Wheat Ridge High School graduate Jeff Loehr, 30, won the Colorado State Open mens tennis championship Sunday at Gates Tennis Center. Loehr, who helped the Farmers win a state team title in 1991, defeated Willie Dann 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (7-3) in the championship match. It was Loehr’s fourth career State Open title. He won the same event in 1996, 1998 and 1999. Loehr earned $900 for the victory.
AMA Motocross rumbles into town
The AMA Motocross event will be Saturday and Sunday, July 23 and 24 at Thunder Valley Motocross Park near Alameda Boulevard and Rooney Road, west of C-470. Tickets for the two-day event can be bought in advance at www.mxthundervalley.com. There will be a pre-race party beginning at 5 p.m. Friday, July 22, at Jillian’s at Colorado Mills mall.
Ready to hoop it up?
The world’s largest 3-on-3 basketball tournament series is coming to Jefferson County. The Hoop It Up basketball tournament will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 13 and 14, at Clement Park, 7306 W. Bowles Ave. Registration deadline is Monday, Aug. 8. To register, go to www.hoopitup.com or call 1-888-618-7108.
Melancon earns save for Team USA in Taipei
Golden High School graduate Mark Melancon pitched two shutout innings Friday against Chinese Taipei to earn his first save for the USA Baseball National Team. Melancon, who will be a junior at the University of Arizona this fall, had four strikeouts in a 1-0 victory for Team USA. Typhoon Haitang forced the cancellation of a doubleheader scheduled for Sunday. The typhoon hit the east side of Taipei Monday, the opposite side of the island where Team USA is staying.
The squad’s agenda is to return to the United States and begin a five-game series Friday, July 22, against Italy in Durham, N.C. Team USA will conclude its summer with a six-game series against Nicaragua that will wrap up Thursday, Aug. 4, at Myrtle Beach, S.C.