Saratoga News Sports Briefs Bob Berry Field Willow Glen will re-dedicate its football complex in the name of the late, great Rams head varsity football coach, Bob Berry. The dedication is scheduled for Oct. 24, between the frosh-soph and varsity football games. Willow Glen is hoping that many of Berry's former players will return for the ceremonies, which should begin at about 1 p.m. Alumni Football For most high school players, there's no football after high school. Oh, there's the occassional pick-up game in the park, or maybe a flag football league. But full-contact tackle football for most players ends with the final game of that senior season. There are some players, though, who aren't quite ready to see those days of tackle football end. And they plan to do something about it. The group is looking for former Los Gatos, Saratoga, Cupertino, Leigh, Monta Vista and Homestead high school football players to play in full-contact alumni games at San Jose PAL Stadium. For more information, call 1-831-464-0738. Quickness Clinic Olympic gold medalist Andre Phillips and track coach Stan Dowell, who had coached two Olympic champions, will be featured guests at a speed and quickness clinic to be held Oct. 17, 9-11 a.m., at the Los Gatos High School track. The clinic will cover speed training for track and its application to football, basketball, baseball and all running sports. There will be demonstrations of training sessions, as well as coach and athlete motivational skills. Phillips will be featured at the clinic. The former Silver Creek and San Jose City College track and field star won an Olympic gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles at the 1988 Games. Phillips, who ran 47.19 to win his Olympic gold, is a former state high school champion in the 300-meter low hurdles. Dowell coached Phillips at Silver Creek, and he also coached Lee Evans, who won Olympic gold in the 400 meters (43.86) at the 1968 Games in Mexico City. Representatives from other individual sports will also participate in the clinic. The cost is $25 for adults, $15 for high school students and $10 for kids. For more information, call John Shepardson at 252-7844. [ Back to Contents Page | Saratoga News Home Page | Archives ] This article appeared in the Saratoga News, October 14, 1998. ©1998 Metro Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved.