San Diego Roundup : Lakeside Rodeo Draws Champions
Current world champion bareback bronc rider Kenny Phillips will be among the cowboys competing in the 22nd annual Lakeside Rodeo this weekend at the Lakeside Rodeo Arena.
Phillips, of Cowelsville, N.Y., will be competing against 1984 world champion Dave Anderson of Waconia, Minn., and 1984 national champion Bobby Cooper of Houston.
In the steer wrestling competition, Dale Yerigan will be competing against former world champion and fellow Ada, Okla., resident Red Doffin.
Defending world champion saddlebronc rider Justin Roe and world champion bull rider Terry Doin West, both of Tulsa, Okla., also will compete.
The rodeo coincides with the 100th anniversary of Lakeside.
The rodeo sessions begins at 7 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are from $3 to $5. For more information, call 561-6070.
Professionals Anne White, Bob Lutz, Robin White, Terry Holladay and Mary Lou Piatek will play in the Rolf Benirschke pro-am tennis tournament to benefit the American Cancer Society.
The tournament, which will be Saturday at the Atlas Health Club in Mission Valley, will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Registration is at 9 a.m. A donation of $250 includes breakfast, tennis with the pros, lunch, a tournament sweater vest and an awards banquet.
The La Jolla Half Marathon and two-mile fun run are scheduled for Sunday along La Jolla’s Torrey Pines Road. The races are sponsored by the La Jolla Kiwanis Club and La Jolla Town Council and benefit the La Jolla Kiwanis Foundation for youth programs.
The half marathon begins at 7:30 a.m. at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. The runners will go south along the coast and finish near the La Jolla Cove.
The field is limited to 3,000 entries and there will be no day of race registration. Registration fee for the half marathon is $10 and $7 for the fun run. For more information, contact Al Gross at 454-6133.
The Frank Scott Aztec Invitational men’s college golf tournament begins Friday at the Carmel Mountain Ranch golf course in Rancho Penasquitos. San Diego State will be host of the tournament.
UC San Diego, University of San Diego and United States International University are among the entries. No. 7-ranked USC and No. 8 Arizona State are the favorites.
Admission is free. Frank Scott was the SDSU golf coach from 1948 to 1983.
The Junior Olympic state gymnastics championship will be Saturday and Sunday at Peterson Gym. The host Aztec Gymnastics Program will have six gymnasts competing for the state title and the right to compete in the five-state regional meet in May. The Mission Valley YMCA and the United Sports Assn. also will have teams competing.
Senior compulsories begin at 11 a.m. Saturday. Seniors optional events begin at 4 p.m. Sunday. A combined score of 67.2 qualifies individuals for the regionals. Admission is $4 for adults and $2 for children and students.
Golden Star Promotions promoter Mike Altinger is meeting with San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium officials to plan a mini-fight area in the stadium parking lot to attract a larger crowd, possibly for summer cards.
Altinger said the capacity of 1,400 at the El Cortez Hotel and Convention Center, where Golden Star holds fights every third Thursday, is not large enough.
“We are running a capacity for every crowd,” Altinger said. “We must look for a bigger place to stage our bouts . . . we want to stage first-run fights.”