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Sports camps offer summer fun for kids

Saratoga Skills Clinic

The fourth annual Saratoga Skills Clinic will be held this summer for girls entering grades 7-12 this fall.

Clinics will be held through July 23, 1-3 p.m. each Monday through Thursday. The cost is $175 per player.

Saratoga girls' basketball head coach Bret Yeilding and his staff will conduct the the clinic, along with former top players. Individual offensive skills will be emphasized, including passing, dribbling, ball handling and shooting.

For more information, call Yeilding at 1-415-585-5883.

WVC Basketball Camp

The annual West Valley College Boys Basketball Camp returns to the school's Saratoga camp this summer with sessions for boys ages 8-16 to run June 22-July 1.

Boys ages 13-16 will attend the camp from 9:10-11:10 a.m., and boys ages 8-12 will attend from 11:20 a.m.-1:20 p.m. The cost is $85 per player per sessions.

For more information, contact West Valley College men's coach Bob Burton at 741-2173.

SF Giants Baseball Camp

Former San Francisco Giants second baseman Rob Andrews will head up the San Francisco Giants Youth Baseball Camps that will be held this summer at various Bay Area locations.

There will be a Giants Youth Camp held June 22-26, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. each day, at Monta Vista High School in Cupertino. The camp is open to players ages 8-12, and the cost is $215 per player.

An advanced training class for players ages 10-12 will be held June 29-July 3 at Monta Vista. The cost is $215.

The camp features instruction according to age groups. All campers receive a free ticket to a San Francisco Giants home game, a tour of 3Com Park (including the Giants clubhouse) for campers and their parents, visits from former pros who will provide instruction and sign autographs, a camp T-shirt, a 5x7 color photo with coaches and visiting pros and a camp scouting report.

Call 1-800-442-6874 for information.

Santa Clara Baseball School

The annual Santa Clara Baseball School returns to Santa Clara University this summer, under the direction of Broncos head coach Mike Cummins and former Santa Clara player and coach Lou Lucas.

Camp sessions include: Session I-- June 22-26, basic fundamentals and hitting, 9 a.m.- noon, $110, and pitching only, 1-2:30 p.m., $60; Session II--July 6-10, hitting only, 9-10:15 a.m. or 10:30-11:45 a.m,, $60; and Session III--July 20-24, basic fundamentals and hitting, 9 a.m.-noon, $110, and pitching only, 1-2:30 p.m., $60.

For more information, call 554-4680 or 267-3831.

Santa Clara Soccer Camps

Santa Clara Soccer Camps will hold a series of camps for boys and girls, ages 6-17, at Santa Clara University.

Camp sessions include: Girls' Residential--July 5-9, ages 9-13, field players and goalkeepers; July 12-16, ages 9-17, team camp; July 18-22, ages 14-17, field players and goalkeepers; Boys' Residential--July 24-28, ages 14-17, field players and goalkeepers; July 29-Aug. 2, ages 10-13, field players and goalkeepers; Girls' Day Camp--July 12-16, ages 9-13, 9 a.m.-noon; Girls' Shooting and Goalkeepers--July 12-16, ages 14-17, 2-4:30 p.m.; Boys' Day Camp--Aug. 3-7, ages 6-16, 9 a.m.- noon; Boys' Strikers--Aug. 3-7, ages 10-16, 1:30-4 p.m.; Boys' Goalkeepers--Aug. 3-7, ages 10-16, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Santa Clara Soccer Camps also features a Boys' and Girls' Full-Day camp at the West Jordan Soccer Complex in Utah, June 29- July 3; the Orchard Valley Youth Soccer League Team Development Program at the Morgan Hill Soccer Complex June 16-19, June 22-26 and Aug. 10-14; and the Mt. Hamilton Youth Soccer League Camp at Cadwallader School, Aug. 3-7.

For more information, call Eric Yamamoto at 551-1988.

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