

A lot of those were either aces that Northgate golf of Los Lamas and mostly seemed to be caused because of the miscommunication, watching the ball drop between two or three players, and that also came back into play at the end of the set, which probably secured North Keep the win.

So the Broncos get this first one, and that is unusual for Los Lomas.

They had actually come in winning 13 of their last 15 sets.

So that's just the third set they've lost in their last 16, and that uh covers this game, of course, and uh they had one six in a row coming in to tonight's play.

Uh these these games, especially in the last year, have proven to be long ones.

Uh last year, that battle of the creek was five sets and same with the year before that.

So we could be here for a long time.

Yeah, games started late just because what you're talking about.

Uh these uh games going all five.

Freshman, one of the resets, same with JV, three sets.

Right.

This one could very well go to five, and there's always been a history of a reverse weeps here.

We're supposed to start at 6:30, started way later than that tonight.

This one tapped over, and that is gonna be a point for the Broncos for the Knights.

Rather, and I think they were into the net over on the far side.

That and also it looks like there was a big antenna touch.

So one-nothing in favor of the Broncos as we start set number two.

Battle the Creek, the volleyball version for 2025.

Oh, Donnie's able to keep that one alive.

Taps back over, back set, and this one is gonna go off the blocker, and that kill is going to go to McKenna at Kissack.

When she when she gets a hold of the ball, the whole gym hears it.

Very powerful when the Broncos get her set up, it's a good day for them.

She has a very good sense of where to go with the ball in terms of kills, and a lot of times her percentages with those kills are wonderful.

There's one spike down, ready for that time.

Blocks.

Donnie's able to keep that alive.

There's the block.

Boy, got the net moving around a whole lot.

They're gonna give a point over here to the Broncos, and another situation there on the near side this time.

It this time it looks like Los Lamas is disagreeing, maybe slightly angry, saying that it was the ball that's just the net.

But the call stands.

Liz Meyer turns and with a very dejected look on her face, walks back over to the Lady Knights bench.

She did not agree with that call.

Two to one now in favor of Northgate.

That one is gonna be a service error into the net.

It goes, and the score all nodded up to a piece.

Counting for the Broncos.

So an early lead for the Knights has turned into a three to two deficit here.

Here's Selvaraje with the serve.

Spike down.

Oh boy.

Good looking play there to keep that one alive.

Amara with the spike.

Blockers were there, however, tapped over.

Set.

Spike blocked!

And what a rally we got here.

They joust at the net and the lady knights get the point.

That was a good looking play right there.

Yes.

Especially in the middle there.

You saw number five LaBearra for Northgate.

Place that ball right where the middle was for Las Lomas, effectively taking her out of the hitting.

Which middle is always great for kills.

Still Los Almas got the point.

Here's Sofia Woods now a three-three time.

That might have been our best rally, Ella all night.

Yes.

And this one going to the Knights.

Line judge has been overruled by the up ref.

Up ref is saying that is go the serve went in.

Maybe that's an untouched ace for Sophia Woods.

Yeah, I thought it was out too, but the officials did not think so.

Sophia Woods is going to get to serve again here.

4-3 lead now for the Broncos.

Nice touch.

Third one's got to go over.

It's not going to make it.

So it's five to three.

Good looking serve to help keep the Broncos out of system that time.

And Sophia Woods looking for her third straight point.

And that is going to be out.

Service error for Sophia.

She did score a pair, however.

And that is going to.

So here's Vice.

Coming back to Amara.

A couple of steps behind the line behind the net that time.

And Amara trying to save it and she does.

And now spikes it hole.

Oh.

Oh, Amara back to back.

Great plays for the 90 nights.

She touched the net.

Oh, it's going to be wiped out for the infraction.

You got to admit, though, it looked good.

He was very close.

It was either her fence or the ball, and then highlight reel for Omara, but it doesn't count.

Five-five now.

Omara just going to push this one over.

There's the center dump again.

The Broncos have been on that.

A lot of times you'll see that play catch the uh opposing team by surprise, but not here.

Yes.

That one blocked at the mat.

Lady's got another rally going.

Free ball coming here.

And that's going to be good.

Oh, what a shot coming far side, the near side.

Just stayed in.

That's inside the line.

Six to five Broncos.

We really see Northgate's defensive play here.

Libero and Tedder are covering the shore core.

And then number three, Ghana Saludi is covering all the deep corners.

Here's Caprice setting it up.

Dumped over and counted.

Kierra Everest.

Her dad's the UC Berkeley water polo coach.

So you know she's got to be in great shape.

You're playing water polo.

Plenty of energy here for volleyball.

And she, after the fine setup, able to put it down.

Two-point lead here for the Broncos.

Free ball coming over.

Knights out of system that time, but they get the ball back over.

This one right into the net.

Miss hit by Trini Ronaldo.

Trini is the only left-handed person on the Northgate roster currently.

Meaning the sets she needs to be able to hit that ball successfully differ a lot from a right-handed person.

Schlegenhoff.

Now to serve.

It's a one-point game.

Oh, what a diving play there to save it.

This one coming over.

Set.

Amara to spike and she puts it down.

Amara set up really nicely that time.

And you can see how far off the floor she gets.

So when she sends it over there with a spike, usually it's not coming back.

Yeah.

And great execution by the whole team.

That was perfectly done.

7-7 tie now.

Oh, there's a center dump.

And again, the opposing team ready for it now.

It's going to be a point for the Broncos.

And I'm not, I'm not exactly sure what happened there.

I couldn't see the signal from the R2.

The center dump was caught by the middle.

But the way the middle hit it back over onto Northgate's side.

Made a push.

She put it from behind her head and pushed it over in front of her.

Meaning that's a point for Northgate.

Kind of like a carry in basketball.

Exactly.

There's been new rules for it, but it's still called.

Eight to seven Broncos as they reclaim the lead, but that one spiked down.

Tanaya Cooley puts that one down from the near side of the net.

And some of these outside hitters now for the Lady Knights.

They are finding the open spot in the Bronco defense.

That was perfectly placed before the middle back defender.

And here's Amara.

There's a back set.

This one blocked at the net, but it's going to go over to the ninth side.

Point to the Bronco.

Again, number seven, Trevor Renardo.

Left-handed.

Let's her get shot.

Other players just can't get.

Broncos lead it nine to eight.

This one going back and forth in set number two.

Set spike.

And a blocker got it at the net.

There's a back set.

Lady Knights ready.

Set up spike way too far.

Looked like just didn't get high enough off the floor to make that hit.

Also looked like she was aiming for the fingertips, possibly to get a deflection, but just missed it by a centimeter there.

10 to 8.

Broncos.

Donnie's went back and got that one.

Here's this.

And oh, put right in a perfect spot.

A really nice up.

Also caught a pancake from number six here at Everest.

But unfortunately, it's not able to be converted.

Yeah, I didn't think she got it, but apparently she did get the hand under it just in the nick of time.

Shorts.

Back set.

Rolled over this time.

Third one's got to come over.

It does.

A one-point game here in set number two.

This one blocked at the net, but the point goes to the Broncos.

That was a really nice set by Gianni Weiss as well.

Had a turn all around for that to find that ball, but got there.

Placed it well, and Gagne was able to execute.

Alright, here's Hannah Estelle now.

She's the lady that gets the hitters activated.

Always very good at getting the ball to the hot player.

Free ball coming over.

Oh, Amara.

Good reactions that time.

And then puts the spike away at the service line.

Oh my lord.

Or at the 10 foot line.

Yes.

Boy, I didn't think she was back so far.

I didn't think that ball was going to be a kill that time, but she was still able to get it down.

Especially if Poor and back row attacks is drifting up to meet that ball in front of her, and she did that perfectly.

Donnie's puts this one up.

Set.

Spike.

Off the block now.

Hannah Estelle set her dump that time, and that has not been an effective play, but that is right there for the score for Los Lomas.

Left-handed touch by Sophia Woods.

Just plays perfectly in the middle.

No one's there.

Gets the kill.

Yeah, we've seen the center dump from both teams a couple of times tonight here, Ella.

And so far, everybody receiving that setter dump has returned it very well.

Yes.

And this one, not a good pass that time.

And that's an ace for number four, Emma Gallagher.

So the Lady Knights have taken the lead here 12 11.

Estelle able to get to that one, but this one right into the net.

Sack number 12 for Northgate.

Ball looks like it got caught up in the light of the ceiling.

Looks like she's been a bit been a bit blinded now.

Kissak not able to get that one back over the net.

Two-point lead here for the Lady Knights.

And now the Lady Broncos.

There's a roll shot.

Set.

Spike.

And that one is down.

Beautiful.

A beautiful one.

Set up perfectly by the center and run by Sophia Woods.

Get that deep corner.

Unfortunately, no one's there for Northgate.

So Sophia Woods set up very nicely, able to get that one down.

Kill percentage going way up here for Los Lomas.

This one hits the top of the net and goes over.

We've seen that three times tonight now.

Timeout by Northgate.

Los Lomas leads 15 to 11.

Well, Northgate takes timeout.

And now it's the Lady Knights with a four-point lead.

And they've really been set up very well.

And the kill's coming fast and furious.

And their kill percentage is going way up right now, and that's why they lead the second set.

Also a couple of service errors on Northgate before we saw then Las Lomas, but Los Almas seemed to clean it up very well.

Their passing rate has gone up by a law, I would say.

Northgate now struggling a little bit with communication and passing.

All right.

Second set rolling along here.

Ladies back on the floor following the Bronco timeout.

Broncos trailing the second set by four, leading in the match after a 25-18 win in the opening sets.

Oh, another setter dump.

And this one blocked back in the Lady Knight's face.

That's going to be a point for the Broncos.

And following that setter dump, they handled that pretty well.

They got things set up, but it was a block on the far side.

For the Broncos.

Number 10 for Northgate who puts Campanelli back on, playing for outside.

Oh boy, gotten her own way.

And somehow the Broncos are going to keep this alive.

That was an awkward-looking play.

There's the block by the Bronca.

No, it's going to actually go.

And somebody was into the net, I believe.

And that is going to be a point for the Knights.

So much power just forced it through that block.

Those hands for Northgate weren't pressed over enough, and it just went down.

Iglesias as Olivia sends this one over.

McKenna, there's the spike.

Nicely done by Donnies to dig that one out.

And this one is going to be good from the far side.

And the Lady Knights going to score again.

They lead it by five.

Northgate coaches look a little bit frustrated.

That was a beautiful kill.

A beautiful pass up by Las Lomas.

And then just executed the middle down.

Caught the corner when no one was.

Hit it where they ain't.

Olivia, another chance, and too far.

Service error for Iglesias.

And it's 17 to 13 now.

