Neighbor Sports

Basketball

Registration: The Arlington Heights Youth Basketball Association registration is open. Session I pre-registration (sixth-grade girls and fourth-, fifth- and sixth-grade boys) continues through today. Walk-in registration is offered for all age groups from 9 a.m. to noon Sept. 8 at Olive-Mary Stitt School, 303 E. Olive, Arlington Heights, and registration for all other ages continues until Nov. 9.

Evaluations for Session I will be held Sept. 16 at Prospect High School, 800 W. Kensington Road, Mount Prospect, according to the following schedule.

• Sixth Grade Boys: 12:30 to 2 p.m.

• Fifth Grade Boys: 2 p.m.

• Fourth Grade Boys: 3:30 p.m.

• Sixth Grade Girls: 5 p.m.

Evaluations for Session II will be on Nov. 11 at Prospect High School. For details or information, visit the Web site.

Players may register by downloading the form on the association Web site at www.ahyba.org and mail it to AHYBA, P.O. Box 463, Arlington Heights, IL 60006. There are currently openings for players at all age groups. Registration priority will be given to Arlington Heights residents.

For information, questions or details on the association, visit www.ahyba.org, e-mail AHYBA1@yahoo.com or leave a message at (847) 253-2780.

Training camps: The Net Burners will hold camps for boys and girls in fourth to 10th grade. In the Paint: Post and Guard Training Camp will be held from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. Sept. 12 to Oct. 17. In the Ultimate Impact Training Camp, held from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Sept. 12 to Oct. 17, everything is covered including fundamentals, speed and agility and techniques. Both camps will take place at Palatine Birchwood Recreation Center, 435 W. Illinois St., Palatine. Those who sign up for two camps will receive a discount. Call Toron at (847) 791-5033 to sign up.

Trap Shooting

Golden BBs: A group of seven local teens attended the world shooting event called the Grand American in Sparta, Ill., recently.

Jim Hurtenbach of Mundelein, Kevin Pilling of Mundelein, Spencer Hauri of Libertyville, Brett Marquardt of Deerfield, Brett Bachman of Highland Park, Emily Sullivan of Wheeling, and Courtney Gonzales of Kenosha, Wis., participated in the largest shotgun shooting event in the world.

This group of teenagers are known as the Golden BBs. They are part of a BSA Venturing Crew sponsored by the Northbrook Sports Club.

More than 1,600 teenagers from across the country came together at the Grand to exhibit their shooting skills with the hope of representing the United States in the next Olympics. Each teenager shot 100 targets for each of the two days for a total of 200 targets. Teenagers with guns were lined up at fields for 3.5 miles.

The shotgun sports at the collegiate level and in the Olympics include skeet, trap and double trap. This is an ACU collegiate sport, which offers opportunities and scholarships for participants. Hauri, for instance, is attending the University of Illinois in September and plans to try out for the trap team.

To participate in this program, teenagers must demonstrate good grades, be able to legally possess firearms, not be on any psychiatric drugs, obtain an Illinois Firearms Owners Identification Card and be able to handle firearms in a safe and responsible manner. For more information, call (847) 830-0922.

Volleyball

September tryouts: The Sports Academy-Northwest at 355 Hastings Drive, Buffalo Grove will hold tryouts for the boys 2007-08 volleyball season at the following times.

• 15- and 16-year-olds (freshmen and sophomores) -- 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. today, 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Sept. 13, 9 to 11 a.m. Sept. 15, 9 to 11 a.m. Sept. 16 and 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Sept. 19.

There will be a parent meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. on Sept. 20.

• 17- and 18-year-olds (juniors and seniors) -- 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. today, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 13, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 15, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 16, and 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 19.

There will be a parent meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. Sept. 20.

The age definitions are:

• 18 and under (18U) -- Seniors born on or after Sept. 1, 1989, or players who were born on or after Sept. 1, 1988, and a high school student during some part of the academic year.

• 17 and under (17U) -- Juniors born on or after Sept. 1, 1990.

• 16 and under (16U) -- Sophomores born on or after Sept. 1, 1991.

• 15 and under (15U) -- Freshmen born on or after Sept. 1, 1992.

• 14 and under (14U) -- Eighth-graders born on or after Sept. 1, 1993.

• 13 and under (13U) -- Seventh-graders born on or after Sept. 1, 1994.

• 12 and under (12U) -- Sixth-graders born on or after Sept. 1, 1995.

Both the TSA tryout registration/waiver and the USAV tryout waiver and release must be completed by parent/guardian before tryouts.

For more information about TSA Club volleyball tryouts and the 2008 TSA Team USA travel program, call (847) 279-3934 or go to the Web site at www.tsanorthwest.com.