Jun 1, 2008

Stanford rowers reach NCAA final

FROM DAILY NEWS DISPATCHES

The Stanford women's varsity eight boat continued its run at the NCAA Rowing Championships on Saturday, taking third in the day's first semifinal to advance to today's Grand Final on Lake Natoma in Gold River. The Cardinal caught Harvard over the final half of the race to take over the third spot with a time of 6:39.93.

"It's been a tough but incredible year for this team," Stanford coach Yasmin Farooq said. "I'm proud of the entire squad for overcoming illness and injury to finish second in the Pac-10 championships. Now for the eight to advance to the NCAA final is truly another sign of the progress that our small, tough team is making.

"This eight is a scrappy bunch, and they're up for anything - and the competition in the NCAA final is as good as it gets. I know they'll make the most of it."

The lineup for the Grand Final will include semifinal heat winners Yale and Brown, plus Cal, Washington and Michigan State.

Stanford began Saturday's race in fourth position at the 500-meter mark, trailing Yale, Cal and Harvard, but the Cardinal was 2.31 seconds back of the race-leading Bulldogs and 0.38 seconds behind the Crimson, which held the all-important final qualifying slot.

At the midway point, the order remained intact, but the Cardinal had shaved hundredths of a second off the razor-thin Harvard lead, now nearly neck-and-neck with the Crimson. Over the next 500 meters, the Cardinal made its push, overtaking the Crimson boat and pulling ahead by 1.85 seconds. Stanford continued its strong rowing over the final quarter of the race, securing its spot in the Grand Final by a 2.65-second margin over fourth-place Harvard.

Cal finished second, 1.27 seconds ahead of Stanford. Yale won the semifinal by 4.77 seconds.



San Carlos sweeps twin bill, improves to 5-1

The San Carlos Tribe, representing American Legion Post 585, improved to 5-1 in the team's inaugural season by sweeping a doubleheader from Pacific on Saturday at Carlmont High School. The Tribe used a pair of 10-run innings to take the first game 20-1 and won the second 10-2.

San Carlos outhit Pacifica 20-5 in Game 1, getting a home run from Michael Ching, who had four hits and totaled six RBIs. Jeff Keller, Brad Sentman and Jonathan Fukuhara each had three hits for San Carlos, which got two hits from Brett Kilburg and Kyle Stahl. Brant Norlander had a double for the Tribe in the game stopped after 6 1/2 innings by the 10-run mercy rule. Keller, Leong, Kilburg and Fukuhara each had two RBIs.

Brett Gavasse got the win in Game 1, Adam Costello picked up the victory in Game 2, when San Carlos outhit Pacifica 11-6.

Whaylan Price, Costello and Fukuhara each had two hits for San Carlos in Game 2. Costello's hits included a double. Stahl doubled and drove in three in the game. Sentman and Fukuhara each drove in two runs.



Redwood City hands San Carlos first defeat

The Redwood City Blues American Legion baseball team knocked off the San Carlos Tribue 10-2 on Friday at Carlmont High. It was the first loss in four games for the Tribe, a team playing its inaugural season.

The Blues outhit the Tribe 14-10 and took advantage of three San Carlos errors while committing just one.

Former Serra-San Mateo standout Stephen Lumpkins got the win. Brad Sentman took the loss. Nick Misa homered for San Carlos.



Burlingame tops Palo Alto in legion season opener

Burlingame topped Palo Alto 6-2 on Thursday in American Legion baseball action.

It was the season opener for both teams.

Matt Mosher's two-run homer accounted for Palo Alto's runs in the third inning. Kyle Einfalt and Mosher each had doubles for Palo Alto.

The teams will play a doubleheader today at Palo Alto High School.



Serra's Worthge competes at state track meet

Serra-San Mateo's Jonathan Worthge, who took third in the long jump at the Central Coast Section finals at 22-1 1_2, went 21-3 1_2 Friday at the state meet in Norwalk but did not advance to the finals.