Alright, here's Selva Raja.

She sees her Broncos trailing now by four.

Giving the Los Lomas Knights a much better fight here tonight.

Oh, there's the block.

As Amara was going for the kill.

They denied her that time, but Amara blocks it right back.

The Canada Kissak has been really good at converting sets right now to kills.

But now the block just beat her out.

Los Lomas points.

No, they blocked Amara on the previous one.

And then Kissak was set up pretty well to go for the spike.

But Amara blocked her and the point to the Lady Knights.

They have the serve.

They lead it by five.

And this one right into the net for Sofia Woods.

Just when you think you're going on a run, a service error slows you down.

Yes.

As it said, volleyball is a game of service and of serve receive.

You can't get that pass up.

You can't keep playing.

You can't get that turn over the net.

You can't keep playing.

Here's Vice.

Set.

Oh, that was a little bit too far, but actually they put it over anyway after jousting with it.

And the Lady Knights win the joust.

Nicely played by the opposite player for Los Lomas.

Push it into the block and then off the block and it hits the floor.

Those are those kind of 50-50 balls.

Broncos trying to go up to nothing here.

And this one is spiked down.

Couple of players there.

Amara, one of them, along with uh Grady Graham to send that one back where it came.

It's a gorgeous stuffed block, and it looks like they're sending the opposite a little bit too close to the net for Northgate.

20 to 14 now.

Can the Lady Broncos make a run here?

And they're gonna be into the net, and that's gonna cost them.

And sometimes it's just knowing where you are on the floor.

Yeah.

Specially tricky shot off the side, just having a snag of the antenna over there.

21-14 now.

Favor of the Lady Knights looking to even things up at one back set, spike, and dug out nicely.

And boy, the spike goes down.

And look like number three, Gaine Saluti was there, but couldn't make the play.

Time out now.

22 to 14.

And uh the Broncos hoping to go up two to nothing, but it's the Knights have taken control of the second set.

I would say the biggest difference here is their passing.

The defense of Los Lomas has gone a lot better since the last one.

They're not letting as many balls go behind them or fall onto the lines while Northgate's struggling a little bit more with the deep corners, and we'll see if the Los Lomas outsides, especially Amara are able to capitalize on that and just keep hitting those deep corners.

And you were talking about uh the quality of play going up, and because of some of the club teams feeding the high schools and then feeding the varsity teams.

Yes, definitely.

So again, vibe, the biggest local Walnut Creek school uh club, they've as they've been growing bigger.

They used to not really be a club four years ago.

There they're going stronger, their girls go stronger.

Those girls go to Los Lomas and Northgate, and then they make up the varsity for these teams.

And by the time they get to this level, they're very ready to play.

Varsity volleyball 22 to 14.

Here comes the serve from the Lady Knights.

Sets spiking.

This one coming backwards.

Oh, Donnie's a nice play to keep it alive.

And a great job by the Knights to keep this one going.

Donnie's with the dig.

Amara.

Donnie's with a roll shot from the back row.

Boy, Donnie's handling those digs easily.

And Amara puts it away with the spike.

She gets that line.

Northgate LaBaro isn't quite there.

Pulled a little bit more in, preparing for maybe another roll shot.

Just hit it.

Boy, Amara.

Showing what she is all about with those kill shots.

Donnie's a couple of great digs on that last point.

Tapped over county for the Bronco.

So the Broncos trailing it now by six.

So three points away for the Lady Knights to get the win.

Do the Broncos have a rally left in them in this second set.

We keep seeing Northgates, Kira Everest.

Very good at placing that ball, tipping it just through the block over the block, getting that right corner of the court where no one seems to be.

The setter for Los Almas has pulled a little bit more back, maybe preparing for a cross-court kill, and it gets done almost every time.

Yeah, Kierra hits those quick plays well.

That quick set.

Trying to get this all settled and figured out here.

Now showing 23 up there.

So just two points away from victory.

Spike.

Can they get to it?

One more.

Oh, what a beautiful play by the Broncos to keep it alive.

Set tapped over.

Oh, Donnie's trying to dig it out, but she can't get it to a teammate.

And the point goes to the Broncos.

But boy, what a beautiful save over here on the side for the Broncos.

Definitely a highlight.

Wow.

Campanelli.

Nice finish for the point as well.

Just close it out, bringing them closer to catching up to Los Lomas.

Caprice Campanelli making that great play.

Still just two points away.

And there's a spike going down.

Counted again for Amara.

She puts another one down.

Norgate just doesn't seem to have an answer for a kill.

They don't.

She's very good at finding that hole on the block, just hitting it down.

So Amara now gonna serve.

And this one for the set victory.

Broncos trying to stave off the Knights here in set number two.

Set spike, and this one going up into the stands, and we are all tied at one apiece.

So the Lady Knights tie it up.

25 to 17.

Come on back.

We'll have the third set coming up for you right here on Battle of the Creek from Walnut Creek TV.

Okay.

Back to the battle of the creek right here from Northgate High School.

I'm Anthony Schultz along with Ella Lapsker Schwarzman and uh a nice bounce back after a tough first set for the Lady Knights.

Yes.

So currently we're promised another two more sets of volleyball.

We'll see if it can go to three.

Everybody going the distance in the as far as the freshman and the JV.

Here we go.

So the uh first set goes to Northgate twenty-five to eighteen, but it is Los Lomas with that uh nice uh comeback for a twenty-five to seventeen victory.

We're all tied at once.

Set number three, just about to get started here from Northgate High School.

The R two and the R one getting into position, the ladies on the floor, and we are set to go for set number three from Northgate High School, the 2025 version of the Battle of the Creek.

It's ladies' volleyball tonight.

Had a great game in the Battle of the Creek, the football version last week.

Los Lomas staving off a late Northgate charge to win that game, and now they battle here between uh the Broncos of the Knights in volleyball and looks like uh talking things over at the scorers table trying to get things set, and we are about to set to go now here for set number three.

And of course, that fifth set would be a winner at fifteen.

Should we get that far.

Northgate at the serve, number thirteen, Hannah Sell playing center.

So Hannah got a great serve.

Always able to get the ball to her teammates.

Very good at getting the hitters activated.

They were all looking for a little more consistency from her game as the season goes along, but she's been a big part of what the Broncos do here at Northgate.

And this one jousting at the net and unable to save it, and the point is gonna go to the Broncos, and they lead it one to nothing.

Multiple touches for Los Lamas there.

Just a pass that went straight to the net, not able to be saved.

That was slapped down, unable to get it back over.

Is the Broncos and were tied at one very nice roll shot.

Just hit that line corner, no one was there.

Grace's daughter was in her seventh year as the head coach of the Northgate Bron playing for the club, and uh the coach wasn't returning.

So Grace able to take the job, kind of started fresh here.

She's been here now for, as they say, for a minute.

Seven-year tenure for Grace Lau.

Here's a spike coming over.

Donnie's didn't go after that one.

That one is going to be in.

Just hit that corner.

The LeBruss almost did not expect it.

Let it go out, and then just fell right in there.

Was going to be a tough play regardless.

Even if she had to, she made contact.

Very unlikely she was going to be able to make a play on that ball.

So three to one here in the early going of set number three.

And trying to dig it out, unable to do so, are the Lady Knights.

And it's four to one.

Gyna Salone just great serve.

Falls right in front of that passer who doesn't expect it.

Estelle handles that one.

There's a spike block.

And going for it.

And it was kind of right in the middle between two players.

A little bit more miscommunication by the Lady Knights.

Yeah.

See the special.

It got number three.

Layla Hicks.

Right, it's too high up in the chest.

Didn't expect it and fell short where it was supposed to go.

Broncos up five to one here, trying to put some distance, and they're gonna get the service.

Ace again.

And again, the Broncos moved away from each other that time.

Each was expecting the other to go for it.

Just fell in the middle there.

Miscommunication gives the Broncos an early lead.

6-1.

Well, he talked about the miscommunication being a problem earlier in the season.

They apparently had gotten that straightened out, but it's been a problem here in the first set, and now in the third.

Here's Amara.

And the Broncos not going to be able to get that one back over.

It looked like Amara.

They thought she was gonna go for the spike, and then she kind of threw him a change-up that time.

Yeah, also set a little bit close to the net.

Sometimes like that, just easier to hit it, falls out of your hands, and it hits the ground, or no one gets there in time.

And Grace Lau's team out to a 6-2 lead here in set number three.

This one going up in the air, and then falling in the middle of nobody, and some miscommunication on the other side.

Both teams here have been struggling with this communication.

As we get more tired as the sets go on, we'll probably see a pop-up more and more.

So Grace had a chance to coach her daughter.

Paris Haragucci, the last two years that Paris played here for the program.

That must be a very interesting to coach your daughter.

Here is the ball coming back over.

Earlier this season, Paris also helped coach the team a little bit.

She works down in Los Angeles, so that's kind of a tough commute.

Here miscommunication strikes again for Northgate.

And Los Almas capitalizes on it.

Middle goes for a tip in there.

So Grace played her college volleyball at Western New Mexico University.

So a lot of experience with the game.

Roll shot this time, and it scores.

So Amara has been great with the spikes and the kills.

Now she's going with the roll shot, those kind of change ups, and it's catching the Broncos off guard.

Los Lomas has caught up five to six.

It's definitely the miscommunication that's killing Northgate right now.

Hannah sets it up.

This one dumped over.

Not a good pass that time, and it's gonna be out of bounds point to the Broncos.

Looked a little bit like a missed touch from the Los Almas center, maybe a double.

Still Northgate point.

Yeah, it looked like that setting that pass just kind of drifted a little bit too far.

And coming here to the near side, one of the Lady Knights not able to get to that one.

Seven to five now.

This one a little bit too far again, but it worked out well.

Spike blocked back by Amara.

That was also a very smart idea by the back row player up there.

Got her hands up there sitting on the floor, soft block, the over overball kill, trying to be killed by Caprice Campinelli.

Fell into her hands, let the team keep going on that, and eventually they got the ball.

Seven to six now.

Lady Knights trail by one.

They've got the serve.

Donnie's handles this one.

This one coming over.

Set up spike and too far.

It seems both teams are trying to set up their middle, have the middle dominate the play, but for both centers, a little bit too high for the middle, it's a little bit behind them.

Just the middle just trying to get over at this point, and that really left the outside's trying right now.

And Lekana, knowing where she was on the floor, made the right decision that time and letting that one go.

Spike blocked.

Amara to the rescue.

Keeps this one alive.

Set spike.

That one going down from the far side of the floor.

And a nice setup for Caprice Campanelli as she knocks it down.

Beautiful hit.

This had to go for deep corner.

She went more for the line and it fell right in.

