De La Salle baseball wins sixth straight North Coast Section Division 1 championship

Hank Tripaldi, Alec Blair drive in two runs each, RJ Meyn fires complete-game seven-hitter in 7-3 win over red-hot Clayton Valley Charter

The dynasties don't stop at football around De La Salle High School in Concord. 

The Spartans, though famous for a football program that once won 151 straight games and which a motion picture was made, are pretty darned good at baseball as well. 

The Spartans had hits from eight different players — two each from Tanner Griffith, Kai Smith and sophomore Alec Blair — and got a complete-game performance by RJ Meyn on Friday to knock off Clayton Valley Charter 7-3 for the North Coast Section Division 1 title at Diablo Valley College.  

It was the sixth straight title and eight in 10 seasons for De La Salle (24-3), which has won 14 overall. The Spartans haven't lost an NCS game since 2016 to extend their section win streak to 24 games. 

Streaks and championships are par for the course for the Spartans. Their golf team, the defending state champion, won the Northern California title on Monday. The swim team won a recent NCS team crown, as did its track and field team. It's nothing new. 

Meyn, a junior left-hander committed to Santa Clara University, yielded seven hits, struck out five and walked just one. 

The Spartans struck for four runs in the first and two in the second to stake him to a 6-0 lead, one it would never relinquish. Clayton Valley (22-6) came in with a six-game win streak and winners of 15 of 16. 

De La Salle has won four straight since losing a 6-0 game to Granada-Livermore in the East Bay Athletic League playoffs. The Spartans have also won 15 of 16. 

Both teams should advance to the CIF Northern California Regionals next week.