Sports
March 10, 2017
Clayton Pioneer • www.claytonpioneer.com
Athlete Spotlight
Taylor Heuerman Grade: Senior School: CVCHS Sport: Soccer
CVCHS senior Taylor Heuerman has finished his final season of high school soccer by playing with his classmate Pedro Hernandez in the fourth annual North Coast Section all-star game, leaving behind a great impact on the soccer program at his school with four years on varsity as a forward and winger. Before high school, he played soccer, basketball, baseball and ran track, but as he began playing on club soccer team, Diablo FC 98, there was no time to commit to other sports. “I played soccer 365 days a year,” Heuerman says. His hard work paid off and proved to be crucial in the rebuilding of
the CVCHS boys soccer program. Guillermo Jara became head coach during Heuerman’s freshman year so they were together for four years. “I have had the pleasure to coach Taylor for the last four years. He shows up every day with a smile and understands what it is to represent CVCHS as a student athlete.” “During my freshman and sophomore seasons, we were the worst team in D1 and never even made the playoffs,” Heuerman remembers, “My junior and senior seasons, however, we were in the top 5 D1 teams with a really impressive record and made NCS play-
offs both seasons.” An impressive goal scored by Heuerman in the final league game of his junior year won his team the game and earned the Play of the Week by Cal-Hi Sports Bay Area. He was also awarded first team all-DVAL. He repeated as all-league this winter in the new Diablo Athletic League. In addition to playing soccer, Heuerman is a member of the CVCHS ASB Leadership class as well as Multicultural Club and Adventure Club. He has been on CV Honor Roll throughout his high school years with a cumulative 4.1 GPA. Heuerman enjoyed his friends and classmates attending their games to support them and watch him and his team play throughout his high school career. He plans on attending college in Southern California to study business and journalism, and would like to pursue a career as a sports journalist. CVCHS student journalist Sydney Skow wrote this Spotlight.
The Clayton Pioneer congratulates Taylor and thanks Athlete Spotlight sponsors Dr. Laura Lacey & Dr. Christopher Ruzicka who have been serving the Clayton and Concord area for 25 years at Family Vision Care Optometry. www.laceyandruzicka.com Do you know a young athlete who should be recognized? Perhaps he or she has shown exceptional sportsmanship, remarkable improvement or great heart for the sport. Send your nomination for the Pioneer Athlete Spotlight today to sports@claytonpioneer.com.
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Clayton player Jenna West picked for Under 15 girls U.S. National Training Camp
Diablo View Middle School eighth grader Jenna West was selected for the first u.S. under 15 girls National Training Camp last month in Carson, California. The camp was led by u.S. Soccer Women’s Development coach Mark Carr who called up 40 players, almost all of whom were born in 2003. West is one of three players from Northern California for the Photo courtesy West family start of a two-year cycle for this age group as u15’s before transitioning to u17s in 2019 when they will form the core of the team that will attempt to qualify for the 2020 FIFA u-17 Women’s World Cup. West currently plays for the elite Clubs National League team at Mustang Soccer Club where she is a team co-captain and plays center back. She participates in National Training Center trainings and is also rostered on the 2003 Region IV (13 western states) Olympic Development team, the Cal North Olympic Development team and the NorCal Player Development Program. She will be attending Clayton Valley Charter in the fall and also currently participates in CYO track and field for St. Bonaventure CYO where she was 100 meter and high jump champion at the 2016 Oakland Diocese Championships.
CV Charter juniors named basketball league co-MVPs JAY BEDECARRÉ Clayton Pioneer
Clayton Valley Charter High School juniors Nick Klarman and Garrett Pascoe were named co-most valuable players of the Diablo Athletic League Valley Division for the undefeated league champion Eagles. The duo were the only CVCHS winter athletes to garner DAL MVP honors while Brianna Simonich of Carondelet was soccer MVP in the East Bay Athletic League. Before the league season, Ugly Eagles coach Eric Bamberger confidently predicted a league title and his co-MVPs then led the way to a 13-0 DAL mark. Pascoe’s honor matched two league MVPs his older sister Hailey received before her 2015 graduation from CVCHS. She is now playing Division I basketball for Lehigh University.
