Britton girls end season in tourney semifinals Finishing off a
fine season, the Britton Middle School girls soccer team advanced
to the semifinals of the East Hills League Tournament before losing
to Bret Harte of San Jose 4-2 this week. The team, which compiled a
6-1 regular season record, beat Leyva of San Jose 2-0 in the first
round of the postseason tourney. The team is made up of a
combination of seventh and eighth graders, including Nichole
Downing, Erin Evanger, Remy Gross, Julia Hartl, Noor Khuzaie,
Kourtney Kientzy, Hallie Kiernan, Maureen King, Claudia Luna, Alex
Mandel, Melanie Menahe, Julia Pasek, Brooke Silvetti, Lindsay van
Keulen, and Amanda Whitling. Bob Whitling has served as the
team
’s volunteer coach for the past three years.
Britton girls end season in tourney semifinals
Finishing off a fine season, the Britton Middle School girls soccer team advanced to the semifinals of the East Hills League Tournament before losing to Bret Harte of San Jose 4-2 this week. The team, which compiled a 6-1 regular season record, beat Leyva of San Jose 2-0 in the first round of the postseason tourney. The team is made up of a combination of seventh and eighth graders, including Nichole Downing, Erin Evanger, Remy Gross, Julia Hartl, Noor Khuzaie, Kourtney Kientzy, Hallie Kiernan, Maureen King, Claudia Luna, Alex Mandel, Melanie Menahe, Julia Pasek, Brooke Silvetti, Lindsay van Keulen, and Amanda Whitling. Bob Whitling has served as the team’s volunteer coach for the past three years.
LO Boosters to hold board elections
The Live Oak High Athletic Boosters Club will hold its annual election for members of the Board of Directors on Tuesday, April 12 at 7pm. The election will take place in the Live Oak High Library.
Adhering to the Club’s bylaws, a nominating committee was formed in February of this year to identify and nominate a slate of candidates for the coming session. The candidates must be members in good standing to qualify, and the positions include a one-year term. The term year is defined as July 1 through June 30 of the following year.
The Club will seek to elect nine members to the board. The four officers of the newly elected board, the President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer, will be chosen by a show of hands vote of the newly elected board members.
Candidates identified to date by Nominating Committee chairwoman Shelley Hatakeyama include Debbie Adamo, Judith Benner, Helen Galione, Lisa Jones, Gale Marshall, Julia Nicholls, Will Niehaus and Joanna Plymale. Hatakeyama said nominations are still being accepted and may be submitted on the evening of the election. Only registered members of the Boosters Club are allowed to vote in the election. They are identified as those members who have paid their annual membership fee or dues.
The Live Oak High School Athletic Booster Club was formed for the purpose of promoting, assisting and supporting the athletic programs and activities at Live Oak High. Its primary mission is to provide financial aid to those athletic programs at LOHS that need assistance. Incorporated in 1984, the club is a non-profit organization and its directors, officers and members serve the community without pay or any form of remuneration.
In past years the Club has supported most or all of the athletic teams in some fashion, whether by supplying the funds for uniforms, equipment or facility improvements. In the 2003-04 academic year, the club contributed the funds to pay the stipends (salaries) for those coaches whose sports teams were cut during the MHUSD budget crisis.
Details: contact Club President Pam Mom through Live Oak High at 201-6100.
Far Western Championship local individuals’ results
(Submitted by Meet Director Denise Melroy)
10-and-under Girls
Kortney Kay (MH Swim Club): 100 Free, 1:05.08; 200 Free, 2:17.13 (P) and 2:18.04 (F 7th); 50 Breast, 37.87; 100 Breast, 1:25.48; 100IM, 1:17.96; 200 IM 2:34.52 (P) and 2:37.18 (F 6th).
11-12 Girls
Katie Rick (MHSC): 200 Free, 2:07.68; 500 Free, 5:30.28 (P) and 5:32.35 (F 8th); 50 Breast, 35.09; 100 Breast, 1:18.59; 200 IM, 2:25.38; 400 IM, 5:04.00; 100 Free, 11:44.58.
