Neighbor sports

Football

Summer camps: Chicago Bears Youth Football Camps will be offered in June and July. The camps are non-contact day camps for youngsters ages 6 to 14. Kids will be taught athletic, football and life skills. The camp will be taught by professional educators, along with former Chicago Bears Mickey Pruitt, Kris Haines and Wendell Davis. Chicago Bears youth camps offer comprehensive skill instruction while maintaining a 10:1 student to instructor ratio. Local camps include the following:

• June 16 to 20 -- 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., St. Alphonsus Church, 411 Wheeling Road, Prospect Heights.

• June 23 to 27 -- 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Barbara Rose School, 61 W. Penny Road, Barrington.

• June 23 to 27 ---- 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Deerpath Middle School, 95 W. Deerpath Road, Lake Forest.

• July 7 to 11 -- 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Campanelli YMCA, 300 W. Wise Road, Schaumburg.

• July 14 to 18 -- 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Poe School, 2800 N. Highland Ave., Arlington Heights.

• July 14 to 18 -- 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Laura B. Sprague School, 2425 Riverwoods Drive, Lincolnshire.

• July 21 to 25 -- 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Barbara Rose School, 61 W. Penny Road, Barrington.

• July 21 to 25 -- 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Highland School, 310 W. Rockland Road, Libertyville.

Sign up by today and save $25 on camp registration. First-aid trained staff and an athletic trainer are available at all camps.

For more information, call Chicago Bears Youth Football Camps at (312) 226-7776 or visit the Web site at prosports experience.com/bears/

Golf

Substitutes needed: The Elk Grove Village Senior Men's Golf League, which plays on Tuesday mornings at Fox Run Golf Links, needs substitutes. This is a handicapped league with four flights and tee off at 7:30 a.m. Substitutes will fill in for absent members, are guaranteed to play, and do not have to be Elk Grove Village residents.

The season starts April 22, and runs until Sept. 2. There will be a meeting of members and substitutes to organize teams and explain rules on Tuesday. For more information, call Gerald Aleksy at (847) 910-1247.

Gymnastics

State meet winner: Jenna Mauk of Schaumburg, a gymnast for Balance Institute of Gymnastics in Burr Ridge, competed March 16 at the Level 6 Child A State Meet held at DuPage Expo Center in St. Charles.

Twenty-one teams from Illinois competed after qualifying with a minimum 34.0 score. Mauk won first place All-Around with a score of 37.475, taking first on beam with a 9.8, second on floor, 9.425; second on vault, 9.425; and ninth on uneven bars, 8.825. BIG placed first in Super Team under the coaching of Ben Hardy, Julie Stepanchenko, Jess Herbick and Drew Tsokatos Jr.

Last year, two weeks before the Level 5 state meet, Mauk broke a bone in her foot while healing a fractured ankle after she had swept first-place wins in several events as well as all-around titles during the season.

Under the guidance and care of doctors, therapist and coaches, she competed and earned second place as the all-around, missing first place by only .025.

After missing the first half of the Level 6 season, Mauk returned to competition in January and qualified for state at her first meet. She went on to win every all-around the remainder of the season. She will now advance to Level 7.