Sports Wrap Sports Wrap (May 14, 2004)

A good week for local baseball

Five days after getting knocked off by Santa Clara, Mountain View clinched the El Camino Division title at home Thursday. Erik Davis pitched a one-hitter and struck out 14 as the Spartans beat Monta Vista 4-0.

St. Francis rebounded from its first loss of the season with a 6-5 victory over Serra on Friday. Chris Coleman got his sixth win for the Lancers, who finished their regular season with a record of 27-1. Both teams will open CCS play next week.

Senior Matt Nippes led the way with his arm and his bat last Friday as Los Altos won its third straight league game, routing Fremont 10-0. In addition to pitching five-and-a-third innings of no-hit ball, Nippes homered and singled twice as part of an offensive outburst that featured and eight-run first. With the win, Los Altos ran its league record to 7-9, 10-16 overall.

Injured Miller still in command

One good leg was enough for Allie Miller. Nursing a sore right hamstring, the Los Altos High senior won all four events in her first post-season competition at last Thursday's SCVAL De Anza Division Track and Field Championships. Her titles in the 100-meter hurdles, the 300-meter hurdles, triple and high jump paced Los Altos to a fourth place finish at home. Andrew Van Straaten won the boys high jump with a leap of 6 ft.,'3 inches. They will compete again Saturday at SCVAL championships at Los Gatos High, where Mountain View's Jane Doolittle and Roni Amsden - the top two high jumpers in the El Camino Division - will try their luck against Miller.

Los Altos tennis bows out under protest

The Los Altos High School boysí tennis fell to host Menlo in CCS semifinals Tuesday 4-3, but Athletic Director Monica Lodge planned to file a protest with the section. A free barbeque drew dozens of rowdy fans, who brought air horns and whistles and shouted obscenities at individual players, said a member of the Los Altos team. CCS sportsmanship policy outlaws artificial noisemakers, obscenities and berating the opponents. According to the sectionís website, officials from each school are responsible for the behavior of their fans. Lodge said Menlo officials allowed the behavior to continue for too long before acting to stop it. She admitted chances were slim the protest would lead to any action, such as a rematch, before the championship round scheduled for Thursday at noon. The Eagles advanced via a first-round bye and a 5-2 second-round victory over Sacred Heart.

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