Live Oak’s 5-3 victory over Menlo School Tueday was the 412th career win for head coach Mark Cummins. The Acorns will face Santa Cruz at PAL Stadium Saturday in the Division III final, trying to win the first Central Coast Section title in school history. The 46-year-old Cummins has coached...

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Bellarmine College Prep football star Usua Amanam made a verbal commitment to play for Stanford on Sunday. The 5-foot-9, 175 pound junior running back/defensive back said he expects to play running back, while seeing some action as a return man _ and anyone who has seen Amanam’s speed and...

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Coach Gary Cunningham’s 21-year career was extended for at least one more game Saturday as Bellarmine College Prep beat top seeded San Benito 8-6 at PAL Stadium. Michael Couch pitched five strong innings for the No. 9 seed Bells, who improved to 20-15. Patrick Hennessey picked up the save,...

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We had a bit of a space crunch in the paper last night, so I wanted to get the original version of the CCS swim story on the blog today — Dennis. Since swimmer Colleen Fotsch arrived at Palo Alto High before her junior season, she has been pushed to a new level by teammate Liv [...]

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Peter Diepenbrock has resigned as the Palo Alto basketball coach and will take over at Canada College in Redwood City. Diepenbrock, 44, coached the Vikings for 11 years _ winning three Central Coast Section titles. The highlight of his tenure was one of the biggest upsets in California...

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The CCS seeding meetings were held Saturday creating some interesting first round and potential matchups. Let’s start with Division I. San Benito (24-5) the champion of the Tri-County Athletic league, received the No. 1 seed based on a point formula. The Haybalers rolled to the league title...

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For 29 batters, Mitty’s Keilani Ricketts was untouchable. Her fastball was blazing and she complemented it with a nasty rise ball and effective drop _ striking out 20 to that point in the game. Then Notre Dame-Belmont’s Kelly McDonald stepped to the plate with two out in the top of...

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Bellarmine College Prep has had an up-and-down year on the baseball diamond, but the Bells have shown they have the talent to beat anyone in the Central Coast Section. The Bells did it again Wednesday afternoon hanging on to beat Valley Christian 7-6 in the West Catholic Athletic League tournament...

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Valley Christian was coming off a big win over Serra on Friday to clinch a share of the West Catholic Athletic League regular season title as the Warriors faced Sacred Heart Cathedral Tuesday in the first round of the WCAL tournament. The Warriors got some late inning heroics from catcher Jeremy...

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The Serra baseball team visits Valley Christian Friday at 3:30 p.m. in the final game of the West Catholic Athletic League regular season with a one game lead over the Warriors. The Padres (22-5, 11-2) have won five in a row, including a 12-inning 4-3 win over Sacred Heart Cathedral on...

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Prospect’s Curtis VanWaardenberg had never heard of Johnny VanderMeer, the Cincinnati Red’s left hander who became the only pitcher in Major League history to throw consecutive no hitters way back in 1938. But the Panther’s ace pulled off a double no-no of his own last week...

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The Archbishop Mitty softball team clinched at least a share of the West Catholic Athletic League title with a 2-0 win over visiting Notre Dame Belmont Saturday. It was junior Keilani Ricketts, who has made an oral commitment to attend the University of Oklahoma, who sparked the Monarchs with her...

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By Dennis Knight The St. Francis boys volleyball team has never won a West Catholic Athletic League title or a Central Coast Section crown, but this year’s team has established itself as one of the best in the Bay Area. Saturday the Lancers met up with archrival Bellarmine College Prep for...

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Some people are lucky to have the perfect job, something they’ve aspired to and something they’ve enjoyed doing. I considered myself as one of the lucky ones. Having grown up in Santa Clara Valley as an avid sports fan and athlete, I recall wrestling my father for the Mercury News sports section...

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Some people are lucky to have the perfect job, something they’ve aspired to and something they’ve enjoyed doing. I considered myself as one of the lucky ones. Having grown up in Santa Clara Valley as an avid sports fan and athlete, I recall wrestling my father for the Mercury News sports section...

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