So here's Gianna Vice.

Very consistent, providing service runs for this team.

This one tapped over.

Gianna had it and tried to set it up and kind of went right between both her hands.

What happens sometimes?

Long sets, long rallies.

The sweat just gets on that ball.

You get it when you're still diving, it just slips through your hands.

So Gianna makes some very good defensive plays.

That time just kind of mishit it that time as the point goes to the Lady Knights.

And this one miss hit in the back row.

A bit of a rough set at a system for number three.

Garnet Saluni tried her best in the work.

You shake it off.

You go to the next point.

Los Lomas right now leading nine to eight.

So Los Lomas reclaims the lead.

Amara to serve.

Dug out really nicely for the Broncos.

And boy, put it right where they ain't.

On that little dump shot to score for the Broncos.

It seems number four for Northgate, Dandy Mullen, one of the three seniors on the roster.

She's on right now.

That was beautifully placed ball by her.

Yeah, right in between the defenders that time.

All tied at nine now.

There's a spike.

Rescue coming backwards, and there's nobody there.

This could be a location just again.

Beautiful save by the Libera and the Friday outside.

Just no one there to get over for the third touch.

Yeah, Selva Raja made a great play to keep it alive, but the pass kind of went backwards where nobody was.

Here's 10 to 9 now in favor of the Lady Knights, and that one's too long.

A service error, and that's gonna tie things at 10.

And they're gonna let this one go out very nicely played.

Sophia Woods here on the sideline on the near side, recognize that one right away and let it go.

Number four for Los Lopes is back on.

She's had a few early aces, especially in the second set.

Dug out very nicely.

Salvaraja, another good play.

Donnies makes the play again on the other side.

The Liberos getting it done here.

Amara the back row attack.

Tapped over and nobody's there.

And boy, it seems like whoever hits the top of the net with the ball.

It's going their way.

Yes.

Beautiful by Danny Moolin.

Just got that block up there, hit the ball off the side of the hands, and just falls in the middle for Los Lomas.

Lecana and Donnies exchanging some pleasantries with each other.

This one is going to be a service error.

12-11 now in favor of the Lady Knights.

Crazy inconsistency by Northgate.

Those serves are just going off the side to try and get the lines.

It's definitely what's giving Los Lomas the lead right now.

Dug out now.

Salvaraja.

Very nicely.

Off the block.

Off the backboard of the basket.

And this one's gonna count it for the Broncos.

Most of the time we see the basketball hoop not helping.

This time, straight into the hands of Gane Salunier.

Perfectly ham.

And just like that.

You got the baskets put up, but they're still in play here.

When the ball comes off of it, that is a live ball.

Don't see the score being updated.

And boy, did that hit the line.

No, a little bit too long coming from the Lady Knights.

Point to the Broncos.

Scoreboard showing a 12-12 tie.

The match is tied one apiece.

There, fixed now.

Actually, was 13-12.

And tied up at 13 13.

Okay, now I believe we're caught up when they change it to 13.

Now they do.

A Bakers dozen for everybody.

Lamara going for those roll shots.

That one, the other two had been successful.

That one the Broncos handled and got the point.

Here's the one going a little bit too far.

Or at least the Broncos were able to get the ball back over the net.

And now the point's gonna go to Northgate.

Kill for Julia Jetson, number 17.

Looked out.

Lost almost let it go out, but it's in the touch of the hand somewhere along the way and gave the point to Northgate.

Amara coming over.

They joust for it.

Silveraja.

This one blocked, but it's gonna count for the Broncos.

McKenna Kissak gets the point for the Broncos.

The Lady Knights were in position, but they could not get the ball back over the net, looking for the block.

Broncos by two.

Licking a try to save it after it was miss hit.

And if she's not on the court, talking about Donnie's, there's a vibe missing with this Lady Knights team.

She kind of calms everything down, a very well-rounded player.

Reads the court really well.

And her commons kind of evens out the loudness and intensity of everybody else.

Oh, miscommunication yet again.

She's a very important player for this team.

Hits this one, but that one's going way backwards and out of bounds.

And now the Broncos trying to put a little distance in between themselves and the Lady Knights.

Northgate Oppos, opposite hitters, have been very good at hitting off that block, having a drop in front of the Libero or getting far out, have the background players touch it for Los Almas, and it is flying out.

So Donnie's with that uh great court vision.

She's also a beach player.

She doesn't play any more club indoor.

Got the high vertical, the mover outside when they need a different look, and a great service receive.

We see that many times, especially with those digs, and just very good at reading balls, but to unable to handle that last one.

And uh right now it's the uh the lady Broncos with the upper hand in set number three.

Los Almas's defense has gone up by a lot, yet we see a lot of hitting off the block for Northgate.

That is giving Northgate the point.

All right, the Broncos gonna serve.

Here's Priya.

And this is gonna be a point for the Lady Knights, and now they make some changes.

Serves there in the net again.

Northgate's pretty inconsistent serving.

They're serving it out, they're swimming to the net.

Nothing kills a rally faster than the service error.

Alright, here's Schlagenhoff to serve.

Lady Knights trail it by three.

McKenna.

Tips the net and count it.

How many times have we seen them hit the top of the net?

And it works out for the team that's doing the hitting.

The nets been really helping out Northgate right now, especially their hits, but we see us still better, better serves from Los Lamas off the net.

Alright, here's Gianna.

And that one off the net and counted.

What was I saying?

Well, that place right between three players.

Hitting the top of the net, and it's always going over.

And the team doing the hitting is constantly getting the points.

And Northgate's been the beneficiary of that the last couple of times.

What a dig there by Donnies.

Set spike block.

Amara gets it back to a player.

Nice looking pass there.

Amara making that uh wonderful save.

This one's tapped over.

Lady's got a rally going.

Amara hammers it home off the block and counted.

19 to 15.

So Amara after that very fine play.

She's gonna get a chance to serve now.

Lady Knights trail it by four as we wind through set number three.

Third one's got to come over.

It does.

Set.

Tapped over right to where nobody was.

Nicely done.

Grady Grayman of the Los Lomas Lady Knights able to find the open spot on the floor for the point.

Amar serves, just throwing Northgate out of system.

They're coming down.

They're coming hard.

And they barely get over every time.

Oh, and this one is gonna count.

Oh, a service Ace coming to the near side.

Right near that sideline, and somehow just found enough room to count it for the point.

Two-point lead now for the Broncos.

Oh, Vice with the diving save.

Third one's got to go over.

It does.

Vice saves the day there.

And looking for the pancake, unable to get it.

Is Selva Raja.

And the point to the Lady Knights.

Timeout on the floor.

So the Lady Knights able to close that gap.

And now it's a 19-18 game.

And it looked for a moment like the Broncos were going to start to pull away there a little bit, Ella, but the Lady Knights come storming back.

If I had to say, I'd say Los Lomas is playing the longer game.

The middles are tipping the ball pretty short, and they're hoping that once they draw in those defenders in short for Northgate, then they can start pushing it deep and catches them off guard and then to bounce out the game, gets the support, and maybe even left them with the set.

Trying to get those players out of position.

Yes.

Toy with that little bit, if you will.

You see Sydney having a lot with serving.

So here's a new mo to serve again.

19 to 18.

Got to come over with this one.

Miscommunication again, but doesn't cost them the point.

Here's this one way too long.

Hit from that far side.

Los Lomas reaching for those points, trying to get those fingers off.

Deflect off.

Still.

Up ref says no.

Up ref says it's North Gates point.

Broncos by two.

And that one is gonna be no good.

And it's now 20 to 19.

Los Lomas dropped their opening match to Crondolette.

Then they won five in a row.

But then they lost to Crondolette again.

And that one another service error.

Trading back and forth points.

At some point.

Volleyball, especially when it goes up for a long time, because it's a game of who makes less errors.

Who's the less serves?

Airs, less hitting errors.

And right now it seems a pretty equal game.

The teams are still very close.

Broncos by three.

Trying to end the sixth match winning streak by the Lady Knights.

And even up the season series at one a piece.

This one kind of awkwardly coming over.

Set spike blocked.

Save Donny's.

And now coming back over.

Blocked at the net, counted for the Broncos.

They lead it 22-19.

A bit of the hitting error.

Left North G go out with a bigger lead now.

Three points.

Broncos getting close here.

Three points away.

From taking a 2-1 lead here in this match.

There's the spike and unable to dig it out in the back.

And that was like that was uh Parmina Vadat unable to get that one.

A bit unfortunate for Northgate.

Parmida is one of Northgate's most consistent servers.

They would have loved to keep her on that line for a little longer, extend that lead even further.

Just a two-point game here.

Set spike blocked at the net.

And right there was Sophia Woods who gets the block.

And the Knights get the point.

It's a one-point game.

Right now, it's three points to win, one point to tie up.

That was a beautiful stuff block.

25 a winner.

Got a win by two.

We could have a marathon third set here in this match.

Donnie's the setup.

Spike block back.

And the Broncos get the very important 23rd point.

That was a bit risky.

You saw the almost miss hit by number three for Northgate, but then Northgate saves it.

Gets that block.

Two to win, two to tie.

Broncos two away.

Hits the top of the net coming back over.

Tapped over.

Nice up.

They joust at the net coming backwards.

Broncos can't get it.

Twenty-three to twenty two.

Really nice hustle by Caprice Campanelli.

She just didn't get there in time.

Lady Knights.

A chance to tie it up here at 23.

This one hits the net and goes over again.

Those are the lucky stars and lucky hits.

Ella, we are seeing this time and time again.

And timeout on the floor.

We're tied at 23.

And for the Lady Knights, that six-match winning streak in jeopardy here.

So they followed up that uh second loss to Crondolette.

They won three straight, including a win over Northgate.

They dropped three straight.

League matches after that, including a three-nothing sweep at the hands of the league leading Campolindo Cougars, but have won uh 13 now out of their last 16 sets.

But the Broncos trying to drop them a second set here tonight.

Now really just a game of who makes less errors.

If that serve doesn't go in the court, that's that gives that point to the Broncos.

If she gets an ace, that gives set point to Los Lomas.

Northgate has no more timeouts for this set.

So if we keep going past into overtime, then they have no way to stop the game.

Third one's got to come over.

It does.

Looking for that all-important 24th point.

Set.

Coming to the here to the near side.

Blocked at the net by Amara.

Dump shot over and counted.

Sophia Woods with that dump shot to make it 24 to 23.

And now the Lady Knights can win this one with this next point.

Are we going to play extra time in set number three?

Or are the Lady Knights going to win it here?

Somebody looking for a two to one lead.

Spike blocked.

Counted for the Lady Knights.

And they win set number three by a final of 25 to 23.

