Feb. 22 community sports accomplishments, announcements and results
| Monday, Feb 22 2010 09:35 PM
Last Updated Monday, Feb 22 2010 11:27 PM
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The girls Optional gymnastics team from American Kids Sports Center had a successful meet over the weekend at UCLA. In the Level 7, (age 11), Leah Salcido was 9th on vault, 6th on bars, first on beam, 5th on floor and 3rd all-around (36.650). Haylee McDonnell was 6th on beam, 8th on floor and 8th all-around (35.300). In the Level 7, ages 12-13, Savannah Solano took 5th on vault, 9th on bars, 10th all-around (34.150). In Level 7, ages 14-and-older, Cody Janns was 10th on vault, 5th on bars, 1st on beam, 7th on floor and 3rd all-around (34.500). The Level 7s took 3rd as a team. Level 8, age 12, Kayla Cross was 7th on beam, with an all-around of 34.800. Arianna Bush took 6th on vault, 3rd on bars, 6th on beam, 3rd on floor and won all-around (36.900).
American Cheer, the competitive cheer program of American Kids Sports Center, swept national titles in all of its divisions at the USA All-star Nationals in Las Vegas at the JAMZ All-Star Cheerleading National Championships. American Cheer Flyers took first in Large Senior Semi-Limited Coed Level 5 and will be attending the Cheerleading Worlds in April at Disney World in Orlando, Fla. American Cheer Blue took 1st place in the Large Junior Level. Red took 1st place in Mini Level 1. American Cheer White won in Large Youth Level 2 and American Cheer Silver won Large Senior Level 2. Coaches are Jennifer Dunn, Jessica Rupe, Michael Chow, Phillip Collin, Krista Rhodes, Ashley Pazzi.
Jillian Jo Medina, 11 of Han's Taekwondo Academy in Bakersfield, earned bronze in the age 12-13 black belt light weight sparring division division at the recent 2010 U.S. Open in Las Vegas. She defeated Alexa Lowe of Oregon and Alexius Thomas of Missouri before being beaten by gold medalist Constance Young of Hawaii faced opponents from Oregon, Missouri, and Hawaii in her first U.S. Open. Jillian is looking forward to competing again next year. The results of the competition are below:
The 12U Bakersfieled Heat won the Southwest President's Day Tournament Feb. 13-14, outscoring opponents 59-8. The Heat has been undefeated in their last two tournaments. Chase Stebbins hit a game-winning, walk-off home run during the first game. Other Heat players: Ryan Darbee, Curtis Brown, Konner Dodge, Jake James, Jacob McGreagor, Austin Eknouian, Zach Williams, Jacob Sanchez, Ben Davis, Luke Ming, and Tyler Smith. Coaches are Robert Smith, Bryan James and Bill Darbee.
Announcements
Baseball
Greenfield Baseball Association is still taking registration for the spring season. Boys ages 4 and up. Cost is $125. Season starts March 20. Few spots left. Also offering Tiny Tot Tball for girls and boys ages 3 for $50. Call Marlayna (661) 371-0686 or visit gba.clubspaces.com.
Also, Greenfield Baseball Association has coaching opportunities available for teams with playes ages 4-10. Teams are formed and currently scheduled to practice. Season begins March 20. Contact Greg Torres at (661) 703-6529
11U Bakersfield Web Gems travel team seeking players. E-mail GDK1@bak.rr.com or call (661) 747-3950.
Bakersfield Renegades 9U travel team seeking dedicated athletes. (Player can not turn 10 before May 1). Call Derek Cloyd (661) 319-4557 or Sergio Cuellar (661) 205-3922 or visit eteamz.com/bakersfieldrenegades/
Bakersfield Heat 10U travel team seeking players. Call Josh (661) 703-8815, or e-mail Bakersfield.heat@yahoo.com
Bakersfield Southwest Senior League Tryouts will be at 1 p.m. Feb. 28 for 14 or 15-year-olds at BSWB Complex on the corner of Stockdale Highway and Jewetta on the Kellenberger Field. Registrations will be accepted at tryouts unless the league is full. Must bring copy of a birth certificate if new to BSWB. Age determination is based on the age as of April 30, 2010. E-mail dybaseball@bak.rr.com or visit the web site bswb.org.
Bakersfield travel team seeking players ages 10-11, born prior to April 30, 2010. Call KC at (661) 213-2194.
Basketball
Ballers For Christ tryouts for JV and varsity boys starting in March. Call Coach Elbert Watkins (661) 319-3979 or email elbertwatkins@yahoo.com
AYB tryouts for 9-14-year-old boys, 15U girls teams. This is a travel program participating in fall and spring tournaments. Call Rich (661) 805-0637 or Keith 978-4826.
