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B—2 NEW JERSEY SUNDAY HERALD Sunday, May 6, 2007<br />
SPORTS<br />
Skyhawks to host home run contest<br />
By Herald Staff<br />
The Sussex Skyhawks will<br />
host a home run contest for area<br />
high school and college athletes.<br />
The field is limited to the first 24<br />
players that register on a firstcome,<br />
first-serve basis. The<br />
tournament will be held every<br />
Friday in June with the finals<br />
being held July 4.<br />
For more information, call<br />
(973) 300-1000.<br />
<br />
Sussex County Community<br />
College will be hosting two<br />
camps this summer: a minicamp<br />
June 25-28 and a extended<br />
camp July 23-26.<br />
The mini-camp will be broken<br />
into two segments: pitching and<br />
hitting. The pitching camp is<br />
from 10 a.m. to noon, and the hitting<br />
camp is from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.<br />
Cost is $80 for each session.<br />
The extended camp runs from<br />
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The mornings<br />
are geared toward individuals,<br />
and the afternoons focus on<br />
games. Cost is $135.<br />
For more information, call<br />
(973) 300-2307.<br />
<br />
The Sussex Skyhawks are<br />
looking for host families for the<br />
upcoming season. A host family<br />
will provide lodging for a player<br />
from the beginning of May<br />
through the middle of<br />
September. Host families are not<br />
responsible for meals.<br />
In exchange for their generosity,<br />
a host family will receive four<br />
reserved seat season tickets and<br />
an invite to the pre-season party.<br />
The Skyhawks open the season<br />
on May 24 against the New<br />
Jersey Jackals.<br />
For more information, contact<br />
Seth Bettan at (973) 300-1000 ext.<br />
12 or email him at seth@sussexskyhawks.com.<br />
<br />
US <strong>Sports</strong> Camps/Nike<br />
Baseball Camp will be holding<br />
camps at Skylands Park. The<br />
three camps will run from 9 a.m.<br />
until 1 p.m. July 16-20, July 30-<br />
Aug. 2 and Aug. 20-24. Camp is<br />
open to boys ages 7 to 18.<br />
For registration information<br />
visit www.sussexskyhawks.com.<br />
Basketball<br />
<br />
Th Newton girls basketball<br />
clinic will be held June 25-28 for<br />
girls in fourth- through ninthgrade.<br />
The camp runs from 9<br />
a.m. to noon and costs $95.<br />
Applications can be picked up at<br />
the following schools: Merriam<br />
Ave., Halsted, Newton High,<br />
Florence M. Burd and Green.<br />
For an application, call (973)<br />
383-3521 ext. 228.<br />
<br />
Blair Academy will be hosting<br />
two camps this summer. The<br />
Blair Buccaneer Fundamental<br />
School will be held July 9-12<br />
from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. at<br />
Blairstown Elementary. Cost is<br />
$150 and the school is open to<br />
boys and girls ages 8 to 15. Space<br />
is limited.<br />
The Blair Individual Skills<br />
School will be held June 26-28<br />
from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the<br />
Blair Academy Walker Gym.<br />
Cost is $140 and the school is<br />
open to boys and girls ages 11 to<br />
17. Space is limited.<br />
For more information, call Joe<br />
Mantegna at (973) 362-6121 ext.<br />
5619 or email him at<br />
mantej@blair.edu.<br />
<br />
The second annual Burt<br />
Brazill Memorial Tournament<br />
will be held at the Mary, Mother<br />
of God Parish Center at<br />
Hillsborough High School for<br />
girls ages 10 to 17.<br />
For more information, call<br />
Billy Brazill at (732) 906-3500 ext.<br />
262 or email him at billy@brazillbrothers.com.<br />
<br />
Sussex County Community<br />
College will hold a boys and girls<br />
basketball camp this summer.<br />
The boys camp runs from July<br />
30-Aug. 2 and the girls camp<br />
runs from Aug. 6-9. Both camps<br />
run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cost is<br />
$135.<br />
<br />
The Lady Cougars Basketball<br />
camp will be held July 16-20<br />
