May 2009

SAN JOSE - Los Gatos High senior Kevin Corey made his varsity debut two years ago against Bellarmine Prep College-San Jose, earning the win in relief of former 'Cats ace Kyle Blair.

Fast forward two years, Corey was on the hill once again, this time as a starting pitcher in a championship game.

Corey induced the final ground ball out, a slow roller to second base, finishing off a complete game and a 4-1 victory over Sobrato High-Morgan Hill to clinch the 2009 Central Coast Section Division II baseball championship for Los Gatos High.

SAN JOSE - Down to the final four in the Central Coast Section Division I girls softball playoffs, sometimes it only takes one slip-up to send someone home for the summer.

Unfortunately for the No. 2 seeded De Anza champs from Wilcox High-San Jose, one error cost them dearly against the three-time defending CCS champs.

A ball got away from a Wilcox infielder during a run down in the first inning, allowing the No. 3 seeded San Benito High-Hollister team to score the lone run of the ball game.

SAN JOSE - After back-to-back wins over higher seeds in the first two rounds, the Half Moon Bay baseball team's impressive playoff journey ended in the semis.

Both teams' bats did plenty of damage, but a handful of costly errors doomed HMB as Monte Vista Christian High eliminated the Cougars 8-5 in a Central Coast Section Division-III baseball semifinal Tuesday afternoon at San Jose Municipal Stadium.

The Cougars struck for three early runs in the top of the first, but the momentum didn't last long.
A HMB error in the first allowed one MVC run to score.

REDWOOD CITY - In the nightcap of a three-headed playoff slate for the staff at Hawes Park in Redwood City, the Leigh High-San Jose softball team decided to end things early.

It took one trip through the batting order to get their rhythm, but the Leigh High-San Jose softball team got the timing down, then pounded their way to a 10-0 five inning mercy rule shortened victory over Sequoia High-Redwood City Wednesday night in a Central Coast Section Division II opening round match-up.