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CCS TENNIS
A shot at making history
CAREER-ENDER . . . Redshirt junior point guard JJ Hones has been dismissed from the Stanford women’s basketball team due to a violation of team rules, head coach Tara VanDerveer announced Monday. According to Rivals.com, Hones was arrested on May 2 for driving under the influence, reckless driving, evading a police officer and resisting arrest on the Stanford campus. Stanford police Lt. Grant Cunningham told Rivals.com on Tuesday that according to police reports, Hones was driving a golf cart on campus in a reckless manner in the early hours of May 2 and failed to obey the commands of pursuing officers. She was eventually stopped and failed a field sobriety test. She was arrested, booked into Santa Clara County Jail and released on bond.
Menlo boys on pace to accomplish something unprecedented in sport by Keith Peters
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HOOP HONORS . . . Three local girls’ basketball teams were honored recently by Cal-Hi Sports as five players and one coach received honors on the Division V all-state team. State champion Pinewood had three players named — juniors Hailie Eackles, Kelsey Morehead and Miranda Seto — plus head coach Doc Scheppler Eackles also was named to the second team among juniors in all divisions. Also receiving all-states honors were Castilleja senior Eve Zelinger and Eastside Prep junior Ahjalee Harvey. . . . Palo Alto residents James Girand, Amol Saxena and Karen Saxena placed fifth, 19th and 21st in their respective age groups at the Duathlon National Championships in Richmond, Va. All three qualified for the World Championships in Scotland later this year.
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Menlo senior Patrick Chase and his teammates will take their best shot at winning a ninth Central Coast Section team title on Friday against Saratoga. The defending champion Knights bring a 23-0 record into the match.
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COLLEGE TENNIS
Stanford men, women begin NCAA quests with the opening two rounds at home by Rick Eymer tanford sophomore Bradley Klahn gets most of the media attention and deservedly so. He’s been playing at the No. 1 spot for the Cardinal men’s tennis team the past two years. Klahn has won 32 of his 40 matches this year overall and reached the Pac-10 championship match in each the doubles and singles tournament for the second consecutive year. He’ll be playing at the top spot Saturday when Stanford (18-5) hosts Quinnipiac (10-4) at noon Saturday in the first round of the NCAA tournament. There are other solid players in the lineup who have added their own touches to what could become a championship run for seventh-ranked Stanford. The eight-ranked Stanford women, with their top player Hilary Barte, are also contenders to the title. Barte will be the fourth seed in the NCAA singles tournament and will be joined by Mallory Burdette. The Cardinal (20-1) opens its run on Friday at 2 p.m. against visiting Fairfield (19-5) and will
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be looking to extend its 162-match home winning streak. Barte and Lindsay Burdette, the reigning national doubles runnerup, again will participate in the doubles competition. Klahn received a 9-16 seed in the men’s singles, and he’ll team with fellow sophomore Ryan Thacher in the doubles tournament as the No. 2 seed. Junior Alex Clayton is on the alternate list for singles. Thacher and junior Greg Hirshman each have quietly put together outstanding singles’ seasons. They’re tied for the team led with 18 dual-match victories, and both have won more than 20 matches overall. Thacher (25-8) became entrenched at the No. 3 spot in the order and helped Stanford record a 20-4 mark at the position. The only better position is at No. 6, where Hirshman (24-8) has guided the Cardinal to a 21-1 record. You won’t hear Stanford mentioned among the (continued on page 37)
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ON THE AIR
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OF LOCAL NOTE . . . The Palo Alto Blue 93 boys’ CYSA team overcame an early 2-0 deficit to beat Mountain View-Los Altos, 3-2, in overtime to win the U-17 NorCal State Cup on Saturday in Turlock. Riley Hanley had all three goals for Palo Alto . . . The Santa Clara Sporting 91, a U-18 CYSA team featuring Paly’s Jenner Fox and Chris Fisher of Menlo Park, won its second big tournament in as many weeks by winning the US Club Soccer State Cup championship following a 2-0 victory over Bay Oaks Romero.
ill Shine would like to keep the pressure off his Menlo School boys’ tennis team. He’d like to have the next match seems like every one before it. Truth is, however, it’s not. While the Knights have won eight Central Coast Section titles since 1998, the next one will be the biggest. Should the top-seeded and defending champion Knights (23-0) defeat the No. 2-seeded Falcons (22-3) on Friday in the section finals at Courtside Club in Los Gatos at 2 p.m., Menlo’s ninth crown will tie Gunn as the all-time section champion. The Titans won a record seven straight and nine of 10 from 197281 while setting the standard for excellence in CCS boys’ tennis. Now, Menlo has a chance to join the ranks of the all-time best — and in more ways than one. Among the Knights’ string of victories this season are four from winning the unofficial national title at the 11th annual National High School All-American Boys Invitational Team Tournament in Newport Harbor in March. “To claim that you’re the national champ, as unofficial as it is, you need to be the champion of your section,” said Menlo coach Bill Shine. “I think we have probably the strongest section in the nation.” Should Menlo win on Friday, it most likely will have to duplicate the feat at the NorCal Championships on May 21-22 in Oakley.
Stanford sophomore Bradley Klahn leads the Cardinal into NCAAs.