Hall of Fame
Colorado School of Mines has announced its 2011 CSM Athletics Hall of Fame class. The class will include former student-athletes Marty Jertson (golf) and Ben Lengerich (track and field), along with supporter Stephen D. Chesebro’ and the 2004-05 CSM women’s basketball team. The 16th annual CSM Athletics Hall of Fame banquet will be Saturday, Oct. 1, at the Ben Parker Student Center on the Mines campus. The inductees will also be recognized during a halftime ceremony of the Fort Lewis College vs. Mines football game Oct. 1 at Campbell Field in Golden.
Capra gets taste
Arvada West High School graduate Anthony Capra got his first victory on the mound in his first Triple-A baseball game of his career July 30. Capra, who is in the Oakland A’s farm system, pitched five innings to earn the win for the Sacramento River Cats against the Colorado Sky Sox. Capra was sent back down to Double-A Midland where he had another solid outing, striking out six and giving up only one run in four innings of work Friday. The lefty played at Wichita State University before being drafted in the fourth round of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft.
Hole-in-one
Golden resident Mark Condon recorded a hole-in-one July 27 during the Buffalo Bill Days Golf Tournament at Fossil Trace Golf Club in Golden. Condon, who was playing in the Golden Chamber of Commerce foursome, aced the fifth hole with a 9-iron.
NBC World Series
Rocky Mountain Baseball League’s regular and postseason champions made a respectable run at the National Congress Baseball World Series in Wichita, Kan. The Arvada Colts won their first two games of the double-elimination tournament, advancing to the quarterfinals of the winner’s bracket. However, back-to-back losses to the San Diego Waves and Nevada Griffons sent the Colts packing. In its first season since moving from Gunnison, the Colts finished with a 45-9 record.
Walker Transmission, also of the RMBL and based in Wheat Ridge, went 1-2 in the NBC World Series. PlayBall Sports out of Arvada and one of the youngest teams in the tournament finished with a 1-2 record.
New era
D’Evelyn Junior/Senior High School graduate Cathy Freidell is Golden High School’s new varsity softball coach. Freidell graduated from D’Evelyn in 1999 and has spent the past five years teaching and coaching softball in Arizona. There will be a parent meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 11, at Golden High School. Tryouts begin at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 15, at Golden’s softball field. For more information, contact Coach Freidell at cferdle21@gmail.com.
Baseball tryouts
Diamond Club Baseball will hold tryouts for its 2012 youth tournament teams (9-14 years old) Saturday, Aug. 27, and Saturday, Sept. 10, at Everitt Middle School in Wheat Ridge. The club will also be partnering with the Arvada Junior Baseball Association for its Fall Wood Bat League. Play begins Sunday, Aug. 28. The league offers machine pitch (6-7 years old) and kid pitch (8-14 years old). For more information on the tryouts and fall league go online at www.diamondclubbaseball.net or call Brad Mulvaney at 303-909-5049.
Baseball registration
The North Jefferson Junior Baseball Association is accepting online registrations for the fall and spring 2012 baseball leagues. Fall ball will be played on Sundays and run from Sept. 11 to Oct. 30. For more information, go online at www.njjba.org or call Mary-Beth Hayes at 303-422-7406.
Memorial tournament
The fifth annual Kyle Lewis Memorial Golf Tournament will be Saturday, Sept. 10, at Park Hill Golf Club in Denver. Cost is $55. For more information, call 303-333-5411, ext. 10 or 11.