Sports Briefs: Burroughs’ fabulous freshman swims at state
Wilson concludes stellar debut season
One of the finest swimming campaigns in city history came to a close on Friday afternoon at the 2017 CIF State Swimming and Diving Championships at Clovis High.
Burroughs High freshman standout Maya Wilson swam to a 25th-place mark of 1 minute 53.50 seconds in the 200-yard freestyle preliminaries.
The top 16 advanced to the final day on Saturday.
Wilson was the only area girls’ swimmer to advance to a CIF Southern Section Division II championship race and was the only area swimmer, boy or girl, to accept a bid to the state championships.
Tubert makes cut at Kingsmill Championship
Burroughs High alumna Emily Tubert matched her effort from Thursday’s opening round of the LPGA Kingsmill Championship in Williamsburg, VA with a one-over 71 at Friday.
The 71 matched Tubert’s 71 from Thursday as the rookie, who has a Rolex World ranking of No. 496, has a two-day total of even-par 142.
While Tubert is tied with nine players for 65th place, the good news is that the Burbank native just made the cut by one stroke and earned advancement to Saturday’s third round.
Tubert will be teeing off in the third group at 6:25 a.m. (PDT).
Indians youth volleyball camps
Boys’ and girls’ volleyball players 8-14 can hone their skills and learn about the sport at a Real’s Youth Volleyball Camps.
Under the direction of Burroughs High girls’ volleyball coach Edwin Real, the camps will be held at the school’s gym. The sessions are: general skills camp (2-5 p.m. June 5-8); setters/hitters camp (2-3:30 p.m. June 5-8); serve/pass/defense camp (3:30-5 p.m. June 5-8); general skills camp (9 a.m.-noon July 17-20); general skills camp (noon-3 p.m. Aug. 7-10)
The cost is $130 for the general skills camps and $100 for the other camps. There is also a discount for multiple camps.
The fee includes a camp T-shirt, knee pads and a water bottle.
Participants will learn fundamentals, including passing, spiking and serving. In addition, offensive and defensive formations will be taught, including serve-reception, blocking and digging.
Real has more than 25 years of coaching experience. Also at the camp will be Burroughs boys’ coach Joel Brinton, who has almost 20 years of playing and coaching experience, along with former Indians’ All-CIF and all-league standouts and collegiate players Robbie Rutecki, Katie Rutecki, Caitlin Cottrell and Dani Gonzalez.
For more information, call (818) 558-4777 ext. 65903.
