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INFINEON RACEWAY’S 2012 Big O Tires major events schedule will again feature the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, IZOD IndyCar Series and AMA Pro Road Racing, and, for the first time, the FIA World Touring Car Championships. Along with individual race tickets, Infineon will offer a variety of ticket packages to NASCAR in 2012, including the Save Mart Supermarkets 2-Pack – two reserved race-day tickets for $99 – and a chance to get up close to drivers during pre-race festivities with a Pre-Race Pit and Track Pass for just $75. Infineon’s best ticket package is the 2012 Track Pass for $425, which includes tickets to all major events, plus season-long VIP parking, a Pre-Race Pit and Track Pass for NASCAR, an IndyCar garage/pit/pre-race pass, an NHRA thunder alley pass, and exclusive hot lap track day – more details at infineonraceway.com/trackpass. For individual or weekend tickets and special ticket packages – including the Track Pass – for all 2012 major events, or for more information, call 800-870-RACE (7223), or visit www.infineonraceway.com/tickets or www.ticketmaster.com. Camping is also available for all major events.

 

THE NORCAL BEARS pro men’s hoops team that competes in the American Basketball Association will host the Bay Area Matrix at 6:30 p.m. this Sunday, Feb. 12, in Sonoma Valley High School’s Pfeiffer Gym. For more details about the ABA’s NorCal Bears visit info@norcalbears.com.

 

SONOMA VALLEY BABE Ruth Baseball Association is currently accepting late registration by scheduling a sign-up meeting with Mario Alioto at 318-6945, where more details are available. Any new player to Babe Ruth must furnish an original-sealed birth certificate, which will be returned upon inspection by a league officer at the sign-ups. The late registration fee for the 2012 season is $175 a player, and the league also requires each family to work a snack-bar shift during the season and a second check for $100 is needed as a snack-bar deposit. This is a refundable check that will be returned after a snack-bar shift is worked. Also, SVBR is still accepting letters of intent, including a resumé of coaching experience, to manage or coach during the 2012 season, and should forward letters to S.V.B.R., P.O. 2113, Sonoma, CA 95476. For more information about Babe Ruth baseball call 318-6945 or visit the SVBR website at www.eteamz.com/SVBR.

 

SONOMA LITTLE LEAGUE needs umpires for its inaugural 2012 season, and anyone interested in the paid position can email dcsperry@att.net. Also, SLL continues its online registration– with a special opening day slated for Saturday, March 17 – at www.sonomalittleleague.com.

 

SONOMA VALLEY YOUTH Soccer Association is looking for committed soccer coaches for its select (competitive) program. Anyone interested in coaching a select team for the 2012-13 season can download a coaching application from the SVYSA website www.sonomasoccer.org, and complete and return it by e-mail to selectcoordinator@sonomasoccer.org, or mail it to Select Coordinators, P.O. Box 1992, Sonoma, CA 95476. For requirements or more details on the SVYSA select-team program, contact Mike Verdu at 337-4553 or selectcoordinator@sonomasoccer.org. The coaching registration deadline is Tuesday, Feb. 21.

 

SONOMA SOCCER ACADEMY will be holding low-cost training sessions – all abilities and levels of play accepted – for all boy and girl players in the Valley ages 7-to-18-years-old at the Altimira Middle School’s field, with the first four sessions free of charge and taking place from 4 to 5:30 p.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays starting this Wednesday, Feb. 15. The paid sessions begin on Wednesday, Feb. 29, and cost $25 for one weekly session, or $45 for two sessions in a week, with a one-time registration fee of $20, which includes a T-shirt. The soccer training sessions will be directed by Valley resident Mark Carr, who is a former head coach at the University of San Francisco, and an assistant coach at UCLA, holds a USSF “A” license, and is the current scout for the United States Girls Youth National teams. To register for the SSA training sessions or for more details, visit sonomasocceracademy.org.

 

SONOMA BOCCE BALL Association will open its fourth year of action at the bocce courts south of the gazebo in Depot Park, with its seven leagues – two on Wednesday, one Thursday, two on Friday and one each on Saturday and Sunday – starting play on Wednesday, April 11. Sign-ups are currently being held for new and existing members, with the annual membership cost being $20 a person. To register, checks made out to Sonoma Sister Cities Assoc., can be mailed to John Fanucchi, 1415 Lovall Valley Road, Sonoma, CA 95476. There are few openings in some of the leagues, with the opportunity to start new leagues on Tuesday morning and afternoon, and Thursday morning. Anyone who wants to learn more about the game of bocce can participate in open play on Saturdays, weather permitting, at 10 a.m. beginning March 24. For more details call (John) 938-2101 or (Ginette) 935-3337.

 

SONOMA VALLEY GIRLS Softball Association continues its mail registration at SVGSA, P.O. Box 657, Vineburg, CA 95487. To download registration forms or for more information, visit the SVGSA website at www.sonomagirlsfastpitch.com. For more details, call 415-233-2803.

 

SONOMA COUNTY ALLIANCE Soccer Club will hold tryouts for players in age-groups under-11 to under-14-years-old for the 2012 season starting Sunday, Feb. 26, at Lucchesi Field in Petaluma. For more details, visit www.scasoccer.com or contact Andrew Ziemer at 974-6071 or email at Andrew@ziemer.com.