Monday, February 22, 2010

“Sports News for Kids: Gymnastics World gymnasts do well in Chicago-style meet (Naples Daily News)” plus 3 more

“Sports News for Kids: Gymnastics World gymnasts do well in Chicago-style meet (Naples Daily News)” plus 3 more

Sports News for Kids: Gymnastics World gymnasts do well in Chicago-style meet (Naples Daily News)

Posted: 21 Feb 2010 09:00 PM PST

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Gymnastics World of Fort Myers Level 8 and 10 gymnasts excelled in their respective age divisions at last weekend's IGI Chicago Style meet. The meet is the world's largest and drew more than 4,300 gymnasts.

Level 10 gymnast Jamie Shisler, a Naples resident, placed fifth in the all-around, earning third on vault, fifth on bars and beam and sixth on floor.

Level 8 gymnast Callie Longo placed seventh overall, taking third on bars, fifth on beam and ninth on floor. Marissa Nychyk placed ninth in her Level 8 all-around, earning sixth on bars and vault.

Also in Level 8, Cathryn Baxter earned fourth on vault. Trisha Hughes also competed at the event

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Collier County Parks and Recreation is host the inaugural Summer Camp Expo from 10 a.m. to 2p.m. March 20 at North Collier Regional Park's Exhibition Hall. The Summer Camp Expo will feature agencies such as the City of Naples' park system, Collier County Parks and Recreation, Boys and Girls Club and more.

Some vendors will offer lower costing camps, partial day camps, while others such as the City of Naples and Collier County will offer full length summer camps. Kids have their choice of themes this summer of short-term summer camps including general sports, soccer, flag football, tennis, environmental oriented camps and theater.

For parents needing full-week summer camps, several agencies will be showcasing their longer term summer camps, most of which include field trips and some of them include lunch. Several agencies also offer Therapeutic Recreation Summer Camp for special needs campers.

Collier County's full summer camp averages out to $66 per week per child. For more information, call 252-4060.

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Calendar

ATHLETICS

YOUTH STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING CLASS

Info: Put on by Magic Benton and 24/7 Sports. 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays. Cost is $30.

Contact: Brian Dodd 277-0700, brian247sports@yahoo.com.

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BASEBALL

HAMMERHEADS

Info: 14-and-under travel team looking for players for spring season.

Contact: Rene Zafra 200-1941.

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NAPLES INDIANS

Info: 12U team looking for two dedicated and talented players to add. Team plays in FPBL and monthly tournament, and will go to Cooperstown.

Contact: Danny Maestu 601-8661, www.eteamz.com/naplesindians

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NAPLES MUSTANGS

Info: Travel team looking for experienced 12-year-old player for spring season.

Contact: Pete Denove 253-9609, pdenove@arthrex.com.

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NAPLES TSUNAMI

Info: 14-and-under travel team has two openings for spring season.

Contact: Tim Stamm 269-0910

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NORTH NAPLES LITTLE LEAGUE

Info: Now accepting registrations for 2010 spring season. Players ages 5-14 who live within NNLL boundaries are eligible to register. League age, player's age as of April 30, 2010. T-ball ages 5-6, $100; all other leagues, $150. Draft process late January/early February.

Contact: www.northnapleslittleleague.com

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BASKETBALL

FLORIDA GULF COAST ELITE

Info: Tryouts for 14-, 15-, 16- and 17-and-under elite girls exposure teams are from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 28 at Estero High. Those interested in trying out should complete the registration form found on the Winning Ways web site before the tryouts.

Contact: Tom Kayne 357-3020, tom@winwaysinc.com, www.winwayshoops.com

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FLORIDA PHENOMS

Info: Boys traveling team looking for fourth- and fifth-grade players.

Contact: Chris Moore 784-3740, hoppap@aol.com

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FOOTBALL

NAPLES GATORS

Info: Online registration now open for 2010 season. Spring practice starts April 20 at Fleischmann Park and is free with fall registration. Ages 5 to 15 for football and cheerleading.

Contact: 537-5443, www.naplesgators.com

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K6 SPORTS SPRING FLAG FOOTBALL

Info: For boys and girls in grades 1 through 6. Season runs March 6 to May 1. Cost is $80. Games on Saturdays at Barron Collier.

Contact: Bill Carufe 290-3430, Willie Brice 784-7701.

