LO baseball program to hold golf tourney fundraiser March 25
Looking to raise money for the 2005 season, the Live Oak High
baseball program will host its second annual golf tournament
fundraiser at Gilroy Golf Course on Friday, March 25. Registration
is at 11:30am, with a shotgun start set for 1pm. Cost is $80, which
includes greens fees, cart, beverages, tee prizes, contest prizes
and dinner. Tee and hole sponsors are welcome. Details: call Mark
Cummins at 201-6140.
LO baseball program to hold golf tourney fundraiser March 25
Looking to raise money for the 2005 season, the Live Oak High baseball program will host its second annual golf tournament fundraiser at Gilroy Golf Course on Friday, March 25.
Registration is at 11:30am, with a shotgun start set for 1pm.
Cost is $80, which includes greens fees, cart, beverages, tee prizes, contest prizes and dinner. Tee and hole sponsors are welcome.
Details: call Mark Cummins at 201-6140.
Gavilan Niners hold February Ace Day
The Gavilan Niners held their February Ace Day on Feb. 24 at the Gavilan Golf Course. Ace was Marlene Sherwin, Morgan Hill, net 33. Second place went to Opal Imprescia, Gilroy, net 36, and third place went to Bobbi Bentley, Morgan Hill, net 38. Bobbi also had low putts with 12.
Teri Swan, Morgan Hill, came in first in her flight and Joy Chalmers, Morgan Hill, came in third in her flight on the Feb. 11 short course competition held at Deep Cliff.
The Gavilan Niners play each Thursday morning at the Gavilan Golf Course in Gilroy. Tee time is 9am.
Details: call Arlene at (831) 722-3028, Nina at (831) 724-7901, or Peggy at (408) 779-0886.
South County Basketball Academy begins new session
The South County Basketball Academy Spring session begins Saturday, March 5.
The fee for returning players is $85 and for new players the fee is $105. There is a late fee for applications postmarked or delivered after Feb. 28. Practices and games in this Saturday only league runs until May 21.
Details: visit the Web site at www.scbabasketball.org or call (408) 782-8325.
SSJYSL tryouts
Tryouts for the South San Jose Youth Soccer League will be held Saturday, March. 5. Tryouts for girls will be held from 10am to 11:30am, and for boys from 12:30pm to 2pm at the following locations: Boys and girls aged 9-10 at Oakridge Elementary; boys and girls ages 11-12 at Martin Murphy; and boys and girls ages 13-14 at Bernal.
Details:, call (408) 225-4580 or e-mail mi*********@ao*.com
MH Swim Club tryouts
The Morgan Hill Swim Club has begun its 44th straight year of representing the Morgan Hill community in USA Swimming. Tryouts for the team are open to any individual age 6 to 18 are held at the Morgan Hill Aquatic Center every Monday through Friday at 5pm.
Monthly dues begin at no more than $75, with sibling and year round discount programs offered.
The team was awarded national status for the second straight year as a bronze level club by USA Swimming, and has been named as the host team for the 2005 Far Western Championships to be held in Morgan Hill from March 31 through April 3.
Details: call 782-0088, or visit the Web site at www.morganhillmakos.com
MH’s USYVL signups
Registration is now being accepted for the United States Youth Volleyball League’s Spring season in Morgan Hill. The USYVL is an instructional volleyball league that operates in a co-ed format for boys and girls ages 8-14. The USYVL season runs for eight weeks at Paradise Park and Galvan Park, beginning in April and ending in June.
Details: call (888) 988-7985 or visit the Web site at www.usyvl.org
Taylor Made Baseball camps continue
Taylor Made Baseball Pitching Mini-Camps begin once a month through May and run for four consecutive weeks.
Camps are taught by Rich Taylor. Cost is $99 per camp which includes a DVD and a pitching book ( while supply lasts). Each class is one hour (four total hours). Player to coach ratio is 4:1. The camps will be held indoors in Morgan Hill. Each player is filmed and receives a DVD. Focus is on developing proper throwing and pitching mechanics.
Camps are held on Thursday evenings. Payment is due prior to camp.
Details: call (408) 782-0630 or e-mail Rich Taylor at rj********@ya***.comTaylor Made Baseball
Gavilan coach backs local effort to help tsunami victims
Gavilan College men’s basketball assistant coach Michael Baumgartner is urging members of the local community to pitch in and help out with the relief effort for victims of the Dec. 26 earthquake/tsunami in the Indian Ocean. Baumgartner, whose family sponsors underprivileged children through the charitable organizations Save the Children (www.savethechildren.org) and World Vision (www.wvus.org), suggests those two Web sites as a starting point for those who wish to give “a few pennies” to the effort.
Details: email Michael Baumgartner at mb**************@ya***.com.
Where are they now?
Do you have information about former Live Oak High and Morgan Hill-area athletes who went on to athletic and other endeavors? If so, we want to hear from you.
Anyone with information about these athletes and what they’re doing now is encouraged to e-mail us at sp****@mo*************.com or call 779-4106.
GIVE US YOUR NEWS: If you have a sports digest item for Chip Shots, call the Times at 779-4106 (ext. 218) or email sp****@mo*************.com
