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Abdella, Noone place

Nuru Abdella of Cupertino and Veronica Noone of Monta Vista each placed at the Central Coast Section track and field championships held May 29 at San Jose City College.

Abdella capped an outstanding season for the Pioneers when he romped to a fifth-place finish in the 1,600 meters in 4:20.09, and Noone wrapped up a solid year for the Matadors with an eighth in the high jump.

Scholar athletes

The Central Coast Section has announced its Scholastic Championship Team Award winners for the spring season, and Saratoga, Prospect and Cupertino have placed among the top teams in the section.

Saratoga's girls' softball team posted a lofty 3.3421 grade point average to finish second to Aptos (3.4574) on the CCS list. The 'Toga boys were fourth in track and field (3.3688) and fifth in volleyball (2.8815).

Prospect nailed a 3.5672 in badminton to finish fourth overall in CCS and Cupertino posted a 3.2500 in gymnastics to finish sixth.

Hoop-It-Up returns

The Hoop-It-Up World Tour, the official three-on-three street basketball tour sponsored by the NBA and NBC Sports, makes its 10th annual return to downtown San Jose, June 6-7.

More than 7,600 street basketball players and over 38,000 spectators are expected to participate in the San Jose event, one of 44 stops on the U.S. tour.

Spectator admission is free, and Hoop-It-Up action runs 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday and 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. on Sunday. For information, call 916/486-1370.

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