And they take a two-to-one lead.

These set scores are getting a lot closer.

There is a small possibility of us going to five.

So the Lady Knights, after dropping the first one, they've come back and won the next two, and none more competitive than this third one.

They lead it two to one.

We'll be back for set number four from Northgate High School.

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All right, coming back for set number four, the Northgate Broncos winning the opener.

25 to 18, then Los Lomas bounced back with a 25 to 17 win, but in that third set, our most hotly contested set of the night so far.

25-23 win for Los Lomas.

Ella, a nice bounce back for the Lady Knights.

Yes.

Going to the fourth set, both teams are gonna be exhausted, especially with that last set.

Took a lot of time, took a lot of energy, a lot of effort.

Right now, it's really going to be probably at the most at the peak.

Who makes less mistakes and which mistakes will cost you more?

So the ladies just about to get set to come out here for set number four.

The Broncos need a win here to keep this going, then we would go to the abbreviated set.

15 would be a winner.

Of course, got a win by two, but the Broncos have to win set number four to get there.

We want to thank Jennifer Alas helping us out on the camera here tonight.

Oh, Jennifer's gonna get a shot of me.

There I am, way up here in the Raptors, along with uh Ella Lepsker Schwartzman, and what a nice job on the color commentary tonight, giving us the information that we need.

And uh so far, uh very entertaining match, especially set number three.

It's really been back and forth with these two teams.

I for sure thought North Yale was gonna win that third set, and then the Lady Knights just came bounced back.

So this fourth set is really up to grabs, up for grabs.

So it's the Lady Knights with the high fives as they get set.

The Broncos looking for win number 14 on the season.

The Lady Knights looking for win number 15 as they battle each other in the Diablo foothill league.

Northgate is starting with only two players playing fret row.

Due to rotations and the way they work, their center, Gianna Vice is starting in front row.

She counts as a hitter.

I mean, she only has two other people to run outside Garney Saluni, number three, and number 17, Julia Jensen.

A bit of a shake-up here as far as the lineup is concerned from Grace Lau.

Let's see how that plays out.

First point to the Lady Knights.

Here comes the second serve of set number four.

This one going right toward the net.

And not a good pass that time from Priya.

Two nothing in favor of the Knights.

Liz Meyer, head coach here at Los Lomas.

She's been here since the spring of 21.

She was the JV coach in those days.

Set.

Spike.

Tap, and that one is gonna get down.

That one finds some floor, and it's two to one.

Nice soft touch.

Hit the block there.

Just landed on the Los Lomas floor.

So Liz has been the varsity head coach since 23.

She actually went to Northgate.

And in some of the years when her team has lost to Northgate, apparently there was conspiracy theories that she wanted her team to lose because she went to Northgate High School.

The conspiracy theories abound.

The history of the two varsity teams, especially in recent years, have been a lot of reverse sweeps.

One team winning the first two sets and the other team winning the next three sets.

Really?

Yeah, lately it's been very close.

As uh they haven't been a sweep in a couple of years.

And that's gonna be a lift, I think, is the call, right?

Yeah, the setter for Los Lomas tried to get that ball over.

Unfortunately, her head was too far underneath, and she held it just a second too long in her hands when it went over the net.

Boy, how the referees see that.

Such a quick play that it is, especially if the rules change this year for how to call a lift.

Oh, really?

Yes, it's become a little bit more lax, but also strict at the same time.

It either must be below your head or behind your head if you're hitting the ball.

Good rally to go in here.

And uh Amara makes the nice dig.

Roll shot coming over.

Set spike.

There's Donnie's with the setup, and this one right into the net.

A little bit of a miss hit from Emma Stab, but this is not Los Angeles' first time making this era, and they still win the last two sets.

So Liz Myers played her high school volleyball here at Northgate.

Here's the set coming back.

Back row attack is a little too far.

No, and it's in there.

Amara gets it down.

We're tied at three.

She just catches that back line.

Northgate's ready for it to go out and falls right in.

So following her prep days, Liz played in Oregon, Windfield College, and played club, moved back to the Bay Area.

Coach at the Bentley School for a time before making her way to Los Lomas.

Back row attack.

Set up.

Roll shot coming over, and now they're gonna give the point to the Lady Knights.

Los Lomas is finding a lot of success with that back row pipe hit from the middle back.

Knights with the lead and the serve.

Four to three.

Broncos have got to have this one, and there's a shot going right to where nobody could get it.

Gyne Saluni.

And that's such a such a skill to be able to concentrate on the ball, but still have the vision to get the ball where you want it to go.

Now she's up to serve.

We'll see if she can get a few aces here.

Give North Gay an early lead.

Now this one going backwards, and the Broncos now lead it five to four.

Told you that Gyne is among four sisters that have gone through the program here.

Her brother, Samisi Saluni, came through Northgate and ended up playing football at Oregon State.

So a very athletic family.

This one is going to be a service error.

We're tied at five.

Very athletic.

Her and one of her sisters also played in the recently played alumni versus varsity match here.

That must have been fun.

Yes, it was held a few weekends ago.

Great.

Lots of fun.

Definitely see the two sisters battling it out with aggression.

Third one's got to go over.

It does.

Ladies all tied at five.

Four set here on Battle of the Creek.

And this one's going to be tapped over.

And see that one almost looked like she held on to it too long.

Again, with the rules changing on the lift.

It's become a lot more about the uh referee's digression.

Does she think she held on to log or does she not?

6-5.

Knights with the lead and the serve.

Out of system.

And this one is going to be a point for the Broncos.

And we're tied at six apiece.

Kill for Caprice Capanelli.

Just waterfalled it through that Los Almas block.

Had it hit the floor before any Los Almas players could react.

Salvaraja now to serve.

All tied at six.

Amara spikes it down and counted.

Looking more like the bar.

We saw play in the second set, hitting everything down.

Absolutely no touch from Northgate.

They haven't found an answer for her yet.

So Amara able to put down the kill.

They blocked her on a at least one occasion.

But for the most part, when she's getting above the net and she's getting set up like that, it's the Lady Knights who are getting the points.

Been very effective for Los Lomas here tonight.

Tapped over.

And there's finding the open spot on the floor after a nice setup.

Kara Everest again.

Very good at finding the open spot on a one or a three.

Low set.

Very good for just tipping it over.

The other team never expects it.

And set up very well by Gianna Vice, who's going to get a seat on the bench now.

Emma Estelle to serve.

We're tied at seven.

This one coming over.

This one going backwards.

And the Broncos regain the lead.

Still very close set.

If it keeps going like this, we could get over the 24s, over the 25s, into the 27, 28, 29.

It might never end.

And boy, do they touch it?

I think it was inbounds.

They're going to get the I thought that was.

Clearly inbounds that time.

I was sure that just hit the girl and then skimmed off her.

Did we get it?

Make contact.

Okay.

But the line draft calls it out and out it is.

Well, I thought for sure the Broncos were going to get that point.

There's Amara with the service error.

Very rare error from her.

She's been very consistent this whole night.

Connie Kai, number four teams.

Her first appearance in the match tonight.

And her first serve is going to be a service error right into the net.

So one error on the night side.

And then right back, right back at you from the Broncos side.

We're all tied at nine.

She's mostly being utilized as a service specialist and then plays backward for Caprice Capanelli.

We'll see if they keep using her.

Nice.

Beautiful dig that time.

Sent back over.

That was a great looking play there from the Broncos.

And this one gonna be out of bounds, and the Broncos gonna get the point.

Almost looked like Sofia Woods tripped when she was trying to get that over.

Unfortunately for her, that just landed right outside the on the wrong side of the line.

Julia Jensen coming back into the ball game now.

Along with Parmita and Parmita gonna get the serve here.

Her Broncos lead it by one.

This one a little too far.

And then dumped back by the Broncos, and they're gonna get the point.

They lead it by two.

Almost looked like the upright was contemplating calling an over the net call.

Maybe the middles interfered with the center, but ultimately Parmina's still serving.

And again, North gets very happy to have her there.

A very consistent server.

Oh, on the block, but not able to get it back over the net.

And Sophia Woods gets the kill this time.

She hit that out there from outside instead of her to normal position middle.

Just the way the rotations ends up.

She has to hit once and outside, then she just has to run across the court to play middle.

Emma Sabin.

She's been on Varcy since freshman year, I think.

Here's Galaher to serve.

Third one's coming over on the roll shot.

Donnie's helping to get this one set up block, but it's gonna go out of bounds.

And the Knights gonna get the point.

And we're all tied again at 11.

Back and forth we go here in set number four.

It's 11-11.

Make the wish.

Which team do you want to win?

Can the Knights close it out?

Are we going for a fifth set?

Unable to make good contact there with Connie.

Just off her hands too softly to get it to another teammate.

And it's a one-point lead for the Lady Knights.

Still a long way to go here in this fourth set.

Nice pass.

We're tied again.

Again, that one or three with the middle is just refill for both teams.

Both teams keep trying to get that running.

Alright, Gianna now.

A dozen for both sides.

That's gonna be good.

That's a service ace for Gianna Vice.

And that time the back row of the Lady Knights, thinking that was gonna be long.

Let it go, and the point goes to the Broncos.

They've got a Baker's dozen.

She's got that kind of float serve where you think, oh, it's floating out, slowly out, and then it just drops right on the line there.

Set a little bit too far, and it's gonna be out of bounds.

No, yes, it is out of bounds on the near side.

Again, that missed touch by the Los Alba Setter.

Could be called a double, but just lands right out.

Yeah, the set came over the net, but unfortunately for the Lady Knights, it went out of bounds.

Two-point lead.

Gianna trying to get on a roll here.

Donnie's digs this one and a roll shot coming up.

Look like she crossed the line there, but no call from the referee.

Block counted for the Broncos.

Broncos now by three.

We were tied at 12.

So with Gianna serving now, she's reeled off three straight points, including an ace.

And she's gonna get another one.

Four in a row for Gianna.

Two aces in this run.

And the Broncos putting a little bit of space between themselves on the Lady Knights, trying to get us to a fifth set.

Los Almas tries to sub around their front row player.

Put in London Palma instead of the previous outside.

Another one for Gianna.

And this one a little bit too long.

So the service error, but a very successful run for Keana Vice and the Broncos.

Brought them up ahead by three points.

They're a lot closer to reaching 20 right now.

And unable to dig it out.

So there is a service ace on the other side.

Palma getting it done.

That one rolled up there a little bit short.

And Selvaraja could not get underneath that one to pass it to a teammate.

Two-point game and off the net.

That's gonna be a service error.

Connie Kai is now coming off again.

Number 10, Tabrice Campanelli for Northgate.

Going back on, playing outside.

She's been really good for them so far.

