Sports Shorts

Sessions skate contest this weekend in SV
The 13th annual Tim Brauch Am Contest will be from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, at the Tim Brauch Memorial Skatepark in Scotts Valley.
Skaters and spectators are invited to attend. The skate park is at Skypark, 361 Kings Village Road.
The contest is named after Sessions team rider Tim Brauch, who died at age 25. Sessions also created the Tim Brauch Memorial Fund in his memory, which donates 100 percent of its proceeds to skate park development.
“Sessions is proud to keep Tim’s spirit alive through this skateboarding contest,” Sessions CEO Joel Gomez said in a prepared statement.
The Pro and Master Bowl portion of the annual two-day contest was last weekend at Old Lake Cunningham Regional Skatepark in San Jose.
For information: www.sessions.com/skatePark.php
SV man drills golf ace
Al Monser of Scotts Valley drilled his first hole-in-one after 49 years of golfing on Wednesday, Sept. 21. The ace came at Valley Gardens Golf Course in Scotts Valley.
“I was just trying to get it close, and it fell in,” Monser, a 40-year resident of Scotts Valley, said this week. “We are going again tonight. My wife thinks I am trying for a repeat.”
Monser used a 9-iron on the 118-yard ninth hole for his first ace. The shot was witnessed by Steve Baldwin, Rick Kotila and Richard Brennan.
Local runners shine at Stanford Invitational
San Lorenzo Valley High’s Anna Maxwell and Scotts Valley High’s Vanessa Fraser finished one-two in Division IV at the prestigious Stanford Invitational cross country meet Saturday, Sept. 24.
Maxwell won the race in 17 minutes, 37 seconds, followed by Fraser in 18:06.
SLV junior Cody Johnson finished in second place among the boys by mere hundredths of a second as he recorded the same time as the winner, Cardinal Newman’s Alexi Taylor. Both finished in 15:49.
Johnson’s teammates weren’t far behind. Nick Hicks took seventh, Landis MacMillan took 13th, Jacob Hicks finished 19th and Brandon Caldwell placed 95th out of 230 runners.
The SLV boys team took second in the team race, and Scotts Valley placed 24th as Falcons sophomore Scott Edwards finished 25th as an individual.
Led by Maxwell, the SLV girls team dominated the Division IV race, winning the team title. Claire MacMillan took 17th in 19:16 followed by teammates Jessica Germany (23rd, 19:34) Abby Sherman (26th, 19:36) Jessica Jenson (37th, 20:07) and Hyllery Herschberger (71st, 20:53).
The Scotts Valley girls were tenth overall, with Abby Utic (30th, 20.04) following Fraser and teammates Courtney Clark, Mariana Rodriguez, Krista McNulty, Hannah Carney and Vallerie Morrison rounding out the squad.
Softball clinic on tap
Scotts Valley resident Russ Rogers will put on a series of advanced softball clinics for players ages 10 through 18 on Sundays beginning Oct. 9 and running through December 4.
The clinic will provide coaching in small groups based on age and position. The location is undecided but may be Santa Cruz High School.
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Cheer team wins two firsts
The Scotts Valley Elite All Star Cheer and Tumbling Gym netted two first-place finishes in competition at the United Spirit Association’s Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk All Star Regional Cheer contest Sunday, Sept. 25. Members performed in both gold and silver categories.
The next performances for the teams will be Oct. 9 at Six Flags in Vallejo.
For information: www.valleyelitecheer.com.
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