Prep roundup: Piedmont’s Natalia Martinez scores 41 points to beat O’Dowd

Piedmont senior put on a show Wednesday night as the Highlanders prevailed at home over Bishop O’Dowd in this West Alameda County Conference Foothill Division showdown. Martinez scored 13 of her 41 points in the first quarter as Piedmont surged to an 18 4 advantage. The Highlanders maintained the 14 point cushion at halftime and withstood O’Dowd’s 22 point fourth quarter to improve to 10 2, 1 0.

O’Dowd is 8 4, 0 1. (14 points), (13 points) and (11 points) led O’Dowd in scoring. Piedmont will be at home to face St. Joseph Notre Dame on Friday. O’Dowd will play host to Salesian on Saturday in the Oakland school’s MLK Showcase. In a matchup between two of the Bay Area’s top teams, San Ramon Valley held off Pinewood down the stretch for the nonleague victory.

The host Wolves led by 10 after the first quarter and 15 at halftime but scored just three points in the third period. scored 20 points and finished with 17 points as San Ramon Valley, ranked second by the Bay Area News Group, improved to 16 1. (11 points), (eight points) and (seven points) were Pinewood’s top scorers.

SRV extended its winning streak to 14 games while beating Pinewood (7 2) for the second consecutive season. The Wolves play at California on Friday. Pinewood visits Carondelet on Saturday. Los Gatos, playing at home, got 19 points from and 18 from to beat Homestead in a Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division game.

Los Gatos improved to 11 2, 2 0. finished with 13 points for Homestead, which fell to 5 10, 1 2. Menlo Atherton brought an 11 0 record into this Peninsula Athletic League Bay Division opener on the road against Half Moon Bay. The home team wasn’t fazed. scored 19 points and added 17 points to lead HMB to the victory, The Cougars held a 19 10 lead after the first quarter and a 47 35 edge after three quarters on their way to improving to 10 4.

provided most of M A’s offense, finishing with 32 points to go with nine rebounds. scored 21 points and added 19 as Oakland Tech turned back host Fremont in Oakland Athletic League play. (15 points) and (10 points) were Fremont’s top scorers. Oakland Tech improved to 13 4, 1 0. Fremont fell to 9 8, 0 1.

finished with 18 points and chipped in with 10 as Oakland, last season’s Division III state champion, defeated visiting McClymonds in an OAL game. had 22 points to lead Mack, which fell to 14 2, 0 1. Oakland is 10 5, 1 0..