Sports Shorts Sports Shorts (October 07, 2005)

OAKS' CORNER . . . The Menlo College women's soccer team defeated visiting Holy Names, 3-0, in a Cal Pac Conference match on Wednesday. Molly Flanagan scored twice on free kicks and Heather Klassen made five saves for the Oaks (2-0, 7-3-1), who travel to Mills College in Oakland on Saturday at 1 p.m. . . . The Menlo College men's soccer team dropped a 6-1 decision to visiting Holy Names on Wednesday in a Cal Pac Conference contest. Jonathan Delgado scored the Oaks' (0-1-1, 6-4-1) only goal. Menlo is at Cal State Maritime today at 7 p.m. . . . Both the Menlo College men's and women's cross country teams finished second at the Holy Names Invitational over the weekend at Bort Meadows in Chabot Regional Park. Menlo freshman Shareese Mulholland finished fourth in the 3.1-mile women's race for the Oaks, racing a 24:26.00 as the Oaks finished a point behind Pacific Union, 27-28. Oaks senior Alfonso Paez went 33:52.00 in the five-mile men's race as Menlo finished second with 54 points. Holy Names swept the top five places for the title. The Oaks are entered in today's Pacific Union Preview.

ON THE LINKS . . . Spots are still open for the Palo Alto Area Bar Association Golf Tournament, set for Monday at the Stanford Golf Course. More than 100 golfers are expected to compete, with proceeds making it possible for Community Legal Services to continue to provide legal services to low income area residents. For more information, contact Andy Cohen at 326-6440 or Steve Dennis at 327-4200 . . . There is room for five more foursomes for the 2005 ACCEL Foundation Golf Tournament on Monday at Palo Alto Hills Country Club at 12:30 pm. Proceeds support ongoing improvements to P.E. & athletic facilities at Palo Alto High. Information: Stoney Feeney at 327-5870 or stoneyfeeney@comcast.net.

COACHING CORNER . . . Palo Alto High is looking for girls' varsity and JV soccer coaches for the 2005-06 winter season. Those interested should contact Paly Athletic Director Earl Hansen at 329-3886. Palo Alto's new baseball coach, Joel Kaufman, is looking for assistant coaches for both the varsity and JV teams in addition to a head JV coach. He can be reached at palybaseball@pacbell.net . . . Gunn is looking for a JV girls' soccer coach. Contact Athletic Director Matt McGinn at 354-8214 . . . Woodside Priory is looking for a boys' junior varsity basketball coach and a varsity swim coach. Contact Mark Stogner, Director of Athletics at 851-6107 or mstogner@woodsidepriory.com . . . Sacred Heart Prep is looking for a baseball coach for the 2006 spring season, a girls' varsity basketball assistant coach, and a head coach for girls' JV basketball. Interested candidates should forward their resume with a letter of interest to Anthony Thomas, Athletic Director, Sacred Heart Prep, 150 Valparaiso Ave., Atherton, 94027 . . . 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 also needs an assistant coach for the frosh-soph girls' soccer team. The begins Nov. 1 and runs through mid-February. Contact Jessie Thomas at 330-2001 (ext. 2352) or at jthomas@menloschool.org . . . 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), 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 . . . The Menlo Park Strikers' FC girls' 10-Under soccer team is looking for experienced players for the upcoming fall season. For more information, contact Chris at 1-408-497-3816 . . . Registration is open for City of Palo Alto's Fall Adult Sports Leagues in basketball, softball and volleyball. Leagues are accepting complete teams, and individuals can be placed on a free agent list. Palo Alto is also looking for coaches for the middle school athletics program. Sports include cross country and flag football. For more information, call 463-4926 or e-mail sabine.sander@cityofpaloalto.org . . . Alberto Montoya, a 9-time State cup champion coach, is recruiting for MVLA Galaxy, a Class 1, U16 (born after Aug. 1, 1989) girls soccer team. Tryouts are during GALAXY's normal practice sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 4 and 5:30 p.m. at Covington's soccer field in Los Altos. For information, contact team manager Vicki Yort at (650) 949-4586 or by email at vbyort@aol.com.

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