Bakersfield United Sports Association forming teams for over-35 basketball league. Games will be begin in March and will be played evenings at 1616 U St., downtown off Truxtun Ave. Call Kevin Bush (661) 204-5994 or Bakersfield.United@gmail.com
Boxing
16th Annual Police Activities League Battle of the Badges, 7 p.m. April 10 at CSUB's Icardo Center. General admission $20, $25 at the door. Reserved ringside seats $40. Tickets available at Vallitix locations, by phone 322-5200 or vallitix.com
Guns and Hoses charity boxing event, 6 p.m. Saturday at La Jolla Cold Storage Facility, 31110 Schuster Rd., Delano. Event hosted by the Bakersfield Falcons Football Team of peace officers and firefighters.Tickets available at La Jolla Cold Storage and Code 3 Uniforms.
Football
North Fire tryouts start March 15 at Highland Knolls Park. Tryouts will be held every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 6-8 p.m. and open to participants 8-14 who live in the North High School District. This is full contact, competitive youth tackle football, in the Golden Empire Youth Football League. E-mail: northfirefootball@yahoo.com
Jack Frost League early registration, 9 a..m.-1 p.m. Feb. 27 at Saunders Park. Players are eligible if they will be entering the 6th, 7th or 8th grade in the fall. Registration fee: $100 due at time of sign-up. Call Jim (661) 872-3109.
Golden Empire youth tackle football and Cheer seeking volunteer coaches for children 7-14 for the 2010 season. Call League (661) 837-4393 or visit geyf.org
Adult football
Spring Invitational 4-on-4 tournament March 6. Two divisons: A ($160) and B ($130). Call (661) 565-0743 or email at aoffl@yahoo.com
Golf
Wasco Valley Rose Senior Days, 8 a.m. shotgun, 2nd & 4th Tuesday each month. $20 special includes fees, carts, prizes, range balls. Everyone welcome. Call (661) 758-8301.
North Kern/Buena Vista Men's Golf Club tournament, March 21 at North Kern. 2-man shamble format. Call 399-0347 or 398-9720 for info or to sign up
Rugby
Clinic and sign-ups for spring PAL touch rugby league, 4:30-5:30 p.m. March 3 at Bakersfield PAL, 301 E. 4th St. Clinic will include various non-contact rugby skill-building stations coached by players from Kern men's Rugby Club. Call (661) 283-8880.
Softball
Greenfield Softball Association is still taking registration for the spring season. Girls ages 4 and up. Cost is $125. Season starts March 20. Few spots left. Also offering Tiny Tot Tball for girls and boys ages 3 for $50. Call Marlayna (661) 371-0686 or visit gba.clubspaces.com
14U Central Cal Intensity fast pitch team seeking a couple of players, with emphasis on a catcher. Tem plays a competitive schedule traveling throughout California during the spring, summer. Contact Mike Hughes (661) 663-0571 or email: mhughes_67@yahoo.com
2010 Cupid's Crush Slow Pitch Tournament presented by the Silverhawks Softball Club. Men's on Feb. 27, co-ed Feb. 28. Deadline for entry: Feb. 25. Tournament will be held at the Franklin Field Complex in Taft. Cost is $200 per team, 3 ame guarantee format. . Contact Chris McGehee (661) 330-7114 or email at garageworks@bak.rr.com, or check the website at eteamz.com/kerncountyasaslowpitch/
Track and field
Team RAW Track and Field Club is hosting pre-season registration for youth athletes in grades 4th thru 8th. Current preseason practices are 5-6:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Club competes in Southern California meets on Saturdays beginning this month and ending in middle April. The purpose for the pre-season activities is to provide athletes with proper conditioning and participation in USATF sanctioned meets so that they are event ready when the NOR season begins. Visit TeamRAWTrackClub.com
Wrestling
Falcon Wrestling will be beginning practices Wednesday, Feb. 23, at Independence High School. Practices will be 6-8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Sign up at practice. Cost is $60 and includes shorts and T-shirt. Contact Dante Borradori (661) 204-5062.
Junior Driller freestyle registration , 6 March 2 and March 4th in the Bakersfield High School wrestling room. Cost is $45, plus a USA Card.
Fun Sports
Soccer, ages 4-11, tryouts, every child plays, six-week program, co-ed. Practice sites: NE, SW or NW. Fee: Early Registration: February: $55; March $65. Season starts April 12. Coaches needed. Call (661) 378-2749 or visit myfunsports.com
T-ball, ages 4-5, no tryout, every child plays, six-week program, co-ed. Practice sites: NE, SW or NW. Registration: February: $60; March: $70, Season starts April 12. Coaches needed. Call (661) 378-2749 or visit myfunsports.com
Coach-pitch, ages 6-7, no tryout, every child plays; six-week program. Co-ed. Practice site: NE, SW or NW. Early registration: February: $60; March: $70, Season starts April 12. Coaches needed. Call (661) 378-2749 or visit myfunsports.com
Flag football ages 8-11, no tryouts, every child plays, 6-week program, co-ed, Practice site: NE,SW or NW. Fee: Early Registration month for February: $55; March: $65. Season starts April 12. Coaches needed. Call (661) 378-2749 or visit myfunsports.com
Cheerleading, ages 8-11, no tryouts, every child cheers, six-week program; Practice site: NE or NW. Early registration: February: $55; March: $65 Season starts April 12, Call 378-2749 or visit myfunsports.com
YMCA
Martial arts (co-ed) for children, adults all ages. Beginers, advanced, self defense, conditioning, and MMA. Individual, group classes available at YMCA on District Boulevard. Training offered by Acadamy of Martial Arts. Open enrollment.