from 9-12 at Kittatinny Regional<br />
High School. The camp is for<br />
girls entering grades 4-8. All<br />
skill levels are welcome. The<br />
cost is 460. Registration is due<br />
by July 2.<br />
Contact Karen Ruitenberg at<br />
(973) 383-1800 ext 805 or email at<br />
krhscams@yahoo.com.<br />
<br />
The 13th Annual High Point<br />
Hoops Camps will be held this<br />
summer at High Point Regional<br />
High School. Cost is $85 for the<br />
boys camp, June 19-22, and $60<br />
for the Junior camp. Cost for the<br />
girls camp June 25-28 is also $85.<br />
For more information on the<br />
boys and junior camp please<br />
contact Seamus Campbell at<br />
(973) 875-3101 ext 514 or e-mail<br />
at scampbell@hpregional.org.<br />
For more information on the<br />
girls camp contact Chris Dexter<br />
at cdexter@hpregional.org.<br />
<br />
Bill Maranz will be offering a<br />
basketball camp at the Vernon<br />
PAL building July 30 through<br />
August 3. The camp runs from 9<br />
a.m. to 3 p.m. and is open to boys<br />
and girls ages 7 to 17. Cost is<br />
$145 for Vernon residents and<br />
$160 for out-of-towners.<br />
Download a registration form<br />
at www.vernontwp.com or for<br />
information call (973) 764-6607.<br />
<br />
Pope John will be hosting a<br />
number of sports camps this<br />
summer starting June 18 and<br />
running through August. Camps<br />
include: basketball, track and<br />
field, baseball, softball, field<br />
hockey, soccer, cheerleading,<br />
tennis, football, lacrosse and<br />
wrestling. Cost is $100 per camp<br />
per camper.<br />
For more information, call<br />
(973) 300-6393 or visit www.popejohn.org.<br />
<br />
Day and<br />
Overnight<br />
Sessions<br />
For Beginners to<br />
Advanced Players<br />
Ramapo H.S. – Franklin Lakes, N.J.<br />
ALL Girl’s Soccer Camps Blair Academy – Blairstown, N.J.<br />
For more information call: 800-GOALS-33<br />
or visit: www.goalscamp.com<br />
Proudly<br />
sponsored by:<br />
Field hockey<br />
The Kittatinny Field Hockey<br />
camp will be held June 25-29<br />
from 9 a.m. to noon at Kittatinny<br />
Regional High School. The camp<br />
is for girls entering grades 4-9.<br />
There will be a goalie camp running<br />
at the same time. All skill<br />
levels welcome. The cost is $85.<br />
Registration due by June 11.<br />
Contact Karen Ruitenberg at<br />
(973) 383-1800 ext 805 or email at<br />
krhscams@yahoo.com.<br />
<br />
Kittatinny Field Hockey will<br />
host a summer camp for ninththrough<br />
12th-grades on<br />
Mondays and Wednesdays starting<br />
June 25 and ending July 25.<br />
The four-week program will consist<br />
of instruction and scrimmaging<br />
and will run from 5:45<br />
p.m. to 7:30 p.m.. The cost is $90.<br />
Registration is due by June 1.<br />
Contact Karen Ruitenberg at<br />
(973) 383-1800 ext 805 or email at<br />
krscams@yahoo.com.<br />
<br />
The Lady Braves Field<br />
Hockey Camp will be held July<br />
30 through Aug. 3 at Saint Paul’s<br />
Abbey on Route 209 in Newton.<br />
The camp will be for girls in<br />
fourth- through 12th-grade. All<br />
skill levels welcome. The cost is<br />
$120 and includes instructional<br />
time, insurance, facilities, equipment,<br />
camp T-shirt and guest<br />
speakers.<br />
Contact Lisa Bechtel at<br />
Newton High School at (973) 383-<br />
7573 ext. 223 for a camp<br />
brochure.<br />
Football<br />
<br />
The Wallkill Valley Junior<br />
Rangers Football and<br />
Cheerleading Association will<br />
hold signups for the fall season<br />
at the Franklin Pond Senior<br />
Center on May 18 (6 p.m. to 8<br />
p.m.), May 19 (9 a.m. to noon),<br />
June 1 (6 p.m. to 8 p.m.) and<br />
June 2 (9 a.m. to noon). Cost is<br />
$55 for flag football, $127 for<br />
Pony-Midget, $50 for flag football<br />
cheerleading and $180 for Pony-<br />
Midget cheerleading.<br />
Football coaches are also<br />
being sought.<br />
For more information, visit<br />
www.WVJFL.org.<br />
<br />
Penn State coach Jerry<br />
Sandusky will be holding a linebacker<br />
camp May 26 at<br />
