Sports Briefs: Cal adds MC alum Rolovich as offensive assistant

Former Marin Catholic standout and Washington State football coach Nick Rolovich has been hired to join Justin Wilcox’s coaching staff at Cal as a senior offensive assistant.

Rolovich brings several years of offensive coaching experience with him to Berkeley, most recently serving as the head coach at Washington State (2020-21) and Hawai’i (2016-19). Prior to leading the Rainbow Warriors, Rolovich spent four seasons as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Nevada from 2012-15.

Rolovich guided WSU to a 38-28 win at Oregon State in the 2020 season opener, becoming the first Cougar head football coach to win his debut since 2003 and first to win his first game on the road since 1977. He mentored 11 student-athletes who received All-Pac-12 honors and WSU claimed the Pac-12’s first two Freshman of the Week awards in 2020. Rolovich’s Run and Shoot offense produced two of the Pac-12’s top three leaders in receiving yards during the season.

The Novato native  coached quarterbacks for two years at City College of San Francisco and began his coaching career as an assistant coach at San Marin High.

Boys soccer

Jackson Richardson netted a hat trick as Archie Williams won its first game at San Rafael’s Mission City Invitational, 3-2 against Sonoma Valley on Friday night. Manny Cardenas, Jake Morrison, and Chala Rosenthal had the assists for the Peregrine Falcons (2-1-1), who play Granada in the tournament at 11:30 a.m. Saturday.

• San Rafael battled McClatchy to a 0-0 tie in the second game on Friday at the Mission City Invitational. The Bulldogs (2-2-1) close the tournament with a North Coast Section playoff rematch against Ukiah at 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

Girls soccer

Lily Plunkett scored off an assist by Sienna Hearing as San Domenico battled Convent to a 1-1 tie in the final game of the calendar year for the Panthers (2-0-2).

Holiday charity

San Domenico senior and Stanford-committed basketball player, Carly Amborn, is partnering with the Ronald McDonald House to collect presents for families that have sick children in hospitals in Oakland and Palo Alto.

Amborn will host a basketball clinic at San Domenico on Sunday, from 2:30-4 p.m., for athletes in grades 3-8. The cost is a new, unwrapped toy, or a donation via Venmo for the non-profit.