Sunday, May 26,1991 2D Reno Gazette-Journal TROPICAL PENGUINS Tropical Penguins will hold a diving "Ocean Adventure" on June 29-30 at Salt Point, Calif. Call 828-DIVE. RENO GAMBLE Reno Aquatic Club's Gamble Swim Meet is June 28-30 at Idlewild Pool. For information about meet or about club membership, call 788-5730 or 331 -1234. Thursday from 4:30 p.m.
to 6 p.m. for ages 8 to 18 at Mackay Stadium. Call 358-1401 or 849-0599. RENO RACE SCHEDULE Striders Mug Run, 10K, Rancho San Rafael Park, call 673-6606, May 29; Carson Valley 5 10K, June 1, Carson Valley Inn in Minden, call 883-3361; Russian River Marathon, June 2, Ukiah, 707-468-5438; Gold Country 5, 10, 20 and 30K, June 2, Nevada City, 916-432-2834; Silver State Marathon, Half-Marathon and 10K, Aug. 25 Bowers Mansion, call race director Fred Holabird, 323-4566 or 851 EMPIRE TO GERLACH Empire to Gerlach Fun Run on June 1 at 9 a.m.
at Empire and finishing 10 kilometers later in Gerlach. First 100 entrants receive t-shirts or caps. Call 557-2326. COYOTE CHASE 5K, 10K and 2- mile run held on June 22 at Smith Valley High School at 8:30 a.m. Call 465-2304.
SPECIAL OLYMPICS Washoe County Special Olympics hosts the Special Olympic Area Games on June 15. Opening ceremonies 9:30 a.m. at Wooster High School. Call 355-9331. CALENDAR HANDICAPPING TOURNAMENT World Championship of Race Horse Handicapping at Club Cal-Neva on June 12-15, with $50,000 guaranteed prize money and contestant buy-in of $500.
Call 323-1046. OPEN ROAD RALLY Pipers-Crystal Bay Club open road rally on June 29 at Lake Lahontan. Fee is $40. Call 577-2295. AUDUBON SOCIETY Lahontan Audubon Society is going to Spooner Lake on June 15.
Meet at 7 a.m. at Long's on Plumb and Kietzke or at 7:45 a.m. at Raley's on Highway 395 South in Carson City. Call 882-051 8. AIR HEADS The 22nd-annual Truckee Tahoe Air Show is June 22-23.
Call 91 6-587-41 19. BOATING SAFETY U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary boating safety courses at Wooster High, Reno, twice weekly 7-9 p.m., through June 6. Contact David Davis, 851-0120, or Harvey Luelling, 853-2516. At North Lake Tahoe May 28-June 20.
Contact Bill Sumner 916-583-5816. Further information from the U.S.C.G. Auxiliary, 825-6581. SENIOR OLYMPICS The Washoe County Senior Citizens Service Center invites all athletes over 50 to participate in the fifth Senior Olympics, scheduled for June 1 5 through June 23. Call: 328-2604.
Golf Course. Three-man scramble format with $70 per entrant fee. Entry deadline June 11. Call 785-4286. Recent Chic's Lounge Tournament at Washoe, benefiting Northern Nevada Center For Independent Living, raised $1 ,000.
WOOSTER AND WYMAN CLASSIC Colts Kickoff Classic will be held June 14 at Washoe Golf Course. Event hosted by Wooster's Northern AAA Player of the Decade David Wyman of the Seattle Sea-hawks. Call 329-6600 or 826-0470. SPARKS SILVER SOX Sparks Silver Sox American Legion baseball team tournament on June 23. Tee-off at 1 p.m.
at Wildcreek Golf Course. Call 747-1 777. KIDS' CLUB REPAIR Mark Risley takes donated golf clubs, cuts them down and gives them free of charge to kids just starting the game. Charge is $1.50 for a new grip. Parents in search of clubs for their kids or anyone interested in donating old clubs can call Risley at 626-1481 or 826-8333.
HEART CLASSIC Heart Golf Classic benefits research and programs of the local American Heart Association. Event is scheduled for June 21 at Lakeridge Golf Club beginning at 7:30 a.m. Call 322-7064. FOUR-TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP The Northern Nevada four-man team championship is scheduled for June 1-2 at Plumas Pines, with entry deadline Monday at 5 p.m. Call 673-GOLF.
