Local players in regional ODP soccer

Four Northern Nevada Soccer players were recently selected to attend regional camp at the University of Idaho as part of the Olympic Development Program, also known as ODP.

At the regional camp, they trained with more than 150 of the best players in their age group from California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Arizona, New Mexico, Alaska, Hawaii, Colorado, Utah, Montana, and Wyoming. They were Maggie Boucher and Kenzie Tillitt of the Nevada Net Rippers, Daryn Marsh of the RSU Crush Premier, and Katie Dry of the Carson Valley Net Rippers.

The four girls were selected to the ODP District program last August. Since then they have continued to train with their respective club programs while periodically working out with their ODP teammates.

Once selected to the District Team, they were eligible to travel to Las Vegas to tryout for the Nevada State ODP team in December and February. The four were selected along with 14 Las Vegas area players to represent Nevada at an ODP tournament in Orem, Utah as well as the regional camp in Idaho.

Tryouts for the 2007/2008 ODP District Program will be in late July and early August at Reno's South Valley Sports Complex. For more information contact the Northern ODP director at odpnorth@hotmail.com.

Conway qualifies for Loretta Lynn's event

Adam Conway has just made his dream come true as the 15 year-old Carson City motocross racer has qualified for the largest amateur motocross race in the world, the 26th annual American Motorcycle Association/Air Nautiques Amateur National Motocross Championships at Loretta Lynn's Ranch in Tennessee.

Out of more than 20,000 riders, Conway became one of 1,386 qualifiers for the event. Conway, who attends Laurel Springs, a private school, maintains a 4.0 grade point average and has been riding since he was 5-years-old. His sponsors include Big Valley Honda, Amsoil, LockJaw, Answer Racing, Pro Circuit, Scott USA, Gaerne Boot Co. and Hinson.

He has won many races in the past few years, and competes nearly every weekend in Northern Nevada, and California in the 125 intermediate, 250 intermediate, and schoolboy classes. Conway recently placed in the top three at the Mammoth Amateur National races held on June 24.

Conway's parents, Dennis and Marcia, will pack up the family coach and trailer and head to Tennessee for the race, which runs July 30ÐAugust 4.

Conway was just one of more than 20,000 riders who spent the last four months attempting to qualify for the event. The top finishers in area and regional qualifiers earn a birth into the national championship race.

Flanagan in NRA national event

Minden's Dick Flanagan will compete at the National Rifle Association's Rifle and Piston Championships.

Up to 6,000 Americans are expected to compete in the event, which will be held at Camp Perry, Ohio, beginning July 10. This will be the third time that Flanagan has competed in the event. He last competed in 1964 and 1965.

For more information, go to www.nrahq.org.

Gamer Baseball camps to be held

The Gamer Baseball Professional instructional camps for youth will be held in Sparks, Reno and Carson City.

A camp will be held from July 16-20 at Sparks' Shadow Mountain, from July 30-August 3 at Reno's South Valley complex and from August 20-24 at Governor's Field. The camps will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day.

Extended day care will be offered from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Cost is $225 and $25o for extended day care. The camps will be for ages 8-12.

Instructors will be Todd Coburn, who played in the Philadelphia Phillies organization, Reno Baseball Institute founder Joe Genung and John Patton, who played in several professional organizations. For more information, call Coburn, (775) 997-9541.

Carson Valley Eliminator tryouts

The Carson Valley Eliminators Soccer Club under-13 girls team will hold tryouts at 5:45 Wednesday, July 11 and 11:45 a.m. Saturday, July 21 at Gardnerville Elementary School. For more information, call (775) 782-1157.

Athletic packets at CHSon July 9

All Carson High student-athletes competing in fall sports are required to have clearance from the Athletic Office which includes filling out and signing all forms in the athletic packet.

Physicals are are required every two years. Physicals will be offered from 6 to 7 p.m. August 6 at CHS. Students must be cleared to participate in fall sports. Student body cards, which cost $25, are also required for athletes and anyone in an extracurricular activity.

Athletes also need to have a mandatory yearly concussion test, which costs $5. All fees have to be paid to the CHS Student Finance Office in order to participate.

Athletic packets will be available at the CHS Athletic Office from July 9-13. After that, athletic packets will be available Monday through Friday, beginning Aug. 6. The office will be open from 7-10:30 a.m. and from 11:30-2 p.m.

For more information, call 283-1602 from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. The opening of tryouts for CHS fall sports are as follows.

Cross country - 7 p.m. August 13, east side of Mills Park; football - August 9, 7 a.m., junior varsity and varsity; 8 a.m., freshmen; boys soccer, 9 a.m.-noon, 4-6 p.m. August 13; girls soccer, 7-10 a.m., 6-8 p.m. August 13; boys and girls tennis, 7 a.m. August 13; volleyball - 9 a.m. to noon, 1 to 4 p.m., August 13.

CHS will also be offering a volleyball camp from 9 a.m.-noon August 7-10. Cost is $40 and includes a T-shirt.

For more information go to www.carsonhigh.com or www.highschoolsports.net.