Skateboarder Waters captures Wild West title
Hailey skateboarder Jed Waters, 12, put up some mighty impressive runs Saturday at Jackson Hole, Wyo. and brought home the overall season championship of the second annual Wild West Skateboard Contest Series (WWSCS).
Before nearly 300 spectators in a high-energy competition, Waters won the Boys’ 12-and-under Street competition and finished the WWSCS series with three separate championships—overall Street champion, overall Bowls champion and overall Series champion.
The Wood River Middle School seventh-grade student is a son of Lamar and Karen Waters of Hailey. He won $650 for his overall titles and Saturday’s Street title, in addition to a hand-painted skateboard that went with his season title.
His father, Lamar Waters said, “Jed said it was the best competition he’d ever been in. And he called it the highlight of his skating career.”
One of Waters’ dazzling tricks was a McTwist with one-and-a-half spins which he landed back into the bowl and finished with a back flip into transition, his father said.
Another Ketchum skateboarder traveling to Jackson Hole last weekend also enjoyed a successful result when 14-year-old Wilder Curtis won the Bowls competition of the Young Guns 13-18 age class.
The summer series included competitions at Jackson Hole, Wyo. July 26 and Sept. 6, and at Driggs Aug. 16. There was also a bonus-point stop in Ketchum Aug. 23 as part of The Board Bin’s 12th Almost Annual Skateboard Contest at Guy Coles Skatepark.
Play golf Sept. 19 for youth hockey kids
Sun Valley Youth Hockey (SVYH) has scheduled its fifth annual benefit golf tournament called “Bigwood 9 and Dine” for Friday, Sept. 19 at Bigwood Golf Course north of Ketchum.
The afternoon event begins at 2 p.m. with registration followed by the 3 p.m. shotgun start. There will be hors d’oeuvres, dinner and no-host bar at Bigwood Grill starting at 5:30 p.m. The event includes a silent auction. All proceeds will benefit the SVYH group.
For golfers, prizes will include winner, first losers, longest drive for male and female golfers, and closest-to-the-pin.
Cost is $35 per person for dinner/auction only, $95 for golf/dinner or $350 per four-member team. Fees include golf, cart, dinner, auction and prizes. Sponsorship opportunities include $150 hole sponsor.
The tournament is limited to the first 60 golfers registered and paid. Deadline to register is Wednesday, Sept. 17. Pay by check or by credit card.
Call Chris Benson at 720-0172 for more golf tournament details or email him at chris@svwsd.com. Questions about sponsorships or raffle auction items can be addressed to Sarah Benson at 720-3086 or sarah@solut.com.
Sun Valley women sweep in team tennis
The Sun Valley Women’s 7.0 team SV/Onken completed its sweep of the Treasure Valley TV-JFeely team Sunday with a decisive 3-0 win at the 2014 Idaho Tennis Association's Adult 65-and-over district championships at the Boise Racquet and Swim Club. Captained by Patti Onken, the team consisted of players Linda Fraser, Pam Jane Barnette, Nancy Auseklis, Lesley Bisset Hardy, Susan Rippon, Margaret A. Haase and JoAnne M. Frohman. With the result, the SV/Onken team (3-0 in local league, 3-0 district) is hoping to advance to a national tournament in its class next spring in Arizona.
Cyclists at USA Cycling Masters Nationals
Durance-Colnago bicycle racers Patty Puz and John Swyers earned medals during the USA Cycling Masters Road Nationals and Time Trials Sept. 3-4 at Ogden, Utah.
Patty Puz won the time trial gold in the Women’s Masters 75-79 age group with a 45:05 time on Sept. 3. John Swyers captured the time trial silver medal in the Men’s Masters 75-79 class with a 36:17 clocking. On Sept. 4, Swyers placed sixth in the Masters 75-79 road race with a 2.06:50 final time.
Friday’s 45-mile national road race starting and finishing at Snowbasin Lodge saw part-time Sun Valley resident Rich Mull of Malibu, Ca. finished on the Men’s 60-64 podium in third place. Boise’s Michael Tobin was second in Men’s 50-54 and Ketchum’s Jon Engen 26th in the 55-59 group.
