Sports Shorts Sports Shorts (February 09, 2005)

OAKS' CORNER . . . The Menlo College baseball team swept three games from Bethany over the weekend. The Oaks (4-0) started with a 12-2 win on Friday. Sean Scott, the winning pitcher, helped his own cause with a two-run triple. Garret Rodgers was 4-for-5 with a double and triple. He drove in three runs. On Saturday Menlo edged the Bruins, 2-1 and 8-7 in 10 innings. Jason Bynum got the win for the Oaks while Jimmy Goethals drove in both runs with a first-inning single. In the second game, John Palmini singled to score the game winner in the 10th. Dan Rico hit a home run . . . The Menlo College softball team swept a doubleheader on Saturday, 8-0 and 4-2, over visiting Patten. Senior Amanda Colon, Menlo's all-time home run leader added to her total with her first home run of the season (and the 17th of her career) in game one. Layla Lariosa and AJ Antoni each drove in two runs. Sophomore Meagan Giffin pitched five shutout innings, allowing five hits while striking out four, to pick up her first win of the year. Colon went a combined 5-for-5 with a double, triple, and a home run. She drove in three runs and scored three times. On Sunday, Menlo (2-2) dropped a doubleheader, 7-1 and 13-0, to host Sonoma State. The Oaks travel to LaVerne for a doubleheader on Friday . . . The Menlo College men's basketball team split a pair of games over the weekend, losing to Notre Dame de Namur, 63-50, and beating Simpson, 96-74, on Saturday. James Gilkey scored 23 points for the Oaks (8-5, 8-12) in the win over Simpson. Zach Peck added 17. On Friday, Gilkey scored 15, followed by Jay Eitel with 13 . . . The Menlo College women's basketball won twice, beating Notre de Namur, 75-51, on Friday, and then getting by Simpson, 62-56 in overtime, on Saturday. Kepua Lee had 19 points and 13 rebounds against the Argonauts. Maria Gomez added 15 points. Sonet Yee scored all 11 of her points in overtime to lead the Oaks (9-4, 13-7) past Simpson. Lee added another double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds and Francine Sorenson added 14 points.

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.

SIGNUPS AND TRYOUTS . . . Palo Alto Babe Ruth will host an open tryout for the 2005 baseball season on Saturday, 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 on Feb. 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 . . . The Stanford Earthquakes, a Boys U-!5 CYSA team, will hold a tryout on Feb. 11 at Greer Park. Players must have been born after Aug. 1, 1989. Information: 858-2076 or www.klgj@aol.com.

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.

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