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By Bruce Meadows
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Norris coming on strong for Astros
San Marin High grad Bud Norris, called up to the Houston Astros earlier this summer, has experienced some highs and lows in his short major-league career; but it has been high times recently.
Norris posted a 3-0 record, then had some control problems and dipped to 3-3. He has looked strong in his last three outings, improving to 5-3.
He pitched six solid innings against Philadelphia, striking out six, allowing two earned runs, to get his fourth win, then tossed another six innings against Pittsburgh, striking out seven and allowing just one earned run to get to 5-3.
In his last trip to the mound Friday, he went five innings, striking out eight, and left with a 2-1 lead but the bullpen had problems and Milwaukie won, 3-2.
“He’s attacking the zone again,” said Houston manager Cecil Cooper. “He has been pitching very, very good.” Norris will probably get three more starts before the end of the season.
Benefit golf
tournament Friday
Dedication to Special Education, a parent volunteer organization that raises money for special education in Marin County, is hosting a benefit golf tournament Friday at Indian Valley GC.
All proceeds benefit Dedication to Special Education’s programs that include grants to Special Educators. Since 1997, Dedication to Special Education has raised more than $1.8 million in Marin County.
Entry fee is $150 per golfer and includes golf, lunch, on-course beverages a raffle drawing and other activities. Friends and non-golfers are invited to attend a cocktail party and raffle from 5-7 p.m. for $30.
For additional information, call 491-6636 or go to www.specialed.org.
Mustangs win cross-town showdown
It may not rival The Big Game in football or the Big Games in basketball, but San Marin claimed the Big Match against Novato in girls’ tennis last week.
“Novato keeps improving every year,” said SM coach Jay Potter, whose team won, 8-1. “They were ahead early in several early matches.”
With junior Laura Posylkin and senior Jaclyn Ruth playing doubles instead of singles, junior Marianne Pelletier took over the top singles position and won 6-2, 6-2 as the Mustangs improved to 6-6 overall, 2-2 MCAL.
Benefit bocce
tournament
The School Fuel 2009 Bocce Tournament is scheduled Oct. 17 at the Albert Park bocce courts in San Rafael.
Registration officially ended last Friday, but spots may still be available if 32 teams have not signed up. The tournament, a fundraiser for Novato public schools, includes instructions for beginners, round-robin play, a catered lunch and prizes for the top teams. Players of all experience are welcome.
For information, call 897-4259 or send e-mail to lbenjamin@nusd.org.
Classic cars
at Infineon
Vintage car racing comes to Infineon Raceway Saturday and Sunday at the Classic Sports Racing Group’s sixth annual Charity Challenge.
Proceeds from the event will benefit Speedway Children’s Charities, the charitable arm of Infineon Raceway, the program having generated more than $400,000 the past five years.
More than 200 vintage cars will take over the road course that weekend.
Gates open at 7 a.m. Saturday with practice at 8:30 a.m. and eight feature races starting at 1 p.m. with each lasting about 30 minutes. On Sunday, practice starts at 8:30 a.m. with nine more feature races beginning at 1 p.m., again each running about 30 minutes.
Tickets are $20 for a weekend pass, with children 12-16 $10, and children under 12 free. Parking is free. For additional information, visit www.csrgracing.org or call 888-268-7126.
Bike events
on the calendar
Biketoberfest 2009 is scheduled from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, at the FairAnselm Plaza parking lot in Fairfax.
The event, sponsored by Lagunitas Brewing Company, is offered by Access4Bikes and the Marin County Bicycle Coalition.
Biketoberfest combines “a hand-made bicycle show with a brewfest, featuring Northern California’s best,” according to the sponsors.
The event is being touted as “for cyclists of all ages, combined with a brewfest of over a dozen hand-crafted beers from premier Northern California brewers.” It also features a bike expo, vintage bike show with 40 vintage bikes on display, activities for kids and live music by Honeydust, Sons of the Pacific and Philip Der Stein Quintet.
