50-free phenom

While the 41-year-old made the biggest splash at the USA Olympic Swimming Trials, the local girl of the reverse age made a respectable ripple.

Maddy Schaefer of Los Altos won’t be joining Dara Torres on the women’s national team bound for Beijing, but the 14-year-old can take solace in knowing she swam her fastest race July 5.

LA’s Young among QBs set to play in tonight’s all-star game

Los Altos High product Danny Young is one of three North quarterbacks vying for snaps in tonight’s 34th annual Charlie Wedemeyer All-Star Football Game in San Jose.

Young, however, has an edge on fellow passers Sam Scudellari (St. Francis) and Anthony Cukar (Del Mar). He gets to throw to a familiar receiver.

The’s playoff putt puts her in U.S. Women’s Amateur

The putts weren’t falling for Tessa The in regulation play. But on the first playoff hole, the Los Altos resident made the putt of the day to qualify for the United States Women’s Amateur Championship.

Tied with nine other golfers vying for three remaining spots in the U.S. Women’s Amateur, The sank a 25-foot putt for birdie at a section qualifier last week in Marysville.

Gymnasts cap season with titles

Los Altos and Los Altos Hills residents Gina Costa, Ana Jaworski, Arla Rosenzweig, Michelle Ho and Brittany Skinner recently finished the Level 9 and Level 10 USA Gymnastics season with multiple individual and team championships.

The five local girls accumulated 16 gold medals during the USA Gymnastics Championships.

Bishop swims 3 events at Olympic team trials

Mountain View High graduate Brooke Bishop competed in three events at the USA Olympic Swimming Trials, which wrapped up July 6 in Omaha, Neb.

The Los Altos native came closest to qualifying for the women’s national team in the 100-meter butterfly, finishing fourth with a time of 58.54 seconds.

Sports on the Side

Johnson is all-state

Erik Johnson, a 2008 Los Altos High graduate, is on CalHiSports.com’s annual All-State Baseball Team. Johnson, a pitcher headed to UC Berkeley on an athletic scholarship, went 9-3 with a 1.27 ERA as a senior. The Los Altos resident struck out 100 batters. He also hit seven home runs and drove in 29 runs. Johnson was among 30 players selected for the all-state team.

The A’s have it

The A’s beat the Cubs 12-10 to win the Los Altos & Los Altos Hills Little League Minors AA title in June. “This was a very special team of an exceptional group of kids who were completely committed to the season, their teammates and their coaches,” coach Kim Dincel said. Front row, from left: Kyahana Robinson, Wyatt Dincel, AJ Hull, Matt May, Rory Mellis, Brendon Ng and bat boy Grant Dincel. Middle row: Ford Hooper, Zane Mitani, Andrew Haslem, Anuja Shah and Hayden Hofmann. Back row: coaches Ned Hooper, George Mellis, Dincel, Jim May and Dixon Ng. Not pictured: Mikey Robinson.