Vista boys, Oak Ridge girls reach lacrosse finals

The Sacramento area lacrosse championships will be played Thursday night. On the varsity boys' side, Vista del Lago (11-1) will host Granite Bay (14-2) at 7 p.m. The Eagles defeated Davis on Tuesday in the semifinals, 12-1. Owen Pettus scored twice; Zachary Bailiff and Max Vota had two goals each, while Tristan Sackmann, Tyler Petersen, Grant Guthrie and Alex Grant also scored. Vota added four assists, while Pettus and Grant each had one. Josh Rettinger made three saves in goal, while Luke Aland made 1. This will be the third meeting between the two top teams in the area and should be a competitive game. Granite Bay won the first game at Vista, 12-11, while Vista won the second game at Granite Bay, 15-12. On the girls' side, Oak Ridge (16-1) defeated St. Francis (14-4), 20-9, in one semifinal, while Davis (17-4) beat Vista del Lago (10-5) in the other, 17-7. Oak Ridge will travel to Davis on Thursday for the championship game at 7:30 p.m. Scoring for Oak Ridge included five goals by Ella Rutherford, three by Anna Yanagihara, two by Natalie Mancinelli and Tori Ross and single goals by Annika Tanner, Brooklyn Price, Lindsey Rogers and Katie Miranda. Alex Young added an assist, while Bella Crivello made one save in goal. Winners of both games Thursday will receive an automatic bid to the North Coast Section playoffs.