YOUTH SPORTS: July 22, 2015

AAU BASKETBALL

Showcase nears: Many of the top high school girls basketball players in the area will be on display later this week at the Summer Heat Showcase, an NCAA-certified women's basketball event, scheduled for Thursday and Friday in Spokane.

Most games will be played at The Warehouse, 800 N. Hamilton, with a handful of games scheduled for nearby Gonzaga Prep.

Local elite teams expected to compete are the North Idaho Elite, coached by North Idaho College women's basketball coaches Chris Carlson and Carey Carlson; along with the Spokane Sandpipers Black and the Spokane Stars Blue.

There will be an Elite and an All-Star division.

As it is a "showcase" event, each team will play four games against pre-determined opponents. Games will consist of two 16-minute halves. No champion will be crowned. Coaches from many of the top college programs in the Northwest and the West are expected to be on hand to evaluate players.

Admission is $9 per day, or $16 for a two-day tournament pass

Schedules can be found at www.warehouseathletics.com.

PITCH, HIT AND RUN

Loffer, Cogley compete: Haley Loffer of Hayden finished second in the girls 13-14 age group at the Pitch, Hit & Run national finals July 13 at the Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati.

Trevor Cogley of Hayden finished third in the boys 9-10 age division.

Both advanced to the national finals by winning the Seattle Mariners team championship in June at Safeco Field, and having scores that put them in the top three in the nation in their age group.

SELECT SOFTBALL

Dry Ice tryouts near: The Dry Ice fastpitch softball club is having tryouts for its 10-and-under, 12U and 14U teams for the 2016 season.

The tryouts are scheduled for Aug. 1 at Majestic Park in Rathdrum - the 10U tryouts from 9 to 11 a.m., the 12U tryouts from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., and the 14U tryouts from 2 to 4 p.m.

Information: Stacy Carhart, 660-3595, or dryicesb@imaxmail.net.

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