MHPB winter ball signups Morgan Hill Pony Baseball will be
holding its annual Winterball registration on three different dates
this month. To sign up, go to Mountain Mike
’s Pizza on Saturday, Aug. 13 or Saturday, Aug. 20 from noon to
2pm, or on Wednesday, Aug. 24 from 7:30pm to 8:30pm. Mountain
Mike’s Pizza is located in Tennant Station on Monterey Road in
Morgan Hill. Details: call (408) 778-MHPB or visit www.mhpb.org
MHPB winter ball signups
Morgan Hill Pony Baseball will be holding its annual Winterball registration on three different dates this month. To sign up, go to Mountain Mike’s Pizza on Saturday, Aug. 13 or Saturday, Aug. 20 from noon to 2pm, or on Wednesday, Aug. 24 from 7:30pm to 8:30pm. Mountain Mike’s Pizza is located in Tennant Station on Monterey Road in Morgan Hill.
Details: call (408) 778-MHPB or visit www.mhpb.org
Sobrato High roller hockey
Sobrato High’s roller hockey club team is looking for players and is accepting signups. Prospective players must be Sobrato High students. Matches start in September and will be played at Rollin Ice in San Jose.
Details: call Michelle Harvick at 779-0357
Chilipeppers make Final Four at SD Surf Cup
Led by the offensive heroics of Morgan Hill’s Colby Carson and Samantha Riolo, the Central Valley Chilipeppers U11 girls soccer team made the Final Four of the San Diego Surf Cup last weekend. After advancing to the prestigious tourney’s semifinals with a perfect 3-0 record in pool play, the Peppers ended up matched against their Northern California rival, the Danville Blast. The Peppers and Blast battled back and forth to a 0-0 tie in the first half. In the second half, the Blast broke through with eight minutes to go for a 1-0 lead. Despite battling furiously in a quest for the equalizer, the Peppers could not manage the tying goal and lost 1-0. But the San Jose-based club team earned plenty of respect from its Southern California hosts, as the Peppers showed off the tourney’s leading offense, according to Peppers backers.
In pool play, the Peppers opened against Pasadena’s FC Barcelona. MH’s Carson put the ball in the back of the net four times, with MH’s Riolo assisting on three of the goals and Zarette Munoz tallying the other assist as the Peppere cruised to a 4-0 win.
In their second game, the Peppers were matched up with Massachusetts’ South Coast Scorpions, who had not lost a game in two years. Carson and Riolo sarted off with a bang as Munoz chipped a ball to the top of the box that Riolo headed down to Carson’s feet. Carson blated it into the right side of the net for a 1-0 lead. Chloe Varvel added a goal off a Munoz assist to make it 2-0 at the half. In the second half, the Scorpions defense stiffened and didn’t allow a goal until the last minute when Riolo put the ball to the far post where Gabi Squarcia punched it in to make the final 3-0 Peppers.
In their third and final pool game, the Peppers faced one of the top Southern California clubs in the Newport Beach Slammers. The Peppers were sluggish and sarted slow as the Slammers controlled the first 15 minutes of play. Chloe Ainley got the Peppers going stealing a ball on the right side and hitting a streaking Branna Ross, who put the ball right in front of the Slammers goalkeeper, who wasn’t quick enough to stop Carson from tallying her sixth goal of the tournament. But the Slammers evened it up before the half on a corner kick. The second half turned out to be all Peppers as Riolo turned in her sixth assist, feeding Breanna Ross, and Gabi Squarcia finished off the Slammers with a pair of goals off assists from her sister Brittany Squarcia and Celeste Kaashoek.
The Peppers ended up finshing pool play with 29 of 30 possible points, outscoring their opponents 11-1 in three games.
The Times encourages submission of all game results from local youth leagues. To submit game results, email sp****@*************es.com
Bowers to pitch in ASA Nationals in Salinas
Recent Live Oak High grad Juliette Bowers will compete for the Salinas Storm in the ASA Nationals 18 Gold tournament at the Salinas Sports Complex this week. Opening ceremonies were scheduled for Monday and games were set to begin on Tuesday. Bowers, a standout pitcher for the Acorns last season who led the squad to a Central Coast Section Division I title and is headed to play college ball at Canisius, will pitch for the Storm. Only 64 teams in the nation qualified for the tourney.
OVYSL fall soccer accepting signups
Orchard Valley Youth Soccer League is now taking sign-ups for the 2005-06 fall recreational season.
Play begins Sept. 10 and ends Nov. 20. Boys and girls ages 4-16 are eligible (birth dates 8/1/1989 to 7/31/2001). Fees range from $65 for U6, $95 for U8 and $120 for U10-U16.
Download an application from www.ovysl.org for more details. Fill out the form according to the directions and mail it (do not hand deliver) to OVYSL, PO Box 0891, Morgan Hill, CA 95038.
Include a certified copy of the prospective player’s birth certificate, along with a 1-inch by 1 1/2-inch color photo. Note: Player may not be wearing a hat or sunglasses in the photo.
Teams are filled on a space-available-only basis after July 15.
Details: call 779-6696
YMCA Camps signups
Mt. Madonna YMCA in Morgan Hill is now accepting registration for camps which take place at the Morgan Hill YMCA, 17666 Crest Ave.
Half-day sports camps are for 3-5 year olds and take place through Aug. 19. The cost is $133/week.
One full-day sports camp remains, a Y-World of Sports from Aug. 15-19 at $223/week.
These camps are only for those entering grades 1-3 or 4-6.
Details: contact Cassie Kemic, ck****@*****ca.org, or by phone at 762-6018 or 779-0208.
Enthusiastic PT sports writers needed, no experience necessary
Do you love sports and attending games? Do you like to write? Would you like to get paid for writing? If you answered yes to these questions, you may be interested in becoming a part-time sports writer for the Morgan Hill Times. No experience is necessary but you do have to enjoy watching sports and writing, have reliable transportation and be available for occasional afternoon, evening and weekend sports coverage.
Details: call Morgan Hill Times sports editor Jim Johnson at (408) 779-4106 (ext. 203) or email him at jj******@*************es.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****@*************es.com or call 779-4106.
SJ Lady Sharks softball
The San Jose Lady Sharks Gold softball team will be holding tryouts for the fall season on Sept. 21 at Del Mar High School in San Jose. All positions open. Tryout time is at 9am. Younger teams’ tryouts also that day.
Details: call Rob Piper at (40) 353-2223 or Tom Barrera at (408) 832-4535
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****@*************es.com
