Sports Shorts Sports Shorts (July 22, 2005)

SOCCER TRIP . . . The Palo Alto Pulse 14-under Class I CYSA soccer team will be in Sweden on Monday to begin its two-week tour highlighted by participation in the competitive Norway Cup. The team, coached by Tim Ryerson, will use its week in Sweden to play exhibition matches, practice and, of course, sight-see. Seven of the 19 team members are students at Jordan Middle School: Grant Audet, Orion Foley, Alex Freeman, Ryan Holland, Daniel Jones, Philip MacQuitty and Ethan Plant. There are also four Terman students: Greg Albrecht, Miles Mathews, Paul Morimoto and Sam Zeif. Other team members include Nick Hutter, Tyler Moragne and Ned Walecka of Hillview; Varun Nagarajan of Jane Lathrop Stanford; Josh Newby of Menlo; Eric Safai of Egan; Brendan Ruh and Christoph Bono. Ryerson's brother, Rich Ryerson, runs RRS Travel out of Kinna, Sweden and offers an international youth soccer tour as part of his business. The highlight of the first week just may be the new wooden roller coaster (Balder) at the Liseberg Amusement Park which features a 70 degree drop, or perhaps the slower Kanonen coaster, which opened in April.
MENLO MEMO . . . Menlo College junior Sara Fulp-Allen , who won the U.S. Senior Women's Wrestling Nationals at 105 pounds earlier this year, will compete at the World University Games in Izmur, Turkey beginning Aug. 11. Fulp-Allen earned a silver medal at the recently concluded FILA Junior World Women's Wrestling Championships in Vilnius, Lithuania, losing in the finals to Russian Olympian Lorissa Oorzak, who was fifth in Athens. "Sara had a very good tournament," USA coach Shannyn Gillespie said. "She wrestled well against the Olympian from Russia. Sara is ready to compete at the highest level right now. She is an impact wrestler." . . . Menlo College third baseman Amanda Colon and catcher Jessica Courson were named to the Association of Division III Independents Softball first team, and shortstop Michelle Hirabayashi was accorded honorable mention status . . . Menlo College product Jimmy Goethals, an NCAA Division III All-West Region second team selection in the spring, has appeared in 11 games with the Tri-City Valley Cats, a Single-A affiliate of the Houston Astros. The catcher is batting .226 with a home run and three RBI.
COACHING CORNER . . . Palo Alto High is looking for a varsity girls' basketball coach for the 2005-06 season and a varsity baseball coach for the 2006 season. Hoops coach Amy Stock is stepping down after four seasons, the first three which ended in league championships. Her 2003 squad finished 23-7 and reached the CCS semifinals for the first time in school history. Those interested should contact Athletic Director Earl Hansen at 329-3886 or send resumes to ehansen@pausd.org . . . Menlo School is looking for a girls' varsity basketball assistant coach and girls' frosh-soph basketball coaches. Call 330-2001 (ext. 2282) or e-mail bmckinney@menloschool.org. . . Menlo-Atherton is looking for coaches for the 2005-06 school year: wrestling, track and field assistant (shot and discus), JV boys' and JV girls' water polo, girls' varsity and JV lacrosse, and frosh-soph softball. Those interested should contact M-A Athletic Director Pam Wimberly at 322-5311 (ext. 5706) or e-mail resumes to pwimberl@seq.org
OF LOCAL NOTE . . . A sports medicine camp designed for high school students and youth sports coaches will be held Friday through Sunday at Skyline College. Contact Jo Silken at silken@smccd.net or 738-4283.

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