Area Roundup : National Racquetball Tournament Begins Saturday at Orange Coast
Lynn Adams of Costa Mesa, a 16-time national racquetball champion, will be one of the featured players in the 15th Scor National Championships, which begin Saturday at Orange Coast College.
Adams, ranked No. 1 in the world by the Women’s Professional Racquetball Assn., is the second-seeded player in the women’s open pro division. Martha McDonald of Gainesville, Fla., is No. 1. McDonald defeated Adams in the final of the tournament the last two years.
Adams also will team with Marcy Drexler of Hollywood, the third-ranked player on the pro tour, in the women’s open pro doubles division, which will be a round-robin competition.
The Scor National Championships, the longest-running racquetball tournament, will have 4 open professional and 16 amateur divisions. The tournament begins Saturday at 9 a.m. and runs through Monday.
The women’s open pro doubles final will begin Monday at 10:30 a.m. and will be followed by the women’s open pro singles final at noon, the men’s open pro doubles final at 1:30 p.m. and the men’s open pro singles final at 3.
Brian Hawkins of Huntington Beach, an eight-time national champion, is seeded No. 1 in the men’s open pro division. Kevin Booth of Newport Beach is No. 2, Dan Southern of Huntington Beach, a three-time national champion, is No. 3 and Greg McDonald of Gainesville is No. 4.
In the men’s pro open doubles, Jaime Barker of Westminster and Bill Chadwick of Norco are the top-seeded team.
Admission is free. For information, call 850-9000 or 432-5880.
Bobby Cody, the 17-year-old son of former speedway motorcycle star Bill Cody, will make his second-division debut at 8 tonight when racing resumes at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa.
Two weeks ago, Cody raced at Costa Mesa for the first time and won the third-division main event twice, prompting promoter Harry Oxley to move Cody, a Dana Hills High School student, up to the next class of racing.
Two years ago, Cody broke his thighbone while racing in a junior speedway race in San Bernardino and missed the season. He began racing mountain bikes during his recovery period and then decided to return to speedway this season.
“He just goes too fast for the lower divisions,” said Oxley, who has assigned Cody a starting position from the 10-yard line for tonight’s race. “But I worry that his experience doesn’t match his natural ability.”
U.S. national champion Brad Oxley of San Clemente continues to top the point standings at the four Southern California tracks, although he has not won a main event at Costa Mesa. Bobby Schwartz has won eight scratch main events in 13 weeks.
The Los Alamitos Recreation Department is accepting sign-ups for a three-on-three men’s basketball league. The league will play Mondays from 7:30 to 10 p.m. at Oak Academy.
There will be three divisions--men’s over 30, men’s open and men’s 6-feet 2-inches and under. The fee is $75 per team. League play starts July 16 and goes until September 12. For more information, call (213) 430-1073.
The California Angels’ 65 Roses Sports Club will hold its annual sports auction and wine and cheese tasting party July 17 at 4 p.m. at the Hyatt Anaheim. All money raised goes to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
Sports items from the Angels, Dodgers, Rams and other teams will be auctioned. For information, call 938-1393.
Slalom, freestyle and closed-course racing will be featured in the Great American Jet Ski Challenge beginning Saturday at the Long Beach Marine Stadium.
David Gordon, the world freestyle champion, and Jeff Jacobs are among the top competitors who are expected to compete. Registration begins at 7 p.m. tonight at the Hyatt Edgewater in Long Beach and will continue at 7 a.m. Saturday at the race site.
Competition is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. For information, call 249-2396.
Around the Area:
Karen Caires of Cypress College has accepted a basketball scholarship at Cal State Northridge. Caires, a guard from Garden Grove High School, averaged 12.2 points and 3 assists for Cypress, which won the Orange Empire Conference. She was an All-Orange Empire Conference player for two seasons.