There is no cost to attend the event, although there is a $20 fee for beer-tasting, which includes a commemorative Biketoberfest 8-ounce glass. Proceeds benefit bicycle advocacy in Marin County.
For more information, call 415-453-4333 or go to www.biketoberfestmarin.com
Take a kid mountain-biking
Trips for Kids (TFK), founded and based in Marin County since 1987, will host a guided ride for kids at Tennessee Valley on Oct.3 , to celebrate International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) "Take A Kid Mountain Biking Day." IMBA and the National Parks Service partner for this event.
IMBA's International Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day celebrates the life of Jack Doub, an avid teenage mountain biker from North Carolina who passed away in 2002. Event funding is provided by the Jack Doub Memorial Endowment. Additional support comes from CLIF Kids and the National Park Service.
For information on Trips for Kids, please visit www.tripsforkids.org or call Marilyn Price at (415) 458-2986.
Basketball tryouts
St. Anthony CYO basketball tryouts for the 2009-2010 season will be held the week of Oct 5-9 at the Nativity of Christ Greek Orthodox Church in Ignacio.
Attendance is mandatory at one tryout to be considered for placement on a team. Priority registration will be given to St. Anthony CCD students, Our Lady of Loretto CCD students, and Our Lady of Loretto School students.
They must attend one tryout to be considered for placement on an A level team. For questions, call 898-5968 or 898-3611 or visit stanthonyscyo.com.
Boys’ tryouts Oct. 5 and Oct, 8: 4th grade 4:30-5:30 p.m.; 5th grade 5:30-6:30 p.m.; 6th grade 7:30-8:30 a.m.; 8th grade 8:30-9:30 a.m.
Girls’ tryouts Oct. 6, Oct. 9: 4th grade 4:30-5:30 p.m.; 5th grade 5:30-6:30 p.m.; 6th grade 6:30-7:30 p.m.; 7th grade 7:30-8:30 p.m.; 9th grade 8:30-9:30 p.m.
Bowling update
High scores at Country Club Bowl:
High series women: Michelle Bishop 683, Martha Beardsley 654, Belinda Stripling 622, Marie Gutierrez 610, Lisa Hutchinson 529, Allyson Slutak 509, Glenda Sharp 507.
High series men: Jim Phillips 732, OJ Mitchell, Lou Bajza 702, Dave Lindsay 677, Tom Sutton 662, Buck Owings 661, Noel Najarro 660, Scott Mansfield, Andre Horn 659, Mark Decker 658, Wade Akers 655, Ron Thomas 653, Carl Rogers 650.
High game women: Michelle Bishop 279, Martha Beardsley 246, Marie Gutierrez 221, Belinda Stripling 211, Glenda Sharp 203, Allyson Slutak 200.
High game men: Tom Sutton 289, Val Kamai 276, OJ Mitchell 269, Carl Rogers 267, Lou Bajza 265, Andre Horn 264, Jim Phillips 259, Ron Thomas 257, Scott Mansfield 256, Ahmet Erdogan 248, Dave Lindsay 247, Gary Asleson 246.
Youth sailing fundraiser
Genny Tulloch, star of the Walt Disney movie, “Morning Light,” and member of the U.S. Olympic Sailing Team, is guest speaker at a fundraiser for several Marin youth sailing groups on Monday, Sept. 28, 6 p.m. at the Tiburon Yacht Club.
Tulloch will sign books and DVDs and discuss the journey from junior Opti sailor to movie star to Olympic team member. Pizza will be served.
Admission is by donation only, but advance reservations must be made by e-mailing plane@teambrickhouse.com.
The Boys and Girls Club Junior Sailing, the Sea Scouts, TYC Junior Sailing Scholarships and Olympic Sailing will benefit from the fundraiser.
Notebook submits
If you have a short community-related item you would like us to consider for publication in the Novato Notebook, or an idea for a sports feature story, send it to Bruce Meadows at sports@marinscope.com.