Alright, here's Salone.

Set.

Tapped over.

Oh, beautiful play by Priya to save that one.

There's the spike and count it.

Still.

No answer for T Maya.

We're four sets in.

She hits a kill almost every single time.

Her kill percentage must be out of the roof.

Omara has been deadly with those kills.

Deadly with the spikes.

And she's used that changeup and that roll shot successfully a couple of times as well.

Third one's got to come over.

It does.

Nice pass by the middle.

Off the block.

Played well by the Broncos.

Back set.

Spike counted for the Lady Broncos.

And they take a three-point lead.

18 to 15.

McKenna can sound just keeps going back to that angle.

She's really hitting it hard in the first set.

Northgate won that set.

Maybe if they get her going, she could pull them even further ahead.

Alright, Priya to serve.

Broncos by three.

There's the kill.

Blocked successfully, but it's going to be out of bounds.

And count it for the Lady Knights.

So that time they got the block.

Couldn't keep it in bounds.

And the Knights cut it to an 18 to 16 lead.

And they really haven't completely found an answer for Amara.

That's a beautiful block out by her.

That's one of the hardest things to do to get to be able to know where the hands are angling and then play off of them.

Set tapped over.

Amara again.

Blocked but counted for the Lady Knights.

And is it time for Amara to take over here?

Because when the Lady Knights are in system, they are looking for their big hitter.

Off the net.

Los Lomas looking to win it here in set number four.

Again, these teams, they go on for a long time.

We were 11-11.

Now we're 18-18.

Could be still a really long night.

Ladies on both sides talking things over.

Liz going over things with her club.

And on the other side, Grace Lau doing likewise.

Northgate won the opener, but the Knights bounce back to win number two in a very hotly contested number three.

It was the Knights by almost the slimmest of margins at 25 to 23.

And this fourth set, very, very competitive as well.

Again, coming out of those arrows, and right now it seems that Northgate's making more of them.

Lots of hitting errors.

Donnie's handles it.

Pass a little bit too long into the net, but they're going to get it back over anyway.

Set.

Spike.

Block and counted for the Lady Knights.

Tania Cooley gets the block.

Count it for the Lady Knights.

They lead it by one.

19-18.

And miss hit.

But they're going to get this one back over, and they do.

Set.

Tapped over.

Oh, right into no man's land.

The doughnut.

And it's 20 to 18.

Number 19, Grady Graham.

Just keeps popping that ball right there, right over that middle blocker.

It gets Northgate every single time.

Well, you had a circle of Broncos around that one, and nobody could get it.

No man's land.

Knights by two.

Back set.

Spike off the block.

And that's going to count.

And the Broncos come right back.

And they close the gap to 20 to 19.

Alright, here's Hannah Estelle.

And this one off the antenna.

And that is going to be a point to the Lady Knights.

And that is a big one right there.

21-19 now.

Going right down to the wire in set number four, much like set number three.

Here's Amara to serve.

Knights looking for a 3-1 win.

Broncos looking for set number five.

The pass a little bit too long.

Coming over and count it for the Lady Knights.

If I could say, it looks like Amara serves him and getting better every single set.

Grady Graham with that pass that went a little bit too long, but a service error for Amara.

And what a break right there for the Broncos.

Yes.

Again, one of Los Angeles' better servers.

And now North just bringing back Hanikai, hoping that she can make a difference with her serves.

Oh boy, the Knights.

A big mistake there by Amara.

It's 22 to 20 now.

Let's see if they can take advantage of their good fortune.

And they're going to get the service.

Ace.

And nobody went for the ball right there.

Donnie's was in the vicinity.

So was Olivia in Glacius, but nobody rallied to the ball.

Miscommunication coming back yet again.

And a really nice serve by Connie Kai.

That has been a problem for the Knights, especially in set number one.

Cost them a point here.

This one going backwards, and Amara can't get it.

We're tied at 22.

So the Broncos just moments ago.

Look like they had the Knights pulling away.

But the Lady Broncos taking advantage of some good fortune, some miscommunication by the Knights.

And we're tied at 22 a piece.

Put in London Palma back in for the Knights.

Hoping she'll make a makeup difference in passing.

Unexpected move, maybe.

This one coming over.

Amara with the dig.

Back set.

Spike.

And this one going up into the Raptors and count it for the Lady Knights.

23-22.

A really nice, really nice touch by number 14.

Unfortunately, it's too much power on there.

Flying over the basketball hoops.

Here comes Lekina to serve.

A one-point game, and they can't get it on the other side.

Connie dives with the ball.

She won't get it.

And this is going to be a serve for the match.

Timeout on the floor.

24-22.

Los Lomas.

Oh, what a game of the Battle of the Creek.

Big strategy always used by coaches.

Call the timeout just as the servers getting caught.

See if we can break out of rhythm, make her cool down, pull a 10-out as long as you can.

So Donnie's getting that service ace following Amari's service error.

And boy, we've seen things go back and forth.

It looked like the Knights were starting to take control.

The Broncos got some good fortune and some miscommunication on the part of the Knights to come back.

But the last couple of points going to the Lady Knights.

And now they are one point away from winning this match and sweeping the season series from their crosstown rival Broncos.

Here's Donnie to serve.

The Knights need one for victory.

Donnie's with the serve.

Nice pass.

Spike.

Amara.

Donnie's puts this one over.

Donnie's with the setup.

Tapped over.

Nice.

Connie with a nice pass.

Set.

Bikes over and count it.

And the Lady Knights have won by a final score of 25 to 22.

They knock off the crosstown Broncos.

And they win the battle.

The Creek 20-25 by a final of three sets to one.

And they run their record now to fifteen and five overall.

They go to five and three in league in the Diablo foothill for Northgate.

They fall to five and four in league.

They drop to thirteen and nine.

And it's the Lady Knights getting the season sweep over their crosstown rivals.

First time that's happened in a couple of years between these two clubs.

But uh Ella, what a fantastic match and a great win for the Lady Knights.

Great success for them this whole week, this whole day.

Freshman, their Frost team won, their JBT won another varsity one.

All three games go to the stretch.

And that will do it.

So Los Lomas in the battle of the creek beats Northgate.

And for Ella, Lapsker Schwarzen.

Say that for me one more time.

Ella Lasker Schwartzman.

Schwartzman, thank you very much.

Very fine job on the color commentary for all of us here at Walnut Creek TV.

I'm Anthony Schultz saying good night from North Gate High School.

Thank you.

We lost one of the Vermont, and we have to turn into the point of the opportunity to provide positive.

Oh my god, this one.

Good evening, everybody, and welcome to Los Lomas High School.

It's time for the twenty twenty-five version of Battle of the Creek.

I'm Anthony Schultz, and tonight the Knights are gonna take on the Broncos for Los Lomas.

They come in at four and one for North.

He comes in at two and three, and of course both teams dealing with some injuries, but that's the nature of the game with football.

But none injury, no injury bigger than the Dillas Dylan Thomas situation.

The Knights have lost their starting quarterback for the entire season.

Blake Lewis takes over for him and of course for Dylan.

When you lose him at quarterback, you almost also lose him at safety, and he's the best defensive back for the club.

But so far, so good for Lewis and the Knights coming in at four and one, I think one four out of five.

And uh Northgate, well, they are getting it done with Max Contrell.

He's their quarterback.

And so far, two and three, so underwater just by a game trying to rectify that situation right now.

And the teams are lined up, and we are just about set for the twenty twenty five version of Battle of the Creek right here on Walnut Creek TV.

And we're gonna get this one started.

Knights will have the football first.

Been an interesting rivalry here.

The last several years.

Northgate won this battle last year, but the previous six all belong to Los Lomas.

Andare with the kickoff.

Short kickoff coming to one of the up man at the thirty-one yard line, cross the thirty-five and then pushed out of bounds.

And it looks like he got to about the forty-yard line, and that's where the knights will set up shop first out of 10.

And for the Knights.

Blake Lewis.

17.7 average per completion.

95 yards per game for Blake.

Taking over for the aforementioned Dylan Thomas.

They won't ask him to do too much.

They'll ask him to manage the football game.

Not make those critical mistakes and maybe complete a pass or two on some of those important third downs.

First down to 10.

They start from the 40.

And we're gonna have a penalty right off the bat before the snap, and that's probably going to be a legal procedure against Las Lomas, and they'll back him up five.

Dylan Thomas tore his ACL in game one.

They were really planning to be a much more of a passing team, but now they're gonna rely on their defense and on their running game, and so far so good, having won four out of the first five games.

So they back up here to the 35-yard line.

That'll set up first down and 15.

Man in motion coming to the near side.

And it's loose a mob scramble.

Northgate thinks they've got it.

The officials haven't given any word just yet.

The Bronco faithful on the far side, and it looks like the White Shirts offense is coming out here.

Still no signal from the officials, however.

So we'll wait and see.

And it looked like one of the Knights had the ball, and they do Kane.

They do maintain possession.

Kane Sekulich, their very fine running back, had the football.

So it'll bring up second down.

They're gonna lose a couple more yards.

It'll bring up second down and 17 for Los Lomas.

But the good news is they still got the football.

And the Bronco offense started out on the field, only to be told no gentlemen go back.

So it's gonna be a loss of a couple back to the 33-yard line.

And that'll bring up second down and long here for the Knights.

Lewis in that uh semi-shotgun formation, almost that pistol alignment.

And he fakes the handoff, rolls right.

He's got a man 35-40, and out short of the 45-yard line hit and knocked out of bounds.

And that looked like it was Zachary Wood on the reception.

A pretty good play.

Pick up some of that lost yardage.

It'll bring up third down.

Zachary Wood, one of eight Wood Brothers to go through here as you see Wood turning the corner here, and then finally pushed out of bounds by number 18 Thomas Borbelli for Northgate.

They need midfield for a first down after a pickup of about eight yards on that last play.

High snap looking throws.

Got a man, and it's gonna pick up a first down crossing midfield on the far side, and a catch by Mojadidi.

Yaha Mojadidi, the 5'9, 175 pounded, and he's got it for a first down.

So a bad start to the series, but a couple of pass plays out to the far side of the field, and the knights pick up a first down.

So a couple of completions for the Knights, and they erase that uh fumble, and the offsides.

Same formation, handoff this time, trying to go up the middle, has some round, breaks a tackle out across the 40, and well into Bronco territory down to the 35-yard line, a gain of 15 yards, and that was Kane Seculish, their very fine running back the feature back, 6.1 yard average as you see him break that tackle, get into the open field.

Got 11 touchdowns on the year and averaging 138 yards per game on the ground.

So he's having a very good year behind that fine offensive line of Los Lomas, and really is the feature player in the offense.

