USA Hockey Referee Clinic takes place Sunday
New and returning ice hockey referees and officials are invited to a USA Hockey Referee Clinic on Sunday, Oct. 26 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., meeting at Sun Valley City Hall. The clinic is designed for new (Level 1) referees and for all returning referees (Levels 2 and 3) with the exception of Level 4. Bring full gear because there will be at least 90 minutes of ice time. Tests will be administered Sunday. Call Bobby Noyes 720-1257 for details.
Early-bird passes for Soldier Mountain Ski Area on sale
Early-bird 2008-09 season passes are on sale for Soldier Mountain Ski Area north of Fairfield. The sale prices are the same as last year, although there have been some price increases—so save by buying early. Pick up the pass order forms at Sturtevants in Hailey along with Claude's Sports in Fairfield and in Twin Falls.
"Girls got Game" clinic in hockey
Fall is quickly ending and winter is approaching. That means hockey season is right around the corner.
Wood River High School student Devan Ellison Annan is putting on a girls' hockey clinic for her senior project. Called "Girls Got Game," the one-day clinic will be Sunday, Nov. 2 at the Sun Valley Skating Center. The Sun Valley U19 girls' hockey team will conduct the clinic.
Girls ages 5-8 will have dry-land instruction from 9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. They'll have 30 minutes to change and will be on ice from 11 a.m.-12 noon. Girls ages 9-12 have dry-land from 10:45-11:45 a.m., and are on ice from 12:15-1:15 p.m.
The camp is open for all girls, every age level. Skates, sticks, elbow pads, and shin pads will be available for use. Bring any gear you own—tennis shoes, any type of sports helmet, winter gloves, long pants, long sleeved t-shirt and a water bottle.
"Girls Got Game" costs $20 and all proceeds go to the Sun Valley U19 Girls' Hockey Team. To sign up or for any questions please call Devan Ellison Annan. 309-0949 or e-mail hockeygirl49@hotmail.com.
Parent, player meetings set for WRHS basketball, wrestling
Wood River High School athletic director John Rade has announced dates for basketball and wrestling player and parent meetings for the upcoming 2008-09 seasons. All the meetings will be held in the school's Distance Learning Center.
The girls' basketball meeting is Monday, Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. (first practices Nov. 3). The boys' basketball meeting is Wednesday, Nov. 5, also at 7 p.m. (first practices Nov. 14). And the wrestling meeting is Monday, Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. (first practices Nov. 24).
Senior hockey registration
B League ($235 per person) and B+ League ($235) hockey league registration and league fees will be due on or before Friday, Oct. 31.
Forms for the 2008-09 season may be picked up and dropped off at Sturtevants in Ketchum or Hailey. The league will not accept any players Oct. 31. Consideration will be given to skaters who played in the league last year. Once a player is placed on a team then the registration fee will become non-refundable.
Organized competition with goalies and a referee, B League hockey is designed to be a fun co-ed adult (19-and-older) recreational league with no record of wins or loses recorded and no end-of-the-season tourney.
The B+ League is a competitive co-ed adult (19-and-older) league with wins and losses recorded and a championship tournament at the end of the season. Players must be able to skate at an A or B level. Players must also register online with USA Hockey (visit USAhockey.com and click on register online). Print out the form and attach to your registration. No player will be allowed to skate who is not USA Hockey registered. Contact Terry Crawford at 720-4465 or terrykart@aol.com.
Final game arrives Friday for Hailey grid team
It's not a great way to spend the season's final two games.
Wood River High School's football team lost 54-7 Friday to a red-hot Hillcrest Knights squad in Idaho Falls. And the Wolverines will be playing this Friday against a smokin' hot Jerome team that got smoked by Minico 42-28 last week.
Game time is 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24 for the Wood River season finale on the Jerome field.
Coach Mike Glenn's Wolverines (1-6, 0-2 league) lost by only an 18-17 score on their last trip to Jerome in 2006, but the score isn't likely to be as close this time around—not with coach Gary Krumm's Tigers (5-2, 1-1) fuming after their 14-point loss to Minico in Rupert last Friday.
Ranked fifth in the Idahosports.com 4A poll, Minico (6-1, 3-0) by beating Jerome on its home field captured its fourth consecutive Great Basin Conference West title and stretched its GBW league winning streak to 12 games dating back to 2004.
The outcome relegated Jerome to second place in the GBW for a third straight year. It gave the Tigers a Great Eight Playoffs first-round date Oct. 31 with the loser of this Friday's Blackfoot-Hillcrest Sixth District finale, a championship game to be played in Blackfoot.
Ranked second in the 4A poll, Hillcrest (6-1, 2-0 league) tuned up for its big clash with top-ranked Blackfoot (7-1, 2-0) by spotting Wood River an early touchdown and putting 33 points on the board in the second quarter for a 47-7 lead.
Senior Sean Bunce (48 yards rushing) scored the first touchdown of the game and junior quarterback Juan Martinez completed five passes for 89 yards at Hillcrest.
Coach Glenn said, "We had excellent execution on that first touchdown drive."
