Sign-ups for Legacy Little League will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Pecos Legacy Park, on Pecos Road between Windmill and Wigwam parkways on Jan. 21, Jan. 28, Feb. 4 and Feb. 11. Registrations also will be held at the Galleria at Sunset mall, 1300 W. Sunset Road, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Jan. 21 and Jan. 28 and from 6 to 8 p.m. on Jan. 26.
Boys and girls ages 5-15 are eligible to play. New players are required to bring a copy of their birth certificate and proof of residency.
Fees are $90 for tee-ball and $105 for all other divisions. Two-player families can sign up both players for $175 and families signing three or more players will be charged $225.
Cheyenne Little League will be holding registrations for the spring season for children ages 5-15 at Bat-R-Up Batting Cages, 3040 Simmons St., No. 101, on the following dates: from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday; from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Jan. 18; from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Jan. 21; from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Jan. 25; from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Jan. 28; and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Feb. 4.
Players should bring a copy of their birth certificate and proof of residence. Fees begin at $95 for tee-ball. There will be no fundraising fee.
The zone for Cheyenne Little League is north of Cheyenne Road, west of Interstate 15 and east of Decatur Boulevard.
Las Vegas Wildcards forming club team
The Las Vegas Wildcards are looking for players committed to learning and playing the game of baseball on a tournament level. Players need to be age 10 on or before April 30.
Players who want to take the game to the next level and are committed to working hard to get there can call Sean Rynearson at 260-7993 or 327-6336, or visit www.baseball-teams.com/teams/wildcardsbaseball.
Big League Baseball seeking players
Nevada District 4 is starting a Big League Baseball division for boys ages 16-18 after the 2006 high school season has ended and is seeking players, coaches and sponsors.
For more information, call Mike Aker at 452-1961.
Paseo Verde league holding registration
Paseo Verde Little League has scheduled registration for the spring baseball season for children ages 5-15, which will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Jan. 21 and Jan. 28 at Dos Escuelas Park, 1 Golden View in Henderson.
New players should bring a copy of their birth certificate and proof of residency or a utility bill. Fees are $80 for tee-ball and $100 for other divisions.
Paseo Verde Little League generally includes zip codes 89012 and 89052. For more information, visit www.eteamz.com/paseoverdelittleleague. Directions to Dos Escuelas Park are available on the Web site.
Paradise Valley starting season
Spring sign-ups for Paradise Valley Little League baseball will be held at the Paradise Park Recreation Center, 4775 McLeod Road, from 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. on Saturday, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Jan. 18, from 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. on Jan. 21, and from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Jan. 25.
Tee-ball registration is open to children ages 5-7 and costs $80. For all other divisions, ages 7-16, the cost is $100.
The Arena Football League's Las Vegas Gladiators dance team, the Gladiator Goddesses, will be holding tryouts for the Pom Girls, a spirit and pom-pom team, from 7 to 10 p.m. on Jan. 25 at the Sazio restaurant in The Orleans, 4500 W. Tropicana Ave.
The Goddesses created the newly formed dance spirit team to cheer on the Gladiators during home games at the Thomas & Mack Center. The team is looking for energetic dancers, cheerleaders and spirit girls, 18 years and older, to cheer from the stands and interact with fans in their seats at all eight Gladiators home games in 2006. The Goddesses also will look to the Pom Girls members for future recruits.
In addition to game-day activities, the Pom Girls also will participate in the Goddesses Power Dance Camp on April 2, which will culminate with an on-field performance during the halftime show at the game against the Los Angeles Avengers. Judging will be based on five categories: appearance, spirit, dancing skill, audience appeal and communication skills.
Applications are available at the new Gladiators office, 3790 Paradise Road, Suite 140, or on the team's Web site at www.lvgladiators.com. All applicants need to come dressed to perform with full makeup and hair, jazz shoes, shorts, bare midriffs and light-colored fishnets or bare legs. A valid photo ID is required.
The Western Athletic Sports Unified Program (WASUP) will be holding sign-ups for its NFL Youth Flag Football League for boys and girls ages 6-17 at the Galleria at Sunset, 1300 W. Sunset Road, from 6 to 9 p.m. today and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday.
The cost is $85 per child ages 6-14, and $95 per child ages 15-17 and includes full uniform.
All games will be played at White Middle School, 1661 Galleria Drive. For more information, call 617-9745 or visit www.wasupffb.com.
