Eric Byrnes of the Oakland A's and Jason Simontacchi of the St. Louis Cardinals will be among the honorees at the 20th annual Hot Stove Banquet coming up Feb. 3 at the San Jose GI Forum, 765 Story Road in San Jose.

Tickets are priced at $35 per person. For more information, call Al Talboy at 408.446.3443.

LGLL tryouts

The Los Gatos Little League will hold player evaluations on Jan. 24 at Baggerly Field next to Blossom Hill School. Players age 12 (as of July 31) must be on the field at 8:45 a.m., players age 11 at 10:30 a.m. and players ages 9 and 10 at 12:45 p.m.

The league board has voted to expand the major division to 14 teams, creating an increase from 100 to 168 players. Because of the expansion, it is important for all players ages 11 and 12 who have not played in the majors division before to attend the evaluation session. Those who do not attend the session cannot compete in the majors.

For more information on the player evaluations, call Rob Dunne at 408.395.1033 or Tom Connelly at 408.395.9181.

Nova wins title

The Nova coed volleyball team won four straight matches to claim the title in Division I of the Monterey Bay Alternative School Athletic League. Nova won the Division II crown a year ago, but this is the first time the locals have taken a Division I championship.

Nova defeated No. 1 seed Alternative Family Education Home School 15-6, 15-12 in the championship match

The MBASAL is comprised of 17 alternative schools from Santa Cruz, Monterey and Santa Clara counties.

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