RAIDERS TOURNAMENT Second annual Reed Raiders basketball golf tournament, to benefit the Reed High School boys basketball program, is at 8 a.m. June 2 at Washoe Golf Course. $50 per person. Registration forms available at golf courses or call 626-71 86 or 323-41 67. CHARITY TOURNAMENT Lions Scramble For Sight Tournament will be held June 8 at Eagle Valley West Golf Course in Carson City.
Entry fee $80. Call 323-5566 or 851-3122. DUFFER'S DELIGHT Duffer's Derby tournament held May 30 at the championship course at Incline Village. Time 1 :30 p.m. Call 831-4440.
ronald Mcdonald tournament Ronald McDonald charity tournament on June 19. Proceeds benefit the Ronald McDonald House. Call 322-HOME. TAKE A BITE OUT OF INCLINE Early registration for the seventh annual McGruff Golf Tournament at Incline Championship Golf Course is under way through June 15. The 36 team four-man scramble tournament, to benefit youth programs such as DARE, is sponsored by the Washoe County Sheriff 's Deputies Association.
Entry fee for the Aug. 30-31 event is $500 per team. Call 832-2847. Entry fee rises to $600 after June 1 5. NORTHSTAR GOLF SCHOOL Northstar-at-Tahoe's weekend golf schools taught by PGA professional Jim Anderson.
Package includes two nights lodging, two round of golf, prizes, access to outdoor spa, tennis courts and weight-room. Schools are June 1-2, 8-9, 15-16, September 14-15, 21-22, Oct. 5-6, 12-13. Call 91 6-587-0265. PUBLINKS QUALIFYING Qualifying for Men's Amateur Public Links Championship on June 20-21 at Northgate Golf Club.
Applications can be obtained at any local golf course and must be returned to Francis M. Haase, Northern Nevada APL Committee, by 5 p.m. on June 5. Call iMwi run CAPITOL BASEBALL CAMP Carson Capitols Continental Amateur Baseball Association Instructional Baseball Camp will be held June 19-21 at Carson High. Call 882-41 81 SPARKS SOFTBALL Applications for men's, women's and co-ed teams are being accepted by Sparks Leisure Services.
New teams with majority of Sparks residents or a Sparks sponsor register May 30 through June 5. All others June 6-12. Call 353-2376. MEN'S SLOWPITCH Set for June 8-9 in Virginia City. Entry fee $150.
Call 847-0571. CASEY STENGEL BASEBALL SCHOOL With college coaches and pro scouts for players age 7 to 19 at Moana Stadium and Jack Tighe Park. June 17-21 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with special guest Dave Dravecky.
Session July 1-3 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Both sessions, including personalized video and written analysis, $290 a player. Brochures available at the Reno Recreation Division, 925 Riverside Drive, or 1073 Tyler Way, Sparks. Call 358-6050.
WOLF PACK BASEBALL SCHOOL Wolf Pack baseball school, for players 8 to 18, will be held June 1 7-19 and July 8-1 0 at Peccole Field. Players 8 to 12 years old attend June 17-19, players 13 to 18 attend July 8-1 0. Call 784-41 81 or 883-6689. SPORTSMAN'S TOURNAMENT June 1-2 at San Rafael Park in men's and novice divisions. Entry fee $150 per team.
Call 826-8612. il KEN FUJI! CAMP Ken Fujii's Score Camp, basketball camp for boys and girls, begins first of three sessions in July. Session I is July 15-19; Session II is July 22-26; Session III is July 29-Aug. 2. Cost $1 50 per camper.
Call 353-5590 or 747-1 837. BASKETBALL CAMP Play to Win camp sponsored by the Reno Family YMCA, 1300 Foster Drive, for boys and girls, June 24-28 for 8- to 11 -year-olds, July 8-1 2 for 12- to 15-year-olds. Co-directors Aubrey McCreary and Rick Cornelius. Cost $1 1 5 for each camper, $1 00 if YMCA member. Call 329-1311.
LEN STEVENS CAMP Nevada coach Len Stevens basketball camp for boys and girls June 24-28 day camp, fee $1 50; June 7-1 1 overnight camp, fee $225. Team camps are July 21-25 and July 28-Aug. 1 Fee $21 0. Call 784-4046. WOMEN'S OPEN HOOPS Reno-Sparks YWCA offers women's open basketball Mondays from 7 to 9 p.m.
and Saturdays 8 to 10 p.m. Cost $2 per session. Call 322-4531. BILLINGHURST OPEN GYM The sports complex at Monroe and Plumas in Reno is open for basketball Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m., and Sundays from 9 to 11 a.m.
