After School

• Baseball proposal: PAL, WBAL to merge for 2014 season - Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:04:57 +0000
  A proposal has been passed by the Peninsula Athletic League and West Bay Athletic League to combine their teams into one 22-team league for baseball for the 2014 season. This proposal will be considered by the Central Coast Section for final approval. Last season the Bay Division, the PAL’s top division, was designated as a [...]
• Notebook: Barry Bonds, Troy Tulowitzki, Dave Righetti, Joe DiMaggio make Cal-Hi Sports list and more - Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:43:59 +0000
  Cal-Hi Sports, the longtime high school sports publication in California, has published its first e-book, titled “California: The Baseball Capital of the World.” Editor Mark Tennis notes that one of the highlights in the book, which is being sold through all the major e-book stores, is a selection of the all-time best high school teams [...]
• Major League Baseball draft: Where locals were selected - Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:44:18 +0000
  Three players with high school roots in the Mercury News coverage area were chosen Thursday on the first day of Major League Baseball draft. (They are noted below). We will be following the draft again Friday for rounds three through 10. Check back throughout the day to see if any more have been added to [...]
• In the spotlight: The week’s top performers - Thu, 06 Jun 2013 21:34:46 +0000
  Here are the top performers for the week of May 25 through this past Saturday: (PLEASE NOTE: This is the final “In the spotlight” of the school year. We will start it again in the fall) Athletes of the week Miguel Vasquez, Andrew Hill Sport: Track and field Events: 1,600, 800 Class: Senior In seventh [...]
• Boys volleyball: Our player of the year story, plus the All-Mercury News team - Thu, 06 Jun 2013 21:21:25 +0000
  Archbishop Mitty’s Adrian Williams didn’t take up competitive volleyball until his sophomore season, but that didn’t stop the former baseball player from becoming a force on the court. The 6-foot-3 outside hitter culminated his high school career with a perfect finish, helping Mitty win West Catholic Athletic League season and tournament championships, the Central Coast [...]
• In the spotlight: The week’s top performers - Thu, 30 May 2013 20:53:16 +0000
  Here are the top performers for the week covering May 18 through this past Saturday: Santa Clara County athletes of the week Jaylen Wright, Bellarmine Sport: Track and field Events: Hurdles Class: Senior Wright ran the state’s top time (13.91 seconds) in the 110-meter high hurdles while finishing first at the Central Coast Section finals. [...]
• CCS Division II softball: Young Mt. Pleasant team falls just short - Sun, 26 May 2013 18:27:25 +0000
  SAN JOSE — The Mt. Pleasant softball team came close to winning a Central Coast Section championship Saturday, and that’s something no one would have predicted before the season began. The No. 7 seed Cardinals, from the “B” level BVAL Santa Teresa Division, came up just short in a 1-0 loss to No. 8 Gilroy [...]
• CCS Division I baseball final: St. Francis rolls over Serra to break title drought - Sun, 26 May 2013 08:23:45 +0000
  SAN JOSE — One of the best seasons in the history of St. Francis baseball ended Saturday night with the program’s first Central Coast Section championship in 12 years. John Gavin retired the first 13 batters he faced while looking like he might duplicate the perfect game teammate Michael Strem threw in the opening round [...]
• CCS Division II baseball final: Willow Glen outlasts St. Ignatius in 11 innings - Sun, 26 May 2013 01:56:06 +0000
  SAN JOSE — It took a triple play, a home run off one of the country’s top pitching prospects, scoreless bullpen work and a game-ending error before Willow Glen could finally call itself Central Coast Section baseball champion. But the Rams did it. They won one of the wildest championship games in the history of [...]
• CCS girls track and field finals: Big day for Menlo’s Maddy Price - Sat, 25 May 2013 15:31:10 +0000
  By Glenn Reeves GILROY — Menlo School’s Maddy Price was a double winner Friday at the Central Coast Section track and field championships, setting season bests in each event. Price won the girls 400 meters in 54.78 seconds and the 200 in 24.30. Her previous bests, both also tops in the CCS, were 55.16 and [...]