Muhlenberg College for linebackers<br />
in sixth- through eighthgrade.<br />
The day will focus on fundamentals<br />
and drills.<br />
For more information, call<br />
(814) 237-2638 or visit www.thesanduskyfootballcamp.com.<br />
<br />
Sparta little league football<br />
and cheerleading will be holding<br />
several events this year: The<br />
annual golf outing at Skyview<br />
Golf Course on June 21, the pancake<br />
breakfast, kids dance in<br />
September and the Milkbowl in<br />
November.<br />
For more information visit<br />
www.spartafootball.org.<br />
<br />
Newton youth football registration<br />
dates are set for May 18-<br />
19, June 8-9, 15-16 at Memory<br />
Park in Newton. Registration is<br />
opened to all children from the<br />
age 5 to 15. Birth certificate and<br />
proof of physical required at registration.<br />
For info, contact John Selitto<br />
at (973) 579-5079 or visit<br />
www.njal.org.<br />
<br />
Registrations for High Point<br />
midget football, flag football, and<br />
cheerleading will be held at the<br />
Sussex Firehouse on May 19<br />
from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., June 2<br />
from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. and June 8<br />
COMMUNITY BRIEFS<br />
from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. There is a<br />
$25 late fee after June 8.<br />
For more information call Rita<br />
Gallo at (973) 219-9625.<br />
Golf<br />
<br />
The Sussex-Warren Aquatic<br />
Club will hold its first annual golf<br />
outing May 18 at High Point Golf<br />
Club in Montague. Registration<br />
opens at 11:30 a.m. and golfing<br />
starts at 1 p.m. The tournament<br />
is a best ball scramble. Cost is<br />
$125 per individual or $500 for a<br />
foursome.<br />
For more information, call<br />
Brad Hisel at (973) 293-3282.<br />
<br />
The Sussex County<br />
Community College golf outing<br />
will be held July 12 at the<br />
Skyview Golf Club in Sparta.<br />
Cost is $125 per golfer.<br />
For more information, call<br />
(973) 300-2230.<br />
<br />
St. Stephen’s is hosting its<br />
fifth annual golf tournament at<br />
the Wild Turkey Golf Club in<br />
Hardyston. Cost is $160 per<br />
golfer, and includes box lunch,<br />
golf fees and a cart. Tickets for<br />
the after-golf dinner and entertainment<br />
are available for $55 a<br />
person.<br />
For more information, call<br />
Terri McGill at (845) 988-1705<br />
<br />
The Farmstead women’s<br />
league is still looking for members<br />
for the 2007 season. The 18-<br />
hole league plays on Tuesday’s<br />
mornings at Farmstead Country<br />
Club. Annual league fee is $65<br />
plus weekly green fees. The<br />
league is looking for women with<br />
a 40 or lower handicap.<br />
For more info, call Deb at<br />
(973) 827-7120 or Janet at (973)<br />
377-6883.<br />
<br />
The fourth annual Sonnie<br />
Lehman Agency — Survivors’<br />
Resources Tournament will be<br />
held May 7 at the Great Bear<br />
Golf and Country Club. The cost<br />
is $125 for the best ball, blind<br />
flight tournament. Cost includes<br />
continental breakfast, golf and<br />
cart, skill contest, prizes and<br />
awards luncheon buffet.<br />
For more information, call<br />
Peggy Emmanuel at (570) 296-<br />
2827 or Sonnie Lehman at (570)<br />
296-6416.<br />
<br />
Saint Claire’s Hospital is holding<br />
the 30th annual Johnny<br />
Rizzo golf outing June 13 at High<br />
Point Country Club. RVSP by<br />
May 30 to attend.<br />
For more information visit<br />
www.saintclairesfoundation.org<br />
or call (973) 983-5300.<br />
<br />
Stillwater Firemen are holding<br />
their 14th annual golf outing<br />
June 29 at High Point Golf Club.<br />
The outing starts at 10 a.m., but<br />
players should arrive at 9 a.m.<br />
The price is $110 per person,<br />
$125 after June 8.<br />
Call (973) 579-1599 for more<br />
information.<br />
<br />
The annual Sarah Wells Girl<br />
Scout Council Golf Outing is<br />
being held May 21 at The Golf<br />
Club of Mansion Ridge in<br />
