By Town Crier Staff Report

For its outstanding work in the classroom, the Pinewood School girls soccer team has earned a 2002 Winter Season Scholastic Championship Team Award from the Central Coast Section.

Every season, the CCS honors the varsity team from each sport with the highest collective grade-point average (GPA); the Panthers topped all girls soccer teams with a 3.6788 GPA.

The Pinewood players were awarded a team trophy and individual certificates at the recent CCS girls soccer championships.

Three other local teams were in contention for an award: the Los Altos girls basketball team (third, 3.7105); the Pinewood girls basketball team (fourth, 3.6478) and the Mountain View boys basketball team (sixth, 3.4000).