San Marin High grad Bud Norris, called up to the Houston Astros earlier this summer, has experienced some highs and lows in his short major-league career; but it has been high times recently.
Norris posted a 3-0 record, then had some control problems and dipped to 3-3. He has looked strong in his last three outings, improving to 5-3.
He pitched six solid innings against Philadelphia, striking out six, allowing two earned runs, to get his fourth win, then tossed another six innings against Pittsburgh, striking out seven and allowing just one earned run to get to 5-3.
In his last trip to the mound Friday, he went five innings, striking out eight, and left with a 2-1 lead but the bullpen had problems and Milwaukie won, 3-2.
“He’s attacking the zone again,” said Houston manager Cecil Cooper. “He has been pitching very, very good.” Norris will probably get three more starts before the end of the season.
Benefit golf
tournament Friday
Dedication to Special Education, a parent volunteer organization that raises money for special education in Marin County, is hosting a benefit golf tournament Friday at Indian Valley GC.
All proceeds benefit Dedication to Special Education’s programs that include grants to Special Educators. Since 1997, Dedication to Special Education has raised more than $1.8 million in Marin County.
Entry fee is $150 per golfer and includes golf, lunch, on-course beverages a raffle drawing and other activities. Friends and non-golfers are invited to attend a cocktail party and raffle from 5-7 p.m. for $30.
For additional information, call 491-6636 or go to www.specialed.org.
Mustangs win cross-town showdown
It may not rival The Big Game in football or the Big Games in basketball, but San Marin claimed the Big Match against Novato in girls’ tennis last week.
“Novato keeps improving every year,” said SM coach Jay Potter, whose team won, 8-1. “They were ahead early in several early matches.”
With junior Laura Posylkin and senior Jaclyn Ruth playing doubles instead of singles, junior Marianne Pelletier took over the top singles position and won 6-2, 6-2 as the Mustangs improved to 6-6 overall, 2-2 MCAL.
Benefit bocce
tournament
The School Fuel 2009 Bocce Tournament is scheduled Oct. 17 at the Albert Park bocce courts in San Rafael.
Registration officially ended last Friday, but spots may still be available if 32 teams have not signed up. The tournament, a fundraiser for Novato public schools, includes instructions for beginners, round-robin play, a catered lunch and prizes for the top teams. Players of all experience are welcome.
For information, call 897-4259 or send e-mail to lbenjamin@nusd.org.
Classic cars
at Infineon
Vintage car racing comes to Infineon Raceway Saturday and Sunday at the Classic Sports Racing Group’s sixth annual Charity Challenge.
Proceeds from the event will benefit Speedway Children’s Charities, the charitable arm of Infineon Raceway, the program having generated more than $400,000 the past five years.
More than 200 vintage cars will take over the road course that weekend.
Gates open at 7 a.m. Saturday with practice at 8:30 a.m. and eight feature races starting at 1 p.m. with each lasting about 30 minutes. On Sunday, practice starts at 8:30 a.m. with nine more feature races beginning at 1 p.m., again each running about 30 minutes.
Tickets are $20 for a weekend pass, with children 12-16 $10, and children under 12 free. Parking is free. For additional information, visit www.csrgracing.org or call 888-268-7126.
Bike events
on the calendar
Biketoberfest 2009 is scheduled from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, at the FairAnselm Plaza parking lot in Fairfax.
The event, sponsored by Lagunitas Brewing Company, is offered by Access4Bikes and the Marin County Bicycle Coalition.
Biketoberfest combines “a hand-made bicycle show with a brewfest, featuring Northern California’s best,” according to the sponsors.
The event is being touted as “for cyclists of all ages, combined with a brewfest of over a dozen hand-crafted beers from premier Northern California brewers.” It also features a bike expo, vintage bike show with 40 vintage bikes on display, activities for kids and live music by Honeydust, Sons of the Pacific and Philip Der Stein Quintet.
