Junior golf clinic is set

The Pahrump Valley Junior Golf Association's annual clinic for boys and girls 7-18 will be held Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at Mountain Falls.

The clinic is required for all junior golfers who want to compete in PVJGA tournaments from June through May 2008.

The cost is $20. Any valley youngster who cannot afford to pay junior golf dues should contact Elaine Goins, the director, at 727-6670 for scholarship information.

The clinic for new golfers will be from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. all three days. Current PVJGA members will meet from 10:30 a.m. to noon Monday through Wednesday.

Registration forms, listing name, age, address, parents names, contact phone number, health concerns, clubs (own or need), and PVJGA status (new, current member) can be mailed to PVJGA, 2440 S. River Plate Dr., Pahrump, 89048.

9-ball league to be organized

The Pahrump Valley Pool League is starting Tuesday competition.

The proposed start is June 28. The cost is $7 per night and $50 per team per season.

For information, call Sherry at 727-9096 or at 1-702-501-7744. For other information, go to the Web site at www.pv8blcom.

Fall sign-ups

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All Pahrump Valley High School student-athletes must have a physical examination every year. So, the following information, provided by the PVHS athletics department, is key to any prospective Trojan athlete intending to compete in fall 2007.

To participate in high school athletics, boys and girls must have:

Appropriate physical examination/registration on file in the PVHS athletics department; physical examinations must be done by licensed physicians, not chiropractors;

Health insurance coverage; a student may purchase coverage through the school if he or she is not already insured.

Forms will not be available until July 2.

Important dates to remember are:

July 2, physical and registration forms will be available in the PVHS main office; summer hours will be 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Aug. 1, early registration will be held from noon to 8 p.m. in the PVHS athletics office; enter through the main front doors. Student-athletes should bring their completed physical examination and registration forms.

Aug. 8, final registration will be held from noon to 6 p.m. Again, completed forms should be presented.

Aug. 9, first day of football practice.

Aug. 13, first day of practice for boys and girls soccer, boys and girls cross country, volleyball, and girls golf.

The coaches will be Brian Hug (athletics director and football, 513-6754), Richard Barker (volleyball, 751-2574 or brkrrch@aol.com), Gene Smith (boys soccer, 1-702-979-0959), Steve Coleman (girls soccer, 513-1461), Andy Andersen (cross country, 751-2124), and Julie Floyd (girls golf, 209-6650 or 727-5848).

The athletics department telephone number is 727-7908; office hours will be limited over the summer.

Basketball camp June 12

Pahrump Valley girls' basketball coach Bob Hopkins has announced that on Tuesday, a Global Shot Doctor Shooting Camp will be held at the high school.

The times are grades 4 to 7 from 9 a.m. to noon, and grades 8-12 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The camp fee is $40.

The camp consists of individualized and specialized shooting instruction. Each camper will receive a written shooting evaluation and instruction on mental cybernetics necessary to become a consistently great shooter.

Players will learn to improve release time, shoot more accurately, correctly hold the ball, proper practice techniques, and other skills required to be a more effective shooter.

For information on the camp, contact coach Bob Hopkins at PVHS (1-775-910-9409 or 751-8403).

Todd Cotton is the international director for Shot Doctor and is located in Tigard, Ore. The Web site is global-shot-dr.com.

Hopkins will have his annual boys and girls basketball camp June 18-22 in the high school gym.

The girls' sessions are from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. (grades 2-8) and the boys go from 10 a.m. to noon (grades 2-8).

Cost of the camp is $30; if a boy or girl attends the Shot Doctor camp, the cost will be $20.

Send your name, telephone number, grade and school, along with a T-shirt size to Bob Hopkins, c/o Pahrump Valley High School, 501 E. Calvada Blvd, Pahrump, 89048.

Include health insurance information (company, policy and ID-group numbers).

Special winners are announced

Pahrump athletes won 20 medals, including 12 golds, in the State Special Olympics at Las Vegas in mid-May.

On the team were Billy Klem, Larry Yates, Sterling Freeman, Brady Freeman, Bobby Grebs, Raymond Wertman, Tony Gourley, Felicia Royster, and Ashlin Johnson. Grebs and Wertman won three golds each.

Special Olympics also offer bowling, basketball and bocce; anyone interested in competing should contact Kay Jones at 751-4942.