Sports Shorts Sports Shorts (February 02, 2005)

OAKS' CORNER . . . The Menlo College women's basketball team split a pair of Cal Pac Conference games over the weekend, beating visiting Cal State East Bay, 76-60, on Saturday after losing to host Holy Names, 76-43, on Friday. Junior Shannon Riley scored 18 points for the Oaks (7-4, 11-7) in the win over the Pioneers. Menlo coach Caitlin Collier earned her 100th career victory in the game. Menlo shot 59 percent in the first half, and held a 42-27 halftime edge. Cal State East Bay tied the score at 46 less than seven minutes into the second half, but the Oaks went on an 18-2 run to nail down the victory. Senior Maria Gomez scored 14 points. Menlo hosts Notre Dame de Namur on Friday at 5:30 p.m. . . . The Menlo College men's basketball team dropped a pair of games over the weekend, losing to host Holy Names, 86-73, on Friday and falling to visiting Cal State East Bay, 92-84, on Saturday. The Oaks (7-4, 7-11) host Notre Dame de Namur on Friday at 7:30 p.m. Junior Bryon Wesley scored a career-high 24 points against the Pioneers. Freshman Jay Eitel scored 12 points and had nine assists. Senior Kyle Arneson scored 22 points in the loss to the Hawks, while junior Brandon Rogers added a season high 15 points. . . . The Menlo College baseball team opens its season on Wednesday with a home game against Simpson University at 2 p.m.. The Oaks host Bethany College on Friday at 3 p.m., with a doubleheader beginning at 11 a.m. on Saturday. Palo Alto residents Billy Himan, Jefferson Bradshaw and Colby Henard are on the roster. . . . The Menlo College softball team opens its season with a doubleheader against visiting Patten University on Saturday beginning at noon. The Oaks, coached by Sacred Heart Prep grad Kelly Miller, travel to Sonoma State for a pair of contests on Sunday at noon.

DIAMOND GEMS . . . The Amateur Softball Association included Stanford softball players Lauren Lappin and Jackie Rinehart on its initial watch list for the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Award. The watch list is comprised of 40 players representing 23 colleges.

SIGNUPS AND TRYOUTS . . . Palo Alto Babe Ruth will host an open tryout for the 2005 baseball season on Feb. 5 and Feb. 12 at the Gunn High baseball field. Players 14 and 15 years of age try out at 9:30 a.m., followed by 13 year olds at noon. Residents of Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, Portola Valley, Atherton, Menlo Park, Woodside and Redwood City are eligible to try out. Registration is $250. More information at: www.etamz.com/palo_alto_babe_ruth. Palo Alto Babe Ruth also is looking for a manager for the upcoming season. Those interested should contact Neil McGregor at nmcgregor@pacbell.net . . . The Palo Alto Soccer Club will hold open tryouts for Class 1 and Class 3 boys and girls U10-U14 (in the fall) teams, weekends Feb. 5-13, on the Cubberley Community Center fields. High school teams try out separately, and there is a Youth Development Program for younger players. For tryout times for specific age groups, see www.pasoccerclub.org. For more information: 361-0561.
COACHING CORNER . . . Palo Alto High is searching for a new JV softball coach for this spring and a girls' water polo head coach for the 2005 season. Interested persons should contact Earl Hansen, Palo Alto Athletic Director, at 329-3886 or ehansen@pausd.org . . . Menlo-Atherton and Woodside highs are looking for coaches for their varsity girls' lacrosse teams this spring. Both are paid positions. For M-A, contact Mary at 854-4920 or Wachtelfam@aol.com. For Woodside, contact Donna at 365-6404 or dblosey116@aol.com. Menlo-Atherton also needs a girls' JV lacrosse coach and a frosh-soph softball coach. Those interested should contact M-A Athletic Director Pam Wimberly at 322-5311 (ext. 5706) . . . Basketball and soccer coaches (for boys and girls) are needed at St. Elizabeth Seton School in Palo Alto. Interested coaches should contact Pat Foy at 326-9004 . . . Menlo School has openings for girls' softball coaches: a varsity assistant, head frosh-soph and frosh-soph assistant. The season runs from February to May. For more information: 593-3895 . . . Sacred Heart Prep is looking for the following coaches: Varsity softball, varsity baseball and varsity girls' lacrosse. Those interested should contact Anthony Thomas, Athletic Director at 473-4031.
SOFTBALL SIGNUPS . . . Registration continues for the Palo Alto Girls' Softball spring season and is open to all girls, ages 5-14, in Palo Alto and surrounding communities. Practices begin in March and will be followed by an active schedule of games through May. After the spring season, travel teams will be formed for girls who wish to play at a more competitive level. The focus of Palo Alto Girls' Softball is on teamwork sportsmanship, positive values and fun, while developing fundamental softball skills. The youngest players begin with T-ball. All practices are in Palo Alto, as all games for players 10-under. The older divisions (12-under and 14-under) will do some traveling during interleague games. Registration ends Jan. 31. Players can register online at www.paloaltogirlssoftball.org or pick up registration forms at their local schools. For more information: 361-0743.
BASEBALL HONORS . . . Palo Alto High grad David Stringer will be among a handful of local baseball players honored at the annual Santa Clara County Hot Stove Banquet on Feb. 10 at the G.I. Forum, 765 Story Road, in San Jose. Stringer, a right-handed pitcher who led the Vikings into the Central Coast Section Division I finals and now is on the roster at Stanford University, will be honored as the 2004 high school Scholastic Athlete of the Year. Stanford's Jed Lowrie will be honored as last season's Bay Area College Player of the Year while Cardinal graduates Ryan Garko and John Hudgins will be honored as Major League Baseball's Minor League Players of the Year. Also in attendance will be San Francisco Giants' manager Felipe Alou, former St. Francis High and current Oakland A's start Eric Byrnes of Portola Valley and former Stanford star Mike Mussina of the New York Yankees. The banquet gets under way at 5:30 with dinner at 6:45 p.m. and the awards ceremony at 7:30 p.m. Cost is $35. For tickets, make checks payable to Santa Clara County Baseball Fundraiser c/o Al Talboy at 7491 Dumas Drive, Cupertino, 95014.

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