The Harker Academy winter sports teams dominated the field in the classroom this past season, taking top honors in four of five sports in the Central Coast Section Winter Season Scholastic Championships.

The Harker girls basketball came through with the best collective grade point average in the Central Coast Section at 3.8390. Harker was also the scholastic champion in boys basketball (3.7380), boys soccer (3.5620) and wrestling (3.6480).

Castilleja School was first in girls soccer (3.8158) with The King's Academy of Sunnyvale fifth (3.6454) and Harker sixth (3.6240).

Mitty was second in boys basketball (3.5050) with Saratoga was second in wrestling (3.5560) with King's third (3.5300) and Mitty sixth (3.2640), and Mitty was second in boys basketball (3.5050).

Rowing event

The Los Gatos Rowing Club will be in the field at the Windermere Collegiate Crew Classic on March 27­28 at Redwood Shores in Redwood City.

While such powers as Stanford, UC Berkeley, Princeton and Cornell battle it out in the 15-team collegiate field, Los Gatos will compete with other club teams, including the Pacific Rowing Club, the Marin Rowing Club, the Peninsula Rowing Club, the Stanford Rowing Club, St. Ignatius, Berkeley and a team from Osnabruck, Germany. There will also be outrigger races between a team from Kona, Hawaii, and the Kilohana Club of California.

Strikkers tryouts

The Strikkers, a 12 and under A-division girls fast-pitch softball team, needs a pitcher and position player for the upcoming spring and summer seasons. Call Jane Osterhaus at 408.593.1811 or Ernie Garcia at 408.281.7855 for tryout information.

Bronco baseball

The Santa Clara University baseball program will host a Youth Spring Break Camp for players ages 5­12 at Bellomy Field on the Bronco campus. Sessions will be held April 5­7 and April 12­14, 9 a.m. to noon each day. The cost is $125 for each session.

For more information, contact Mike Zirelli at 408.554.4151 or mzirelli @scu.edu.

Giants need homes for players

The San Jose Giants are looking for host families to take in players for the 2004 summer season. Players will need accommodations for the California League season that runs April 1 through Sept. 7.

"We're looking for a family atmosphere," said Linda Pereira of the Giants' front office. "And we like the host families to become part of our family as well."

The Giants provide host families with a season pass and parking pass for games played at San Jose Municipal Stadium, and the club hosts picnics at the stadium during the year for players and their host families.

For more information on the host family program, call Pereira at 408.297.1435, ext. 19.

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