Sports Wrap Sports Wrap (April 23, 2004)

Another sweep by St. Francis

A number one state ranking. Number five in the nation according to USA Today. Number 12 in the nation according to Baseball America. And a 21-0 season record.

If the Lancer baseball team walked away from the Mitty Tournament without the championship trophy, there would have been something seriously amiss.

St. Francis opened the series with a double-header, beating Sacred Heart Prep 11-4 and Edison 5-2. The Lancers gained more momentum after a 6-3 win against Moorpark in the semifinals and then battered Mitty 8-3 in the championship game.

Chris Coleman, the winning pitcher against Sacred Heart Prep and Mitty, ended the tournament 5-0 for the season. Rex Petrill pitched against Moorpark to extend his record to 7-0.

The outstanding hitter for the Lancers was Kyle Spraker, who went 2 for 4 with 4 RBIs against Sacred Heart, 2 for 3 with 2 RBIs against Edison, 3 for 4 with 2 RBIs against Moorpark, and 2 for 3 against Mitty.

Ryan Lee was 3 for 4 with 2 runs and 2 RBIs against Sacred Heart and was 3 for 4 against Edison. Jack Moreci went 3 for 3 against Edison with 2 runs, 1 RBI and a home run. Steve Schields was 2 for 3 against Moorpark with a double, and Matt Long was 3 for 4 against Mitty with 2 doubles and 3 RBIs.

Dan Descalso also went 3 for 4 against Mitty with 2 runs and 1 RBI. He pitched a complete game against Edison that included six strikeouts.

The Lancers will travel to Valley Christian on April 27. The game starts at 3:30 p.m.

Los Altos badminton falls

With four players missing, the Eagles badminton team was forced to promote players from the JV team and suffered the consequences, losing to Lynbrook 34-11.

Number-one boys player Eric Osbourne pulled through, beating Eric Chao in three sets, 11-15, 15-13, 15-7. Osbourne also beat Lynbrook's number-two player, Jimmy Tang, 15-8, 15-1.

Minnie Moy, at number-one girls singles, lost to Lauren Chu, 15-1, 15-0.

Overall, boys and girls singles lost 5-4, 7-4, respectively. Boys doubles fell 8-0 and girls doubles, missing their number-one team, were defeated 8-1.

Los Altos will play Wilcox at home on April 27 at 3:30 p.m.

Spartan track girls remain undefeated

Mountain View's girls track team returned from a week's rest to triumph over Santa Clara, 97.5-29.5, and extend its league record to 4-0.

First-place finishers included Jessica Heeb in the mile (5:35.21), Alanna Blakemore in the 2 mile (13:50.99), Haley Nahman in the 800m (2:35.63), Kate Blood in the 400m (1:02.75), Jane Doolittle in the 100m (13.19), Kate Kornegay in both the 100m hurdles (17.44) and 300m hurdles (50.72), Pauline Regala in the shot put (31'7"), Gabi Kuftinec in the long jump (16'0") and Abbey Damm in the triple jump (32'11").

Blood, Doolittle, Alisa Chester and Laura Wilbur took the 4x100m relay in a time of 51.91. And Nastassia Gorleau, Roni Amsden, Wilbur and Melanie Freedland won the 4x400m relay in 4:28.93.

The Mountain View boys put in several strong performances, but fell to Santa Clara 88-39, bringing their season record to 2-2. Justin Bull had a phenomenal day in the field events, earning a personal best as well as first place in the triple jump with a distance of 40 feet 6 inches. He finished second in the high jump at 5 feet 2 inches and third in the shot put at 35 feet 4 inches.

Other top finishers included the 4x400m relay runners, Forrest Sansom, Alex Adams, Kevin Harris and Danny Slate, who placed first with a time of 3:42.08. Adams also finished second in both the 100m hurdles (16.93) and 100m sprint (11.38). Henry Freedland was second in the 800m (2:09.12) and Dennis Fong finished third in the 300m hurdles (47.01). Matt Yasavolian threw 119 feet 2 inches to place second in the discus.

MV speedsters place at invitational

A small contingent of runners represented Mountain View High School on April 17 at the Hampton-Phillips Invitational with solid results.

Freshman Robbie Reid placed 13th in the 800m at 2:11.75 while Haley Nahman finished 17th (2:33.03). Michelle Chester was the top Spartan 1600m runner of the day with a time of 6:00.43, good for 41st place.

Kate Blood ran 1:03.12 in the 400m for a 17th place finish and 1:16.74 in the 400m hurdles for 12th. Jesse Griffen finished with a time of 11:53.53 in the 3200 for 30th place.

Mountain View's last meet of the season will be away at Saratoga on April 29 at 3 p.m.

-- Colleen Corcoran

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