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BASEBALL

Nevada Scorpions holds tryouts

The Nevada Scorpions baseball club is scheduling tryouts for late July and early August at Acacia Park.

For dates, times and more information, visit www. nevadascorpionbaseball.com or call 349-8455.

Adult camp set at UNLV

Baseball Legends Fantasy Camps will be holding a camp in Las Vegas on Nov. 26-30 at UNLV. Scheduled participants include Frank Robinson, Fergie Jenkins, Bill Madlock and Rollie Fingers.

The registration deadline is Monday. For more information, visit www.bblfc.com or call 277-3031.

FOOTBALL

NYFL opens fall registration

The Southern Nevada Youth Sports Association, home of the middle school football league, will have registration for its fall season from 10 a.m. until noon on Saturdays at Gibson Middle School, 3900 W. Washington Ave.

Teams are forming in the Anthem, Canyon Springs, Cimarron-Memorial, Clark, Mojave, Agassi, Eldorado, Shadow Ridge, Rancho, Centennial, Chaparral, Cheyenne, Bishop Gorman, Palo Verde, Spring Valley, Legacy and Arbor View school areas.

Registration is $160 for players and $25 for cheerleaders. Practice starts Aug. 1. For more information, visit www.snysa.com.

SOFTBALL

Revolution conducting open tryouts

Revolution, a 14-and-under ASA girls' fastpitch softball travel team, is looking for experienced players born in 1993 or 1994 and is conducting open tryouts for the fall season. For more information, call 338-5621.

SWIMMING

Lifeguard Games set for Saturday

Spectators are welcome at the annual Southern Nevada Lifeguard Games, 6 to 9 p.m. on Saturday at the city of Las Vegas Baker Pool, 1100 E. St. Louis Ave.

Six-member teams will compete in events and win awards to be presented in a ceremony. For more information, call 229-6309.

TENNIS

Darling Center to host kids' camps

The Nevada Tennis Association will offer its annual free summer tennis camps on Aug. 6, 8 and 10 at All American Park and the Darling Tennis Center. Camps are available to youth ages 6-13.

For more information or to register, call 792-8384.

Athlete takes part in leadership camp

Max McCoy-Novak, a 12-year-old from the Las Vegas Hilton Tennis Academy, recently took part in the 2007 Tennis Leadership Camp, developed in 1984 to provide an educational experience for National Junior Tennis League participants.

Forty youth between the ages of 12-14 from the United States recently traveled to Seattle and the University of Washington to participate in the program. Max was the only participant from the state of Nevada.

Each participant was chosen based on a number of criteria, including tennis ability, financial need and leadership and community involvement.

Local tennis players impress at sectionals

Several local tennis players recently won or were finalists at the National Western Mixed Doubles Intermountain Sectionals in Boulder, Colo.

Winning the 7.0 championship was the Tournament Players Club team from Las Vegas, including Don Curnutt, James Pelletier, Don Hessel, Valerie Andriani, Cherry Marshall, Carey Reno, Sara Arizmendez, Spencer Hurst, Stacey Smith and Thomas Vaughn.

The Red Rock Las Vegas team of Jeff Ng, Angeline Close, Staci Holmes, Eileen Marasco, Anthony Ng, Elcia Gauthier, Donny Curnutt, Laurie Sabol, Robert Wilner, Aaron Shurrie, Sara Arizmendez, Rod Allison and Sarah Tillery won the 8.0 championship.

Club Sport Green Valley from Henderson, including Jennifer Petrie, Dawn Farber, Roberto Aguilar, Sean Amberg, Kenneth Siewert, Yanina Pillaau, Sandy Yanko, Thomas Piazza, Laura Ruben, Trevor Ferguson, Thien Ngo and Pamela Loyd, won the 9.0 championship.

The winners will compete in the mixed doubles championships in November in Las Vegas.