His coach says that Garrett Pascoe did “any and everything I asked him to do. Score, rebound, defend pass, lead, talk to players individually, address the team as a whole. He is a coach’s dream. He makes you better as a coach, he makes his teammates better on the court and he pushes himself to get better every day.” His junior runningmate Klarman “finally came out of his shell as a player this year. He dominated most games with his speed, shooting and size. The scary thing is, even as great as he was this year, he still has a lot of room to improve as a player and I believe will even be more dominate next year,” said Bamberger. “A lot of games he was our leading scorer, leading rebounder and guarded the best player on the other team. That’s how valuable he was.” Clayton Valley, Carondelet and De La Salle winter athletes getting all-league honors:
GIRLS SOCCER Clayton Valley Charter: 1st team- Lizzie Annison, Sierra Bruni; 2nd team- Kaci Trujillo, Cassie Bizicki; Honorable Mention- Chrystina Heuerman, Sarah Cook, Olivia Kreamer
GIRLS BASKETBALL CVC: 1st team- Kelly Osterkamp, Bridget Hyland; 2nd team- Kat Segovia; HMHannah Kommer, Jade Davis
Car: MVPBrianna Simonich; 1st team- Maaeva Dwiggins; 2nd team- Michela Carondelet: 1st team- Cas- Vanderkllught; HM- Ali Bamsidy Tshimbalanga, Elizabeth berger Ospeck, Gillian Cabral, BOYS BASKETBALL Angelin Anderson; 2nd teamCVC: MVPs- Pascoe, KlarRory Biles, Devin Lozano; man; 1st teamVince Lontz; 2nd HM- Angelina Scoma, Kiki teamJeff Williams, Spencer Evangelista Tamichi; HM- Nick Becker BOYS SOCCER DLS: 1st team- Emeka CVC: 1st team- Pedro HerUdenyi, Colby Orr; 2nd teamnandez, Taylor Heuerman; Connor O’Dea, Justin Pratt 2nd team- Angel Solis, Austin Ramirez; HM- Hirisian Tasev, WRESTLING Jesus Martinez, Kellen DresCVC: 1st team- Ryan Fischdow er, Andy DeLira; 2nd teamChristian Utne; 3rd team- Gabe De La Salle: 1st teamNavarro, Juan Pablo Wilson, Omar Jiron, Ian Nicolas; 2nd Ben Acebo team- Luke Giusto, James Peerson, Wyatt Hattich; HM- Evan DLS: 1st team- Peyton Lonestar, Yianni Reynolds Omania, Darryl Aiello, Riley Hilt, Jake Lillenstein, Patrick Ramirez, Dwayne Guerrero, Adrian Gomez, Jonathon Hackett, Davor Skaric; 2nd team- Logan Sumulong, Wade Willet, Cristian Villasenor; 3rd team- Ankhaa Enkhmandkh, Mitch Vanloon
Diablo FC honors 2016 Coaches of the Year at benefit dinner
Jay Bedecarré
Clayton Valley Charter juniors Nick Klarman (left) and Garrett Pascoe stood atop the Diablo Athletic League Valley Conference basketball landscape this year leading the ugly eagles to a 13-0 league championship. For their accomplishments they were voted co-most valuable players. Forward Klarman and guard Pascoe will return next season for their senior year looking to repeat as No. 1.
Jay Bedecarré
The area’s competitive soccer program, Diablo FC, held its 14th annual benefit Crab Feed and Auction last month at Centre Concord and took the occasion to honor its 2016 coaches of the year. Brian Voltattorni (second from left) was named boys coach of the year and Miguel Gonzalez (second from right) was tabbed top girls coach for the second year in a row. One of Gonzalez’ teams won their NorCal Premier State Cup division championship. Director of coaching zach Sullivan (left) and club president Dan Pauline of Clayton made the coaching award presentations.
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