Lewis fakes the handoff this time.

Back to pass.

He goes under some pressure.

Has a man caught to the 40.

And then they're gonna get down to uh pretty close to the 35 yard line, pretty close to another first down, Cole Haverlinko on the catch that time, and he's gonna pick up just short of 10 yards, and that is gonna bring up second down, call it a nine-yard game for Haverlinko.

So for Lewis, say he's getting better as the season has gone on.

He's looking pretty good right now.

Just the one run so far.

This is a team that's relied very heavily on the running game in terms of their offense, but right now relying very much on their passing game here to get them out of a big long yarded situation earlier in the drive.

And now a short yardage play here, and whistles are gonna blow this thing dead as they hand it to Sekulich.

So another penalty against the Knights pre-snap penalty, and that is gonna force them back five yards.

So that'll back them up.

Battle of the Creek right here on Walnut Creek TV and the handoff, and Sekulich is gonna get it right up the middle.

He goes, he's gonna get that penalty yardage back and more, and he's gonna pick up the first down as he gets out across the 25-yard line.

First down to 10 for Los Almas Lomas out of the Diablo foothill lead at four and one right now.

These teams have not played any confidence game, but there you see Sekulich picking up that first down.

So when they are actually running a play, except for that fumble, everything has been positive, a couple of penalties.

They've overcome them both.

Sekulich is gonna get it left side, and he's got good room this time as he gets inside the 20 yard line.

He's gonna pick up about seven yards on that play, couple of yards short of the first down, and we're gonna call it uh second down and about three as the knights continue to roll and take a look here.

A little bit of a fake, kind of fooled a couple of those Broncos players.

But boy, that's uh left side of the Knights line really blowing out the lineman for the Broncos.

Just so much room on that left side of the offense, second down now, about the 17-yard line, high snap again, and this time they're gonna hand off to number 33, Steven Cordano, the 5'8, 65 pounder, and he's got a short game, he's gonna be short of the first down, and that'll bring up third down, knights getting this ball starting on the their own 40-yard line, a couple of hiccups with the fumble and a pair of penalties, but uh, other than that, it's been a pretty good drive here for the Knights.

Can they finish it off with six?

Splitbacks behind the quarterback this time.

They're gonna hand off Sekulich over the left side, plenty of round inside the box.

And that's his 12th of the season, and now the Knights looking to add the point after.

Mason Grant to do the kicking snap spot, and the kick is Dr.

The low snap, but it was handled pretty well.

Here's that touchdown run, and you can just see all that room on the left side.

He had a cutback lane as well with Sekulich, but he didn't need it.

And he takes it in for the score.

That's a 60-yard drive on the opening drive of the ball game.

And the Knights are into the end zone.

Knights coached by Doug Longera.

He's uh quite a ways into his second stint with the Knights.

And very successful one at that.

This one is gonna go into the end zone.

So Mason Grant able to get a good kickoff, and they kind of judge this as far as if they're gonna kick field goals as far as how Mason kicks the ball off.

So they figure he's doing well with that, they might try a bit longer of a field goal.

So that kick going into the end zone certainly bodes well for their kicking game the rest of the evening.

Okay, the Broncos now gonna take over.

Max Contrell will be under center.

16 yard completion average for Max at 175 yards per game.

Pretty good considering he's just a sophomore.

Going to hand off this time right up the middle.

Good game.

And still going out all the way to the 30 yard line.

And that is gonna be Tristan Torleton, who's having a very fine year himself, and he makes the play there, and it gets very close.

And he did pick up the first down.

So first down to 10 as they get across the 30.

High snap.

Double the ball, and it looked like King Fell jumped on it.

So a similar situation for the Broncos that the Knights faced on their opening drive.

And likewise for the Broncos, they're able to fall on it and keep possession.

Make another look.

It was a high snap.

Looked like he got it in time.

Tried to get it to Torleton.

And just a bad exchange right there, and very fortunate they got the ball back because Charles Lowen, the defensive end, was right there for the Knights.

And now a handoff right up the middle.

Good yardage again.

They get the loss back, plus some more.

They get out across the 35-yard line.

And it's going to be Tolerton again.

Tristan makes the play.

This is going to set him up in a makeable four yards to go here on third down.

Battle of the creek.

Roncos.

They got a four wide receiver spread.

Trips here to the near side.

This down to distance usually a passing situation, but uh Corleton has picked up good yards every time he has touched it.

They're gonna give it to him again, and he is keeps driving the feet, but he's not gonna get there, and that's gonna set up fourth down, and this deep in their own territory.

You'd have to figure they're gonna punt the football.

Torleton has been carrying the load on the ground.

He's a big guy, but he's also very shifty, and we're gonna see it right here, and then boy, the knights were just waiting for that.

They had really packed the box that time.

And number 78, Ryan Slavette, the defensive tackle was there to really make sure he didn't get that first down.

Bronco's gonna punt off the side of the foot, and this one is gonna hit it inside the 40 at about the 36, 37 yard line, and then exit stage left, and that will do it for the Bronco possession.

Their first drive ends with a punt.

Knights gonna get the football back here with 5'10 to go in the opening quarter, leading seven to nothing, and here come the Knights for their second possession.

Sekulich flanking Blake Lewis.

And this is a bad throw coming over here to the near side.

Looking for Jimmy Salinas, number 18, the wide receiver, and just a little bit too far out in front of him.

That pass is incomplete, will bring up second down.

Jimmy Salinas, explosive play guy.

Wasn't playing on offense a lot earlier in the season, but he just kept making plays, grabbing interception, picked off five passes on defense.

And they just said he keeps making these plays.

We got to get this guy the ball more, and they're getting him the ball on offense now.

He's become a two-way player when he wasn't earlier in the season.

Second down for Los Lomas.

Operating from about their own 45 yard line.

And hand off, Sekulich breaks a tackle, breaks another tackle coming to the near side, and he's gonna pick up the first down as he gets across midfield, couple of defenders there to bring him down.

One of the guys there for the tackle, but not soon enough.

It's gonna be a first down and take a look.

Little straight arm to not quite get away from that defender there, but that was enough to pick up a first down.

So Sekulich really able to keep a couple of defenders off him.

That first guy is having a whole lot of trouble bringing them down.

First down and 10 out across the 45 to the 46.

Another high snap and hand off in the backfield caught in the backfield for a loss, and on the tackle there, Micah Anam making the stop.

And on the uh carry that time was Steven Cordano, his second carry of the game, and this is gonna go for a loss.

So they're gonna get the tackle for a loss, and you see it right there in the backfield.

And Anna coming up there to make the stop and good play for the Bronco defense.

Can they make a couple more in a row here?

At least uh one more, or at least two more here to force a punt.

60-yard drive for the knights on their opening possession for the touchdown, second down here.

The throw coming out here into the flat and breaking a tackle, getting very close to a first down as they swing it out here to the near side, and on the catch is Mojadini, Yaya Mojadidi number two.

I hope I'm pronouncing that right.

Y A H Y A, Mojaditi, the wide receiver.

He makes the catch, they're gonna mark him just about a yard short on the first down, and there you see it very close to another knight's first down.

So far, the Knights, you know, they've had a couple of penalties, they've had a couple of plays, you know, at least one play go for a loss, another play running play go for a short game, but they've been able to overcome it every time.

Third and very short, you know they're going for it on fourth out and they don't get it, rolling out, throws, got a man, first down into the clear for the far side, tackle there as he gets inside the third and five, down to the third and two, and that is gonna be a first down for the Knight as they pick up the third down conversion again.

Charles Lowe in the tight end, another first down for Los Lomas.

Here it is again and wide open coming across the field.

We see one of the linemen chasing him, not even close to being able to catch up, and finally, it is going to be Max Margie, the number three there on the tackle, and now we've got a timeout two forty-three to go.

Los Lomas on the move again, and they lead it seven to nothing.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Alright, the team's back on the field.

Timeout, and it was called.

I believe that was Northgate who called that timeout, talked things over.

They're reeling a little bit as they're having trouble stopping this night's team.

First down for the Knights.

Maybe a couple of yards as he got to the 30, maybe just a bit inside the 30.

But not much more.

Steven Cordano on the carry again.

And picked up a couple of yards.

And he'll come out of the ball game now.

Haverlinko will come back in.

Also running in from the sideline.

Blake Lewis after getting some instructions from the nice brain trust.

Eye formation this time.

I think no, that's the pistol formation again.

And they're trying to go to the left side.

The Broncos on this one.

Going to be a short gain.

Just about a yard.

And the ball carrier thrown down to the ground.

It is Sekulich.

And the Broncos come up with another good play here.

So on this uh current sequence, a couple of runs for just about three yards, and that is going to bring up third down and seven.

Mojadini coming back into the game.

He's going to factor him so far.

So a couple of good plays by the Bronco defense.

Can they get a third and force a decision?

And now it looks like the Knights have called timeout.

Doug Longero and his gang want to talk it over.

Critical third down coming up, third down and seven.

A minute twenty-one to go here in the opening quarter.

Right here on Walnut Greek TV.

Can the Broncos get another stop?

A couple of wide receivers split to that far side.

And here goes the throw.

And it's gonna be off the hands on intercepted by the Broncos.

That's gonna be a first down as the Bronco defense hold a tip pass, and it is intercepted.

And I believe that was number 30 on the interception.

Malachi.

Maybe throw just a little bit too hard.

He couldn't hold on.

But the uh result of that drive is an interception.

Here come Northgate now.

First and ten at their own 20 yard line.

Throw to the far side and quickly hit and stop.

And the ball actually was jarred loose.

And that was Jimmy Salinas coming up there to make a big hit on the intended receiver.

And told you about Jimmy and those interceptions he had five, and he's a really good safety.

Showed his hitting ability there.

And he can really go out and get the deep ball on offense and take another look.

Catch was not quite made, trying to hold that one in.

Couldn't hold on to the ball, and he was being harassed by Zachary Wood, number nine.

Help to ruin that play for the Broncos right there.

Four three wide receivers here to the near side.

Max back looking, looking with time.

Going deep.

He's got a man, it is gonna be tricked around and incomplete.

The deep row out to number one, Dax Gordon.

Two defenders with him.

He had them beat momentarily.

Couple of guys there defensively, including number eight, Brody in glaciers.

The pass is incomplete.

Take a look here, and it looked like he had a step on him, and then the ball thrown just a little bit short.

And was nearly intercepted, and the Broncos are gonna have to punt.

Running up, running up, and now just kind of squibs this one.

This gonna bounce and continue to take a big Bronco roll inside the 35, all the way down to the 40-yard line.

So didn't look very good coming off the foot, but the result is good.

So the Broncos next possession goes awry.

