Sports Briefs
GOLF
Silverado tourney
set for Saturday
The annual Silverado football golf tournament is scheduled for Saturday at the Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort. The entry fee of $125 includes golf, prizes and an awards dinner. Tee sponsorships are $100 apiece and proceeds from the event will be used for equipment and supplies. Those interested can call Bob Dziak at 592-0900 or Skyhawks football coach John DeNardin at 799-5790.
Gregory tourney
scheduled for Monday
The third annual Ann Gregory Memorial Scholarship Golf Tournament is scheduled for Monday at the Stallion Mountain Golf Course. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Urban Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Program.
A continental breakfast will be served at the course and a box lunch donated by the House of Blues will be available on the course. An awards banquet is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at The Venetian.
Those interested can call Tee Taylor at 838-0761 or Lillian McMorris at 313-5255.
Championships set
for play in Mesquite
The 2002 Nevada State Women's Amateur Championship and State Senior Championship is slated for Sept. 6-8 at the Casablanca Golf Course in Mesquite. The format is 54-hole stroke play and the field is limited to the first 100 entries received. A $190 entry fee includes golf, a welcome event, tee gift, awards luncheon and prizes.
Competitors must be members of the Women's Southern Nevada Golf Association or the Northern Nevada Women's Golf Association, with a maximum handicap of 36. Those interested can call 458-4653 or visit www.nevadawomensgolf.org.
Volunteers sought
for golf tourney
Volunteers are needed for the 20th annual Invensys Classic at Las Vegas, which is scheduled from Oct. 9-13 at the TPC at Summerlin, the TPC at The Canyons and the Southern Highlands Golf Club. Volunteers are needed in three committees: group hosts, scorers and gallery control.
All tournament volunteers must pay a $25 fee to defray expenses. In return, volunteers will receive a volunteer badge to enter the tournament all five days; a season badge for a guest ($50 value); wholesale prices on FootJoy golf shoes; a volunteer uniform (shirt, hat, socks, tournament pin); coffee, donuts and a box lunch on days working; and a post-tournament volunteer party.
Those interested can call Michele Morphy at 242-3008.
Women's team
title on tap
The 2002 Nevada State Women's Golf Association's Four Person Team Championship is scheduled for Aug. 19 and 20 at the Thunder Canyon Country Club in northern Nevada. The entry fee of $660 per team includes prizes and an awards luncheon.
Competitors must be a member of the Women's Southern Nevada Golf Association or the Northern Nevada Women's Golf Association and the maximum handicap allowed is 36. Those interested can call 458-4653 or visit www.nevadawomensgolf .org.
VOLLEYBALL
Blazers clinic
starts Monday
The 10th annual Blazers Volleyball Clinic is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Aug. 15 at Durango High School.
The entry fee for the clinic, which is open to girls ages 11-18, is $125 and includes a camp T-shirt. All instruction will be provided by the Durango coaching staff. Those interested can call Trailblazers coach Bob Kelly at 248-9455 or e-mail him at rmfkelly@hotmail.com.
BASEBALL
Registration open
for Tee-ball camp
Registration for the Tiny Tyke Tee-Ball Camp will be offered until Aug. 16. The baseball camp, which is open to children ages 3-5, is scheduled from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Aug. 17, 24 and 31. The registration fee of $40 includes a T-shirt and participation award.
The camp will give parents a chance to teach their children the fundamentals of the game under staff supervision. Those interested can call 455-7050.
Metro Showcase
set for Aug. 17
The second annual Metro Showcase, a baseball event sponsored by the Southern Nevada AAU, is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 17 at Burkholder Field in Henderson.
The event is designed to showcase local players, who will each be evaluated and have a scouting report sent to college coaches and professional scouts.
Each player at the event will also have the chance to try out for the Metro Stars traveling team, which is slated to compete in several national tournaments in the fall.
Those interested can call event director Rich Santigate, the Southern Nevada AAU baseball state chairman, at 812-5756.
SOFTBALL
40-and-older league
registering players
The Henderson Sports Association recreational "POPs" softball league for men, ages 40 and older, is offering registration for its fall season. Those interested can call Dan Roberts at 614-8081. The inaugural over-40 men's league attracted more than 100 players.
Henderson site
of adult leagues
The city of Henderson Parks and Recreation Department will accept registration for its fall adult softball leagues starting Monday (Aug. 12).
The registration fee is $425 per team and must be made in person at the Arroyo Grande Sports Complex, located at 298 Arroyo Grande Blvd. League play is slated to start the week of Sept. 16.
There are several leagues available, including men's and co-rec leagues. Those interested can call 434-4134.
RECREATION
Workshops offered
throughout August
The Clark County Parks & Community Services is sponsoring several Adventure Recreation workshops, ranging from archery to sailing, during the month of August.
Preregistration, which is encouraged, will be offered from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Sunset Park Adventure Recreation Office, located at 2601 E. Sunset Road.
A two-hour archery course is slated from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday and introductions to rock climbing, sailing and gold prospecting are also scheduled in August, along with Laser Quest Tag. Those interested can call 455-8289.
CHEERLEADING
Extreme squad
seeking girls
The Extreme Cheer All-Stars, a competitive cheerleading squad in Las Vegas, is looking for girls in grades six through 12.
The season runs from August to March and practices are scheduled from 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Those interested in the nonprofit organization can call Michelle Giambrone at 650-2896 or send an e-mail to ExtremeAllstars@aol.com.
BOWLING
Diversity tourney
set at casinos
A Diversity Doubles and Singles bowling tournament is scheduled for Aug. 16-18 at Santa Fe Station and Texas Station.
Tournament champions will receive $5,000 for first place in doubles and $2,500 for first place in singles. The entry fee is $150 per bowler and $250 for each bowler who requires hotel accommodations ($360 for double-occupancy rooms). Participants will each bowl three games of singles and doubles.
The event celebrates the tenure of Thomas DeChalus, the first black American to serve as president of the American Bowling Congress. Until 1950, no black or Asian players were permitted to bowl in ABC or Women's International Bowling Congress sanctioned events.
This local event is sanctioned by both the ABC and WIBC, whose Joint Diversity Committee will hold a diversity forum at 2 p.m. Aug. 17 at Texas Station. Those interested can call Texas Station at 631-1000.
BASKETBALL
Henderson to
start adult leagues
The city of Henderson Parks and Recreation Department will accept registration for its adult basketball leagues starting at 10 a.m. Monday. Registration is $300 per team and must be made in person at the Sports Office, located at 298 Arroyo Grande Blvd.
Teams can choose from two leagues, which are both open to ages 16 and older -- Monday and Wednesday nights or Tuesday and Thursday nights. League play is slated to start the week of Sept. 9. Those interested can call 434-4134.
FOOTBALL
League seeks players
for girls division
The Henderson Flag Football League, which is sponsored by the National Football League, is looking for girls, ages 11-14, to play in its girls division. While the league fielded 80 teams and 110 cheerleaders last season, it needs more girls to fill the division.
The registration fee of $75 includes a reversible NFL jersey, pants, socks, trophies, a picnic, 10 league games and tournament play. Those interested can call 898-0088. The league starts play Sept. 7.
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