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BASEBALL
Las Vegas Warriors looking for players
The Las Vegas Warriors are a competitive baseball team looking for players ages 8-12. Age is determined by the players age on April 30, 2006. For more information, contact Jeff Smith at 523-1068.
BASKETBALL
Church to offer summer hoops
Christ the King Church, 4925 S. Torrey Pines Drive, is offering a summer basketball camp on June 26-28 for grades 4-9. Durango High School girls varsity coach John Bartleson will run the program.
The cost per camper is $100. For a copy of the registration form, call 871-1904, ext. 295, or e-mail to johnb@ctkccnv.org.
The Durango Hills Community Center run by the YMCA, 3521 N. Durango Drive, and the Bill & Lillie Heinrich YMCA, 4141 Meadows Lane, will offer 70 specialty camps that run until Aug. 25 for youth ages 5-17. Registration is under way at both branches.
Campers may enroll for separate weeks of any camp or mix and match weeks of specialty camps. Weeks need not be consecutive. Prices vary based on camp. Sports camps, travel camps, theater camps, cooking camps, craft camps and teen camps are among the choices. Call the Heinrich YMCA, 877-9622, or the Durango Hills YMCA, 240-9622, to learn more.
Soccer site hosting summer activities
Las Vegas Indoor Soccer, 1400 N. Rampart Blvd., will be holding indoor summer camps through Aug. 22, including Mini (3-5 years old), All Sports, Premier Soccer, Super Basketball, Princess, Mad Science and Cheer. Space is limited.
Boyack's Dance Attack accepts students ages 3-18 and has studios on both sides of town, offering classes in jazz, ballet, hip-hop, tumbling, performing teams and more. Dance Attack is accepting registration for the following summer camps: BDA Boogie Dance Camp West (ages 5-17), July 24-26; and BDA Dance Clinic (ages 5-17), Aug. 9-12.
At the recent awards ceremony following the final event of this year's Las Vegas Cup fencing tournament in April, Amanda Marks, 12, was named Las Vegas Cup Champion in both Youth 12 and Under Women's Foil and Youth 12 and Under Women's Saber.
Amanda, who trains at Red Rock Fencing Center, 8665 W. Flamingo Road, No. 117, and has been fencing since 2002, has won the Las Vegas Cup in foil in her age group since the competition's inception three years ago. This year, the six-series tournament, which draws fencers from five area clubs, added saber and epee events and Amanda, who also added saber to her arsenal of weapons this year, clinched the saber title as well as the foil.
"Both saber and foil use right of way rules, so there is some crossover," Amanda said, adding that in her opinion, the two are easier to combine than foil and epee. "Epee does not have right of way, so you really have to change your mind set."
Amanda still considers foil her primary weapon and in January she was dubbed the United States Fencing Association's Pacific Coast Youth 12 Women's Foil Fencer of the Year. The sixth-grader has qualified and competed in the 2005 Summer Nationals Championships in foil and competed at the 2006 North American Cup in foil and saber. She is training in both weapons for the upcoming Summer Nationals, to be held in Atlanta in July.
FOOTBALL
NYFL holds sign-ups for tackle teams
The Nevada Youth Football League is holding registration for full contact football for the fall 2006 season. Registration can be conducted at the league office at 1651 S. Buffalo Drive from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturdays.
When signing up, participants must have either a player ID card from the NYFL or an original birth certificate and utility bill. For the Youth Division, ages 6-14, registration costs $160, with payment in cash or money order only.
Players must be present for weigh-in and accompanied by a parent. Practice starts the first week in August, with games running from September to mid-November. The NYFL also is accepting applications for experienced coaches for the upcoming season.
For more information, visit www.gonyfl.com or call 437-3825.
Itty Bitty Flag registration planned
The Durango Hills Community Center run by the YMCA, 3521 N. Durango Drive, invites kids ages 3-5 to learn football fundamentals in the Itty Bitty Flag Football beginner program. Parent participation is required. The program runs from 5 to 5:45 p.m. on Thursdays through July 13.
The cost is $60. For more information, call 240-9622.
GOLF
Academy schedules summer camps
The Summerlin Junior Golf Academy will be holding weekly camps from 8 a.m. to noon Tuesday through Friday beginning today. The SJGA also will hold camps from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. The camps, for participants ages 9-17, will be held at the Angel Park Golf Course in Summerlin.