They have to punt following their interception, and now the Los Lomas Knights will take over for their third possession of the game, and at their own 40 yard line, 12 seconds to go here in the opening quarter.

Looked like he had a step on the defenders that time.

It looked like it was gonna be a good play.

Just couldn't quite get him the ball.

All right, the Knights third possession for them.

They lead it seven to nothing.

Could be the last play of the quarter.

Sekulich gonna get it, he's still good, kicks it to the outside, and then hit and knock down as he gets across midfield, picks up fifteen yards, and that is gonna set up the Knights at the 45-yard line of Northgate, and that will be the final quarter.

Take a look.

Seculates with plenty of room, able to turn that corner, and then just slip and fell down before the defender got there as he tried to cut it back.

But it is gonna be a big play and a first down for the Knights, and at the end of one, it's the night seven.

Broncos nothing.

Hum.

Hum.

Hum.

Hum.

Hum.

Hum.

And Trail taking a long time at the line.

Hands off.

And up the middle, and good yardage again.

Another big run, and that is going to be, I believe, another first down or very close to it.

Number zero, Mike.

Now all of a sudden it looks like the uh Broncos are doing to the Knights, what the Knights have been doing to them.

Big plays.

Coming up here.

They've got themselves a really nice drive going.

Cantrell throws down the sideline.

He's got a ball!

And a driving incomplete.

And out of the hands.

But boy, Cantrell led him perfectly.

That was almost another huge play.

Very quick hit.

Very explosive.

And he's getting double teamed a lot now that he is the number one guy.

We've seen that a couple of times with a pair of defenders looking to looking after him.

And right up the middle, dragging through Tacklers.

Now trips to the new side here for Cantrell.

Tolerton behind him, and on a little hesitation, he's going to get it off to the right side.

Breaks a tackle down the sideline.

Torleton inside the turn five.

Touchdown, Bronco.

22 on the carry.

He's in for Broncos.

Touchdown.

38 yards on the carry for Tarleton.

And he is in the end zone with the touchdown.

So the Broncos get the offense going.

They started that drive from their own 23.

So a 77-yard touchdown drive for the Broncos as you look at the Northgate fail.

Faithful over there on the far side of the field.

And now they'll attempt the X point snap slot kick.

Dax Gordon, knocking it through, and with 8.13 to go here in the first half.

It's Las Lomas 14 and Northgate 7.

There it is again.

Bulletin breaking to the outside.

Nice cut as he got a seal block on that outside right there.

And then he's able to go the rest of the way.

Just out running the defense to the pylon touchdown.

Broncos.

And all of a sudden, this one's gotten a whole lot more interesting with the Northgate offense and that 77-yard drive.

And the kickoff, and were they off sides?

I think they were.

There's a little bit of hesitation.

From Aiden Heaney, number 21.

I believe it was he that was kicking off there.

Another look, but it looked like he hesitated a little bit, and he had one of his guys off sides.

So that's going to cost them five yards.

They'll back this one up to the 35 and re-kick.

So this is about the Northgate defense right now.

They've been pushed all over the field on three drives by the Broncos, two of which ended up with 60-yard touchdown drives.

One of them a pretty good drive that ended in a Bronco interception, but they did get pretty deep into Northgate territory.

Here's the kick.

Low coming out to the 20-yard line.

30, 35, 40, and out across the 45 hit and bang down there as you get to about the 47-yard line.

Really good return of 27 yards.

That's Jimmy Salinas.

Plays offense, plays defense, returns kicks, and does everything very well.

And finally a defender over there to get him.

And that looked like that was number 30.

To young Nafossi, and he got the worst of that one.

So Los Lomas takes over now at their own 48-yard line.

Sekulich and going off tackle here to the right side, picking up some good yardage as he gets out across midfield and gets to about the 46-yard line.

Well that'll leave him up to four yards short of the first down, maybe about four yards, I say.

So six yards on that carry for Zekulich.

It'll bring up second down and four.

So this defense now is going to be called upon to make a stop.

And on that defensive line, they're going to rotate about six to eight guys up there to try to keep everybody fresh.

But the injuries have been a problem there for Northgate as well.

Oscillate is out of the lineup, and here is a tackle for a loss.

Not going to get back to the line of scrimmage or maybe just pick up a yard.

But a good submarine tackle right there for Northgate.

And this ball is now going to be spotted at the 46 yard line, bringing up third down.

So Oslate, he'll be out for the next couple of weeks with a wrist injury.

So that kind of messes up their defensive line rotation.

And he's trying to cut it back with Sekulich, and he was hit and dropped by Thomas Borbelli.

What a very fine tackle there.

And Los Lobos is gonna call timeout.

That is their second.

So with 6 58 to go here in this opening half.

Los Lomas on the move with a 14-7 lead.

Come on back.

It's Battle of Creek from Los Lomas High School.

All right, team coming back onto the field now.

Third down and four.

Lost Lombard's looking for touchdown number three.

The Broncos looking to get a stop.

It's been tough to get here so far with this first half.

For the men in white.

Second's gonna get it.

Looking for some room, and he's gonna take the pile.

That will be a first down.

So the Broncos on defense.

He's doing getting the starts at cornerback.

The software Ryan Ventula.

He's uh played played well.

He's given up a couple of TVs, but he's actually looked very good at cornerback.

We've had to make some adjustments because of because of injuries.

And here's the handoff.

And seconds this time, he's gonna be caught in the backfield.

Did I see a flag flyer?

Is that just a gold shoe?

Don't see any.

Yeah, I do.

There is a flag on the middle field.

Looked like he was coming from one of the back judges, which usually means holding against the offense.

And secondly, caught in the backfield.

Did somebody grab a face mask?

The flag was kind of late coming in.

And it is gonna go against Los Lomos, but the Broncos are gonna decline this one.

They're gonna take the play as that went for a loss.

So instead of you know charging him five yards and giving them that down over, they'll give a loss of one and take the play.

So instead of first and 15, it's second down at 12.

There's the ball spotted on the 42-yard line of the Broncos.

That's a pass throws, and this one in out of the hands of the intended receiver.

Looking to get to the uh 40-yard line with that pass, and that one is headed for William Kirkland.

Kirkland unable to make the catch there.

That's gonna bring up third down and long called about third down and about 12.

Kirkland, good route runner, good hands.

Worked hard to get on the field this year.

Didn't play a whole lot last year, and has developed into a reliable receiver and also blocks very well.

So a guy who could do some good things for you, and he's really helped the Knights into this five and four and one season so far.

Third down and twelve now.

Lane looking in trouble, and he's gonna go down back into Knights territory.

The rush really got to him that time.

Long yardage situation, they felt like they had to put it up, and Lewis, he never really had a chance.

The Bronco rush was there, and Northgate's defense gets off the field, they finish it off with a sack, and the Knights will have to punt.

Take a look here.

And this deck breakdowns all over the line, and he never had a chance.

And finally, on top of him there for the sack.

Liam Frukenik.

Middle linebacker in a tight end.

Comes up to make the play.

Broncos get off the field, and they're almost blocked this one.

Somehow that ball got off.

I don't know how he did it.

And there he returned is gonna come out and slam down hard at about the 35-yard line.

Boy, that looked bruising right there.

So the Broncos gonna get it back on offense with a chance to tie it here.

5'11 to go, 14 to 7.

5'11 to go in the first half, I should say.

14 7, Los Lobas.

So Northgate operating now about their own 36-yard line.

5'11 to go here in the half.

Get a touchdown.

They get a stop.

Now plenty of time to mount this drive and try to get things even here before we go into the locker room.

Max and now another penalty here before the play start.

We've seen that from both teams a couple of times at a legal procedure.

And actually they're gonna call encroachment on the defense.

So it's gonna be Los Lomas offsides, and here is that last punt return.

Taking it 25.

That's a pretty decent yard, but watch the play at the end of the game.

Thrown down hard.

Ouch.

Bryce Ballard.

Lucky he's got that balloon on his head.

That saves some punishment.

So five free ones for Northgate.

First and five now.

Take the handoff, go to the outside, looking for some room, and able to break a tackle and get down the sideline and pick up some pretty good yards as Dax Gordon.

So Dax on some of those further passes.

He ran that slantly, couldn't make the catch, and then he had that deep one down the far side of the field where he nearly came up with the great diving catch, couldn't quite make it.

I thought he got more, but the pass was actually initially caught it.

He was behind the line of scrimmage.

So just a two-yard gain.

Second and three.

Max back throws, got a man.

That's gonna be a first down to the outside.

Down the sideline, he goes through 25-20.

They won't catcher.

Touchdown North game.

57 yards on the touchdown.

And now the Broncos a point after away from tying this one up.

Tristan Tolerton, who has not had a whole lot of catches this year.

That has not been a big part of their game throwing to him.

But he is able to get all the way down that sideline on that uh second down play.

It's a huge play for the Broncos, and they are just about here to tie it up.

Backs Gordon out there, snap spot, kick in good.

And with 455 to go here in the opening half from Los Lomas, it's the Broncos and the Knights.

All tied at 14.

Here it is, Tulleton out of the backfield.

He was all by himself, and then he made that skirt out to the right side.

And look at him just absolutely outrun.

Number 11, Logan Downs, and then just down the sideline, and there was nobody else to catch him.

Downs was the only one who had a chance, but uh he just scooted right past him.

What a play for Tristan and this offense by Northgate.

Well, a sluggish start for the Bronco for the Broncos, but uh last couple of drives on offense and the last possession on defense.

They've looked excellent, all tied at 14.

This one taken inside the 15, out across a 20.

25-30, 35-40, and tripped up and down at the 45-yard line.

Oh, and saving a possible touchdown there was number 18.

That was Thomas Borbelli.

We called Thomas's name a couple of times, and boy, that looked like it was gonna be a touchdown for the Los Lomas Knights on the kick return.

And Borbelli able to save the day right there, but as it is, it comes all the way out to the 46.

That's about a 28, 29-yard return.

It looked like it was gonna be a touchdown.

Knights taking over here.

449 to go in the half.

Line of scrimmage.

Their own 46.

First down and 10 Knights.

Here's Blaine, rolls to his right.

Throwing on the run.

He's got a man at the 40 and down the sideline and pushed out of bounds.

And that uh catch made by Jimmy Salinas is doing a lot of things for this team.

He gets the first down.

We told you that uh, you know, it's safety, those five interceptions.

And he was doing so well when he had the ball.

We've got to get this guy the ball more, and they get it to him right here, and a good looking pass to the sideline.

For Lewis, so Blake Lewis making a good throw on the run there.

Big play for the Knights.

Inside the 35, down to about the 34-yard line of the Broncos.

Lake has it, and off going up the middle, good room.

