Sports Shorts Sports Shorts (December 09, 2005)

OAKS' CORNER . . . It may not be the same as UC Davis beating Stanford, but the Menlo College men's basketball team isn't complaining. The NAIA Oaks are off to their best start in seven years after beating visiting NCAA Division II San Francisco State, 63-51, on Monday night. Menlo (3-1) took the lead early in the game and held off several Gators' runs to match its best start since the 1997-98 season. Damian Carter and Jay Eitel each scored 15 points for the Oaks. Menlo led by as many as 13 points but San Francisco State (0-5) managed to close within 45-40. That would be the closest the Gators would get the rest of the way. James Gilkey added 10 points for the Oaks, who open California Pacific Conference play today at home against Holy Names at 7:30 p.m. The Menlo women also play Holy Names at 5:30 p.m.

CARDINAL CORNER . . . Stanford is one of seven schools who have two men's basketball seniors named among the 30-member nominees for Bayer Advantage Senior CLASS Award. Dan Grunfeld and Chris Hernandez are both among those eligible to receive the award, which is based both on athletic and academic merit. Ten finalists will be announced in February . . . The United States Under-19 World Championship women's basketball team, of which Stanford sophomore Candice Wiggins was a key member, was named USA Basketball Team of the Year. The team is eligible for the U.S. Olympic Team of the Year award. Wiggins averaged 15.8 points a game as the Americans won eight games en route to capturing the gold medal in Tunisia over the summer.

COACHING CORNER . . . 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 . . . Woodside Priory is looking for 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. 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-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

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