Community sports briefs

Erika Sosa and Blanca Sosa qualified for two events each at the Pacific Association USA Track and Field Championships last weekend in Livermore.

Erika Sosa, a sophomore at Carson High School, competed in the 3,000-meter and 1,500-meter events in the Intermediate Division. She finished third in the 3,000 in a time of 12:30. She was sixth in the 1,500 in 5:38.

Blanca Sosa, competing in the Bantam Division, finished third in the 1,500 with a time of 5:56, a personal record for her. She took eighth in the 800 with a time of 3:07.

Two tied in

Comstock league

Dean's Machine and Twisted Stix Too are tied for first in Division 63 of the Comstock League of the American Pool Players Association.

Both teams have 361 points followed by Tommy's with 347 points and The Mutts at 325.

Tommy's Carl Miller and Gary Franks of the Trouble Makers are tied for first at 15 in the 4-5 tier, while William Kenson from the Trouble Makers is third with 11 points. Don Allred of the Rat Pack leads the 6-9 tier with 12 points, while Todd Robertson is next at 11. Kenneth Collins of The Mutts leads the 1-3 tier with 14 points and the Trouble Makers' Corrine Macauley is second with 12 points.

In the Mosconi 231 Division, Cues Yer Daddy leads the way with 21 points, while Jerry's Kids, Rat Pack and Twisted Stix are tied for second with 20 points. Big Dogs is in fifth with 19 points.

Larry Knutson of Jerry's Kids is tied for first place in the 4-5 tier with James Ostin of Cues Yer Daddy and Shaun Larson of the Sliders. All three players have 13 points. Daniel Dauber from the Sliders is in fourth place with 12 points.

In the 6-7 tier, David Giovacchini leads the way with 20 points. Allred is next with 17, while Robertson and Kenneth Hansen of the Rat Pack are tied for third with 15. In the 2-3 tier, Robert Bogue of Crowbar is first with 18, followed by Robert Bridges of Anarchy Nation at 15 and Kim Dandos of Twisted Stix is at 14.

CHS hoop camp

scheduled for July

The annual Senators' Summer Slam Basketball camp headed by CHS basketball coach Bruce Barnes and his staff is scheduled for July 13-14 at Carson High School.

The camp will run from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. each day. The cost is $95 which includes a T-shirt to be worn at camp.

For more information, contact Barnes at 887-3479 or 885-0978.

Wicker captures

NNJGA event

Douglas High senior Thomas Wicker shot a three-under par 69 at Washoe Golf Course on recently to win the NNJGA City Junior Championship by five strokes.

The win brought his NNJGA stroke average to 72.3, qualifying him to represent Nevada at the Boys Americas Cup Team Matches. Wicker and Galena High senior Andrew Mims will join two players from Southern Nevada to make up the Nevada team.

Wicker's round included many ups and downs on the way to shooting 69. After bogeying the first hole, Wicker birdied 3,4 and 7 to shoot a two-under 34 on the front nine. He then missed putts from inside four feet on 10 and 11, and bogeyed the par-5 14th.

With his score at even par, Wicker made a charge on the last three holes, chipping in on holes 16 and 18 to finish birdie-par-eagle.

The 69 is Wicker's lowest since he shot a 68 at Wolf Run in March.

2 locals barely miss

qualifying for Open

Two area golfers missed qualifying for the U.S. Senior Open golf tournament by a single stroke on Monday.

Jeff Duncan of Carson City and Michael Paul of Reno fired 3-over-par rounds of 75 during sectional qualifying at Thunder Canyon Golf Club in Washoe Valley.

Dennis Webb, an amateur from Beaumont, Texas, shot a 74 to claim the site's one berth into the U.S. Senior Open on July 30 through Aug. 2 at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Ind.

Duncan, however, still has an outside chance of playing in the Open as a first alternate.