YMCA coed spring sports registration runs through March 31 for following programs:
NFL flag football, ages 5-6, 7-8, 9-10 and 11-12.
Spring sports programs: Soccer, T-ball, coach pitch, flag football, girls volleyball, Itty Bitty sports. Itty Bitty Sports are for ages 4-5 (co-ed). Learn fundamentals, basics of basketball, T-ball, flag football, indoor soccer. Parent Participation encouraged at the YMCA gym on District Blvd. Call the YMCA (661) 837-9622 or visit ymcaofkern.org
City of Bakersfield Recreaton and Parks
Soccer camps on Saturdays, March 6 through March 27. Camps for ages 5-7 9:30-10:30 a.m., and for ages 8-10 at 10:30-11:30 a.m. at Silver Creek park, 7011 Harris Rd. $35 for four classes. For more information, call 326-3866.
Golf lessons for men, women 9-10 a.m. March 15-19 at Buena Vista Golf Course, 10256 Golf Course Rd, for beginning and intermediate levels, ages 18-older. $50 for five-day course. Instructor is PGA pro Alan Sorenson. For more information, call 326-3866.
Pee Wee Sports teaches several sports to children ages 3-5. $35 for three classes, 9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Saturdays, March 6, 14, 20 at Silver Creek Park and April 10, 17, 24 at Jastro Park. For more information, call 326-3866.
Skateboarding camp, 9-11 a.m. March 30, April 1 at Beach Skate Park. $60. Improving skills, learning tricks. For more information, call 326-3866.
Miscellaneous
Terrio Edge/FCA Night of Champions, 6 p.m. March 19 Riverlakes Community Church, 4301 Calloway Dr., featuring Stockdale High graduate and NFL quarterback David Carr as keynote speaker. Event is to raise funds for student athlete camps. It will include dinner from Hodel's Country Dining, live worship music, a live auction. Table sponsorships (8 seats) are $500. Individual tickets are available for $40 each. To purchase tickets, email Dave Washburn at DWashburn@fca.org or call (661) 565-6320... All funds raised will go to the FCA Kern County scholarship fund to send local male and female athletes to camps for team building and spiritual growth.
Training
Pair & Marotta Peak Performance accepting athletes for its FAST Forward football spring training program. For youth football players ages 9-13 focus is on developing lower body strength, core stabilization and upper body power. Program runs through March 26 and meets from 4-5 p.m. Mondays, Wedesdays and Fridays from 4-5pm. Cost is $195 for 7 weeks. E-mail Aaron@pairmarotta.com or call (661) 912-9991. Also offering baseball/softball training for athletes 8 through junior high from 4-5 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays. High school athletes meet from 6-7pm once per week. Junior program is $240 for 12 weeks. High school program is $180 for 12 weeks. Email Aaron@pairmarotta.com or visit pairmarotta.com/fitness
Results
Golf
Sunday's Buena Vista/North Kern Men's Golf Club tournament at Buena Vista Golf Course. 2-man Chapman format:
Net -- 1. Wood/Merrian; 2. Dahm/Wilson; 3. Miller/Miller; 4. Phillips/Bailey; 5. (tie) Dewing/Dewing; Sudjian/Komes; 7. Binkley/Osborn; 8. Joiner/Braun
Gross -- 1. Bivens/Kelly; 2. Charmley/Neal; 3. McPherson/James
Basketball
NJB's Sunday scores, top scorers
Girls Division 3
Mercury 25, Dream 23 (Spears 8, Esparza 10)
Sparks 22, Stars 17
(Beck 5, Franey 4)
Girls Division 2
Sparks 30, Dream 25
(Peters 12, Riehl 11)
Stars 32, Mercury 16 (Madden 18, J. Choate 5)
Boys Division 3
Cavaliers 37, Celtics 28 (Martinez 16, Romero 7)
Mavericks 46, Bulls 26
(Hill 14, D. Ochoa 9)
Heat 22, Lakers 18 (Hernandez 9, Kellams 5)
Boys Division 2
Suns 36, Spurs 31
(Green 13, Duffield 13)
Mavericks 32, Lakers 23 (Robinson 11, Adams 10)
Celtics 39, Cavaliers 37 (Crowley 13, Woolfolk 16)
Heat 52, Bulls 38
(Ross 19, Barksdale 14)
Boys Division 1
Spurs 60, Suns 57 (Thompson 32, Norman 22)
Heat 45, Lakers 32 (Berkshire, Winkler 14, Kaiser 11)
Cavaliers 57, Celtics 45 (Sandhu 15, Lundy 13)
Rockets 43, Bulls 38
(Gapper 20, Laverty 15)
