Casper, Wyo. – If you are wondering what to do this summer the Wyo Sports Ranch has plenty of new events for the Casper community to be a part of.

The Sports Ranch has become Wyoming’s new destination for youth sports, events, and activities in the Rocky Mountain region.

Wyo Sports Ranch, Athletic Director, Brennan Kutterer, explains, “The community can get involved with the Wyo Sports Ranch this summer by signing up plenty our camps tournaments leagues that we will be running. We have camps from UW coming as long as some internal ones and others coming from outside the state.”  The programs hosted at the complex are open for people of all ages and skill levels.

Kutterer mentions that you do not need a membership at the sports ranch to participate in the leagues, camps, or tournaments that they host. The upcoming tournaments available for anyone to participate in is the Summer Slam 3v3 basketball tournaments and 4v4 Turf Volleyball. For anyone who wants to play, but has no team, can still join the league by registering for the event as a free agent. Once the league starts you will be assigned to a team.

The Wyo Sports Ranch will also be hosting the first Mercantile western trade show fundraiser during CNFR in the parking lot at the event center. Kutterer explains, “We will have venders from all over the state even outside attending.” Kutterer continues, “Plenty of activities such as cowboy camp, corn hole tournament, dancing lessons, we got a party zone in the back.” For five days the Mercantile will be covering over one hundred and thirty thousand square feet full of vendors and different activates available for friends and family.

Registration is already open for the Summer Slam league and Turf Volleyball so be sure to sign up your team by June 16^th. The Mercantil will be June 17– 21 and every day during CNFR the mercantile will end at Seven sharp for the evening performances at CNFR.

Youth basketball camp

The Emma Ruhlman Warren Lady Dragons Basketball Camp will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily Monday through Friday, June 23-27, at Warren Area High School.

Registration ($95) for the week-long camp, which is for boys and girls entering grades 1-6, is online at https://forms.gle/4892X2W5onQq7BTU9.

Ruhlman is a former three-time District 10 champion and three-time all-state girls basketball player from Warren Area High School, and she currently plays at NCAA DII-qualifier Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan.

Current Lady Dragons will assist in the camp.

Old Timers baseball

Jamestown & Area Old Timers Baseball Club evened its record at 2-2 recently with a doubleheader sweep at the Warren Eagles.

Ed Baldensperger was the complete-game winning pitcher in a 6-1 game-one win. Tied 0-0 after four innings, Brian Ferry, Wade Nelson, Ted Wyberanec, Miguel Evangelista, and Baldensperger had hits in a four-run top of the fifth inning. Evangelista and Nelson each doubled in the win.

In a 20-0 game-two win, Baldensperger and Nelson had three hits apiece, and every batter in the order scored in an 11-run third inning. Winston Woodard struck out three in a five-inning shutout.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- This summer, many families will be hitting the diamond for baseball and softball tournaments.

As the competition rages on the field, some local leaders wonder if Hamilton County isn being competitive off of it.

Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp said, “For this to be known as one of America’s better mid-sized cities, one of the areas where we are really deficient in the Chattanooga area and Hamilton County, we are making progress but still deficient, at youth sports facilities.”

Mayor Wamp argued that the Chattanooga area does not have a top-tier multi sports venue that is attractive to travel ball tournaments.

His office wants to put $500,000 into this year’s budget for a committee to study how the county should go about improving itself as a youth sports destination.

He said, “Hamilton County and Chattanooga is perfectly positioned to be one of America’s great sports towns. We are not, despite its downsides we are at the convergence of three interstates, that’s got to be one of its upsides that we would be one of the most logical  places in America to dominate in youth sports and that would be a good thing for our kids and tourism.”

This doesn’t mean that there already aren’t youth sports facilities here in Hamilton County.

For example here in East Ridge is Camp Jordan Park, which have 13 baseball and softball diamonds along with 14 soccer fields.

Back in his State of the County Address, Mayor Wamp said the county and the city of East Ridge were working together to see how they could possibly upgrade Camp Jordan into a top tier venue.

Commissioner David Sharpe however says the Commission should be careful before approving any expansion.

He said, “If we’re going to fund a project here and a project there, we should be careful and not piecemeal a solution.”

 However, others, like Commissioner Gene-O Shipley say our area is missing out on big opportunities available at regional sites.

One example he provided is the Sand Mountain Park and Amphitheater in Albertville, Alabama, which has several high end diamonds along with a six thousand seat amphitheater in a rural community of approximately 20,000 residents.

He said, “They had 76 travel ball teams show up to their first tournament of the season, 45 teams that were local. It created over two million dollars in economic impact.”

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PUEBLO, Colo. (KKTV) – Two adults were injured and one person was arrested following a fight Sunday evening at Runyon Field Sports Complex, according to the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies said they responded to Runyon Field around 5:10 p.m. for reports of a fight. When deputies arrived, they said medical personnel were attending to an unconscious 46-year-old man.

Deputies said that the man was taken to a hospital with serious injuries, and another man was treated for minor injuries.

Deputies were told a group of people were leaving the field when two women began arguing. They said two men were attempting to break up the fight when one of the men was hit in the face by another man.

That victim reportedly went unconscious and fell to the ground. Deputies said a second man was then hit with a baseball bat.

Deputies said two suspects then left the area after the fight.

According to deputies, both suspects were identified. They said one suspect, 52-year-old Armando Carbajal, was identified as the suspect with a baseball bat. The identity of the second suspect has not been shared.

Deputies said Carbajal was arrested for second-degree assault and felony menacing, as well as an outstanding warrant.

According to deputies, the second suspect was at the same home but left before he could be contacted. They said deputies weren’t able to find the second suspect, but charges are expected.

According to Runyon Field’s website, a youth softball tournament occurred at the complex on Sunday.

“Our thoughts are with those affected. We are hopeful for their full recovery and are keeping them close in our hearts during this difficult time,“ The Pueblo County Board of Commissioners said. ”At this time, an active criminal investigation is underway. We are cooperating fully with law enforcement and urge the public to allow the investigation to proceed without speculation. The safety of all athletes, coaches, staff, families, and spectators remains our highest priority. Runyon Field has long been a cornerstone of youth and community sports in Pueblo, and we remain firmly committed to maintaining it as a safe and welcoming space for all.”

Officials said the county, as well as the Runyon Board of Directors, is working with law enforcement and community partners as the investigation moves forward.

Officials said the Runyon Sports Complex will be closed until Wednesday.

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