Gladiators to hold free scrimmage
The Las Vegas Gladiators will host the Arizona Rattlers in a free, preseason scrimmage at the Thomas & Mack Center on 2 p.m. on Monday.
The scrimmage will be open to the public, allowing fans the first opportunity to see the Gladiators in action during the 2006 season.
GOLF
Takefuji Classic is seeking volunteers
For the fourth straight year, the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) will be holding the Takefuji Classic at the Las Vegas Country Club, set for April 10-15. Organizers are seeking volunteers who will receive a badge good for admission all week plus an extra clubhouse badge worth $50.
Daily lunch will be provided and for every day of volunteering, participants will receive a entry into the volunteer drawing. Most committees have a uniform fee of $25 for a cap or visor and golf shirt.
Las Vegas Desert Riders Club, the local chapter of the Honda Riders Club of America, meets at 9 a.m. on the second Saturday of each month at Carter Powersports, 3535 W. Tropicana Ave.
All motorcycle riders are welcome to join. Dues are $20 annually for the club and include monthly rides, bonus rides, patches, membership cards and discounts on motorcycles, ATV's, parts, accessories and apparel.
The YMCA of Southern Nevada is offering Nia Technique body-mind fitness classes three times a week.
Classes will be held from 9 to 10 a.m. every Tuesday morning at the Bill and Lillie Heinrich YMCA, 4141 Meadows Lane. In addition, classes will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. on Wednesdays and from 8:30 to 9:15 a.m. on Saturdays at the YMCA-run Durango Hills Community Center, 3521 N. Durango Drive.
Classes are led by Stacey Hall, a certified Blue-Belt Nia instructor, who received her training directly from Debbie Rosas and Carlos Rosas, creators of the Nia Technique.
For more information about Nia, visit www.nia-nia.com. For more information about classes at the YMCA, visit www.lasvegasymca.org or call 877-9622.
ROLLER HOCKEY
LV Roller Hockey holding season
The Las Vegas Roller Hockey Center will be holding a 10-week recreational youth coed roller hockey league for kids ages 5-14 starting Jan. 21 at Las Vegas Roller Hockey, 800 Karen Ave.
The cost is $125 child and includes one hour of practice time per week along with jerseys and trophies.
Beginner players will have coaches to teach them how to skate and learn the game. There also are adult leagues that play Sunday through Thursday with seasons continuous throughout the year.
Kayla Lambert, a 2005 graduate of Palo Verde High School and freshman at the University of Evansville in Evansville, Ind., was chosen by Soccer Buzz Magazine as a third-team selection on its NCAA Division I Freshman All-America team. The honor was the first for an Evansville player since Krista McKendree was selected for the NSCAA's All-America team in 2000.
Soccer Buzz also chose Lambert as a member of its All-Great Lakes Region Second Team and its Great Lakes Region All-Freshman First Team. Lambert was chosen earlier this month as a second team selection on the NSCAA/Adidas NCAA Division I Women's All-Great Lakes Region soccer team.
Lambert finished as the nation's seventh leading scorer with 45 points for an average of 2.37 points per match. Lambert also finished 10th nationally in goals per game (0.89) and 16th in assists (0.58). Lambert's 45 points tied UE's single-season scoring record, while her 11 assists were the most in school history and her 17 goals were the second most.
Lambert also led the Missouri Valley Conference in scoring, finishing with twice the number of points as the league's runner-up. She was named the Missouri Valley Conference's Freshman of the Year, and was one of only two freshmen chosen first team all-conference.
Lambert's scoring helped Evansville improve from 3-13-1 in 2004 to 10-8-1 in 2005 as UE reached the MVC Tournament semifinals for the first time since 2002.
Spring soccer teams now forming
Registration is now under way for boys and girls ages 5-9 interested in playing spring soccer at the Bill & Lillie Heinrich YMCA, 4141 Meadows Lane. Spring soccer will be held from 5 to 6 p.m. on Fridays, and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays from March 31-April 28.
Teams are formed based on age and jerseys are provided. Volunteer coaches also are needed. The cost is $55 for YMCA members, or $65 for nonmembers.
For more information, call Verleana Suber-Bright at 877-7230.
TENNIS
NTA set to hold six-week classes
The Nevada Tennis Association will start conducting classes for juniors and adults at various area locations the week of Jan. 16. The classes are for entry-level to intermediate players ages 5 and up. The fee is $50 per person for the six-week session.
