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BVAL to host golf tourney

The third annual Blossom Valley Athletic League golf tournament, a benefit for the 22 schools in the league, will be held on April 28 at the Almaden Golf and Country Club. The 144-player field will tee off in a 12:30 p.m. shotgun start, and a 6 p.m. awards dinner will follow the tourney.

Former San Francisco 49ers great Brent Jones, a graduate of Leland High School, is the honorary chairman of the tournament.

The cost is $225 per player, and sponsorships are available from $200 to $2,600. Proceeds help fund the athletic needs at the member schools.

For more information, call the BVAL office at 408.265.5409.

The Strikers, a boys under-13 Class 3 team in the Almaden Valley Youth Soccer League, will hold tryouts (for players born between Aug. 1, 1995, and July 31, 1996) on Jan. 26, 9-11 a.m., and Feb. 10, 2-4 p.m., at Steinbeck Middle School. For more information, e-mail Lela Huenergardt at lelah_98@yahoo.com.

Almaden Ice

The Almaden Ice, a girls under-13 Class 1 soccer team, will hold tryouts for the spring and fall season (for players born between Aug. 1, 1994, and July 31, 1995) on Feb. 2 and 3 (location and time to be determined). For more information, contact coach George Karabatsos at 408.677.6756 or gak1021@yahoo.com or team manager Robin Pitzen at 408.806.4911 or gpitzen@aol.com.