Local girl wins vaulting championship
Ben Lomond’s Emily Hogye took first place at the regional horse vaulting competition in Grass Valley over the weekend.
Hogye, 15, is a member of the Brookside Vaulters of Ben Lomond. She took first place overall after a flawless freestyle routine July 20 through 24.
She will head to the national competition in Denver in August.
In addition to competing, Hogye coaches the younger Brookside girls — several of whom earned ribbons at the weekend’s competition — under the guidance of her mother, Mona Hogye.
Nine-year-olds Simone Sutton and Ruby Monroe and sisters Robyn and Rachel Davies, 10 and 8, took home first- and second-place ribbons in several events at the regional competition. They are all students at San Lorenzo Elementary School, except Monroe, who is home-schooled.
Sutton, Monroe and Emily Rose, a 17-year-old who attends SLV High School, also claimed first-place honors for their triple routine on the barrel.
Vaulting consists of gymnastic routines on the back of a moving horse trained specifically for the sport.
For information: The American Vaulting Association, www.americanvaulting.org.
Volleyball coach plans meet-and-greet
Zoe Beltz, Scotts Valley High’s new girls volleyball coach, will meet with the team and new prospects at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 3, at the high school gym, 555 Glenwood Drive, in Scotts Valley.
For information:
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Felton man hits hole-in-one
Ben Bidmon, 28, of Felton, hit a hole-in-one at Valley Gardens Golf Course in Scotts Valley on July 19. He used an eight iron on the ninth hole to sink the 118-yard shot.
Bidmon said he has been playing since last summer and he hoped it would be the first of many holes-in-one to come.
Sign-ups start for fall hoops league
Mount Hermon Conference Center is registering players for its fall recreational basketball league.
After a successful launch in the spring, organizer Matt Meisner hopes to expand the league to two or three divisions of competition in the fall.
Games will be played Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Mount Hermon Fieldhouse from Sept. 8 to Nov. 20. Each team will play nine games, plus playoffs.
Cost is $500 per team. Registration closes Sept. 1. League winners will receive a 50 percent discount for spring league registration and championship T-shirts.
For information: Matt Meisner, 430-1219.
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