The Applied Material Silicon Valley Turkey Trot will be held on Thanksgiving Day in downtown San Jose along the newly-opened Guadalupe River Park Trail. The race will begin at 9 a.m. on Nov. 24 at the Center for Performing Arts, corner of Almaden Boulevard and Park Avenue.

Applied Materials joins the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, the city of San Jose, Santa Clara County and the South Bay Labor Council to present the race that benefits the Santa Clara Family Health Foundation, Second Harvest Food Bank and the Housing Trust of Santa Clara County.

For more information, call 408.501.7864 or visit http://www. svlg.net/index.php?module=page
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Girls lacrosse

Girls Lacrosse of San Jose is holding registration for the spring season and is holding Sunday clinics throughout October at Kirk Community Center, 1601 Foxworthy Ave.

Clinics are held from noon to 2 p.m. for high school girls and 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. for middle school girls, and are geared toward girls who want to sample lacrosse in order to decide whether to join the club next spring. Loaner equipment will be provided but girls should bring a mouth guard. The cost is $5 per session and no pre-registration is required.

Girls Lacrosse of San Jose is a non-profit club with two teams for middle school players and a team for high school players. The club is also starting a developmental team for players in the second through fourth graders.

For more information about the clinics and team registration, visit www.sjextreme.org, email info@sjextreme.org or call 408.265.2224.

Youth sports

Registration for winter basketball and volleyball play for youngsters ages 3-12 is now being accepted. The season runs Jan. 14 through March 18 with games played on weekends, and the registration fee is $65 for players ages 3-5, $104 for those 5-9 and $114 for those 9-12. For more information, contact Rich Hamm at 408.608.6834 or rhamm@scvymca.org.

Players needed

The Los Gatos Metro/Santa Clara Sporting girls under 13 class 1 soccer team is looking for players for the coming season. For more information, call coach Shawn Medved at 408.354.1895.

Young writers are invited to cover a San Jose Sharks hockey game

The San Jose Sharks are inviting young newspaper reporters to their game against Dallas Stars on Nov. 12 for a special High School Sports Writers Day at HP Pavilion.

Those high school sports reporters working on their school newspapers will get the opportunity to cover a National Hockey League game and experience the life of a professional sports reporter. The event begins at 6 p.m. and runs beyond the conclusion of the game.

Sports writers will receive postgame access to a Sharks player, pregame access to a member of the hockey staff, a meal in the press room, a visit with a local sports writer, a behind-the-scenes tour of the facility and the opportunity to watch the game with a press box view.

Participants are required to write a feature story of their experience to be published in their school newspaper, with a winning selection to be published on sjsharks.com and in Rink Report. The winning writer will also receive a Sharks prize package, including two tickets to a future game.

Interested writers must submit a 250-word essay on one of two topics: "What the experience would mean to you," or "What is the significance of the Sharks to the city of San Jose?" Submissions are due by Oct. 28 and should be sent to Jeff Cafuir at jcafuir@svse.net. Only 12 applicants will be accepted.

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