All four of Piedmont High School’s winter sports teams have made the North Coast Section playoffs, and all four teams will be opening playoff play on February 13.
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Piedmont’s girls basketball team received the fifth seed in the NCS Division 4 bracket and will host Middletown at 7 p.m. The Highlanders finished the regular season with a 17-9 record after beating Berkeley on February 6 and then falling to Alameda 65-62 in double overtime on February 8.
Piedmont tied for second in West Alameda County Foothill League play with a 5-5 record.
The Mustangs finished 18-8 and finished second in the North Central 1 league with a 12-2 mark. St. Patrick-St. Vincent of Vallejo received the top seed.
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The Piedmont boys team received a No. 4 seed in NCS Divison 4 after finishing the regular season with an overall record of 17-9, and 5-5 in the West Alameda County Foothill League. The Highlanders finished third in the league behind co-champions San Leandro and Bishop O’Dowd.
Piedmont wrapped up the regular season with a 57-47 win over Berkeley on February 6 followed by a 64-50 loss to San Leandro on February 8. The latter game was Senior Night for the Highlanders.
No. 13 seed Gateway-San Francisco was initially slated to host Piedmont (based on winning their league), but the game has been moved to Piedmont at 5:30 p.m. The Gators (17-11) shared the Bay Counties League Central Division crown with Jewish Community School. Branson-Ross was named the No. 1 seed.
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In soccer, Piedmont’s boys and girls teams each received a No. 4 seed in the Division 4 bracket and will play a double-header at Piedmont. The girls will host St Patrick-St. Vincent of Vallejo at 5 p.m. The Highlanders finished 11-5-1 overall, and 3-4-1 in the West Alameda County Foothill League. Piedmont finished up the season with a 4-1 win over Castro Valley on February 6 and a 0-0 tie with Berkeley the following day. The Bruins were 10-2-1 on the year, 9-1-1 in Tri-County Athletic League Stone Division play. Cardinal Newman-Santa Rosa is the top seed.
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Piedmont’s boys team will host Hercules at 7 p.m. The Highlanders (11-4-2 overall, 9-0-1 West Alameda County Shoreline) finished off their first league title in 10 years with a 2-0 win over Tennyson on February 7. Hercules was just 5-11-1, 4-7-1 in the TCAL Stone Division, which was dominated by Albany. University-San Francisco was awarded the top seed in the bracket.
Sites and times are subject to change. All brackets are on the NCS website at www.cifncs.org.