Mat-Su sports briefs

PHS football sign-ups

The Palmer High School football program is hosting registration and offering physicals to students interested in participating in football during the 2004 season.

Registration is scheduled for Saturday, July 24 from 9- 11 a.m. at PHS. A meeting for the players and parents is scheduled for 11:15 a.m. Students are asked to bring their sports fee.

Students who can not attend the registration can also sign up on the first day of practice, Aug. 2, but will need to get their own physical. Practice will start at 2 p.m. and students are asked to arrive early to sign up.

The PHS football program welcomes students new to the school and new to the program.

For additional information, contact head coach

Rod Christiansen at 746-0938.

Dance clinic

The Palmer High School dance team is hosting a jazz/hip-hop dance clinic, July 27-28 at the Palmer Train Depot.

The clinic is open to participants ages 8-18. There will be three four-hour sessions. A different dance is taught each session.

The cost is $20 each session, two sessions for $30 or all three sessions for $45.

Please call 745-2395 or 232-0686 for more information, or pre-register at www.palmerdanceteam.com.

Dance team tryouts

The Palmer High School dance team is holding tryouts on Aug. 10, from 10 a.m. to noon, in the PHS lower commons.

For more information call 745-2395 or e-mail palmerdanceteam@hotmail.com.

Summer Elite Hockey Camp

The annual Summer Elite Hockey camp is scheduled for Aug. 16-20 at the Curt Menard II Memorial Ice Arena in Wasilla.

The camp features instruction in three age divisions: mites/squirts, pee-wee/bantom and high school/college. The guest instructor for the camp is former University of Connecticut standout and Wesleyan College head coach Chris Potter.

Potter is a former All-American, professional player and recipient of coach of the year honors.

The cost of the camp is $185 for players in the mite, squirt, pee-wee and bantom age classes and $95.00 for high school and college players. The price for goaltenders in each age group is $95. The mites and squirts meet each night from 4-6 p.m., pee-wee and bantom meet each night from 6:15-8:30 p.m. and high school and college players meet from 8:45- 10 p.m.

For more information contact Eric Troisi

at 373-1554.

ABC basketball camp

ABC Alaska is hosting a summer basketball camp Aug. 9-21.

Each week of the camp will feature five daily, two-hour sessions for athletes ages 7-17.

Each session will include shooting instruction and drills, scrimmaging and instruction emphasizing the transition game, pick-and-roll motion offense, teamwork, rebounding and defense.

The cost of the camp is $95 for one week and $190 for both weeks. Each camper will receive a T-shirt and a chance to win awards in contests sponsored by the clinic. The camp is sponsored by the Wasilla High School booster club.

For a registration form or more information, contact Lew Bradley at 745-4644.

PHS needs head coaches

Palmer High School is currently in search of head coaches for its hockey and swimming programs.

If interested, contact PHS activities director Brandon Blake at 746-5309.

WHS cheer coach needed

Wasilla High School is currently looking for an assistant junior varsity football cheerleading coach.

If interested contact WHS assistant principal Dan Michael 352-8218.

Send us your news about former Valley athletes

The Frontiersman would like to feature any news on the progress of former Valley athletes as they compete on the collegiate or professional level. On a regular basis, Hometown Heroes appears in the sports pages of the Frontiersman.

Send us the information about the Valley's collegiate athletes via phone (352-2273), fax (352-2276) or e-mail your news to (sports@frontiersman.com).

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