05-27-2010-Thursday - Wise County Messenger

14A WISE COUNTY MESSENGER, Decatur, Texas, Thursday, May 27, 2010
SPORTS
Skaters
shred
Decatur ...
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an Arlington-based, nonprofit
organization that has
been working to convince
the city of Arlington to build
a public skatepark.
The organization was
named after a 15-year-old
who was hit and killed by
a car while walking to an
unauthorized skating spot.
The organization continues
to pressure the city to push
the project forward.
A few riders sponsored
by Dallas-based Citystars
Skateboards and Hype!
Skateboards arrived to give
a demonstration before the
contest began.
“I’d like to give special
thanks to the riders who
came out for a surprise
demo with the Shredderz
Team,” Reicheneker said.
The Citystars and Hype!
riders included Michael
Tang, Kechaud Johnson
and Ryan Strader.
Hype! representative P.J.
Thebeau and team manager
Mike Crum also made
an appearance. Crum is a
former professional skateboarder.
He’s appeared in
the X-Games, and as recently
as 2004 he was ranked
seventh in the world in the
vertical ramp competition.
Shred Fest results
1st — Jorge Villagomez,
Houston
2nd — Daniel Williams,
Boyd
3rd — Jimmy Green, Minral
Wells
4th — Taylor Jett, Houson
Best Trick Contest — Jett,
ouston
SKATEBOARDING
Messenger photo by Brandon Evans
ON A ROLL — Taylor Jett, 19, of Houston backside tailslides a bench during Shred Fest Saturday in Decatur.
Jett won the “Best Trick” award and finished fourth.
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37 hits.
“He did a real good job and improved
every outing,” Leps said.
“His record was not indicative of
how he pitched. He kept us in a lot
of tight games that we won late. He
had multiple games of double-digit
strikeouts.”
Waldrep said he pitched with more
confidence this season and had better
control.
“It was a good year,” he said. “Last
year, I was not very accurate. This
year, I got my curveball to work better
and in for strikes.”
Throwing strikes and getting
ahead of hitters was a strength for
Waldrep throughout the season.
“Every game we set goals, and one
was getting ahead of hitters,” Leps
said. “One game, he threw 16 firstpitch
strikes.”
In his final game against Burnet,
Waldrep allowed just one earned run
on two hits. He struck out nine and
walked two.
“I was mixing the ball up and
threw a lot more curveballs,” Waldrep
said.
Leps said it was his best outing of
the year.
That complete-game victory
capped a senior year in which Waldrep
also helped the Bulls football
team to the fourth round of the playoffs.
The hard-hitting linebacker was
named District 5-3A’s Co-Defensive
MVP.
“It could have been better, but I’m
happy how it went,” Waldrep said
about his senior year.
He was contacted by a few schools
about playing football, but he did not
pursue them. Waldrep just wants
to play baseball and get back to the
mound as soon as possible.
“I’m excited about playing,” Waldrep
said. “I’m already missing baseball.”
OUTDOORS
Shooting to top
Blauser wins three rifle contests
On a trip over spring
break, Nathan Blauser and
his family met some members
of the University of
Wyoming rifle team.
The chance meeting
sparked the 12-year-old’s interest
in the sport, and just
three months later he is now
a champion shooter.
Blauser, of Aurora, won
three first-place trophies in
the novice class Saturday
and Sunday at the 11th Annual
Johnson County 4-H
Shotgun Sports Fandango
Buckle Shoot held in Fort
Worth.
It was the Chisholm Trail
fifth-grader’s second competition.
“It’s awesome,” Blauser
said about shooting. “I enjoy
it a lot. It’s a great bonding
opportunity and a way
to get to know people out of
school.”
Blauser had been to a
skeet-shooting range with
his father, Pat, in the past,
but did not get serious about
it until this spring. He now
practices at least once per
week.
“We shoot about 50 to 75
rounds,” Blauser said.
In last weekend’s competition,
Blauser hit 63 of the
100 sporting clays he shot
at. He connected on 17 of
the 25 skeets, 15 of the 25
trap targets and 19 of the 30
Whizbang clay targets.
Blauser said it’s a tough
sport.
“With the small clays,
you’ve got to be right-on
or you’re going to miss,” he
said.
Blauser, who practices
with Parker County 4-H
because Wise County does
not have a shooting team,
is planning to go to three
shoots in June.
He is hoping to stay in the
sport and shoot one day in
college.
“I want to go to [Texas]
A&M. They have a shooting
team there,” Blauser said.
TOP SHOT — Nathan Blauser
of Aurora won a total of three
trophies last weekend at the
Johnson County 4-H shotgun
contest in Fort Worth.
Submitted photo
SPORTS BRIEFS
ARTER PLANS CAMP — Decatur
aseball coach Chris Carter will
old a baseball camp for players
etween grades three and seven
une 21-24 at Eagle Field. The
amp will run each day from
:30 to 11:30 a.m. Forms can
e printed from the Decatur High
chool baseball website. They can
lso be picked up at Rann and
arson elementary schools. Carter
will also hold a pitching camp,
starting at 1:30 p.m. June 21-24.
BROWN TO HOLD CAMP —
Decatur boys basketball coach
Roger Brown will hold a basketball
camp for players between grades
one and nine July 5-8 at Decatur
High School. The camp will
cover fundamentals of the game,
including shooting, passing and
dribbling. A session for players
between grades one and three will
be 9 to 11 a.m. A second session
for players in grades four through
nine will follow from noon to 4
p.m. For information, call Brown at
(940) 393-7229.
VOLLEYBALL CAMP — The
Decatur Lady Eagle Volleyball
Camp is June 14-17 at Decatur
High School. Girls going into third
through fifth grades will attend
from 8 to 11 a.m., and girls going
into sixth through eighth grades
will attend from noon to 3 p.m.
Early registration is $55 and $35
for each additional family member.
Registration is $60 after May 31.
Cost includes a T-shirt, snacks and
awards. Call (214) 418-6678 for
information.
HALL SETS CAMP — Decatur
softball coach Neal Hall will hold a
summer camp for players between
grades seven and nine June 22-24
from 9 to 11 a.m. at Lady Eagle
Field. The camp is $50. The
deadline for registration is June 7.
For information, call (940) 393-
7209.