Sports Shorts Sports Shorts (October 14, 2005)

OAKS' CORNER . . . The past week must have been interesting for Menlo women's soccer player Molly Flanagan. The junior defender was named California Pacific Conference Player of the Week after helping the Oaks win twice in conference play. Then she assisted on Menlo's only goal during Tuesday's frustrating, double-overtime loss to visiting Notre Dame de Namur. She scored six goals and recorded her first multi-goal match of the season last week. Katie Gravett scored on Flanagan's assist to give Menlo a 1-0 in the 51st minute against the Argonauts. Notre Dame rallied to tie the match in the 65th minute and won it in the 112th minute. The Oaks (3-0 in the CalPac, 8-4-1 overall) travel to Bethany on Tuesday for a 1 p.m. match . . . When the Menlo College football team went to Pella, Iowa to play Central College, under freezing conditions, in its last postseason appearance in 1987, lineman Frank Morones was one of the reasons the Oaks were able to make the trip. He was one of the original players when Menlo converted its athletic program to NCAA Division III status from junior college status. Morones, along with former baseball standout Dominic Ascani, was inducted into the Menlo College Hall of Fame last week. Morones' teams were 28-9-2 during his four years at the school, two at the Division III level. Morones was also a three-year starter at catcher for the Menlo baseball team. Ascani batted .300 both years he played at Menlo and earned all-Coast Conference honors. He went on to play for San Jose State. Ascani also played for the 1960-61 Menlo basketball team that captured the Coast Conference championship . . . Junior outside hitter Sanoe' Eselu had a match-high 15 kills to go with 17 digs as the Menlo College women's volleyball team defeated visiting UC Santa Cruz, 30-21, 31-29, 30-24, on Tuesday. The Oaks play at Pacific Union on Sunday . . . The Menlo men's soccer team dropped a 3-2 decision to visiting Notre Dame de Namur on Tuesday. Scott Gill and Balta Vazquez scored for the Oaks (7-5-1), who play at Pacific Union today . . . Junior Jarin Beck shot an 11-over-par 153 to lead the Menlo College men's golf team to an eighth-place finish at the Holy Names University Fall Invitational Monday at the Monarch Bay Golf Club.

OF LOCAL NOTE . . . The Stanford Water Polo Club boys' 14-under team qualified for the annual Speedo Cup, which brings together the top age-group teams in the nation, by beating Lamorinda last weekend, 5-3, at UC Santa Cruz. Stanford, which took second in the Speedo Cup last year, was the top seed in the qualifying tournament. Lamorinda had beaten Stanford at the National Junior Olympics this summer on the way to finishing second overall. Stanford grabbed the bronze medal at the Junior Olympics.

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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