Classes focus on the fundamental skills of tennis and improvement of those skills through hands-on instruction, drills, games and competitive play. Racquets and balls are provided at no charge.
Classes will be held at the following parks on days listed: All American Park, Tuesdays; Angel Point Park, Mondays; Black Mountain Recreation Center, Tuesdays; Bruce Trent Park, Thursdays; Bunker Park, Wednesdays; Duck Creek Park, Mondays; Lone Mountain Park, Tuesdays; Morrell Park, Tuesdays; Mountain Ridge Park, Saturdays; Paul Meyer Park, Thursdays; Puccini Park, Mondays or Wednesdays; White Middle School, Saturdays.
For more information, call Jerry Johnson at 792-8384.
Lessons offered at Heinrich YMCA
The tennis courts at the Bill & Lillie Heinrich YMCA, 4141 Meadows Lane, have been resurfaced in part of a $2,400 grant from the United States Tennis Association Adopt-A-Court program. Junior, adult and private tennis lessons are being offered on the refurbished courts.
Junior participants ages 7-17 will be categorized by skill level and meet on the following days: beginner, Wednesdays from 4 to 5:30 p.m.; intermediate, Thursdays from 4 to 5:30 p.m.; and advanced, Saturdays from 10:30 a.m. to noon.
The cost is $52 for members, or $62 for nonmembers and includes four classes.
Adult beginners meet Wednesdays from 7 to 8 p.m. The cost is $41 for members, or $52 for nonmembers and also includes four classes. Adult drill sessions and one-hour private lessons also are available.
VegasTennis.com will be holding its Novice Tourney No. 1 from Jan. 27-29 at UNLV.
Players will be guaranteed at least two matches and each participant will receive a tournament T-shirt, and champions and finalists in all divisions will receive a trophy. The deadline to enter this tourney is Jan. 24.
To register, call Ryan Wolfington at 822-1081.
Spring junior team tennis on horizon
The spring season of Junior Team Tennis starts the week of Feb. 6.
Junior Team Tennis is a recreational tennis league for beginning to advanced players. The league offers players the chance to experience competitive play in a team format, against other players of similar age and ability. Players are matched together in one of six divisions. Matches are played on a weekly basis and each match lasts about 90 minutes. League play will run eight to 10 weeks depending on the number of teams in each division.
The team registration deadline is Jan. 27. Individuals can register for a team anytime during the season, but they must play at least two matches to be eligible to compete in the district playoffs. Individuals can register for a team through a team at their facility, or by calling the Nevada Tennis Association at 792-8384. Team captains must call the NTA to get a team number in order to register.
League fees are $15 per player. There will be a $10 late charge for any player who is added on to a team after Jan. 27.
The 12 & Under division will play from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Thursdays; the 14 & Under division will player from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.; the 18 & Under division will play at 3 p.m. Wednesdays.
For more information, call the NTA at 792-8384.
Mike Agassi helps get national tourney
Thanks to Mike Agassi, the father of tennis pro Andre Agassi, the Nevada Tennis Association and Intermountain's President Holger Nickel, the United States Tennis Association recently awarded Level 3 national status to the Mike Agassi No Quit Championships, a tournament founded by Marty Hennessy, director of tennis at Las Vegas' Stirling Club, and Ryan Wolfington, founder of VegasTennis.com.
The Mike Agassi No Quit Championships will be held Sept. 22-24 at the Darling Tennis Center, UNLV and the Las Vegas Hilton.
"You have no idea how hard this is to get, but Mr. Agassi kept going until we got the OK," Wolfington said.
Another of Hennessy and Wolfington's junior tournaments, the Young Guns Championships, also was elevated to Level 5 national status in 2006.
The tournament will be held Jan. 24-29 at UNLV and is part of the Nate Schulman Master's Series of tournaments.
YOUTH
YMCA plans Junior Academy program
The Bill & Lillie YMCA, 4141 Meadows Lane, is accepting sign-ups for Junior Sports Academy, a beginner program for children ages 3-5 and their parents.
The program will be held from 9 to 10 a.m. on Saturdays from Saturday through Feb. 19. It includes two weeks each of soccer, tee-ball and basketball in classes led by a YMCA instructor. Equipment is provided.
The cost is $55 for YMCA members and $65 for nonmembers. For more information, call Robert Smith or Verleana Suber-Bright at 877-7230.
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