Tim Dennehy (OPRF, ’05) extended his season-opening scoreless streak in three games last week, bringing it to nine innings over six outings. The pitcher has yielded seven hits and a walk over that span for the short-season Single A Staten Island Yankees, while striking out three.
Spanos scatters three doubles
OPRF graduate Vasili Spanos (’99) remains with the Marlins’ high Single A Jupiter affiliate. Spanos hit three doubles last week but went 4-for-23 as his average fell to .265. Nine of Spanos’ 22 hits are for extra bases-six doubles and three homers. He has a slugging percentage of .446. Spanos has 10 RBIs in 23 games.
Fields still searching for hit
Fenwick’s Caleb Fields continues to look for his first hit; he’s 0-for-21 with the Hickory Crawdads in Single A. Fields was hitless in eight at-bats last week before sitting out the weekend and now has eight strikeouts on the year.
Compared with what he saw last year in rookie ball, “The pitching has been a lot better, not necessarily the velocity, but the location and movement,” Fields wrote in an e-mail. “As you move up, everyone’s fastball moves and people are better and better at identifying weaknesses and pitching to those exact spots.”
Strikers holding tryouts
for travel teams
The Oak Park-River Forest Strikers soccer organization will hold supplemental tryouts for 2008-09 travel soccer teams on Thursday, July 24 at the Priory East field in River Forest.
One or more spots are available for the following ages: U8 boys (mostly 2nd graders in the fall), U9 boys (3rd graders), U11 girls (5th graders), U12 boys and girls (6th graders).
Tryout is free. Registration forms and more information is available at oprfstrikers.com.
Tryouts will take place July 24, at 10 a.m. at the Dominican Priory Park fields, on the north side of Division St., opposite Grace Lutheran church in River Forest. Participants must bring a water bottle, soccer ball, shinguards and cleats.
Fenwick hosts swim lessons
Fenwick High School is offering swim lessons for children ages 5 and up. The program offers two week lessons, Mon.- Thur. for 45 minutes. Session 2 is currently running from June 30 to July 10, and Session 3 will run July 14-24.
Session 3 has openings at all its time slots. The program tries to have a 3-5 ratio of teachers and swimmers, especially with the beginner swimmers.
Register at Fenwick by entering the building at the glass doors off of the East Ave. parking lot. For more information, contact Dave Perry at 386-0127 ext 195.