There is no cost to attend the event, although there is a $20 fee for beer-tasting, which includes a commemorative Biketoberfest 8-ounce glass. Proceeds benefit bicycle advocacy in Marin County.
For more information, call 415-453-4333 or go to www.biketoberfestmarin.com
Take a kid mountain-biking
Trips for Kids (TFK), founded and based in Marin County since 1987, will host a guided ride for kids at Tennessee Valley on Oct.3 , to celebrate International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) "Take A Kid Mountain Biking Day." IMBA and the National Parks Service partner for this event.
IMBA's International Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day celebrates the life of Jack Doub, an avid teenage mountain biker from North Carolina who passed away in 2002. Event funding is provided by the Jack Doub Memorial Endowment. Additional support comes from CLIF Kids and the National Park Service.
For information on Trips for Kids, please visit www.tripsforkids.org or call Marilyn Price at (415) 458-2986.
Basketball tryouts
St. Anthony CYO basketball tryouts for the 2009-2010 season will be held the week of Oct 5-9 at the Nativity of Christ Greek Orthodox Church in Ignacio.
Attendance is mandatory at one tryout to be considered for placement on a team. Priority registration will be given to St. Anthony CCD students, Our Lady of Loretto CCD students, and Our Lady of Loretto School students.
They must attend one tryout to be considered for placement on an A level team. For questions, call 898-5968 or 898-3611 or visit stanthonyscyo.com.
Boys’ tryouts Oct. 5 and Oct, 8: 4th grade 4:30-5:30 p.m.; 5th grade 5:30-6:30 p.m.; 6th grade 7:30-8:30 a.m.; 8th grade 8:30-9:30 a.m.
Girls’ tryouts Oct. 6, Oct. 9: 4th grade 4:30-5:30 p.m.; 5th grade 5:30-6:30 p.m.; 6th grade 6:30-7:30 p.m.; 7th grade 7:30-8:30 p.m.; 9th grade 8:30-9:30 p.m.
Bowling update
High scores at Country Club Bowl:
High series women: Michelle Bishop 683, Martha Beardsley 654, Belinda Stripling 622, Marie Gutierrez 610, Lisa Hutchinson 529, Allyson Slutak 509, Glenda Sharp 507.
High series men: Jim Phillips 732, OJ Mitchell, Lou Bajza 702, Dave Lindsay 677, Tom Sutton 662, Buck Owings 661, Noel Najarro 660, Scott Mansfield, Andre Horn 659, Mark Decker 658, Wade Akers 655, Ron Thomas 653, Carl Rogers 650.
High game women: Michelle Bishop 279, Martha Beardsley 246, Marie Gutierrez 221, Belinda Stripling 211, Glenda Sharp 203, Allyson Slutak 200.
High game men: Tom Sutton 289, Val Kamai 276, OJ Mitchell 269, Carl Rogers 267, Lou Bajza 265, Andre Horn 264, Jim Phillips 259, Ron Thomas 257, Scott Mansfield 256, Ahmet Erdogan 248, Dave Lindsay 247, Gary Asleson 246.
Youth sailing fundraiser
Genny Tulloch, star of the Walt Disney movie, “Morning Light,” and member of the U.S. Olympic Sailing Team, is guest speaker at a fundraiser for several Marin youth sailing groups on Monday, Sept. 28, 6 p.m. at the Tiburon Yacht Club.
Tulloch will sign books and DVDs and discuss the journey from junior Opti sailor to movie star to Olympic team member. Pizza will be served.
Admission is by donation only, but advance reservations must be made by e-mailing plane@teambrickhouse.com.
The Boys and Girls Club Junior Sailing, the Sea Scouts, TYC Junior Sailing Scholarships and Olympic Sailing will benefit from the fundraiser.
Notebook submits
If you have a short community-related item you would like us to consider for publication in the Novato Notebook, or an idea for a sports feature story, send it to Bruce Meadows at sports@marinscope.com.
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