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Moll, Packers at 49ers tomorrow

Sonoma Valley High School 2001 graduate and former Dragon star Tony Moll - the first SVHS gridder to ever be chosen in the National Football League draft - is in his third NFL campaign as an offensive lineman for the Green Bay Packers, who come to town to play the San Francisco 49ers in a 6 p.m. exhibition game tomorrow evening, Saturday, Aug. 16, at Candlestick Park. Wheelchair tennis tourney starts today

Sonoma's Jeff Stuhr, a top wheelchair athlete and advocate, is directing the second annual Napa Valley Invitational Wheelchair Tennis Tournament - a United States Tennis Association/Northern California-sanctioned tourney sponsored by the Napa Spinal Cord Network - taking place this weekend at Napa Valley College. The event starts today, Friday, Aug. 15, with the "up-down" doubles - wheelchair participants pair up with able-bodied players (those who can walk) - at 10 a.m., followed by wheelchair-only players tourney beginning at 9 a.m. both tomorrow, Saturday, Aug. 16, and Sunday, Aug. 17. For more information, call Stuhr at 938-1216 or e-mail wheelmanjeff@yahoo.com. Youth grid, cheer Jamboree tomorrow

Sonoma Valley Youth Football and Cheer Association's Junior Dragons will kickoff its 2008 season by hosting the annual Jamboree at Arnold Field tomorrow, Saturday, Aug. 16, starting at 10 a.m. The SVYFCA will feature its sixth annual Casino Night fundraiser on Saturday, Sept. 20, at the Sonoma Veterans Memorial Building.

Adele, Altimira looking for coaches Coaches are needed at both the Valley's Adele Harrison and Altimira middle schools for seventh-grade girls basketball. Altimira is also looking for a seventh- and eighth-grade coed soccer coach. Anyone interested can call the Sonoma Unified Schools district office at 935-6008, Altimira athletic director Andrew Ryan at 935-6020 or Adele Harrison athletic director Starr Green at 935-6080.

St. Francis CYO hoops sign-ups start

Sonoma's St. Francis Solano's CYO (Catholic Youth Organization) basketball program for third- through eighth-grade boys' and girls' teams is holding 2008-09 season mail-in registration for all returning and new players from today (Aug. 15) through Sept. 15. New players need to include a copy of their birth certificate with their sign-up forms and fees. Registration forms can be obtained online at www.falconscyo.com or at the Chestbed Store, 800 W. Napa St. (939-7733) and when completed, mailed along with the sign-up fees - $135 for first child and $80 for additional family members, with checks made out to St. Francis CYO Basketball - to St. Francis CYO, P.O. Box 1663, Sonoma, CA 95476. Also, St. Francis CYO needs coaches for certain grade teams. Anyone interested in coaching, or for more information, call Frank Lucchetti at 938-1031.

SVTA Mertens Tennis Tourney sign-ups

 

Sonoma Valley Tennis Association will hold its 2008 Marilyn Mertens Fall Tennis Tournament - a mixed doubles round-robin format event - on Saturday, Sept. 20, at the Maxwell Farms Regional Park courts. The tourney begins at 9 a.m. and concludes at approximately 3 p.m., with snacks and a light lunch provided. The entry fee is $10 a player - checks payable to SVTA can be mailed to Judy Muller, 1114 Fryer Creek Drive, Sonoma, CA 95476 - and the SVTA will assist anyone who needs a doubles partner. Entries will be limited and the registration deadline is Thursday, Sept. 18. For more information, call Muller at 933-8020.

VOM Pétanque's Wine Country Classic

Valley of the Moon Pétanque Club will hold its annual Wine Country Classic select doubles tournament on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 23 and 24, at the Henri Maysonnave Memorial Courts in Sonoma's Depot Park. For costs, times, to register or for more information, call 258-3450 or visit www.vompc.org.

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