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Sports Briefs
All-star football
The 26th annual Silicon Valley Youth Classic Charlie Wedemeyer High School All-Star Football game returns to the Santa Clara Valley this week with the North and South to collide on July 26 at San Jose State University's Spartan Stadium.
Kick-off for the game, sponsored by the Almaden Valley Rotary Club, is set for 7:30 p.m. Tickets are priced at $10 each, and proceeds go to the Rotary charity and scholarship programs.
The game resumes a tradition that was born in 1974 when future NFL stars Doug Cosbie and Don Schwartz topped a talented field in the first-ever all-star classic.
Cosbie, a tight end from St. Francis, would go on to star at Santa Clara University before becoming an outstanding tight end for the Dallas Cowboys.
Schwartz, a defensive back from Mitty, was Cosbie's North teammate in the All-Star game of '74. He went on to play for both the St. Louis Cardinals and New Orleans Saints in the NFL.
Other all-stars who went on to great things after playing in the first "Best Game in Town" included: Millard Hampton of Silver Creek, Olympic gold medalist; Otis Page of Saratoga, a tackle for three victorious Rose Bowl teams at the University of Southern California; Pete Pele of Mitty, lineman for UCLA in its 23-10 Rose Bowl win over Ohio State in 1976; and Steve Bauer of Los Gatos, who went on to the University of Washington where he played for the Huskies in the 1978 Rose Bowl.
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