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GYMNASTICS

NAPLES PROGRESSIVE

Info: New session runs Feb. 22 to April 16. Ages 4 and under go from 9 a.m. to noon for $30. Ages 5 and older can come 9 a.m. to noon or 1 to 4 p.m. for $30 or the whole day for $45. Extended open gym is 6 to 10 p.m. Feb. 26 and costs $20, which includes pizza and a drink. Family open gym is 6 to 7 p.m. Feb. 26 and is $10. Regular open gym is 7 to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 26 and costs $10.

Contact: 598-3700

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LACROSSE

COLLIER COUNTY LACROSSE ASSOCIATION

Info: Registration now open online. Open to boys and girls 6 to 14. Season runs Feb. 10 to May 6 with practices every Wednesday at Vineyards Community Park. Games are Thursdays at North Collier Regional Park. Cost $100.

Contact: collierlax.com

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ROLLER HOCKEY

YOUTH LESSONS

Info: Lessons for ages 4 to 6, 11 a.m. to noon Sundays at Veterans Community Park. Six weeks costs $60.

Contact: 566-2367

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SOCCER

EAGLE SOCCER LEAGUE

Info: Registration now open for ages U5,U7,U9, U11, U13 and U15. Registration open until March 19. Games on Mondays at Golden Gate Community Park. Cost is $25 (U10 and Younger) and $30 U11 and older. Teams or individual players accepted.

Contact : Luis Orellana at 239 200 5333 or fernando@eagle-soccerclub.com

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GULF COAST YOUTH SOCCER LEAGUE

Info: Registration now open for ages 4 to 14 league. There also is a high school seven-on-seven league. Registration open until March 13. Youth league runs March 6 to May 29. Cost is $55 for 12 weeks of games, camps. Games on Saturdays at North Collier Regional Park. High school league (including graduating eight-graders) is March 8 to May 7. Cost is $45 for eight weeks of games, at North Collier Regional Park on Thursdays between 6 and 9 p.m. Registration for both Feb. 27 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at North Collier Regional Park.

Contact: Register online at www.gcysl.com or e-mail Dwight Morgan at admin@gcysl.com

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SOUTHWEST FLORIDA UNITED SOCCER ACADEMY

Info: Registration open until May 1 for First Kicks Academy (ages 4-7), Junior Academy (8-12) and Senior Academy (13 and up). First Kicks Academy, eight-week training, boys and girls, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, 6-7 p.m., begins March 16.; Junior Academy, 14-week training, boys and girls, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, 6-7:30 p.m., begins March 16; Senior Academy, 14-week training, boys, Mondays, Wednesdays, 6-8 p.m., begins April 5, girls, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, 6-8 p.m., begins April 6.

Contact: Register online at www.swflunited.com or contact Dwight Morgan at info@swflunited.com

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SOFTBALL

TROPIC WAVE FAST PITCH

Info: Tryouts and clinics for 10-, 12- and 14-and-under teams have started at St. John Neumann.

Contact: Andrea Peterson 269-4280, tropicwavefastpitch@yahoo.com

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SWIMMING

GULF COAST SWIM TEAM

Info: Now holding registration for winter season. Ages 5 and up. Practices at FGCU Aquatic Center.

Contact: 949-6671, www.gcst.org, gcst@comcast.net.

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WRESTLING

BEAR WRESTLING CLUB

Info: Sign-ups from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays in Palmetto Ridge High School's cafeteria. Ages 5 to 18. Cost is $100.

Contact: David or Michele Parmenter 353-0265.

To have a youth activity listed in the calendar, mail it to Naples Daily News, Kids Calendar, 1075 Central Ave., Naples, FL, 34102. You can fax info to 239-263-4816 or e-mail sports@naplesnews.com. E-mail preferred by 4:30 p.m. on Sunday.

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Photo galleries: Weekend prep sports roundup (Addison Press)

Posted: 22 Feb 2010 12:21 PM PST

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Check out the weekend's area high school sports action, including state gymnastics, state wrestling, sectional swimming and basketball.

Click on the links to the right to view the different photo galleries.

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Gymnastics: Stillwater finishes fourth at section meet (Stillwater Gazette)

Posted: 22 Feb 2010 04:55 PM PST

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OAK PARK HEIGHTS - The Stillwater gymnastics team crushed its previous season-high team score while placing fourth at Saturday's Section 4AA Meet at Stillwater Area High School.

The Ponies (4-5 SEC, 4-6) easily eclipsed the 140-point mark while posting a score of 141.575 - bettering their previous high score of 138.825.

Four-time reigning state champion Roseville repeated as section champion with a score of 147.375 - more than four points ahead of runner-up Mahtomedi (143.15) and third-place White Bear Lake (142.925).

