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Attarian out with broken foot
Oakland Tribune, May 7, 2008 by Phil Jensen
Dublin High track star James Attarian will not be competing in the Diablo Foothill Athletic League championships this week due to a broken foot, he confirmed Tuesday.
Attarian broke the fifth metatarsal of his left foot while stepping on the inside rail to avoid a fallen competitor in the mile run at the Stanford Invitational on April 5. He proceeded to a victory in 4 minutes, 15.76 seconds, a time which converted to 1,600 meters (4:14.27) is sixth in the state by DyeStatCal.com.
Attarian competed in two more meets, finishing third in the boys invitational mile at the prestigious Arcadia Invitational, before he realized that his foot was broken, he said. He then went to see a doctor, and he found out about the injury.
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"When I found out it was broken, I was disappointed. It isn't something you want in the middle of your season," he said. "I can't run on it ... I just found out today I have to wait another two-and- a-half (weeks). The doctor said that in another two-and-a-half weeks, it should be good."
Attarian said that Dublin coach Mike Goldstein is presenting Attarian's hardship case to the DFAL to see if Attarian can hardship through the DFAL championship meet.
SOFTBALL
Host Foothill (15-6, 8-1 East Bay Athletic League) sent 11 batters to the plate in the first inning and had seven consecutive hits on its way to a 9-0 victory over San Ramon Valley.
Foothill's Keri Ball threw a four-hitter and had six strikeouts, and went 3-for-4. Teammate Haley Piona was 2-for-2 with three RBIs.
San Ramon Valley is now 14-8 overall and 5-5 in the EBAL.
Livermore 8, California 3
Stephanie Gilbert went 2-for-4 with a double and drove in four runs for the visiting Cowboys (14-7, 6-3 EBAL). Livermore took advantage of six Grizzlies errors, scoring five unearned runs.
The Cowboys led just 4-3 entering the fourth inning, but then scored three runs to pull away from the Grizzlies (15-5, 6-4). Stefanie Hatley hit a double and drove in three runs for California.
TENNIS
Chris Meyer beat Drew Barthlow 6-0, 6-1 in the No. 1 singles match as No. 2 seed Mustangs (19-2) cruised to a first-round win at home against the Eagles (10-7) 7-0. Monte Vista hosts a quarterfinal at 3:30 p.m. Thursday against No.10 seed Marin Academy (16-5), which edged San Ramon Valley 4-3.
Marin Academy 4, San Ramon 3
The host Wolves (10-6) took a 1-0 lead with a 6-1, 6-2 victory by their No. 3 doubles team of Joey Baker and Ryan Oliver against Matt Bedrick and Mark Bauthier, but the 10th-seeded Wildcats (16-5) then won four matches in a row to end No. 7 San Ramon Valley's season.
Besides its No. 3 doubles win, San Ramon Valley got victories from its No. 1 doubles team of Josh Currie and Jaymes Hansen (4-6, 7- 5, 6-2 over Dan Brayton and Daniel Zayas), and its No. 1 singles player Bryan Cox (6-2, 6-1 over Ben Barad).
BOYS GOLF
Mat Miller has made the most of the past 30 days. The Foothill High senior has fired a 5-under, a 6-under and two 1-under rounds over the last four weeks, and Saturday it paid off.
Miller signed with USF on Saturday, turning down an offer from St. Mary's. Cal also showed interest in Miller.
"I talked with USF for a while," Miller said. "It's a nice campus, and some of their home courses are Olympic and Lake Merced."
The second Foothill golfer to sign a Division I scholarship, Miller started the 30-day period with a second-place finish at the Champions Invitational at the Golf Club at Terra Lago in Indio. Miller shot a three-round total of 6-under-par 210, including a 5- under-par 67 in the final round. He led the Falcons to a third- place finish in the 36-team event.
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