Haley named CCS Honor Coach
Richard Haley, girls' softball coach at Fremont since 1989, has been selected as the Central Coast Section Honor Coach in the sport for the 1996-97 school year.
Haley joined the Fremont staff afer successful softball coaching stints at Cupertino Junior High and in the Sunnyvale Metro Little League. His Firebirds have run up a 120-92 record in seven years, including four straight trips to the CCS playoffs.
Haley, who attended San Jose City College and Santa Clara University before graduating from Cal State Hayward, served for five years as the president of the Fremont Athletic Boosters.
Bandits hold tryouts
The Bend Bandits of the Class AA Western Baseball League will hold tryouts on Feb. 22-23 at Cañada College in Redwood City. Professional experience is preferred but not required, and players must provide their own equipment. Registration begins promptly at 9 a.m.
Woods tops list
Oakland A's slugger Mark McGwire and golf sensation Tiger Woods will top the list of honorees when the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame hosts its annual Enshrinement Banquet Feb. 18 at the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco.
McGwire, the power-hitting first baseman for the Oakland A's, is the professional athlete of the year.
Woods has been selected the male collegiate athlete of the year for the second straight year by the voting committee. Stanford All-American volleyball player Kristin Folkl is the female collegiate athlete of the year.
This article appeared in the Sunnyvale Sun, February 12, 1997.
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