Cost is $1.50. Wheelchair basketball offered Fridays from 6:30 to 9 p.m. DAYTON CAMP Dayton High School girls basketball camp on June 10 through June 14. High school and junior high sessions. Cost $60.
Send $25 deposit to Dayton High School athletic department, 335 Dayton Valley Road, Dayton, NV 89403, or call 246-01 23. CARSON CAMP Carson Funda- SPORTS DIGEST mental Basketball School for players in fourth through ninth grades will be held July 8 through July 12 at Carson Junior High, for boys and girls. Tuition $50. Call 885-6400. RENO WHEELMEN RIDES The Reno Wheelmen this week will follow a racing schedule of: Tuesday, Franktown Road Race, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday, mountain bike race, 6:30 p.m.
at end of Robb Drive; Thursday, criterium, 6:30 p.m. at Air Center Circle. Riding schedule: June 2, Pyramid Lake mountain bike ride, meet at Needles at 10 a.m. for an easy to moderate ride. Call 323-4900.
PROCRASTINATING PEDALERS Meet third Tuesday of each month at Round Table Pizza in Old Town Mall. Food at 7 p.m. meeting at 7:30 p.m. Weekly rides: Tuesday nights from Carson City to Genoa, Thursday nights around Washoe Lake. Scheduled rides: May 28, Donner Lake to Cisco Grove, meet at Donner Lake parking lot at 8:45 a.m., leader Mike All-man, 322-2492; June 1, Jack's Valley-Gardnerville ride, meet at Jack's Valley Road and 395, south of Carson City at 10 a.m., ride leader Jan Pirozzi, 356-5504 or 687-4310.
BIKE REPAIR CLASS Sparks Leisure Services offers a bicycle tuning and repair class for road or mountain bikes. Registration until June 2 at Alf Sorensen Community Center, classes held Monday and Wednesday, June 3-12 from 7 to 8:15 p.m. at the Community Center. Call 353-2385. BOWLING MARATHON Bowling marathon for MDA on June 29 through July 6 at Sterling Village Lanes.
Call 356-2905 or 786-5690 for entry, pledge and donation information. ME CHILDREN'S FISHING CLINIC Free two-day event sponsored by the Nevada Department of Wildlife on June 7-8. Event is limited to first 50 people requesting reservations. Clinic on June 7 from 6 to 8 p.m. at NDOW office, 1100 Valley Road in Reno.
Fish Truckee River on June 8 at 8 a.m. For kids 8 to 1 2, accompanied by parent or guardian. Call 688-1 558. INCLINE TENNIS PARTY Incline Village Tennis Complex annual kickoff party on May 27 from 9 a.m. to noon.
Cost is $5 per person. Call 832-1 235. SOAP BOX DERBY All-American Soap Box Derby will be held June 8 and July 1 3 at the McQueen High School track. Two divisions for nine to 16 years old and senior layback for 1 1 to 1 6 years old. New rulebooks can be obtained by calling 852-1 469.
Information call 786-251 0. MACKINAW CLINIC Angler's Clinic will be held June 2 at 2 p.m. at Spooner Lake State Park, conducted by Dave Rice, Nevada Department of Wildlife's chief conservation educator. Call 688-1500. HIKE FOR HEARTS American Heart Association's Hike For Heart is June 8 at Spooner Lake State Park.
Register before May 28 by picking up an application at American Heart Association at 1135 Terminal Way, Reno, or call 322-7064. LOW-IMPACT EXERCISE Co-ed class meets Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 5:45 p.m. at Alf Sorensen Community Center. Drop-in fee: $2. Call 353-2385.
CHRIS AULT CAMP Chris Ault's Nevada Wolf Pack Football full contact camp for ages 8 to 18, June 23-27. Resident camper tuition $280, day camper $250. Deposit of $100 required by June 7. Campers provide own equipment, including mouthpiece, or can rent from camp for $10. Registration 784-4062, further information 784-6891.
