‘The Ghost’ to visit American Self Defense Academy; Join the
Gilroy High freshmen football team; Junior Golf Classic coming to
Gilroy GC; Tryouts for 14U baseball team; Girls’ 18 National Tennis
Tourney in San Jose.
‘The Ghost’ to visit American Self Defense Academy
GILROY – Featherweight contender Robert ‘The Ghost’ Guerrero is coming to Ulitmate Cardio Combat on Monday, Aug. 9 from 4:30 to 6:30pm at the American Self Defense Academy, 7322 Monterey Hwy, Gilroy.
Guerrero will share his boxing techniques during the class and sign autographs afterwards.
Join the Gilroy High freshmen football team
GILROY – For incoming freshman wanting to join the Gilroy High frosh football team, the first day of practice is Monday, August 16 at 8 a.m. at Gilroy High School.
Before coming to practice, however, interested student-athletes must pick up an athletic packet and get a sports physical at the Gilroy High office.
For more information, call Coach Darren Yafai at 847-3340.
Junior Golf Classic coming to Gilroy GC
GILROY – The 22nd Annual Beatty Memorial Junior Golf Tournament will take place August 17-18 at Gilroy Golf Course.
The two-day event will start at 11am both days. The tournament will be divided into age groups (10-under, 11-13 and 14-older). Awards will be given to the top finishers in each age group.
The entry fee is $25 which includes golf both days, tee prize, awards and lunch on Wednesday.
To sign up please call Gilroy Golf Course at 848-0490.
Tryouts for 14U baseball team
GILROY – Silicon Valley Diamond Dawgs, 14U boys baseball tournament team, is looking for players – pitchers and catchers. For information, contact Alan LaBranche at (408) 782-1197, (408) 365-2114, or (408) 505-4817.
Girls’ 18 National Tennis Tourney in San Jose
SAN JOSE – The USTA Girls’ 18 National Championships are coming this Aug. 8-15 at AVAC, in San Jose.
The tournament is recognized as the foremost junior tennis event where the nation’s top junior female tennis players compete for a US Open wildcard in both single and doubles events. This year marks AVAC’s 20th anniversary sending up-and-coming world-class athletes to the US Open.
Many of the participants come from local high schools and go onto play at Cal and Stanford in the collegiate ranks including last year’s winner Theresa Logar. Last year’s runner up, Alexandra Podkolzina, who was also the champion from the previous year went to Cal after attending Northgate High School in Concord.
Others have been recruited during a session called College Coaches Forum where coaches and recruiters from many of the nation’s top universities come to meet and speak to the participants.
This tournament has produced currently ranked players such as 1991 champion Lindsay Davenport (#4), 1990 champion Lisa Raymond (#27), 1989 champion Jennifer Capriati (#6) and most recently 1999 and 1998 champion Laura Granville (#54).
For more information: http://www.ustagirls.org
