Water polo club set to open
The Flintridge Water Polo Club, geared for young players ages 13-18,
will conduct practices June 17 through Aug. 2. Practices will be
organized according to age group. They include 14-and-under boys and
girls groups, 16-and-under boys and girls sections and 18-and-under boys
and girls groups.
The club will compete in tournaments during the summer around Southern
California.
Tournaments are sanctioned by United States Water Polo and will
require some traveling.
For more information, call Coach Samuel Vierra at (323) 982-0284 or
via e-mail at Samuel--Vierra@hotmail.com.
Tolog summer soccer camp scheduled
The Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy summer soccer camp, featuring
instruction from the Tologs coaching staff, will run from July 15-18 at
the school, on 440 St. Katherine Drive, La Canada Flintridge.
It will be open to boys and girls between the ages of 6 and 12, and to
girls between 13 and 17.
It will provide an opportunity to introduce basic soccer skills, as
well as specially selected technical and tactical exercises for more
competitive players. The afternoon session, strictly for the older set of
girls, will be exclusively devoted to the advanced training of players
who desire to play at the high school and college levels.
For more information, call Flintridge Sacred Heart, at (626) 685-8375.
Youth basketball girls' camp
The fourth annual Crescenta Valley Youth Basketball Girls' Camp will
be held Aug. 19-23 at Crescenta Valley High, 4400 Ramsdell Ave.,
Crescenta Valley.
The camp, geared for athletes ages 7-13, costs $200 and space is
limited. Awards, prizes and awards will be handed out.
UCLA women's basketball star and CV graduate Michelle Greco will coach
the clinic. UCLA women's Coach Kathy Olivier will speak and the camp will
feature former college stars Marie Philman, Melanie Pearson, Missy Bynon
and others.
For more information, call 957-8656.
Football and cheerleader sign-ups
The La Canada Gladiators will hold sign-ups for the 2002 football
season for the football and cheerleading programs.
The event will run from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at La Canada High
School, 4463 Oak Grove Drive, La Canada Flintridge. The program is open
to boys and girls, ages 6-14, who live in La Canada Flintridge, La
Crescenta and in surrounding areas.
The costs is $200 per football player ($225 after July 15) and $80 per
cheerleader.
The Gladiator program fields six divisions: Junior Gremlins (ages
6-8), Gremlins (8-10), Junior Pee Wee (9-11), Pee Wee (10-12), Junior
Midget (11-13) and Midget (12-14).
Each team will be limited to 33 players.
For more information, call 952-5232.
Summer kicking camp set
The National Kicking Service will conduct a football placekicking and
punting camp in California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks from July
24 to 26.
The camp is open to all ages, and attracts participants from all over
the country. For more information, call 1-800 660-7176 or visit the National Kicking Service Web site at www.kickpunt.com.
