Carondelet’s Keshia Vitalicio steals the ball from Piedmont and goes up for a lay up in the first quarter of their game at Piedmont High School in Piedmont, Calif., on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. PIEDMONT — Coming off an emotional loss to San Ramon Valley in the East Bay Athletic League tournament championship last weekend, Carondelet felt it had something to prove heading into Thursday’s North Coast Section Open Division quarterfinal against Piedmont.
Piedmont’s Natalia Martinez is triple teamed by Carondelet in the second quarter of their game at Piedmont High School in Piedmont, Calif., on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. “We just didn’t want to get blown out,” Martinez said about the team’s performance in the second half. “We knew we were better than this. I think we played the way we should have played from the beginning in the second half.”
Carondelet’s Keshia Vitalicio leaps to steal a pass intended for Piedmont’s Natalia Martinez in the second quarter of their game at Piedmont High School in Piedmont, Calif., on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. Piedmont’s Lindsey Wirgler attempts to shoot while being guarded by Carondelet’s Celeste Alvarez in the first quarter of their game at Piedmont High School in Piedmont, Calif., on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024.