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Sports

Around & About

By JOHN C. COTEY and IZZY GOULD
Published June 5, 2007


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Softball

Pasco-Hernando Community College will host a camp from 9 a.m.-noon June 11-14. The cost is $100 per player. Camp will cover all aspects of fastpitch softball. For more information, contact PHCC coach Tom Ryan at 727-816-3361 or ryant@phcc.edu.

Multi-sports camp

Impact Training Sports Camp features tennis, golf, fitness and swimming. A half day is from 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m.; a full day goes from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Register online at www.brentwellman.com.

Basketball

Pasco High girls coach John Edwards will hold the Edwards Basketball School of Champions from 8 a.m.-noon this week and June 11-14 for boys and girls grades 5-9. The camp is $60 per week, which includes a T-shirt, and will be held at the Pasco High gym. Call Edwards at 813 355-7860.

- Mitchell girls coach Stephanie Koslin will hold a camp for girls grades 4-9 from 8:30 a.m.-noon on June 25-28. Call Koslin at (727) 774-9200.

- Mitchell boys coach Larry Holden will hold a camp for boys in grades 3-12 from 9 a.m.-noon on June 18-22. The cost is $65 and includes a T-shirt for each camper. Call (727) 774-9200.

- i9 Sports is accepting registrations for youth basketball leagues in West Pasco until Friday. Leagues begin play June 30 and games are played on Saturdays. The program is for boys and girls 6-14 of all skill levels. For details, call (727) 869-7178 or visit www.i9sports.com.

Cross Country

Runners interested in summer conditioning for Land O'Lakes cross country please contact coach Kris Keppel at (813) 996-2824. Workouts are evenings at 6:30 at various locations across Pasco County.

Baseball camps

Scott Hilgenberg will hold a baseball camp June 11-14 and June 18-21 from 9 a.m.-noon at the Land O'Lakes Recreational Complex on Collier Parkway. The cost is $80, and $75 for the second child. Campers may attend both camps. T-shirts and drinks will be provided. Registration forms are due by Friday for the first camp and June 15 for the second camp. For more information, call Hilgenberg at 310-8255.

- Pasco baseball will hold a camp for players ages 7-14 this summer at the school's baseball field. There are sessions June 18-21 and June 25-28, both from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. The cost is $60 per session, or $90 for both sessions, and includes a camp T-shirt and daily snacks and drinks. Call (813) 714-0404.

- River Ridge will hold its Knight Time Camp June 11-14 from 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the high school baseball field. The camp is open to all students in grades 6-9, and is $60, which includes a T-shirt. For more information, call (727) 774-7224.

- The Saint Leo baseball team will host its summer camps in June at Southard Stadium. There will be three sessions: youth camps (ages 8-14 from June 4-7 and June 11-14) and a high school camp (ages 15-18 from June 18-21). Saint Leo coach Ricky Ware and assistants Daniel Hersey and Copley Gerdes will provide instruction. Cost for the camp is $130 per person. Printable registration forms are available at www.SaintLeoLions.com. Call (352) 588-8225.

E-mail upcoming events to cotey@sptimes.com or igould@sptimes.com

[Last modified June 5, 2007, 00:42:41]


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