Willow Glen senior Sam Olivas battled his way to a fourth-place finish at 130 pounds at the Central Coast Section wrestling tournament last weekend. Olivas won by technical fall over Thomas Valdez of Alisal, pinned Mark Lahlouh of Mitty at 3:30 of the second and beat Stephen Thalin of the King's Academy 14-11 before losing to No. 1 seed Adan Marquez of Aptos 14-6. He came back to beat Eric Nakagawa of Leigh 18-4 but lost in the third-place match 14-0 to No. 2 seed Joseph Seo of Fremont. As a fourth-place finisher, he just missed a trip to the state tournament. Still, head coach Phil Luna said Olivas "had a great season."

Gymnastics event

Amy Chow, an Olympic gold and silver medal winner, will sign autographs when she makes an appearance at the annual West Valley Spirit of the Flame Gymnastics Challenge on Feb. 28, 3:45 p.m., at the Westin Hotel in Santa Clara.

Chow is a product of West Valley Gymnastics, a nationally recognized gymnastics center based in Campbell.

Six-hundred of the top female gymnasts from throughout the United States will compete in the Spirit of the Flames event Feb. 28 and 29, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. each day, at the Westin.

Tickets are prices are $30 for the weekend, $20 per day or $10 per session for adults, $20 for the weekend, $10 per day or $5 per session for youngsters 12 and under. Admission is free for children 5 and under.

For more information, contact Abra Slater at 408.205.6601 or sprtsconnection@aol.com. Visit http://www.wvgs. com/sotf/ for further details.

Bronco baseball

The Santa Clara University baseball program will host a Youth Spring Break Camp for players ages 5­12 at Bellomy Field on the Bronco campus. Sessions will be held April 5­7 and April 12­14, 9 a.m. to noon each day. The cost is $125 for each session.

For more information, contact Mike Zirelli at 408.554.4151 or mzirelli@scu.edu.

Slammers tryouts

The San Jose Slammers, a girls fastpitch softball 16A travel team, is looking for position players for the summer season, that includes a tournament in Hawaii. Tryouts will be held March 6. For more information, call Scott McCollum at 408.448.3639.

Rod, car show

The third annual Street Rod and Classic Car show will be held May 22, 9 a.m.­3 p.m., at San Jose City College on Moorpark Avenue in San Jose. The event is free to the public. All proceeds from the show will benefit the Student Book Scholarship Fund at the school. For more information, visit www.sjcc.edu/carshow.

Players needed

The Strikker softball teams are looking for players for various positions to play in the upcoming 2004 season. Players needed include: 18 and under team—pitcher, call Frank King at 408.227.8191 or Richard Fangonilo at 408.274.9301; 14 and under team—catcher, call Ernie Garcia at 408.281.7855; 12 and under—pitcher and position player, call Garcia or Craig Nunes at 650.799.7710.

For more information, visit www.strikkers.org.

All-comers

The Los Gatos All-Comer Track and Field winter series will run Saturdays through Feb. 28 at the high school's all-weather track. The cost is $4 for unlimited events or $2 for spectators.

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