Sports Briefs
Baseball Camps
Santa Clara University will hold youth baseball camps for Little League age players April 9-11 and April 16-18. The camps will cover hitting, pitching and defense. The cost for the camps, which will run from 9 a.m. to noon, is $100. For more information, call 650.207.8665.
Annual Run
The 12th annual LSI Logic Class Run 10K run and 5K run/walk will be held April 14, 9 a.m., at 1501 McCarthy Blvd. in Milpitas. The registration fee is $20 before April 7 or $25 on race day. The course is flat, paved and fast. For more information, call the race hotline at 408.433.8525 or visit http://classicrun.lsilogic.com.
Hey, Coaches
Athletic directors at area high schools were recently sent packets to distribute to spring sports coaches. In the packets were questionnaires for coaches to complete, along with letters requesting information, rosters and schedules for the upcoming 2002 season.
Coaches are encouraged to return the information to the newspaper as soon as possible so that we can begin coverage of the spring season. For additional information, call Dick Sparrer at 408.354-3110, ext. 31.
Scholarships
The annual "Will to Win" Asthma Athlete Scholarships will return this year, offering $100,000 in scholarships to 11 high school seniors "who have excelled in athletics in spite of the challenge of asthma."
Information on the national scholarship program is available at www.thewilltowin.org or by phone at 800.558.7305. The deadline for entries is April 30, 2002, and winners will be notified by June 2002.
Lacrosse Camp
Stanford coach Joe Christie will host a lacrosse camp April 8-11 for beginner to intermediate players ages 8-14.
Christie, a teacher at Redwood Middle School, will team with Redwood teacher and athletic director Brian Senior to put on the camp in Saratoga.
For more information, call the Saratoga Community Center at 408.868.1248.
Saratoga AYSO announces sign-ups
The Saratoga AYSO Soccer League has announced registration dates for the 2002 season. All registrations are held at Redwood Middle School.
Advanced registration for coaches, assistant coaches, referees and board members will be held March 30 and April 27, 10-11 a.m. and 3-4 p.m., in room 33.
Early registration for all players will be held May 11, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., and June 1, 1-4 p.m., in the cafeteria. The cost is $125 per player.
Regular registration is set for June 29, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m., in room 33. The cost is $150 per player.
Annual Great Race to Los Gatos
The annual Great Race, a 4-mile race to Los Gatos, will return to Saratoga on April 7.
More than 2,500 participants are expected for the event, which will wrap up with festivities in downtown Los Gatos. The race is sponsored by the Los Gatos Rotary Club.
The preregistration fee of $25 includes a T-shirt. Registration forms are available in Los Gatos at Runners Factory, 51 University Ave., and at Athletic Performance, 55 W. Main St. Register online at www.losgatosrotary.org or call 408.980.7233 for more information.
Race day registration begins at 7 a.m. and the cost is $30, including a race T-shirt. The race begins at 9 a.m. at Big Basin Way and 3rd Street.
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