Sports Shorts Sports Shorts (October 28, 2005)

COLLEGE CORNER . . . Castilleja graduate Jessica Hazlett, a sophomore at Harvard, shot rounds of 82-80 for a 162 total to finish second overall by just one stroke and help the Crimson women's golf team win the East Coast Athletic Conference Championships last weekend . . . Palo Alto grad Murray Koch, a freshman at Skidmore College and a starter on the women's volleyball team, had her fifth double-double of the season last weekend as Skidmore won its second tournament title in a row. Also helping Skidmore this season is setter and former Paly player Laura Olstad . . . Performing well for the Harvard men's water polo team this season have been Paly grad Chris Ludwick and Menlo School grad Robbie Burmeister.

HOOPS SCRIMMAGE . . . The Stanford men's basketball will hold a scrimmage on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. in Maples Pavilion open to the public. Following the scrimmage, the Cardinal players and coaches will sign autographs . . . For the first time ever, a special edition 6th Man t-shirt is being sold to the general public with half the proceeds benefiting the Packard Children's Fund. Get your shirt today at http://store.stanford.edu/6thman.

T-SHIRT SALE . . . For a limited time only, 2005 Moonlight Run T-shirts are available for sale for $10 each. Come into our offices at 703 High Street (at Forest, downtown PA), between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 pm, Monday through Friday.

GOLF TOURNEY . . . The third annual Stanford Golf Classic will be held Monday at the Stanford Golf Course. The event will benefit the Special Olympics of Northern California and the Stanford Golf: For Business & Life Program. Registration and pre-match activities begin at 8:30 a.m., with a shotgun start at 10 a.m. Entry fees are $225 per person or $800 per foursome. For entry information, call 725-3843 or e-mail golfman817@aol.com.

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 . . . 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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