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Sports Briefs
Special Olympics
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The spring season is about to begin for the Santa Clara County Special Olympics, and coaches and volunteers are needed. Practice begins in March for track and field, swimming, tennis and golf.
A volunteer orientation meeting will be held March 9, 7 p.m., at the Special Olympics office, 5730 Chambertin Drive in San Jose. For more information, call 267-2734.
PAL Baseball
The San Jose PAL Pony baseball league will hold signups for players ages 7-16 at PAL Stadium, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Players must provide a birth certificate.
The cost is $40 for ages 7-8, $45 for ages 9-10, $50 for ages 11-12, $55 for ages 13-14 and $60 for ages 15-16. The fee includes a uniform.
For more information, call Kevin White at 928-6102 (for ages 7-12) or Mark Muldrow at 928-6103 (for ages 13-16).
Celebrity Waiter Luncheon on tap
A star-studded cast of celebrities to top the field of servers when the annual Celebrity Waiter Luncheon returns to the San Jose Arena on March 8 as a benefit for the sports programs in the San Jose Unified School District.
Ronnie Lott, the former All-Pro for the San Francisco 49ers, is the celebrity chairman of the event, along with former 49ers coach and current general manager, Bill Walsh.
Olympic gold medalists Peggy Fleming and Pablo Morales will be joined by Mike Ricci of the San Jose Sharks, current 49ers coach Steve Maruicci, John Doyle of the San Jose Clash, San Jose Sabercats head coach Darren Arbet and many others as lunch servers at the event.
The cost is $150 per ticket, or $1,500 for a table of 10, and proceeds benefit the sports programs in the school district. For more information, call 535-6119.
Soccer coaches are needed
The Central Valley Youth Soccer League is looking for coaches in the Class 1 (select) and Class 3 (comp) divisions for boys and girls teams in the under-9 through under-17 age divisions for the 1999 season. Anyone interested should contact league coaching director, Greg Pinelli, at 266-5899 or 267-0740.
Give us a call
Didn't find what you were looking for in today's paper? Give us a call, send us a fax or drop us a line. Fax in your sports results to 354-3917, or give Dick Sparrer a call at 978-9665. We look forward to hearing from you.
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