Pleasanton-bound

Davis High School found out Sunday it will travel to Pleasanton to take on Amador Valley in the first round of the Northern California State girls volleyball playoffs. Eight Northern California teams advanced to NorCals, which will begin Tuesday.

The Blue Devils (29-10) were seeded eighth and do avoid Homestead of Cupertino (27-10), one of the few teams to beat Nevada Union, the Sac-Joaquin Section finals winner that swept DHS for the second straight year.

Amador Valley (29-4) beat San Ramon Valley in four games for the North Coast Section championship. No statistics were available on maxpreps.com, but it looks like Duke-bound Sophia Dunworth and Katie Gellerman are the team's best players. According to maxpreps, the team finished with a 7-11 record a year ago.

Good seeding

The Davis High School girls volleyball team earned a No. 3 seed on Thursday for the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I Playoffs. That's a good thing for the Blue Devils since top-ranked Nevada Union is on the other side of the bracket and the two wouldn't have to meet until the finals.

The Blue Devils, who did not lose a game or a match in Delta Valley Conference play, will host No. 14 Downey on Tuesday in the first round. If DHS wins, it would get another home match on Nov. 8.

The section finals are at The Pavilion at 8 p.m. on Nov. 15.