For more information, call 300-4673 or visit www.sjga.net.
MARTIAL ARTS
Taekwondo set to kick off at YMCA
Youth ages 4 and up can learn how to develop the spirit, body and mind through taekwondo at the Durango Hills Community Center run by the YMCA, 3521 N. Durango Drive. Itty Bitty Taekwondo is held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 to 7 p.m. at a cost of $49. Youth ages 6 and up meet Mondays and Wednesdays from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
The cost is $59. Sign up for classes on the first of each month. Master Instructor Gary A. Bosse, USTF state director for Nevada and 7th Degree Black Belt, leads the program. For more information, call 240-9622.
SOCCER
Heat FC '93 Orange complete three-peat
The Heat FC '93 Orange U-13 girls won the Nevada Cup for a third straight year at the Bettye Wilson Soccer Complex. The team is now headed to the United States Youth Soccer Far West Regional in Boise, Idaho, which starts Monday and runs through June 25.
Heat FC '93 Orange, coached by Travis Sabin and Kenny Kirkwood, is currently ranked fourth in the nation at www.gotsoccer.com.
NFC Tabagators holding sign-ups
NFC Tabagators Youth Soccer Academy is having open registration for fall season for boys and girls ages 4-10. No tryouts are needed and players will be placed on a team in their area.
Online registration is available or to view a schedule of sites holding registration, log on to www.tabagators.org.
Neusport-Tabagators to hold tryouts
The Neusport Tabagators Soccer Club will be holding competitive tryouts for the upcoming season. Ages Under 11 through Under 18 tryouts for both boys and girls will be held throughout the month of June.
For a full schedule of tryouts, log on to the club's Web site at www.tabagators.org or call Saeed Bonabian at 373-5329.
SWIMMING
Y's Sizzlin' Summer pass now on sale
The YMCA of Southern Nevada's Sizzlin' Summer three-month membership provides unlimited access to water parks located at the Bill & Lillie Heinrich YMCA, 4141 Meadows Lane, and the Durango Hills Community Center run by the YMCA, 3521 N. Durango Drive. Pass holders receive YMCA member benefits, plus the chance to zip past long lines while checking in at water parks.
Pass holders can ride adventure slides and splash in aqua play zones. The cost is $210 for families, $120 for adults, $105 for seniors and $85 for students. The water parks are open to the public. The daily cost without membership is $2 for ages 3-17 and $3 for ages 18 and up. For more information, visit either branch or call 877-9622.
YMCA offering swimming lessons
The Bill & Lillie Heinrich YMCA, 4141 Meadows Lane, is hosting four-week summer swimming sessions beginning the week of June 12. A variety of programs are offered for infants through adults. Lesson days and times vary by program.
The per-session cost for members is $25. Non-members pay $50 per session. For more information, call 877-9622.
Mermaids strike gold in California
The Nevada Desert Mermaids competitive synchronized swim team won gold medals for all three of its teams in the Southern California Association regionals held during the Memorial Day weekend. In addition to the team gold, the Nevada Desert Mermaids also received countless gold and silver medals in trio, duets and solo routines.
Nevada Desert Mermaids coach and choreographer Stephane Miermont trained the girls up until May 15 and left them in the hands of former national champion Linda Tannenbaum while he began working with the U.S. Olympic Team. Team members include Katrina Branhagen, Karli Farris, Nicole Grant, Ariana Luizzi, Ashley Taylor and Brooke Taylor, who represent the 16-17 team; Anna Boyle, Paige Bentle, Aly Haylor, Ellen Duffy, Kaitlyn Gilmore, Caitlyn Marsh, Katlyn Porter, Katie Spada and Logan Halverson, who swim for the club's 12-13 team; and Hannah Halverson, Donna Byrne, Michelle Byrne, Stella Carr, Sarah Gex, Aiste Chechaviciute, Amber Peterson and MacKenzie Zweifelhofer, who represent the 11 and under team.
The team is running a camp this summer for children ages 7-16 who love to swim, splash and dance.
Any questions regarding the team can be directed to Monica Taylor at 562-5016, Katie Tipton at 806-3910 or Linda Tannenbaum at 365-8009.
The Blazers Volleyball Clinic for boys and girls will be held at Durango High School, 7100 W. Dewey Drive, on July 10-13. This clinic is for beginners through advanced players ages 10-18.
The clinic will run from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and the cost is $150.
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