TEXAS ROUNDUP II Football clinic for all ages at Eagle Valley Junior High, Carson City on June 8 sponsored by Eagle Valley Booster Club. Features NFL pro players Mike Dyal. James Jefferson, Johnny Bailey, Heath Sherman, Kerry Si-mien and Texas assistant coach Don Pittman. Fee $20. Call 885-6570.
MARICH GOLF TOURNAMENT Peter Marich Golf Scholarship Tournament will be held June 15-16 at Washoe BOXING cmamaaEniaEEi JUNIOR OLYMPICS The Reno Mt. Rose Kiwanis Club Junior Olympics on June 1 and June 2 at Mackav Stadium. Call 348-1 700 or 852-5892. SIERRA CLUB Sierra Club for a mental health day for moderately easy hikes. Call 786-0489.
JUNIOR STRIDER WORKOUTS Silver State Junior Strider track and field practices are on Monday, Wednesday and NATIONAL MATCHES Fifty Caliber Shooters Association national championship matches on June 22-23 at the Palomino Valley Range. ICE SKATING LESSONS For youths 7 to 14 at Sierra Nevada Ice Arena, 1855 E. Lincoln Way, June 1 to Aug. 15 on Thursdays from noon to 1 p.m. Fee $30 includes skate rental.
Call 353-2376. SPARKS AYSO Sparks AYSO is holding final registration for the fall 1991 season on June 8. Boys and girls ages 5 to 16 sign up at Alf Sorensen Center from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call 626-1312.
TENNIS CAMP Northstar-at-Ta-hoe offers two-day tennis camps for players of all abilities. Cost is $60 and $50 for juniors. Five-day camps available for $175 for adults and $1 20 for juniors. Camps run June 1 through Sept. 29.
Call 916-562-0321. INCLINE TENNIS Incline Village Tennis Complex begins weekly mixed doubles, ladies day and men's night on June 3, and will run every week through the season. Ladies Day begins June 4 from 9 a.m. to noon and Men's Night is on June 5 from 4 to 7 p.m. Limit 28 per session.
Call 832-1235. TENNIS DINNER UNR Tennis Foundation presents an evening with Stanford tennis coach Dick Gould. co*cktails 6 p.m., dinner 7 p.m. May 31 at Lilly's restaurant at Lakeridge Tennis Club. Tickets $100.
Call 827-4500. WHEELCHAIR TENNIS More than 1 60 of the country's best players expected to compete June 13-16 at Plumas Tennis Center, UNR and Washoe County Courts in the Everest Jennings Far West Regional Wheelchair Tennis Championships. Call 91 6-587-21 08. I CO-ED VOLLEYBALL City of Sparks Leisure Services summer volleyball at Alf Sorensen Community Center, beginning June 10. Registration for 10-game season is $70 per team.
Call 353-2376. for Hearns Hill gave himself a clean bill of health. It wasn't just the flu. Early in the camp. Hill, who suffered a broken left thumb 18 months ago.
said he had hand problems, but no longer has any difficulty. "I've had no hand problems whatsoever." Hill said. "In the beginning. I had problems and we changed the pads (under the handwrap. This is the best my hands have ever been." Hearns worked out Saturday at Caesars Palace.
The five-time world champion said he is anxious to fight after the longest training period of his 14-year professional career. "I've been in six months of actual training." Hearns said. "I've had no more than a week off. "It's been difficult waiting for the fight." Hearns said. "I wanted to be in the best condition I could be.
I am." Tour of Italy field year when he won his first "Giro." ending a streak of victories bv foreign cyclists. Another highly rated Italian is Gaudio Chiappucci. who has victories this year in the Milan-San Remo classic and the Tour of Basque Countries. Laurent Fignon of France, the 1989 inner, is one of the 98 foreign cyclists in the field of 199. Fignon, 30.
has dropped from the toprankincs. Hill KO's flu, ready U.S., Cuban boxers battle to standoff By Steve Sneddon GAZETTF-JOl RN AL Virgil Hill's trainer, Freddie Roach, knew the World Boxing Association light heavyweight champion was feeling better when he asked to work overtime Saturday. Hill, recovering from the flu. is preparing to defend his title against Thomas Hearns at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas June 3. He' sparred seven rounds with Tony Willingham and Glenn Kennedy ay Bally's Reno Saturday, completing his five-week training camp in Reno.
