The last two years, the Mountain View High baseball team’s season ended with a loss to rival Los Altos in the Central Coast Section Division I quarterfinals. The 10th-seeded Spartans returned the favor Saturday, edging the No. 2 Eagles 6-5 in the same round at Fremont High.
“It took us three years, but we finally got them,” Mountain View coach Kris Mims said. “But it wasn’t easy. They’re the defending champs and won 22 games.”
The 51st Mountain View Open Tennis Tournament concludes this weekend at the Cuesta Park Tennis Center. The USTA-sanctioned event, which began with preliminary rounds last weekend, features four divisions: men’s open singles, women’s open singles, men’s open doubles and mixed open doubles. Total prize money is $3,500. Admission is free. Matches are scheduled all day Saturday and Sunday and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday for the finals. For more information, call 967-5955 or visit mvopen.com.
Mountain View High’s annual pre-participation physicals for next school year are scheduled 6-8 p.m. Thursday at PT Works, 794 Altos Oaks Drive, Los Altos. Cost is $35. For more information, email Mountain View athletic director Shelley Smith at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Two weeks ago, the Los Altos High baseball team looked like a lock to make the Central Coast Section Open Division playoffs. A four-game skid followed, however, and – just as coach Gabe Stewart feared – it cost the Eagles an invitation to the top tier of the tournament.
“Due to recency bias, I am not sure if the committee will be able to overlook our recent four-game losing streak and instead focus on the fact we won 21 of our first 22,” Stewart said prior to Sunday’s seeding meeting. “My best guess is that not winning at least one game against Palo Alto, which would have made us (SCVAL De Anza Division) co-champions, and losing against Wilcox in the postseason (league) tourney, is going to hurt us for being selected for the Open.”
Three winter-sport athletes from local high schools will be honored at the 49ers Cal-Hi Sports Report’s end-of-the-year awards banquet, scheduled 5:30 p.m. Monday at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara. The award winners include Mountain View High freshman Allie Montoya (CCS Girls Soccer Player of the Year) and Pinewood School senior basketball players Hannah Jump and Klara Astrom (Co-CCS Scholar Athletes of the Year). For more information on the banquet, call (408) 410-5808.
Mountain View High’s annual pre-participation physicals for next school year are scheduled 6-8 p.m. May 23 at PT Works, 794 Altos Oaks Drive, Los Altos. Cost is $35. For more information, email Mountain View athletic director Shelley Smith at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
