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Danser continues tradition of all-star brothers

By DICK SPARRER

If Bellarmine's Tim Danser isn't quite sure what to expect when he plays in next week's Silicon Valley Youth Classic Charlie Wedemeyer High School All-Star Football Game, he can find out in advance--right at his kitchen table.

Danser needs to look no farther than his own Saratoga home to find out answers about the all-star competition. His older brother, Chris, took part in the game just a couple of years ago, representing Los Gatos High School.

The Danser boys are among the many brother combinations who have participated in the summer classic that returns for a 32nd season on July 19, 7:30 p.m., at San José City College. The game, sponsored by the Almaden Valley Rotary Club, has featured 25 sets of brothers through the years.

The game, called the "Best Game in Town," has featured such National Football League stars as former San Francisco 49er quarterback Jeff Garcia, Doug Cosbie of the Dallas Cowboys, Jeff Toews of the Miami Dolphins, John Tuggle and Erik Howard of the New York Giants, the late Pat Tillman of the Arizona Cardinals and more.

Local stars set to play in this year's edition of the all-star classic include wide receiver Travis Scibetta of Cupertino; defensive end Brian Cramer of Lynbrook; tight end Cody Chamberlain and lineman Chanhoo Hong of Monta Vista; and running back Jay Atkins and linebacker Caleb Wilcox of Homestead.

Former local stars who have participated in the summer classic include:

Cupertino

1976--Bob Ignaitus, Rick Napolitan, Dean Natwick; 1978--Pete Calderon, Steve Finley; 1979--Tim Small; 1980--John Puzar; 1981--Kevin Dipko; 1982--Scott Steiner, Craig Hillesland; 1983--Kurt Cottrell; 1984--Andrew Scarborough, Steve Carlozzi, Erik Johnson, Mike Mercer; 1985--Steve Dipko, Andrew Guidero, Chris Linder; 1986--Joe Marinello; 1987--Mark Longshore; 1989--Steve Peters; 1990--Ja Fau DeLane; 1991--Deron Thorp; 1992--Ken Kronquist; 1994--Joshua Deale, Keith Blanchard; 1995--Rene Bard; 1996--Dan Donahue; 1997--David Jackson; 1998--Bernardo Zeballos; 1999--Mitch Andrade, John Ho; 2000--Mike Runfola, Joey Conley; 2001--Jeff Almendarez; 2002--Scott Mueller; 2003--Andrew Ravadge, Ben Reynolds; 2004--Jonathan Price, Nykk Ramirez-Baker; 2005--Bronson Farr, Matt Ravadge.

Monta Vista

1975--Bob Gilson; 1976--George Ripley; 1978--Scott Coen, Maverick Tufuli, Tom Lloyd; 1979--Leonard Marchese, Jim Cleary; 1980--Mike Sansone, Chris Hampton; 1981--Troy Carlson, Bill Beadling, Bill Pearson; 1982--Sean Casey, Phillip Levy, Blake Ross, Beau Rahn; 1983--Tom Smith; 1984--John Pressley, John Miller; 1985--Chris Valenzuela, Bret Erickson; 1986--Mike Powers, Jeffery Sturdivant, Mark Stokes; 1987--Mark Jackman, Sean Robinson, Dave Ludwig; 1988--Eric Davidson; 1989--Tim Gilbert, Tom Buckley; 1990--Ryan Hancock, Clay Reis; 1991--Jason DeAnda; 1992--Matt Quadro; 1993--Kelly Edwards, Ross Touli, Bryan Clark; 1994--David Lee; 1995--Michael Jenkins, Dave Mowrer; 1997--Mike McNeil, Chad Purcell, Adam Peters; 1999--Ryan Mitchell, Brian Laatsch; 2000--John Lozano, Kyle Kingsbury; 2001--Shamel Ferguson, Justin Douglas, Bryan Tompkins; 2002--Ryan Katz, Drew Rogers; 2004--Gavin Zack; 2005--Matthew Delgado.

Homestead

1975--Jim Caldwell; 1976--Jim Berglund; 1978--William Pence, Jerry Brooks, Dave Mariner; 1979--Daniel Cordova; 1980--Joe Walker; 1981--Todd Dal Porto, Dave Johnson, Mike Pestana; 1982--Matt Delenikos, Mike Marengo; 1983--Fred Lewis, Jeff Lamson; 1984--Chris Vanni; 1985--Paul Marcy, David Williams; 1986--Daryl Johnson, Scott Erickson; 1987--Ed Devlin; 1988--Jim-Jim Grimes, Paul Maytorena; 1989--Jeff Field, Chris Tiernan; 1990--David Vieiler, Eteka Huckaby, Craig Smalley; 1991--Tim Malatesta; 1992--Kevin Kumagai, Jason Hilker, Kenneth Crawford; 1993--Michael Kenney; 1994--Clint Tada, Terrell Jones, Andy Holland; 1995--Pete Holland, Jason Tenner; 1996--Jeremie Braun, Leo Fisher; 1997--Andrew Delgado, Ben Amiwero, Tony Elam, Bo Gerth, David Atchison, Mark Glennon; 1998--Chris Brooker, Matt Kenney; 1999--Trumaine Green, Ben Mika; 2000--Tony Kiel; 2002--Steven Nichols; 2003--Will Faules, Garren Strong, Ramont Thomas; 2004--Mike Van Orden; 2005--Chris Morris, Marc Robinson.

All-star brothers

Saratoga--Larry, Steve and Rich Worman; Mike, Kyle and Kurt Heinrich; Kyle, David and Daniel Goñi; Bob and Gary Gatiss; Brady and Scott Moran. Oak Grove--Leone, Lancer and Burton Iosefa; Marty, Shanon and Brad Mornhinweg; Lonnie and Lin Klinkhammer. St. Francis--Eric, Mark and Matt Scharrenberg; Matt and Mike Manoukian. Pioneer--Kyle and Jason Murdock; Grant and Travis Murdock. Los Gatos--Alex and Erik Rollin; Joe and Gus Farwell. Cupertino--Andrew and Matt Ravadge. James Lick--Tim and Tom Nelson. Overfelt--Richard and Tony Randall. Leigh--Kyle and Kasey Padia. Palo Alto--Timi and Tolu Wusu. Leland--Pat and Richard Tillman. Fremont--Steve and Scott Savage. Campbell/Blackford--Steve Aimonetti of Campbell and John Aimonetti of Blackford. Santa Clara--Eric and Chris Volta. Gilroy--Robert and Mike Fortino.