The Willow Glen Resident Sports Briefs Torres, Guardado star for West Valley There was no team better than West Valley Community College in the Coast Conference cross country finals early last month. And, as it turned out, there weren't too many better in all of Northern California. The Vikings won both the men's and women's titles at the conference finals, then backed up that finish by finishing second in the men's division and third in the women's division at the Northern California meet at Crystal Springs in Belmont. Sophomore sensation Juan Miramontes was the individual champion in the men's race to lead West Valley to a team second at the NorCal meet behind American River. American River also won the women's title with Hartnell second and West Valley third. Rosemarie Lagunas finished second overall for the Vikings. Freshman Noe Torres, a former Willow Glen sensation, was 52nd in 23:27 to lead the San Jose City College effort in the men's division at NorCal. Teresa Guardado of San Jose City finished 43rd in 21:59 in women's action. A week earlier, West Valley had run to team titles in both the men's and women's division at the Coast Conference finals at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Miramontes covered the 4.0-mile course in 20:19 to finish first overall. Torres led the Jaguars by finishing 21st in 22:14. West Valley's Lagunas was the women's champ at the conference meet. Guardado was 17th in 22:05 for San Jose. 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 currently on the coaching staff at Santa Clara University. For more information, call 554-5063. Give us a call Didn't find what you were looking for in today's paper? Give us a call, send us a fax or drop us a line. Fax in your sports results to 354-3917, or give Dick Sparrer a call at 978-9665. We look forward to hearing from you. [ Back to Contents Page | Willow Glen Resident Home Page | Archives ] This article appeared in the Willow Glen Resident, December 9, 1998. ©1998 Metro Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved.