Saratoga News Sports Briefs Scholastic Leaders The Cupertino boys water polo squad was among the teams honored by the Central Coast Section as Fall Season Scholastic champions. The Pioneers posted a 3.4770 grade point average to finish first among boys water polo teams in the CCS. Area teams ranking high in the CCS scholastic list included: field hockey-- Saratoga, third at 3.5560; Lynbrook, fourth at 3.4311; Cupertino, fifth at 3.4190; girls tennis-- Lynbrook, second at 3.6420; Saratoga, fifth at 3.5620; girls volleyball-- Lynbrook, sixth at 3.4303; girls water polo-- Lynbrook, third at 3.4375. Heisman Awards Ricky Williams of Texas won't be the only athlete walking off with a Heisman Trophy this year. Thanks to the sponsorship of Wendy's, there are also High School Heisman awards presented to top male and female athletes in the country. Local high school athletes nominated for the coveted national award include: Kevin Brown (Bellarmine) and Danielle LeBaron (Presentation) of San Jose, Victoria Doane (Wilcox) of Santa Clara, Alexander Shoor (Saratoga) of Saratoga and Jason Dent (Wilcox), Sueh Han Liew (Fremont) and Frederick Lwee (Fremont) of Sunnyvale. Pitching Clinic Former local fast-pitch superstar Whitney Floyd will host lessons and clinics for girls softball pitchers. Floyd starred locally at Lynbrook High School and went on to All-American status at UC-Berkeley. She is on the coaching staff at Santa Clara University. For more information, call 554-5063. Baseball Camps Stanford will host a holiday baseball camp December 27­29 for players ages 13­18. Hitting, pitching and defensive instruction will be covered, and the cost is $100. For information, call Stanford assistant baseball coach Mark O'Brien at 650/723-4528. Pitching Program West Valley Community College pitching coach Burch Boehner will present a winter pitching program Wednesday evenings, Jan. 27­March 10, in the West Valley gym in Saratoga. Players ages 9­10 attend at 7 p.m., and players ages 11­12 attend at 8 p.m. Call Boehner at 998-5338. [ Back to Contents Page | Saratoga News Home Page | Archives ] This article appeared in the Saratoga News, December 23, 1998. ©1998 Metro Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved.