Santa Clara County Local News: Sports

Thanks to a new partnership between the San Jose Earthquakes, the city of San Jose and the County of Santa Clara, much-needed professional training facilities for the Quakes will emerge right next to some sort of public fields at the back corner of the fairgrounds property near Umbarger Road.

San Jose State trainer Scott Shaw was sentenced to serve 24 months in federal prison for unlawfully touching female student-athletes under the guise of providing medical treatment.

In celebration of the Bay Area Panthers’ decision to keep team operations in the South Bay, and in an effort to promote ticket sales for the Indoor Football League Championship squad, the mayors of Morgan Hill and San Jose will participate in a free “Kick, Throw and Go Mayors Challenge” clinic and competition.

The Morgan Hill Unified School District, accused of failing to provide equal resources for male and female athletics programs, has agreed to make substantial upgrades and renovations to baseball and softball fields at Live Oak High School.

At the end of the first day of the Northern California Golf Association Net Amateur Championship, Josh Torres was locked in a three-way tie for first.

San Jose Sharks players Thomas Bordeleau and Henry Thrun made a special appearance at Great Clips on East Dunne Avenue in Morgan Hill, followed by a visit to the Mt. Madonna YMCA enrichment program at Rucker Elementary School in Gilroy.