The Cupertino Courier
Sports
Sports briefs
The Tri-Cities Little League is holding sign-ups for the 2008 season. Visit www.tricitiesbaseball.org website for information on boundaries, playing fields, player clinics and online registration.
Field hockey
The Stanford Lightning is looking for boys and girls ages 7-10 and middle school girls for the spring field hockey season. For more information, visit stanfordlightning.googlepages.com or e-mail stanfordlightning@ gmail.com.
Spring cricket
The two-time national championship California Cricket Academy in Cupertino is holding spring registration for players ages 5-17. For more information, visit www.calcricket.org.
Force 96 Blue
The De Anza Force 96 Blue, a boys competitive soccer team, is looking for players (born after July 31, 1996) for the coming season. The team is coached by Jorge Salazar, formerly of the San Francisco Bay BlackHawks and the El Salvador National Team. For more information, contact manager John Moore at 408.219.4499 or john.moore@ kla-tencor.com.
Boys under-11
The De Anza Force Soccer Club is looking for Class 1 and Class 3 players for its competitive boys under-11 team. For more information, contact coach Mike Kury at mike@kurigraphics.com, or visit www. deanzaforce.org.
Youth soccer
The De Anza Youth Soccer League is registering boys and girls in kindergarten, 1st grade and 2nd grade for its K and J Leagues and boys and girls for its under-8, under-10 and under-12 teams. Spring league sign-ups will be held at Creekside Park, 10455 Miller Ave., in Cupertino from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on March 1, 8 and 22.
Players who register on or before March 1 will receive a free soccer ball. For more information, visit eteamz.active.com/DYSL_Rec_Program.
Force Black
The De Anza Force Black and Blue will hold tryouts for their girls teams on March 1 and 8, 10 a.m.-noon, at Garden Gate Elementary School in Cupertino. Force Black is coached by Foothill College women's coach Owen Flannery, along with Colin Corstorphine, and Force Blue is coached by former MLS player Shawn Medved. For more information, contact Medved at shawnmedved@hotmail.com, Flannery at owenflannery@hotmail.com or Corstorphine at colin.corstorphine@gmail.com, or visit deanzaforce.org.