By Inkster prevails
Los Altos resident Juli Inkster joined forces with fellow LPGA player Dottie Pepper to capture their fourth straight Hyundai Team Matches title Dec. 17 at Pelican Hill Golf Club in Newport Beach. Inkster and Pepper beat the team of Annika Sorenstam and Lorie Kane in the finals of the three-day event. The final round went to 21 holes, the longest in tournament history for the LPGA Tour, and was decided after Pepper and Inkster won the par five 17th hole with a birdie. The winning team split $200,000.
Soccer tryouts
The De Anza Force Soccer Club will hold tryouts in January for eight CYSA teams, Class 1 and Class 3. The teams will play in the spring, then continue into the of fall of 2001. Tryouts are for boys and girls teams, under 9 through under 12. For more information, call (408) 725-8555 or go to the Force’s Web site at www.deanzaforce.org.
Successful swingers
Two golfers from St. Francis High turned in strong performances at the Pasatiempo Junior Golf Invitational, a premier NorCal junior golf event held Dec. 11 at the Pasatiempo Golf Course in Santa Cruz. Freshman Kevin Lozares shot 75 to finish second in the boys 14-15 age division. Senior Rich Doerr shot 73 to place fourth in the boys 16-17 division.
On the slopes
The Los Altos Recreation Department has scheduled a one-day group snowboard/ski trip to Kirkwood for Saturday, Jan. 27. The trip is open to anyone in junior high or high school. The cost is $80 and includes an all-day lift ticket, chartered bus transportation and supervision. If interested, sign up at the Hillview Community Center, 97 Hillview Ave., or call the Los Altos Recreation Department at 941-0950 and speak to either Robert Acosta at ext. 315 or Cesar Zapata at ext. 301.
