Youth baseball clinic
Youth baseball clinic
on tap Friday in Hilo
The Department of Parks and Recreation and Chevrolet Youth Baseball will hold a free baseball clinic for youths ages 6-14 from 4:30-7:30 p.m. Friday at Kawanakoa Field in Hilo.
Participants need to bring their own baseball gear and must RSVP and bring a signed clinic waiver form to the registration table. Sign-ups are from 3:30-4:15 p.m. Friday. Forms are available at www.ChevyYouthSports.com/rsvp.
For more information, call Darrell Yamamoto at 961-8735, ext. 25 or 938-2012.
Agena hoops clinic
slated for Honokaa
Coach Dennis Agena of Kalakaua Basketball and his staff will conduct a three-day youth basketball clinic Oct. 12-14 at the Honokaa County Gym.
Children ages 6-18 may participate. Sponsored by the Hamakua Athletic Association, the clinic will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, and 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday.
Players need to bring a basketball, basketball shoes, water and proper playing attire. The registration fee is $60 and waiver forms are available at Parks and Recreation offices, Ted’s Garage in Honokaa, and Sports Line in Hilo.
For more information, call Kevin Yamasaki at 960-3545 or Desha Pahio at 960-5032.
Special Olympic golf
event set for Aug. 26
Special Olympics East Hawaii will hold its 5th golf annual golf tournament at 10 a.m. Aug. 26th at Volcano Country Club.
In this four-person scramble event, each group will include a Special Olympics athlete.
The entry fee for the fundraiser is $150 per player (Special Olympians are exempt), which includes a cart, lunch and 19th-hole awards and prizes.
For more information, contact George Lewitzki at 961-4653. Registration is also available at Golf Treasures, 37c Lono St. in Hilo.
Vulcans recognized
for classroom work
The University of Hawaii at Hilo has had 69 student-athletes earn academic all-Pacific West Conference recognition for the 2011-12 season. l Baseball: Casey Bohlmann, Gregory Cleary, Austin Cusack, Jarin Kadooka, Gavin Kinoshita, Jordan Kurokawa, Colin Lang, Garrett Micheels, Steffen Miner, Daniel Reitz, Kyle Sugi, Wil Thayer, Larry Valdes, Joshua Wong
—Men’s basketball: Mychael Hearn, Matthew Holmes, Jimmy Lefebvre, Andrew Papenfus, Vince Sanekane, Dirk Snel, Zach Wilde
—Women’s basketball: Jazlyn Afusia, Kirsty Imai, Kaycie Jyo, Jameia McDuffie, Shannon Rousseau, Kirsten Shimizu, Elise Spain
—Women’s cross country: Stephanie Adams, Jordan Bledsoe, Nikka Takane
—Men’s golf: Blaine Fujimoto, Corey Kozuma
—Men’s soccer: Kevin Bruce, Ryen Eugenio, David Garcia, John Lawrence, Lane Lorenzo, Tate Muraoka, Joshua Robinson, Luis Romero, Keylan Sato, Gerald Walsh III
—Women’s soccer: Kelly Fitzpatrick, Chelsea Gomez, Lauren Grace-Finley, Moani Hagiwara, Cristina