Nasty 9 Trail Run is Saturday
The Wood River YMCA’s Nasty 9 single track trail run, formerly called the Trail Creek 12-kilometer run, is Saturday, Sept. 13 starting at 8 a.m. out Corral Creek Rd., near its intersection with Trail Creek Rd. east of Sun Valley. Packet pick-up is from 6:30-7:45 a.m. Saturday at the race site. There will be awards to the top finishers plus light fare during the fourth annual event. Visit woodriverymca.org or sign up at runsignup.com. Race fee is $40. For details, email bmitchell@woodriverymca.org.
Bigwood Ladies League golf winners
Ketchum’s Bigwood Golf Course has crowned its top Ladies League golfers. Taking first was Barbie Morgan 79-81 for 160. In second was Donna Kostens 81-80 for 161. Third was Juli Webb 88-94 for 182.
Senior Connection “Roadrunner” 5k run/walk is Sept. 20
Sign up for the fifth annual Blaine County Senior Connection “Roadrunner” 5-kilometer fun run/walk Saturday, Sept. 20 at 11 a.m. in Hailey. Entry fees paid by Sept. 18 at blainecountyseniors.org are $20 individual and $10 for 17-and-under (including the barbecue lunch). Day-of-race fees are $30 individuals, $20 youth.
Bigwood Open golf Sept. 13-14
Golfers will converge on Ketchum’s Bigwood Golf Course for the 36-hole stroke play Bigwood Open golf tournament on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 13-14, with tee times at 9 a.m. each day. The tournament entry fee of $30 members and $60 general public (cart extra) includes a practice round Friday, Sept. 12. Call 726-4024 for tee times on the practice round and sign-ups.
Payette Lake runners
Among the 139 finishers in the 8.6-mile Payette Lake Run Aug. 31 at Carey Park in McCall were Ketchum’s Andrea Mazzoni and her daughter Sophia Mazzoni. Community School eighth-grader Sophia Mazzoni, 13, won the Women’s 10-19 class and placed 48th overall (21st of 94 females) in 1.17:21. Andrea Mazzoni, 47, was 50th overall and 23rd among women at 1.17:31.
Harriman Boulder Dash run results
Tom Liby of Boise (1.05:31) and Angenie McCleary of Ketchum (1.24:21) led 27 running in Sunday’s second annual Harriman Trail Boulder Dash 10-mile run from Baker Creek in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area to Galena Lodge north of Ketchum.
Results, with times in hours, minutes and seconds:
MEN
PLACE, NAME, AGE.................. TIME
1—Tom Liby........................... 1.05:31
2—Brad Mitchell........................................ 1.10:34
3—Hannes Achhorner............................... 1.16:15
4—John Kurtz.............................................. 1.18:38
5—Dave Keir................................................ 1.26:18
6—Mike Gordon......................................... 1.30:58
7—Eric Hall................................................... 1.41:55
8—Wolfgang Kuhn...................................... 2.11:42
WOMEN
PLACE, NAME, AGE.................. TIME
1—Angenie McCleary............. 1.24:21
2—Julie Kearney....................................... 1.28:26
3—Amber Mullen...................................... 1.30:45
4—Eva Wolf.................................................. 1.36:06
5—Julie Siegel........................................... 1.36:07
6—Tizz Miller............................................. 1.37:08
7—Gadrie Edmunds.................................. 1.37:37
8—Leslie Howa.......................................... 1.38:58
9—Julie Cord............................................... 1.40:13
10—Vicky Galena....................................... 1.41:24
11—Jessica Gouley.................................... 1.44:18
12—Sarah Seppa......................................... 1.46:26
13—Kristin Cassalia................................ 1.46:58
14—Shannon McLean................................. 1.51:24
15—Darrie Marks...................................... 1.53:20
16—Nicole Kearney.................................. 1.55:25
17—Maggie Howard.................................. 1.59:47
17—Suzy Quesnel...................................... 1.59:47
17—Erin Finnegan...................................... 1.59:47