Monroe, N.Y. The event is open<br />
to all girl scout supporters. The<br />
individual player registration is<br />
$150. Registration will begin at<br />
7:30 a.m. followed by an 18-hole<br />
shotgun start at 9 a.m.<br />
For more information, call<br />
Peggy Kral at (845) 361-2898 ext<br />
36 or e-mail her at<br />
peggy@sarahwellsgirlscouts.or<br />
g. You can also check the Sarah<br />
Wells Girl Scout Council website<br />
for further details at<br />
www.swgsc.org.<br />
Lacrosse<br />
<br />
The Jefferson Township<br />
Recreation Department will<br />
hold Falcons LAXFest on May 12<br />
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the<br />
Fireman’s Field (Lakeside<br />
Field) on Route 15. The event<br />
will feature a full schedule of<br />
lacrosse games from thirdgrade<br />
through high school.<br />
<br />
The Jefferson Township<br />
Recreation Department, in conjunction<br />
with the U.S. <strong>Sports</strong><br />
Institute, is offering clinics for<br />
kids between the ages of 7 and<br />
14. The clinic is for beginners<br />
and will be held at Chamberlain<br />
Field from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. beginning<br />
July 16 and running<br />
through July 20. Cost is $110 per<br />
child, and registration forms are<br />
being distributed through the<br />
Jefferson Township School<br />
District.<br />
For more information, call the<br />
recreation department (908) 534-<br />
8404.<br />
Running<br />
<br />
The Sparta Parks and<br />
Recreation Department will<br />
hold the 8-Mile Run Around<br />
Lake Mohawk on June 9 at 8 .m.<br />
Pre-registration is $10, day of<br />
the race is $15.<br />
To download the registration<br />
form, visit www.spartanj.org or<br />
e m a i l<br />
virginia.mohr@spartanj.org.<br />
The Healthy Heart Stillwater<br />
Stampede 5-kilometer race will<br />
be held June 2 at Swartswood<br />
Park.<br />
For more information, call<br />
(973) 459-0448 or visit<br />
www.eteamz.com/bearsrunningclub.<br />
<br />
The X-Treme Youth Running<br />
Camp will be held Aug. 6-10 from<br />
9 a.m. to noon at Swartswood<br />
State Park. The camp is open to<br />
middle and high school kids.<br />
Space is limited.<br />
For more information, call<br />
(973) 271-6624 or visit<br />
www.eteamz.com/xtremerunningcamp.<br />
Soccer<br />
<br />
The BreakAway Soccer camp<br />
will be held June 25-29 from 9<br />
a.m. to noon at the Sparta<br />
Evangelical Free Church.<br />
Registration deadline is June 8.<br />
The camp is open to kids in<br />
kindergarten through sixthgrade.<br />
For more information, call<br />
(973) 300-1717.<br />
<br />
The High Point soccer club<br />
will hold fall and summer clinic<br />
registrations May 19 and June 2<br />
from 9 a.m. to noon at the Sussex<br />
Elks Club. Children ages 4 to 14<br />
in the High Point sending district<br />
are eligible to play. A copy<br />
of your child’s birth certificate is<br />
required.<br />
<br />
The High Point U14 girls travel<br />
team is looking for players for<br />
the fall 2007 and spring 2008 seasons.<br />
The team will play in the<br />
JAGS league and enter premiere<br />
tournaments each season.<br />
For more information, call Joe<br />
Hayes at (973) 702-2150.<br />
<br />
Sussex County Community<br />
College will hold a soccer camp<br />
every Saturday in August from 9<br />
a.m. to 11 a.m. The camp will<br />
stress fundamentals and<br />
includes over 31 moves.<br />
Cost is $80.<br />
For more information, call<br />
(973) 300-2307.<br />
John Fresella at (973) 209-4833<br />
or Greg Hoffman at (973) 209-<br />
2968.<br />
Softball<br />
<br />
An A-level 14U Pony team is<br />
looking for a freshman or second-year<br />
14U player to fill its<br />
final roster spot.<br />
For more information, call<br />
(973) 713-2173.<br />
<br />
Sussex County Community<br />
College will be hosting two<br />
camps this summer: a minicamp<br />
July 9-11 and a extended<br />
camp July 16-19.<br />
The mini-camp will be broken<br />
into two segments: pitching and<br />
