Terry O'Hara and Todd Meeker will start an NJB basketball program in the area for the first time this season, providing area youngsters a place to develop as basketball players close to home.

In past years, Willow Glen youngsters have had to play in neighboring programs in Evergreen, Coyote, Almaden, Los Gatos and West San Jose. But now the local kids will have their own program.

O'Hara, a construction litigation attorney at the downtown San Jose law firm of Bustamante & O'Hara, will serve as city director and president of the Willow Glen NJB chapter. He helped run the Almaden NJB chapter last year.

Meeker, a teacher and the boys head varsity basketball coach at Willow Glen High School, will be the director of basketball operations for the new chapter.

Willow Glen NJB is open to boys and girls in grades K­8 in the Willow Glen area. Sign-ups for players and coaches will be held Sept. 14 and 21, 1­4 p.m. each day, at River Glen Park at Bird and Pine avenues. Sign-ups will be closed when all teams are filled.

Players in grades K­2 will participate in the NJB clinic, introduces youngsters to the fundamentals of basketball. Players in grades 3­8 will compete in team play.

The NJB All-Net program is open to boys and girls in grades 6­8. Practices begin in November, and games begin in early December. The season ends in March.

For further information, visit the website at www.willowglennjb.com, or contact O'Hara at terry@willowglennjb.com or 408.592.3041.


Maverick hockey

The Maverick Hockey Club will hold roller hockey tryouts Sept. 7 and 21, 7­10 a.m., at The Bladium in Alameda and on Sept. 8, 7­10 a.m., at Rollin Ice in San Jose.

The club, established in 1993, features divisions for 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 (as of Dec. 31, 2002) age groups.

For more information, visit www.maverickshockeyclub.com or call 408.439.7613.


SoccerMainia

Soccer skills and conditioning classes offered by SoccerMainia will be held in September at Camden Park. The hour-long, twice-weekly classes will be held Mondays through Thursdays during the 4­6 p.m. time block.

For more information, and for a fee schedule, call Alec Main at 408.893.4611 or email info@soccermainia.com.


Avalanche tryouts

The Central Valley Avalanche under-12 Class 3 girls soccer team is holding tryouts for the fall season. For more information, call Tom Morman at 408.872.3134.


Soccer training

High-level soccer training for girls age 11­13 is held locally every Tuesday and Thursday, 5:30­7:30 p.m. For more information, call Tom Morman at 408.872.3134.


Quakes tryouts

The Silicon Valley Quakes, the South Bay area's longest uninterrupted traveling roller hockey program, will be holding its 2002­03 tryouts on Sept. 8 and 15 at Rollin Ice in San Jose.

The Quakes plan to field four teams the upcoming season—mites (birth years 1992, '93), squirts ('90, '91), peewees ('88, '89), and bantams ('86, '87).

Tryouts for mites and squirts will be held from 7­8:30 a.m., and tryouts for peewees and bantams will be held from 8:30­10 a.m.

Anyone interested in an assistant coaching position with the Quakes, or anyone seeking additional information on the Quakes program, should contact Dave Inouye at sportcrze@aol.com.