Sekulich dragging tacklers, still on his feet, pushes all the way inside the 35-yard line.

Those last five or six was just given his friends, pushing the pile.

They pick up 11 yards, a first down for Sekulik and the Los Homos Knights.

You see him dragging the player right there, trying to hold on for Deer Life was Joaquin Hernandez, number 24.

That's scouting report on Sekulich.

He's looking to go through people, and he does.

Not a very big guy, but a powerful guy.

Gets it again, tries to go off the left side, met by a couple defenders, kind of spills over for a couple of yards.

It didn't look like there was much there that time.

But they're gonna mark this about a four-yard game, falling second down at six for the Knights.

And counting, and certainly if you're Doug Longero and the Knights, not in too much of a hurry here.

The Broncos still have two timeouts left when they get the ball back to try to mount a drive of their own.

And now we have a penalty here before the play starts.

And that is the third and third time we've seen that against Los Angeles.

That's gonna be the false start, and that'll back him up five.

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We'll have that for you right here on Walnut Creek TV, second down, and Sekulich is gonna be spilled, he's gonna pick up a couple of yards.

A couple of yards back from that last play, but it's gonna bring up third down.

They're gonna call it six yards to go here.

And the nose of the football right at the 21-yard line.

Here's Sekulich going up the middle, and I see a defender coming there to get him, but the bodies are spilling down.

He's able to pick up a couple of more yards after initial contact.

Third down and six here.

Blake rolling, got a man inside the five, inside the ten.

Inside the five, pushing forward, coming down.

21 yards, touchdown catch, and that breaks the tie.

Charles Lowen, number 84.

Los Louis.

Los Lomas from Blake Lewis.

Another touchdown pass for the Knights.

And they lead it now.

20 to 14.

Here comes the point after.

Mason Grant.

Out of the hole by Lewis.

Try to make it a seven-point lead.

Snap spot.

Kicked in school.

And with the four to go, and he lost Louis Knight back out.

Oh, really?

So the Knights have led since their opening drive touchdown.

And the Broncos have stormed back to tie, had stormed back to tie it.

But then a 54-yard drive culminating in a Lewis to Lowen.

21 yard TD catch.

And the Knights are back out on top.

21 to 14.

Minute 58 to go here in the half.

And the Broncos, well, they still have two timeouts, so they've got plenty of time to mount a drive of their own.

Now, place kicking has not been a strong suit for them.

So more than likely you figure they're going to have to get into the end zone if they're going to get points unless they get very, very close.

This one taken about the goal line out across the 10-15, tripped up, and falling out about the 20-yard line.

And that's where Northgate will set up their next drive here with a minute and 53 to go.

They trail it by seven.

Here's that touchdown again.

Blake Lewis in that pistol formation.

You see Sekulich flanking him.

They're going to fake it to Sekulage.

And then Blake showing some good touch rolling out to his right.

Gets the ball to Lowen, and he's going to just plow right through a would be defender there.

And then two of them to finish that off with a 21-yard touchdown catch.

Now he throws out to the sideline.

Looked like it was intercepted, but no.

That one's going to be incomplete.

It looked like Haverlenko over there on the far sideline.

Nearly had himself an interception, and would have wouldn't that have been a huge turn of events.

So Max had time initially, nowhere to go with it.

The rollout, the throw to the sideline, and that was nearly a disaster for the Broncos.

Second down and 10.

And the ball is loose again, and it's going to be down as Max got on the football.

That's happened a couple of times tonight.

They're going to lose a couple of more yards here, and this one not going well.

It's going to bring up third down and long clock moving now.

128 and counting.

And Los Lomas has one timeout.

So they could conceivably get another chance here if they can get a stop.

Broncos would love to get a first down here, and they're lining up like they're going to throw the ball to get that first down.

Low snap again.

Max back, throw, sideline and incomplete, and that's going to stop the clock.

So that's a free timeout for Los Lomas.

Minute five to go, and they're going to get the football back with a chance to score again.

So that's exactly what Cantrell and the Broncos did not want.

And that was the incomplete pass.

So they had time and a couple of timeouts, but could not get anything going on offense on this particular drive.

Snap.

There's Gordon looking for some room as he runs up, kicks this one, and a fair catch is called for, and that's going to be a penalty.

Because I think the fair catch was called for, and then the runner tried to run the football.

That's Haverlinko.

That's illegal.

Haverlinko, I believe, initially called for that fair catch.

Right now the ball's at the 45-yard line of Los Lombards, but I think they're going to back the Knights up here a little bit.

So apparently he did not make the single.

They're gonna the signal, they're gonna pick up that flag, so no penalty.

So Los Lomas is going to start what could be the final drive of this uh first half.

And they're going to start it at their own 45-yard line.

They're in good shape.

58 seconds to go here, and they do have one more timeout.

Wayne back rolls to his right, short side of the field, throws down the field, and looking for Salinas, who makes the catch and about the 15-yard line.

Can he keep his feet in bounce?

He can't mark it at the 15-yard line.

That is a 40-yard throw and catch, and making the grab is Jimmy Salinas, and boy, aren't they glad they put him on offense?

Look at that throw moving up from Lewis.

He had man-to-man coverage.

And Salinas had beat his man down the field.

First and 10 from the 15-yard line.

Los Lomas with some fireworks here in the waning moments of this first half.

Sekulich fell down.

He had some cutback room to his left, couldn't keep his footing.

And right there to make sure it wasn't getting away, was Liam Fruking.

And Las Lomas is going to call timeout here.

Take a look here.

Good seal block to the outside.

And it looked like initially that Sekulich had some room, but kind of lost his footing.

But Fruknik was right there.

He might have made the tackle anyway, but it looked like he just kind of slipped a little bit, saw that cut back lane, and just couldn't quite keep his footing.

So Coach Longero will use his last timeout as the Knights talk it over here.

They got 41 seconds.

So plenty of time, especially from where they're at on the field right now.

There's Coach Doug.

The second step with Los Lomas in between that at the JC level at DVC.

He had a top offense in the state when he was there, but decided to come back, and it's as they say it's been a minute since he's been back now.

And of course, this nice team always very good.

Lewis, and now we're gonna have Whistles kill this one.

And a timeout for Northgate.

So Northgate takes timeout.

41 seconds to go here in this uh first half.

It's the Knights, 21, and the Broncos 14.

Alright, players coming back onto the field, and 21 to 14 in favor of the Knights, looking to go up two touchdowns now, answering those two touchdowns that tied the game here in the second quarter by the Broncos.

And Northgate trying to keep them out of the end zone.

Lewis back with time throws, and a little bit too high for the intended receiver at about the 10-yard line.

And the intended receiver there was Brody and Glacius number eight.

Brody reaching up, couldn't quite hold on a little bit high, did have time.

The pocket was starting to collapse and did have a couple of white shirts bearing down on him.

That's why he had to throw that ball a bit high, and Brody, not a real good chance to pull that one down.

So Lewis getting some instructions on the ninth sideline, now back out onto the field.

This is gonna bring up third down and 10 here from the 15 yard line.

Be interesting to see if they don't get it here.

Will they kick the field goal?

And it looked like the Broncos jump.

I didn't see any flags fly.

Now one does.

Lewis gets away momentarily.

He's gonna be dragged out inside the 10-yard line.

But let's check the flag.

It was thrown a bit late and thrown by one of the back judges.

That usually isn't where the flag would come from on those uh defensive offside plays.

We'll take a look.

Anyway, is it tripping going to be the call?

Looked like they tried to trip Lewis as he was making that run.

Actually, it's going to go against the Northgate Broncos.

Now they're hustling to get the uh field goal team out here.

I thought they were gonna get the field goal team out here.

No, they're gonna stay, they're gonna keep the offense out here.

They're gonna get the down over again because after the penalty, so it's still third down.

It's just gonna back them up a little bit.

Looked like they were scrambling to get the kicking team out there almost for a moment.

On third down, Lewis rolling to his right, sets up under pressure, throws for the end zone.

That's what it's gonna be.

Caught, but where are they inbounds?

Touchdown.

From 15 yards away, the Broncos cannot keep the Knights out of the end zone again, and this time it's Zachary Wood with a 15 yard touchdown catch.

And the Knights on the scoreboard again, they lead it 27 to 14.

That's our boy!

Mason Grant now.

Lewis with the hole that gets away.

Lewis is gonna try to chase it down, and he is gonna be tackled, so the point after is no good.

And with just 15 seconds to go in this first half, it's Las Lomas 27, and the Broncos 14.

Oh, but what a finish to this first half.

As the Knights with just 58 seconds to go in that uh second quarter in the second quarter, uh they regained the ball to their own 45 yard line, and the result is a pass from Lewis to Wood.

15 yard TD catch, and boy, it was a splendid catch.

The coverage was actually pretty good.

The sideline, you can see the pressure on Lewis there.

Couple of guys there, but Wood somehow able to take that one, almost took that one away from the Broncos, and with excellent coverage there, was Joaquin Hernandez number 24.

Looked like he had the arm across Wood as the ball was coming in, but somehow Wood was still able to make the catch.

What a great play by Los Lomas.

They got the first two touchdowns, they gave up the next two, and they've scored the last two now.

Here's one, they're gonna drop it to 25, picked up there 30 and 35 and spinning.

It looked like he stepped out of bounds, and now still running, still going, and it's gonna be down to the 35-yard line with nine seconds to go.

I thought he had stepped out of bounds farther upfield, but there was no signal to that, and I believe this is gonna stand for the Broncos.

What a huge play there, and with nine seconds, they're gonna have to a chance to throw one.

Here it is again, making the spinning did not step out of bounds.

It's Dax Gordon, and Gordon gonna take this one all the way down.

What a big play there.

You see there, he gets out inside the 40 to about the 35-yard line.

So with nine seconds, you could potentially have two plays.

You do have the one timeout.

Max back.

Steps inside, looking, throws over the middle.

It's gonna be incomplete.

That play took a long time.

That's gonna leave only four seconds.

So the timeout really won't come into play now because chances are they're not gonna be able to run a play, throwing the ball down the field in under four seconds.

So this should be the last play of the first half.

But how about the fireworks to end this second quarter?

What a ball game here from Los Lomas tonight.

And the most recent fireworks provided by number one, Dax Gordon.

And I had thought initially when he made that spin somewhere in uh Bronco territory that he had stepped out of bounds, but clearly on the replay, he did not, and the Knights able to make the tackle there to save the touchdown.

But he almost had himself a big kickoff return for a TD in the waning seconds of this first half.

There you see some of the cheer squad for Los Momas.

Always here to entertain the fans.

It's North Gate fourteen on the twenty twenty-five version of Battle of the Creek.

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