"I planned on Virgil going five rounds." Roach said. "When he hit five, he wanted to keep going after that guy (Willingham) hit him ith the shot. "It (the overhand right) sort of woke him up." The pay-per-v iew telev ised bout will be the I Ith defense of the title that Hill won in 1987. Bally's Reno and the Ormsby House in Carson City will show the fight on closed-circuit TV. When Hill came down with the flu a week ago.
Roach said he was worried. "He's just a little weak now," Roach said. "Mentally and physically, he looked a lot better today. By fight time, it will be out of his system. It was a bad thing at the time, but he's OK now." Hill will have a day off from training today and begin his workouts at Caesars Palace on Monday.
He won't spar for more than three rounds a day before closing out his sparring Wednesday. Hill said. "I felt good about my training here (in Reno). Excellent," Hill said. 1 i ORT BRAGG.
N.C. (AP) The United States won three of Ihe last four bouts Saturday, including a controversial final decided by penalty points, to salvage a 6-6 tie and end a 1 5-match dual losing streak to Cuba. A precursor to the 1991 Pan American Games scheduled for August in Havana. Cuba, the match featured many boxers who are expected to compete in the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. Spain.
It was the first meeting between the countries since 1988. "We are proud." USA coach Lucky Vascocu said. "We were the underdogs. We had lost 15 times in a row to them. At least we tied this time.
That's the best we've ever done." Track and field Mar)- Decker Slaney won a race Tor the first time in two years, holding off PattiSue Plummer in the 1,500 meter run Saturday; at Bruce Jenner's Sy mantec Classic. "It feels great to win. It feels even better to run healthy." said Slaney. who has run sparingly the past two years due to calf and Achilles tendon problems. Ben Johnson ran out of gas and finished fifth Saturday in his first 100-meter da-h since the 1988 Summer Oly mpics.
American Dennis Mitchell bolted past Johnson halfway through the race and won in 10. 1 8 seconds at an international track and field meet. Johnson got off to a good start, but seemed to tire toward the end and finished in 10.54. Nikolai An-tonov of Bulgaria was second in 10.49. followed by Luis Rodriguez of Spain and Patrick Stevens of Belgium.
American Calvin Smith was sixth in 10.56. Golf Ideal conditions took the teeth out of Colonial and turned the tough old course into a pitch and putt affair. There was almost an air of apology as Stee Elkington and Bob I.ohr explained their scoring exploits Saturday, a course record-tying 62 by Elkington and a 63 that" staked Lohr to the third-round lead. "Colonial is never easy." Elkington said. "But it was easier." "Getting your hands on the ball is a definite advantage." said Lohr.
who completed 54 holes at 199. II under par and a single shot off the course record. Dave Finley and Cris Brown of Hidden Valley Country Club took the first-round lead Saturday of the Northern Nevada Two-Man Stablcford Championship at Eagle Valley Golf Course in Carson City. Finley and Brown recorded a score of plus 8. The final round is today.
Jim Ferret was waiting for something incredible to happen at the Bell Atlantic Classic on Saturday. And it happened in the last four CYCLING LeMond ready to challenge Associated Press LEADER: Bob Lohr leads the Colo-nal, after shooting a 63 Saturday. holes. Ferree rolled in a pair of incredible long-distance putts for a 69 which maintained his one-shot lead after two rounds of the Senior PGA Tour ev ent. Deb Richards held off a sizzling Betsy king to retain the lead Saturday after three rounds of the LPGA Corning Classic.
King had seven birdies in a near-flawless round of 65 to move to three shots olT the lead, while Richards carded an erratic 69. Martial arts Dr. David Lowell of Reno placed second in the nation in his division, winning a silver medal, at the national Tae-Kwon-Do Championships Mav 18-19 in Portland. Ore. i OLBIA.
Sardinia (AP) Greg LeMond rates himself a contender in the Tour of Italy which starts today. Lemond. the only American in the race, said he is in good shape and ready to make a serious challenge. The three-time winner of the Tour de France is captain of the team, made up six Frenchmen. Norway's Atle Kvalsvoll and Johan Lammerts of the Netherlands.
The 2.287-miIc race begins in this Sardinian port with a 119-mile run and ends in Milan on June 16 after 21 stages. For the first time in several years. Italian cyclists are the favorites in one of the world's most prestigious road races, and that doesn't make defending champion Gianni Bugno happy. "I prefer the position of outsider," Bugno said. "When you're expected to win.
rivals are out to get you." Bugno was an underdog last.
