Neighbor Sports
Baseball, softball
Skills clinic:ŒThe Buffalo Grove-Hot Shots Baseball Skills Clinic for 6- to 8-year-old boys and girls will be held from 5 to 5:45 p.m. Thursdays, Jan. 17 to March 6. The clinic will help players get ready for spring, and learn proper fundamentals. The program stresses proper stretching. hitting and pitching mechanics, infield and outfield footwork, base running, game play and strategy, and at-home practice tips. Participants should bring their own bats and gloves.
For more information, call Steve Duman at (773) 991-6682, or e-mail steve@hotshotsspons.org.
Camp-Clinic: Registration is open for the 8th Annual Wildcat Fastpitch Winter Softball Camp-Clinic for female athletes between the ages of 9 and 14 years old. There are no residency requirements are necessary. The clinic starts Jan. 6 and will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Wheeling High School Field House, Elmhurst and Hintz roads, Wheeling.
Professional and college hitting and pitching instructors will participate. Training will cover hitting, pitching, base running and defense. Pitching instruction will be limited to the first 20 requests.
The cost is $80 for the January-February clinic. The number of participants is limited to 50, so register as soon as possible. Mail registration fee, along with participant's name, address, age and what session you are interested in, to: "Wildcat Clinics," c/o Rick McCoy, 567 Briarwood, Wheeling, IL 60090. For information, contact Program Director Rick McCoy at (847) 520-4249 or wcatsb@comcast.net.
Coaches wanted:ŒElk Grove Travelers, a not-for-profit organization, is currently searching for coaches for its part-time travel teams. The program usually runs from January through July. Practices are held indoors at least once a week in January and February and outdoors in March. Anyone interested, should send their sports resumes to Steve Brandt at sjbrandt@sbcglobal.net.
Basketball
Feeder tryouts:ŒHersey Feeder Basketball tryouts for boys in sixth, seventh and eighth grades will be held at the following times on both Dec. 15 and 16 in the East Gym at Hersey High School, 1900 E. Thomas, Arlington Heights.
• sixth grade -- noon to 1:45 p.m.
• seventh grade -- 2 to 3:45 p.m.
• eighth grade -- 4 to 5:45 p.m.
Park in the rear of the school and enter the door nearest the tennis courts. Anyone with questions, call Tom Garms, (847) 253-9758.
Miscellaneous
Winter camps:ŒThe Northwest Special Recreation Association will hold Winter Break Camps Jan. 2-4 in the northwest suburbs. Three full days of action are planned, including crafts, gym activities, swimming and socializing. A community outing will be planned for one of the days. The cost for all camps is $67.50. They will be held at the following locations.
• 6310 Frosty's Kids Camp, Jack Claes Pavilion
• 6330 Camp Chillin', Wheeling Community Center
• 6340 Winter Wonderland Camp, Bartlett Community Center
• 6320 Urban Adventures Too, NWSRA/Park Central, communities outings planned daily
• 7720 Winter Fun Gymnastics Camp, Palatine Community Center (for NWSRA gymnasts only)
For information, call (847) 392-2848, ext. 264, e-mail bselders@nwsra.org or go the Web site at www.nwsra.org.
Wrestling
Annual meet:ŒThe Sharks Wrestling Club will host its annual meet Sunday at Maine East High School, 2601 Dempster St., Park Ridge. Over 45 clubs participated last year fielding more than 500 young wrestlers in competition. The meet runs from early morning until late afternoon with 11 matches in progress at any given time.
Parents of children who are interested in the sport and range in age from 5 to 14 years old should call Mike Conrad at (847) 299-7531 for information on club membership or meet participation.
Winter program: The Junior Patriot Wrestling Club program for youngsters in third to eighth grade offered at Stevenson High School will teach wrestling fundamentals and instill values of hard work, self-discipline and the importance of goal setting. The season begins this month and ends in March (optional spring workouts will continue March through May). Practices will be held two or three times a week and will each last for one or two hours. The team will compete in five to seven tournaments and wrestle against other clubs in head to head dual meets. The fee is $260. No prior experience in the sport is required.
Anyone interested may join this club at any time. For information contact PREP at (847) 634-4000, ext. 1300 or visit the Web site at www6.district125.k12.il.us/prep/.