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Published on 05/04/1998 All articles from this issue

Sports On The Side

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NET GAINS The Mountain View High boys tennis team earned a CCS berth by beating co-SCVAL El Camino Division champion Fremont 4-3 in a league playoff last Friday at Cupertino High. A day earlier, Spartan seniors Matt Brunnings and Mike Zalisk won the doubles title at the league's individual championships with a 6-0, 6-2 win over teammates Pavan Reddy and Paul Romeo.

PAST VS. PRESENT: The Los Altos High Alumni baseball team will take on the school's varsity squad at 1 p.m., Saturday in the annual Bob Baird Memorial Alumni Game. The game, to be played at Los Altos High, honors the memory of Baird, a longtime coach at Los Altos. After the game, the Bob Baird Scholarship Award will be presented to a senior on the varsity team. Following the presentation, a dinner party catered by Chef Chu's will be held for the alumni at the Los Altos Youth Center. To attend the dinner, call Bill Dolby at 941-9335.

BOOK OF GIANTS: Sportscaster Steve Bitker will be signing his new book, "The Original San Francisco Giants: The Giants of '58," from 1-2 p.m., Saturday at the Giants Dugout store in Palo Alto's Stanford Shopping Center. For more information, call 468-3700.

TRYOUTS AFOOT: AYSO Region 43 is now registering soccer players for the fall season. Walk-in registration clinics will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Saturday and 7-8 p.m., May 20 at Hillview Community Center in Los Altos. Mail-in registration forms are also available at Hillview. For more information, call 941-4006.

COACHES WANTED: Mountain View High is looking for coaches for girls varsity and junior varsity volleyball and varsity boys water polo, which start in the fall. If interested, call Barbara Kaufman at 940-4626.

SPORTS TIPS: Readers with story ideas can call Pete Borello at 948-9000, ext. 315.