Stillwater will be represented by senior Kristina Krenz and sopohomore Alicia Doerr at the individual state meet, which will be held on Saturday at the University of Minnesota Sports Pavilion on Saturday.

This will be the fourth trip to state for Krenz, who advanced with a third-place showing in the bars after scoring a 9.475. Doerr will make her first trip to state after placing fourth in the beam and tying for fourth place in the floor exercise.

Doerr (37.0) and Krenz (36.9) also placed fifth and sixth in the all-around to narrowly fall short of qualifying in that event. Krenz and Abby Skaar, who competed in the vault, were the lone seniors from Stillwater's section lineup.

"The section meet is often difficult for seniors, as they can easily get caught up in the emotions of finishing their careers," Swenson said. "It was wonderful to see Abby and Kristina have wonderful routines. Kristina had some disappointments during the day, but I was so proud of how she graciously dealt with the small errors and how she supported her teammates and congratulated her competitors at the end of the day. She's truly a class act and a role model for the younger gymnasts on our team."

Krenz competed at state in the bars and all-around a year ago and placed as high as third and second in the beam as a freshman and sophomore.

Doerr led the Ponies in the floor exercise with a tie for fourth place at 9.45. The top four finishers automatically advance and in the case of a tie for the fourth spot it is the superior judge score that determines the qualifier. In this case, Doerr also matched superior judge score of Mahtomedi's Allie Bartholomew so they both advance.

Krenz finished seventh in the event with a score of 9.35 while Sami Matschi (8.575) and Sidnee Ronsberg (8.375) completed the scoring.

"Sidnee had one of her best routines of the season," Swenson said. "As the first routine of the meet, her score was a bit conservative, but her performance was outstanding. Sami followed with another lovely routine. She has clean lines and great dance and her tumbling has improved all season.

"Alicia had her best floor performance of the season. Her first tumbling pass was done as well as I have ever seen her perform it. She had so much height on her front-full, she was able to step out easily into her front handspring. Her dance was sharper than she has performed it and she had great landings on her other skills."

Prior to Saturday, Krenz had been unable to compete in the floor since tearing ligaments in her foot on Jan. 28.

"She had amazing height on her first tumbling pass and, unfortunately, had a step out of bounds for a .1 deduction. Her dance series was much improved and the rest of her routine was clean. She showed how tough she is, coming back so quickly from her injury to compete on all four events at the section meet.

Stillwater's team score of 35.75 in floor was its highest of the season.

Doerr led the Ponies in the vault with a score of 9.225, which was good enough for eighth place in the individual standings. Ronsberg followed with an 8.95 for the Ponies while Krenz (8.775) and Skaar (8.55) weren't far behind.

"Abby finished her gymnastics career with the best vault of her career," Swenson said. "She has been working on a handspring-full vault all season and she completed the full twist on both her vaults with solid landings.

"Alicia anchored our vault as she has all season. Her second vault was outstanding, scoring 9.225 from a start value of 9.4."

Krenz received a score of 9.475 to finish third and qualify for state in the bars while Doerr followed in seventh place at 8.925. Ronsberg (8.225) and Sami Matschi, who finished 13th in the all-around with a score of 33.875, were next for the Ponies in what was their lowest scoring event of the meet at 34.775.

"Sidnee had her best routine of the season," Swenson said. "She successfully completed her drop-kip combination at the start of the routine, which was very exciting. She finished with a great uprise combination and a great landing on her dismount. Alicia followed with another strong routine. She made a change to the start of her routine, allowing her to eonnect her routine more cleanly, without touching the floor on her low bar.

"Kristina finished our set with her best routine of the meet and her best bar routine of the season. She had some struggles with her routine on Friday in practice, but there was no evidence of that in the meet (Saturday). All of her connections were clean and solid and her form was exceptional. She has improved so much with her consistency on bars through the season."

Doerr's performance in the beam earned her another state entry after placing fourth with a score of 9.4 in her final event.

"She finished her meet with a confident performance on beam," Swenson said. "Her combinations were solid and her execution was exceptional."

Krenz wasn't far behind in sixth place with a score of 9.3, good enough for sixth place, and Matschi turned in a score of 8.8 while placing 11th. Kaleigh Eason also contributed to Stillwater's team score with an 8.05.

