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Baseball, the Almaden Challenger
Yankee way

By Carol Rosen and Kevin Jones

If it’s spring it must be time for baseball. And by now you have obviously seen kids learning and practicing America’s favorite pastime.
In Almaden, there’s a separate Little League division, called the Challenger Division, that enables boys and girls with physical or mental challenges to enjoy playing the game we all love. The children in the division are between 5-18 years old or haven’t yet completed high school.
Some teams are quite large, up to 20 players, and all are set up according to ability rather than age. The division offers three levels of play: T-Ball, Coach Pitch or Player Read more...

By Carol Sheridan
Special to the Times

Forty-seven teams from California, Hawaii, and Nevada competed March 13 and 14 at the Silicon Valley FIRST Regional event held at the San Jose State Event Center, and one team, #668 or The Apes of Wrath, made up of students from Pioneer and Los Gatos high schools took home awards.
FIRST is an international nonprofit organization promoting science and math as an important fundamental of America’s future. Its mission is to promote interest in science and technology in students Read more...