hitting. The pitching camp is<br />
from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., and the hitting<br />
camp is from 10 a.m. to<br />
noon. Cost is $70 for each session.<br />
The extended camp runs from<br />
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The mornings<br />
are geared toward individuals,<br />
and the afternoons focus on<br />
games. Cost is $135.<br />
For more information, call<br />
(973) 300-2307.<br />
<br />
The New Jersey Senior<br />
Softball Association is looking<br />
for players. There are up to four<br />
levels of competition, 50-, 60-, 65-<br />
and 70-year-old age brackets.<br />
Leagues offer all-star games, a<br />
state championship tournament,<br />
and opportunities for playing in<br />
tournaments all season.<br />
Email pwhewett@msn.com or<br />
call (732) 925-7997. For more info<br />
visit our website, http://njssa.us.<br />
<br />
The North Jersey Angels fastpitch<br />
team is looking for 10 and<br />
under players for the upcoming<br />
tournament season. For tryout<br />
or general information, call Gary<br />
Tullo at (973) 980-3503 or email<br />
him at hr44gt@aol.com<br />
<br />
The North Jersey Tuesday<br />
Morning Senior League is looking<br />
for players to build another<br />
team in the Sussex County area.<br />
The league plays in West<br />
Orange, East Hanover and<br />
Randolph. The league is open to<br />
those 60 to 80 years old, and<br />
plays through September.<br />
For more information, call<br />
Gene Staracco at (973) 361-3271,<br />
Don Slocum at (973) 748-6398 or<br />
Bob Thourot at (908) 362-8062.<br />
Tennis<br />
<br />
The Jefferson Township<br />
Recreation Department, in conjunction<br />
with Sy’s Guys and<br />
Gals, will be sponsoring a U.S.<br />
Tennis Association sanctioned<br />
instructional program this<br />
spring and summer. There will<br />
be five lessons of two levels of<br />
instruction. All classes will be<br />
held at the tennis courts at<br />
Chamberlain Park.<br />
Junior level instruction will be<br />
held from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.<br />
starting June 6. The sessions<br />
are open to children between the<br />
ages of 7 and 14, and the cost is<br />
$70 per person.<br />
Adult level instruction will be<br />
held from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.<br />
starting June 23. The cost is $70<br />
per person.<br />
For more information, call<br />
(973) 663-8404.<br />
<br />
The Kittatinny Tennis Camp<br />
will be held July 9-13 from 9 a.m.<br />
to noon at Kittatinny Regional<br />
High School. The camp is for<br />
boys and girls ages 10 and up. All<br />
skill levels are welcome. The<br />
cost is $85. Registration is due<br />
by June 25.<br />
Contact Karen Ruitenberg at<br />
(973) 383-1800 ext 805 or email at<br />
krhscams@yahoo.com.<br />
<br />
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The Lenape Valley Soccer<br />
Club is looking for volunteers to<br />
fill various positions including<br />
head and assistant coaches. For<br />
more information, call (973) 691-<br />
7070 or visit<br />
www.lenapesoccer.org.<br />
<br />
The Wallkill Valley travel club<br />
is looking for players from<br />
Sussex County for the upcoming<br />
fall season. Girls in seventh- or<br />
eighth-grade should contact<br />
The Third Annual High Point<br />
Tennis Camp will be held this<br />
summer at High Point Regional<br />
High School. Camp dates are as<br />
follows: boys and girls in fifththrough<br />
ninth-grade are June<br />
19-22 from 9 a.m. to noon; junior<br />
camp for third- through fifthgrades<br />
are June 18-20 from 1<br />
p.m. to 3 p.m. Rain dates are<br />
June 20 and 21.<br />
Cost is $85 and junior camp is<br />
$60.<br />
For more information contact<br />
Chris Dexter at (973) 875-3101 or<br />
e-mail<br />
at<br />
cdexter@hpregional.org.<br />
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signup or golf outing. They can be<br />
emailed to sports@njherald.com,<br />
faxed to (973) 383-8477 or mailed to<br />
2 Spring St. Newton, NJ 07860.