Sports Shorts
Published 10:32 pm Thursday, October 2, 2008
Mount Si boasts hole-in-one
Bruce Tate of Bellevue made a hole-in-one at the Mount Si Golf Course recently. The shot was made using a 5-wood on the 17th hole at a distance of 168 yards.
Join junior golf league at Mount Si
Youth younger than age 18 are invited to join a Sunday junior league now underway at Mount Si Golf Course. Players should arrive by 4 p.m. to warm up and sign in, and tee times start at 5 p.m. Participants are required to fill out a registration form and sign up on a week-to-week basis.
This is a nine-hole league and the cost per week is $20 per player, which includes green fees, one warm-up range token per player, a weekly competition and instructor time on the range before tee-off times. Players must sign up to play no later than the close of business on the Thursday of the week they wish to play. The league is limited to the first 24 who sign up.
For more information, visit www.mtsigolf.com or contact Brandon Proudfoot at (425) 802-5482 or e-mail him at brandon@mtsigolf.com.
Trenkamp’s first college softball season comes to a close
The college softball season for a local freshman has come to a tough end in during the team’s conference tournament.
Amy Trenkamp, a former Mount Si High School star shortstop who played several positions this season for Charleston Southern University (CSU), went 1-4 in her team’s final contest of the season, a 3-2 loss to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi May 12 in the Big South Tournament presented by Aeropostale.
The Buccaneers finished their year 14-40-1 after two straight losses in the tournament: First, a 12-0 shellacking at the hands of eventual runner-up Radford, who was the host school for the tournament, then the loss to TA&M-community college.
Trenkamp, after early struggles this season, finished the year with a respectable .268 batting average. She hit six doubles and three triples this season, and had decent on-base (.333) and slugging (.366) percentages. The freshman stole three bases this season, which tied for second on the Buccaneers.
CSU coach Jeff Aumend, in a news release, said, “This season was a great building experience for the future.”
Sign up for rowing classes
The Sammamish Rowing Association is currently accepting applications for its June and July learn-to-row sessions.
Classes begin June 3 and meet twice a week for the four-week session. The cost is $75. Four different class times are available.
No experience is required and all ages are welcome. Sessions will continue monthly through October. The Sammamish Rowing Association also offers sweep and sculling classes for all levels on an ongoing basis.
For more information, go to visit www.srarowing.com or call (425) 653-2583. The Sammamish Rowing Association is located in Redmond at 5022 W. Lake Sammamish Blvd., just south of the entrance to Marymoor Park.
Two ex-Wildcat softball stars honored
Two former Mount Si Wildcat softball players received big honors last week.
Kayla Jayne and Ashley Svarthumle, both playing for Pierce College, were named to the first team of the West Division for the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges (NWAACC).
The two ex-Wildcats were among four Pierce players who made the first team and three who made the second team. Teammate Yukari Kuranuki was named division “most valuable player” for leading her Pierce squad to a strong 23-7 finish in league, 26-26 overall.
As for Svarthumle, her efforts in helping her team did not go unnoticed. The freshman hit 14 home runs and picked up 72 runs batted in this season. The home run total tied for fifth in the league, while the RBI number tied for second, just five behind the league leader, Ryanne Horton of South Puget Sound. Horton picked up 77 runs batted in this season.
The season came to an end for Pierce May 19-20 at the NWAACC tournament in Portland. After winning their first game, they lost their next two. In the last game, against Edmonds, Jayne hit a home run, but it was not enough as Edmonds Community College won 15-6.
Tennis camp scheduled for Mount Si
A week-long camp that will teach local youth the skills necessary to succeed in the sport of tennis has been scheduled for Mount Si High School in July.
The Mount Si Tennis Summer Tennis Camp is geared for youth ages 5-14 and will be held in the afternoons from July 17-21 at the high school. Ages 5-7 will meet from 4-5 p.m.; with ages 8-11 receiving instruction from 5-6 p.m. Ages 12-14 will finish out the schedule and meet from 6-7 p.m. Instruction will be provided by Mount Si varsity boys’ coach Gary Olson and girls’ coach Sue Gallacher. Cost for this week of instruction is $50, which includes a T-shirt.
For more information, please contact Gallacher at (425) 922-1888 or by e-mail at gallachers@issaquah.wednet.edu.
Wildcat girls’ hoops camp coming soon
The 2006 Mount Si Girls’ Summer Basketball Camp is right around the corner. The camp, to be held from June 26-30 at Mount Si High School’s gymnasium, will teach girls in grades 3-9 the skills necessary to be successful high-school players in the Wildcat girls’ hoops program. Younger campers in grades 3-6 will meet from 9 a.m. to noon, and older campers from grades 7-9 will meet from 12:30-3:30 p.m.
The camp, directed by Mount Si girls’ basketball coach Dirk Hansen, will feature drills, games and a motivational video.
The camp costs $60, which includes a T-shirt. For more information, call Hansen at (425) 831-8172 or e-mail him at hansend@snoqualmie.k12.wa.us.
MSHS soccer program schedules camps
The Mount Si soccer program, called “Wildcat Attack Camps,” will be held over three separate weeks in July in Snoqualmie.
The camps, directed by Mount Si varsity boys’ and girls’ soccer coach Darren Brown, will provide individualized training for players ages 5-13. Participants will learn skills necessary to compete at the highest levels of youth and high-school soccer. This is the second year these camps have been conducted.
Brown will be joined over the three weeks by current and former Wildcat players. Leading the list is Kristen Berndt. Berndt, who will be a junior this fall at Whitman College, has taken the Missionaries and the Northwest Conference by storm with her goal-scoring abilities. Also expected to assist Brown are Yosef Yetneberk, Jordan Tipton, Krisi Lund, Kali Roestel and current Wildcat goalkeepers Cody Tipton, Bryce Werman and Jessica Blessard.
The camps will take place at Snoqualmie Middle School during the weeks of July 11-14, 18-21 and 25-28. The camps are Tuesday through Friday of each week from 9 a.m. to noon. Cost is $80 per week, which includes a T-shirt. For a brochure with more information, drop by Snoqualmie Middle School during business hours or call Brown at (253) 961-7632.
