University High coach Jim Tracy succumbs to ALS | #ALS AWARENESS #LouGehrigsDisease #PARKINSONS | Scoop.it
Sure enough, the state's winningest cross-country coach delivered a rousing speech to inspire the boys' basketball team to victory against rival Lick-Wilmerding in their annual game at Oracle Arena. According to Ketcham, he died peacefully in his sleep. Tracy's fight and dedication to a sport and his runners gained national and worldwide attention after his top runner in the 2010 state finals, Holland Reynolds, fell 10 yards from the finish line, stricken with dehydration and hypothermia. The story reached the New York Times and ESPN, head coach Tom Coughlin used it to inspire the New York Giants to a 2012 Super Bowl win and Reynolds' mother, Robin Hauser Reynolds, a filmmaker, co-directed an award-winning documentary entitled "Running for Jim." Midvale arrived for its consolation Bishop Gorman Desert Classic Tournament game in Las Vegas 10 minutes before the opening pitch; otherwise Lowell coach John Donohue would have recorded his 700th win with an unceremonious forfeit. Heritage-Brentwood senior Frank Kurtz recorded the state's top 400 meters this season, winning in 47.58, Dublin sophomore Mecca McGlaston won the 100-meter hurdles in 14.03, third best in the state, and Tamalpais-Mill Valley pole-vaulter August Kiles (15-11 3/4) and Menlo 400 runner Madeline Price (55.22) recorded the state's fourth-best marks. Cal-bound Mitty shortstop Jazmyn Jackson was named the most valuable player of the 20th Livermore Stampede softball tournament Saturday after the Monarchs (13-0) defeated Elk Grove-Pleasant Grove 6-0 in the title game. Pleasant Grove defeated Livermore 1-0 in the other semifinal on an RBI single from Marissa Maligad. Johanna Grauer earned MVP honors and extended her streak to 86 1/3 innings without giving up an earned run as Amador Valley, ranked third nationally, defeated Los Alamitos 2-1 in the title game of the Michelle Carew Classic in Anaheim.