13-14 Girls
Lauren Cutler (El Toro Aquatics): 50 Free, 34.08; 100 Free, 55.64; 200 Free, 2:01.49; 100 Free, 11:02.48.
Alex Wells (ETA): 500 Free, 5:23.88; 1000 Free, 10:43.63 (6th); 1650 Free, 17:57.80 (3rd).
17-18 Girls
Laura Melroy (MHSC): 100 Free, 56.56; 200 Free, 2:04.38; 500 Free, 5:31.77 (Finaled, but scratched out); 1000 Free, 8th place; 100 Back, 1:08.25; 200 Back, 2:22.05 (P) and 2:22.11 (F 5th); 200 IM, 2:24.26
15-16 Girls
Laura Shope (ETA): 50 Free, 26.02; 100 Free 56.10; 100 Breast, 1:11.49; 200 Breast, 2:40.03.
15-16 Boys
Blane Curtice (San Benito Aquatics): 100 Breast, 1:07.32; 200 Breast, 2:24.69; 200 IM, 2:06.59; 400 IM, 4:32.95.
17-18 Boys
Dave Smith (SBA): 100 Back, 57.29 (P) and 57.19 (F 5th); 200 Back, 2:05.12; 100 Fly, 54.09 (P) and 54.44 (F 5th).
Santiago Maciel (Gilroy Gators): 50 Free, 23.60; 100 Free, 50.85; 100 Back, 59.72; 100 Fly, 56.43; 200 Fly, 2:07.85; 200 IM, 2:07.56.
13-14 Boys
Mike Wu (MHSC): 100 Free, 51.04; 200 Free, 1:50.43 (P) and 1:48.90 (F 4th); 500 Free, 4:58.83; 100 Fly, 57.97; 200 Fly, 2:06.49 (P) and 2:05.92 (F 6th); 400 IM, 4:30.89; 1000 Free, 10:28.29.
Steven Rick (MHSC): 500 Free, 5:04.65; 200 Back, 2:09.15; 100 Breast, 1:06.66; 200 Breast, 2:23.25; 1000 Free, 10:36.74.
This weekend’s events
MH Pony Baseball’s Opening Day ceremonies
After being rained-out last weekend, Morgan Hill Pony Baseball rescheduled its annual Opening Day ceremonies for Saturday at Britton. The event will begin at 9am, followed by regularly scheduled games.
Olympic wrestler Erik Guerrero to hold clinic at LO
California Wrestling Hall of Famer Erik Guerrero, a 2004 Olympian and 2003 World champion, is presenting a wrestling clinic at Live Oak High on Saturday. Erik, an assistant coach at Oklahoma State and three-time state champion at Independence High in San Jose, is offering a small-scale, intensive hands-on clinic which will devote personal time to each wrestler. Guerrero said he is looking forward to the “opportunity to give back some of the knowledge and skill I have acquired to my local wrestling community.” Guerrero was also a four-time U.S. National champion and three-time NCAA champion at Oklahoma State, which recently won its third straight NCAA Division I team title.
Details: call (408) 892-2874.
Kiwanis North-South All-Star basketball game
Live Oak High senior standouts Matt van Keulen and Amanda Lytle will play in the 19th Annual North-South All-Star Basketball Classic, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Salinas, to be held on Saturday at Hartnell College in Salinas. The game will include the top graduating seniors from the Tri-County area (Santa Cruz, San Benito, and Monterey) playing their first college-format basketball game. The girls teams will play at 6pm with the boys game to follow at 7:45pm. Proceeds from the event will go to the Kiwanis Club of Salinas and Sunrise House, a youth/family counseling/crisis center in Salinas, which deals with alcohol and other drug related problems.
Details: call (831) 757-4246.
NorCal State Cup youth soccer tournament
A top Orchard Valley Youth Soccer League team – the Under-16 Scream girls squad – will compete in the Northern California State Cup soccer tournament this weekend at the Morgan Hill Soccer Complex. Following is their schedule:
Game 1: Saturday, Field 11, noon against the Southern Alameda North Stars
Game 2: Sunday, Field 8, 1:45pm against the San Ramon Blues
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