All-American status
Bear Creek High School graduate Erik Mattingly was named to the NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association) first team All-American after his second season at Garden City Community College’s baseball team. The sophomore had a stellar 2010 campaign with a .455 batting average, 87 hits, 55 RBI and 24 doubles. He also had a solid year on the mound for the BroncBusters with a 9-2 record and 3.41 ERA. Mattingly will make the jump to Division I next spring playing for Creighton University in Omaha, Neb.
Sportsmanship award for CCU
For the third consecutive year Colorado Christian University in Lakewood was awarded the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference’s sportsmanship cup. Colorado School of Mines in Golden placed third.
Softball camp
Arvada West High School will have its youth softball camp for girls grades 4 to 8 on Aug. 9 and 10. A-West’s preseason camp for freshmen to seniors is scheduled for Aug. 11 and 12. For more information, call A-West softball coach Tod Bunker at 303-424-1858 or go to A-West’s website — awest-web.jeffco.k12.co.us.
Volleyball camp
Rocky Mountain Athletic Center, 4895 Ward Road, is offering volleyball camps and leagues this summer for all ages and skill levels. For more information The rMac’s website is rmac.biz/rmac or call 303-421-1500 ext. 4.
FCA sports camps
Faith Christian Academy in Arvada will hold a variety of sports camps (football, boys basketball, girls basketball, volleyball, baseball, softball, soccer and cheer) this summer. All clinics will be run by Faith coaches and are open to students 1st to 8th grades (3rd to 6th grade for football). For more information, e-mail Micah Kirkwood at Micah.Kirkwood@fca-schools.org.
Venus de Miles
The Venus de Miles — all women’s cycling race from Denver to Boulder — will be Sunday, Aug. 29. For more information, go online at venusdemiles.com
Buffalo Bill tournament
A golf tournament at Fossil Trace Golf Club in Golden on Wednesday, July 21, will kick off Buffalo Bill Days this summer. For more information on the tournament and other events go online at buffalobilldays.com.
Volleyball camps
Gold Medal Squared Volleyball Camp will be Aug. 2 to 5, at Oberon Middle School in Arvada. There will be a morning session for grades 4, 5 and 6, along with an afternoon session for 7th- and 8th-graders. Space is limited to 16 participants per session. Cost is $85.
For more information, call Arvada West varsity coach Debbie Pospisil at 303-982-0550 or e-mail her at dpospisi@jeffco.k12.co.us.