The two organizations got together to make it happen, and on Aug. 8, 1974, the finest high school football players from the '74 graduating class got together for the first game of its kind, played that summer at San Jose State University's Spartan Stadium.

Well, it was a good idea then, and it's still a good idea today. There's no longer an affiliation with PAL, and it's not longer played at San José State, but the Rotary Club—which now includes Guido in its membership—still sponsors the game and will present the 30th annual Silicon Valley Youth Classic Charlie Wedemeyer High School All-Star Football Game.

The all-star game with the long name will return to the popular San José City College field on July 21, 7:30 p.m.

The game, called the "Best Game in Town," has featured such National Football League stars as Jeff Garcia of the Cleveland Browns, Doug Cosbie of the Dallas Cowboys, Jeff Toews of the Miami Dolphins, John Tuggle and Erik Howard of the New York Giants, the late Pat Tillman of the Arizona Cardinals and more.

Local stars set to play in this year's edition of the all-star classic include quarterback Mike Silva of Fremont and offensive lineman Mike Van Orden of Homestead.

Former local stars who have participated in the summer classic include:

Homestead

1975—Jim Caldwell; 1976—Jim Berglund; 1978—William Pence, Jerry Brooks, Dave Mariner; 1979—Daniel Cordova; 1980—Joe Walker; 1981—Todd Dal Porto, Dave Johnson, Mike Pestana; 1982—Matt Delenikos, Mike Marengo; 1983—Fred Lewis, Jeff Lamson; 1984—Chris Vanni; 1985—Paul Marcy, David Williams; 1986—Daryl Johnson, Scott Erickson; 1987—Ed Devlin; 1988—Jim-Jim Grimes, Paul Maytorena; 1989—Jeff Field, Chris Tiernan; 1990—David Vieiler, Eteka Huckaby, Craig Smalley; 1991—Tim Malatesta; 1992—Kevin Kumagai, Jason Hilker, Kenneth Crawford; 1993—Michael Kenney; 1994—Clint Tada, Terrell Jones, Andy Holland; 1995—Pete Holland, Jason Tenner; 1996—Jeremie Braun, Leo Fisher; 1997—Andrew Delgado, Ben Amiwero, Tony Elam, Bo Gerth, David Atchison, Mark Glennon; 1998—Chris Brooker, Matt Kenney; 1999—Trumaine Green, Ben Mika; 2000—Tony Kiel; 2002—Steven Nichols; 2003—Will Faules, Garren Strong, Ramont Thomas.

Fremont

1975—Rick Armer, Keith Burcham, David Geppert, Steve Brown, Kevin Johnson; 1978—Rainy Meszaros, Steve Zankich; 1979—Sander Markel, Greg Hooper, Greg Reiley, Mike Shriner; 1980—Phil Graham; 1981—Ramon Barron, Terry Theodore, Todd Barraclough; 1982—Mitch Mariani; 1983—Karl Castles, Doug Rothschild, Darrin Crawford, Vincent Brigman, Don Shearon; 1984—Ulysses Vee; 1985—Ricky Samuelu; 1986—Kini Tufono, Dan Savage; 1987—Brian Theodore, Frank Bellucci; 1988—Steve Savage, Phil Davis, Stephen Robinson; 1989—Rich Bellucci, Daryl Sadowski, Jeff Chinn, Tim Wadholm; 1990—George Ulukivaiola, Scott Savage; 1991—Willie Harper, Manvir Sandhu, Tom Mendoza; 1992—Greg Perry, Andy Walczak, Jason Simontacchi; 1993—Jabari Snowden, Jeff Neal; 1995—Dennis Truong; 1996—Tom Jimenez; 1997—Art Alegria; 1998—Tully Banta-Cain, Justin Stichter, Steven Leslie, Warren Rick; 2000—Leo Saenz; 2001—Jorge O'Connor; 2002—Nick Arnold, Esteban Carbajal; 2003—Jesse Enchill.

Sunnyvale

1978—Tim Thompson, John Ane, Don Thompson; 1979—Bob Scheibley; 1980—Brian Schaeffer, George Fletcher.

Peterson

1975—Mike Nash; 1976—Bob Duran; 1978—James Lavery, Darren Nill; 1979—Scott Campbell, Steve Nill, Kelly Pollock, Arni Thorsteinsson; 1980—Ben Bennett, Mel Cozby, Bill McAfee, Ed Smith; 1981—Rodger Johnson.