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The Literacy Classic All-Star football game is expected to return next season, but organizer Charles Nash said there could be some changes.

Nash said he will again try to use San Jose as a base for one of the teams but is considering ideas to make the teams more even. The Northern California game made its debut Saturday at San Jose City College, and the North routed the South 42-7.

"That decision will be based on what kind of feedback I get from the coaches from the South," Nash said.

The North roster was filled with seniors from most of Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. The South had seniors from Morgan Hill to the southern end of the Central Coast Section.

Nash said he was generally pleased with the attendance, noting that about 4,000 people showed up.

The game next season could be played closer to the end of the high school playoffs, Nash added.

  • Five football players from Santa Clara and San Mateo counties will be among the 24 honored for their scholastic achievements by the Northern California Chapter of the National Football Foundation at an awards dinner on Feb. 21 in Burlingame.

    The five local honorees are Chidobe Awuzie of Oak Grove, Kyle Kevorkian of Los Gatos, Tomson Mathai of Evergreen Valley, Kevin Donahoe of Sacred Heart Prep and Zachary Kohtz of Capuchino.

  • Awuzie, a first-team All-Mercury News defensive back,
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    has narrowed his college choices to San Jose State, Colorado and Washington State, Oak Grove coach Jay Braun said. Oak Grove is planning a signing day ceremony Wednesday.

  • The Archbishop Mitty girls volleyball team went undefeated and won a state championship last fall. In an awards ceremony Friday at the school, the team will receive the Army National Guard national ranking trophy as part of the MaxPreps Tour of Champions for girls volleyball. Mitty, which finished second in the season-ending MaxPreps Freeman rankings, is one of 10 schools being honored.

  • The Los Gatos football team and its new coach Mark Krail will open Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division play next fall at home against Krail's former team, Santa Clara.

    "That'll be tough," Krail said. "There's a lot of great kids that are helping to build a program here at Santa Clara that will be back and hopefully having success and continue on in a positive direction. I want nothing but the best for those kids."