Los Gatos Weekly-Times Sports Briefs Hot Stove Banquet Longtime Bay Area baseball broadcaster Lon Simmons will be the guest of honor when the 15th annual Hot Stove Banquet returns to the Santa Clara Valley on Feb. 1 at Lou's Village on San Carlos Street in San Jose. Tickets for the night's event are available, and festivities will begin with no-host cocktails at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m. The awards presentation begins at 8 p.m. Proceeds from the banquet benefit youth baseball programs in the area. For more information or reservations, call 369-8038. All-Comers Meets Los Gatos will host a series of all-comers track and field meets on Saturdays, 12:30 p.m., through Feb. 27. Athletes will compete in open, masters, men, women's, boys and girls divisions. The cost is $3 for athletes and $2 for spectators. Proceeds go toward track resurfacing at the high school. For more information, call Willie Harmatz at 354-7365. Pitching Clinic Former local fast-pitch superstar Whitney Floyd will host lessons and clinics for girls softball pitchers. Floyd starred locally at Lynbrook High School and went on to All-American status at UC-Berkeley. She is now on the coaching staff at Santa Clara University. For more information, call 554-5063. Pony-Colt Tryouts The Los Gatos Pony-Colt baseball league will hold mandatory tryouts for all Pony players (ages 13-14) on Jan. 30 and Feb. 6 at Fisher Middle School. Tryouts will be held at 9 a.m. for 14-year-olds and 10 a.m. for 13-year-olds. At least one tryout is required, but players should try to attend tryouts each weekend for the best opportunity to display their skill levels. For information, call Dennis Furia at 358-1478. Pitching Program West Valley Community College pitching coach Burch Boehner will present a winter pitching program Wednesday evenings, Jan. 27-March 10, in the West Valley gym in Saratoga. Players ages 9-10 attend at 7 p.m. and players ages 11-12 attend at 8 p.m. Preseason arm conditioning, pitching fundamentals, arm care and defensive skills will be covered in the program. For more information, call Boehner at 998-5338. [ Back to Contents Page | Los Gatos Weekly-Times Home Page | Archives ] This article appeared in the Los Gatos Weekly-Times, January 20, 1999. ©1999 Metro Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved.