Is another Josh Hamilton waiting to emerge from the Triangle's baseball ranks?
He might get some help from an Eastern North Carolina baseball family.
On Jan. 8, the Narron family and friends will conduct a free skills clinic for players in the seventh grade.
Players from the Capital City Crew and the Raleigh Youth Hockey
Association will get to learn from two ice hockey icons Saturday when
Willie O'Ree and Tony McKegney visit for a Hockey Is For Everyone
clinic coordinated by the National Hockey League and the Carolina
Hurricanes.
The clinic takes place 4-6 p.m. at the Cary Ice House,
which is located at 1410 Buck Jones Road. Only invited players will be
on the ice, but spectators are welcome. Admission will be free.
O'Ree and McKegney
serve as ambassadors for the NHL's Hockey Is For Everyone Initiative.
In 1958, O'Ree became the first black player in the NHL, and in 1988,
McKegney became the first black player to score 40 goals in a season.
Youth football coaches get a chance to learn from high school coaches this weekend.
The CB Custom Homes Johnston County Football Coaches Clinic will be
held 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Saturday at the Smithfield Recreation
and Aquatics Center.
Speakers will include Tuscola coach Donnie Kiefer, South Johnston coach
Joe Salas, Athens Drive coach Jeff Smouse, Wake Forest-Rolesville coach
Reggie Lucas and East Duplin coach Brian Aldridge.
Free stuff is good, and a baseball game ticket and a complimentary
glove from Rawlings await the first 100 registrants for a May 22 youth
baseball clinic in Cary.
Players ages 8-14 will receive instruction from some of the nation's
best college players and coaches.
Leading the camp will be Mount Olive
College coach Carl Lancaster, who guided the Trojans to the 2008 NCAA
Division II championship and was the American Baseball Coaches
Association's national coach of the year.
An Olympic gold-medalist is coming to the Triangle to share his experiences and expertise with recreational and competitive swimmers.
Peter Vanderkaay, who won gold medals on the 800 freestyle relay teams at the Athens Olympics and the Beijing Olympics, will visit Raleigh for the clinic on April 17.
He will instruct swimmers during the Speedo Olympic Swim Clinic being held 9-11 a.m. at N.C. State's Willis Casey Natatorium.
Duke University's volleyball team will host a free volleyball clinic for middle school girls in grades 4-6 on Monday in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Open to players of all skill levels, the clinic will start with an open
practice session from 3 to 4:30 p.m. that will allow participants to
watch the Blue Devils practice.
Then, Duke players and coaches will be on hand from 4:30 p.m. until 6 p.m. to provide instruction as campers go through drills.
The Triangle's youth soccer players get a chance to learn from professional players on Sunday when the Carolina RailHawks host a free clinic.
The clinic, which is open to ages 5-13, takes place at 10:30 a.m. and
lasts until 2 p.m. at Bond Park in Cary. Registration starts at 9:30
a.m. Players from the RailHawks, who lead the United Soccer Leagues
First Division, will teach skills and offer tips.
West Raleigh is at it again.
The West Raleigh 10U Cal Ripken All-Star team is heading to the Cal Ripken World Series this month, hoping to match last year's 10U team, which won the World Series played in Abbeyville, La.
This year's West Raleigh Baseball Association 10U team is headed for Lamar, Colo., near Denver, where the 10-team, double-elimination championship event will be played Aug. 13-23.
