SJS, SCU host summer baseball camps

By Dick Sparrer

It's been quite a year for Sam Piraro and his baseball team at San Jose State University. The Spartans had an outstanding 2000 season that led them to a berth in the College World Series in Omaha, Neb.

But don't get the idea that the season ended in Omaha for the Spartans. Because there's some baseball remaining for Piraro and his Spartans this summer.

San Jose State will host its annual summer camp for players ages 6-17 in July at the Spartans' practice field across from Kelly Park and Municipal Stadium.

The schedule includes:

Session I, July 10-14-- comprehensive camp, players ages 6-16, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. each day, cost $95 per camper.

Session II, July 17-21-- pitching camp, ages 9-12, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., $125; and hitting camp, ages 12-17, 2-4 p.m., $125 (both sessions $200).

Session III, July 24-28-- comprehensive camp, ages 6-16, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., $95.

Session IV, July 31-Aug. 4-- pitching camp, ages 13-17, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., $125; and hitting camp, ages 12-17, 2-4 p.m., $125 (both sessions $200).

The camps, run by Piraro with the help of assistants Doug Thurman and Dean Madsen and other area high school and junior college coaches, stress fundamentals.

For more information, call 408.924.1467 or 408.924.1255.

SCU Baseball School

The annual Santa Clara Baseball School, under the direction of Santa Clara University baseball coaches Mike Cummins and Lou Lucas, returns to the mission campus for another summer.

Sessions for boys ages 9-16 are slated for June 19-23, July 17-21 and July 24-28.

Clinics in basic fundamentals and hitting will be held June 19-23 and July 17-21, 9 a.m.-noon, each day. The cost is $110 per players. Pitching clinics will held on the same dates, 1-2:30 p.m. each day, and the cost is $60 per player.

Hitting clinics are slated during the week of July 24-28, 9-10:15 a.m. and 10:30-11:45 a.m. each day. The cost is $60 per player for either of the morning sessions.

The school features individualized instruction in defense, base running, sliding and hitting, a pitching machine, video analysis, and a radar gun. Campers will receive a T-shirt, and Bronco caps will be awarded to contest winners.

Cummins, the head coach for the Broncos, and Lucas are both former Santa Clara University players. They have a combined 40 years of coaching experience at the NCAA Division I level.

Santa Clara is the home of the three-time West Coast Conference champion Broncos. The school has produced 21 All-Americans.

For more information on the school, call 408.554.4680 or 408.267.3831.

WVC Hoop Camp

West Valley Community College will host a summer basketball camp June 26-30 for boys ages 8-16. Campers ages 13-16 will attend 9:10-11:10 a.m., and campers ages 8-12 will attend 11:20 s.m.-1:20 p.m. The cost is $85 per player. For more information, call 408.741.2173 or 408.266.7197.

Soccer Camps

The Saratoga AYSO Region 27 soccer league, in cooperation with Major League Soccer, will host Major League Soccer Camps Aug. 7-11 and Aug. 21-25, 9 a.m.-noon, at Congress Springs Park.

The camps are recommended for all players in the under-6 to under-14 programs. The cost is $100 per child for each camp ($150 for one child for both camps). Each camper receives a T-shirt. For more information, contact the league's website at www.saratoga-AYSO.org or call 408.257.2976.

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