Hibbert named to team
Andi Hibbert, Lakewood High School senior-to-be, has been selected to represent Colorado at the 32nd annual Girls’ Junior Americas Cup Team Matches. The GJAC event will be July 28 to 30 at Logan Golf and Country Club in Utah.
Tedesco wins pro event at Thunder Valley
Honda Red Bull Racing team’s Ivan Tedesco of Tallahassee, Fla., won his first AMA Pro Motocross victory Saturday, June 27, at Thunder Valley in Lakewood by sweeping the pair of 450 Class moto finals. Andrew Short, who grew up in Colorado Springs, finished second.
Jake Weimer of Rupert, Idaho, took home the 250 Class victory. Ashley Fiolek of St. Augustine, Fla., cruised to win the women’s moto events to keep her comfortable lead in the overall WMX standings.
Hufnagel off to nationals
Lacey Hufnagel, a recent Golden High School graduate, has earned a spot on Colorado’s high school rodeo team that will compete at the 61st annual National High School Finals Rodeo from July 19 to 25 in Farmington, N.M. She will compete in the pole bending event. Hufnagel’s American Quarter horse — RBR Midnight Cowboy — was named the Horse of the Year at the Colorado High School Finals Rodeo on June 14 at Sand and Sage Arena in Lamar, Colo.
Brown rallies to win
Pomona High School graduate Zahkai Brown led from start to finish at the Colorado Golf Association Public Links Championship at Flatirons Golf Course in Boulder, but he had to rally from two strokes down with three holes left Sunday, June 28. The sophomore-to-be at Colorado State University, who qualified earlier in the week for the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championships from July 13 to 18 in Norman, Okla., birdied two of the final three holes to defeat CSU teammate Riley Arp by a stroke. Brown joins his brother Zen as a CGA Public Links champion. Zen, also a Pomona graduate, who turned pro after finishing up his college career at CSU, won the title in 2005.
Camp Melo
The Old Spice Melo Basketball Camp will be Monday to Wednesday, July 6 to 8, at Gold Crown Field House in Lakewood. Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony will be on site. For more information, go online at www.campmelo.com.