Fall sports around corner
The first day of official practice for the majority of the fall high school sports will be Monday, Aug. 16. Boys golf will kick of the 2010-11 school year with practices starting Monday, Aug. 9. The first Jeffco tournament will be Thursday, Aug. 12, at Broken Tee Golf Course in Englewood.
Frikken earns RMAC honor
Pomona graduate Tommy Frikken was honored as one of two Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference scholar-athletes from Metro State College recently.
Frikken a second baseman who just finished up his senior season with the Roadrunners, earned academic all-RMAC honors for the third time last year. He hit .241 with a home run and triple and drove in nine runs.
Panther volleyball camp
Pomona High School will hold its preseason volleyball camp for freshmen and sophomores from 4:30-6:30 p.m. on Aug. 9-13. The cost for the camp is $45. Tryouts run Aug. 16-20 and athletes must have proof of a physical for tryouts. For more information, contact Leilani Luke at 303-982-0600 or by e-mail at lluke@jeffco.k12.co.us.
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.
Diamond Club tryouts
The Diamond Club will hold tryouts for its baseball tournament teams in August. There is no fee for trying out. Tryouts for 11, 12, 13 and 14 year olds will be Saturday, Aug. 7, at Everitt Middle School. Tryouts for 12, 13 and 14 year olds will be Saturday, Aug. 21, at Arvada West High School. Tryouts for 9, 10 and 11 year olds will be Sunday, Aug. 22. For a complete tryout schedule go online at diamondclubbaseball.net or call Brad Mulvaney at 303-909-5049.
Venus de Miles
The Venus de Miles — an all women’s cycling race from Denver to Boulder — will be Sunday, Aug. 29. For more information, go online at venusdemiles.com.