"Kristina's routine had only one error - a .2-.3 wobble on her dance combination - otherwise she was outstanding," Swenson said. "She has been so consistent with her beam routine in practice and the error was unfortunate, making the difference in placing."

n There were additional honors awarded on Saturday, including Section Academic awards for Doerr and junior Kelly O'Neill. The Section Academic Award is for gymnasts who rank in the top five percent of their class. The Ponies were also honored with an Academic Silver award for a grade point average of 3.74 based on 60 percent of the team.

n Stillwater's Dusty Dennis was also selected the Section Assistant Coach of the Year. Dennis, who also coaches tennis and soccer, has been with the Ponies the past few years.

"It was exciting to see him honored for his contributions to our team," Swenson said.

n The Ponies also enjoyed hosting the section meet, which Swenson said went smoothly thanks to the efforts of many.

"It was very exciting to have our culminating meet of the season at home," Ponies coach Traci Swenson said. "All of our team parents did an outstanding job to make the meet possible and successful for all of the gymnasts. Their efforts were extraordinary."

Team Score

1. Roseville 147.375; 2. Mahtomedi 143.15; 3. White Bear Lake 142.925; 4. Stillwater 141.575; 5. North St. Paul 132.475; 6. Tartan 123.4; 7. St. Paul Central 118.875; 8. St. Paul Johnson 108.675; 9. St. Paul Como Park 93.525.

Individual results

State qualifiers (top 4)

Vault (Stillwater 35.5) - 1. Kellie Dougherty (WBL) 9.5; 2. Emily Pascavis (Ros) 9.4; 3. Katie Quigley (Ros) 9.4; 4, tie, Amber Payne (Ros) 9.375 and Diana Albrecht (Tar) 9.375; Alicia Doerr (St) 9.225; Sidnee Ronsberg (St) 8.95; Kristina Krenz (St) 8.775; Abby Skaar (St) 8.55; Sami Matschi (St) 8.35.

Uneven bars (Stillwater 34.775) - 1. Allie Bartholomew (Mah) 9.6; 2. Kellie Dougherty (WBL) 9.55; 3. Kristina Krenz (St) 9.475; 4. Katie Quigley (Ros) 9.35; Alicia Doerr (St) 8.925; Sidnee Ronsberg (St) 8.225; Sami Matschi (St) 8.15; Maddie Steffl (St) 7.75.

Beam (Stillwater 35.55) - 1. Kellie Dougherty (WBL) 9.6; 2. Kalli Anderson (Mah) 9.425; 3. Katie Quigley (Ros) 9.4; 4. 4. Alicia Doerr (St) 9.4; Kristina Krenz (St) 9.3; Sami Matschi (St) 8.8; Kaleigh Eason (St) 8.05; Olivia Wyffels (St) 7.8.

Floor (Stillwater 35.75) - 1. Kellie Dougherty (WBL) 9.65; 2. Katie Quigley (Ros) 9.625; 3. Emily Pascavis (Ros) 9.55; 4, tie, Alicia Doerr (St) 9.45 and Allie Bartholomew (Mah) 9.45; Kristina Krenz (St) 9.35; Sami Matschi (St) 8.575; Sidnee Ronsberg (St) 8.375; Leia Felicilda (St) 7.6.

All-around - 1. Kellie Dougherty (WBL) 38.3; 2. Katie Quigley (Ros) 37.775; 3. Emily Pascavis (Ros) 37.625; 4. Allie Bartholomew (Ros) 37.575; 5. Alicia Doerr (St) 37.0; 6. Kristina Krenz (St) 36.9; 13. Sami Matschi (St) 33.875.

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Issaquah's Goree finishes seventh overall in all-around gymnastics (Sammamish Reporter)

Posted: 22 Feb 2010 03:13 PM PST

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Issaquah was small in numbers at the 4A state gymnastics meet, but junior Olivia Goree represented in a big way.

Goree finished seventh overall in Friday's all-around competition at the Tacoma Dome with 36.05 points. Woodinville's Hailey Wells won the all-around event with 37.9 points.

Goree earned her highest finish in all-around on the beam, taking fourth overall with a score of 9.3. She was 15th on the bars (8.65), 23rd on the floor (9.325) and 26th on the vault (8.775).

Teammates Risa Fukuda placed 20th on the floor (9.375) and 23rd on the vault (8.9), while Eva Perry was 34th on the floor (9.125).

Goree also earned a third-place finish in the individual beam competition on Saturday earning a score of 9.3. Only Woodinville's Mary McIntosh (9.5) and Kristin Gollofon (9.475) scored higher.

Sammamish Reporter Sports Editor Kevin Endejan can be reached at kendejan@issaquah-reporter.com or 425-391-0363, ext. 5054.

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