Newman’s Corner

We've been talking so much about our different summer camps, let's talk for a moment about our camp philosophy. At Anthony Newman's Sports Camps, we want to help children and teens improve their athletic abilities, but more importantly, we'd like to provide children a chance to develop good sportsmanship.

 

We provide a safe, fun and friendly environment for campers. Our trained and dedicated staff will help campers improve their skills and learn more about their chosen sport. We do our best to make our camps a warm and supportive atmosphere for all skill and experience levels, and we encourage all campers to work hard to achieve their fullest potential, both on the field and off.

 

Our goal is to encourage a love of sports and good sportsmanship, while providing a fun place to make new friends.

Anthony Newman's Sports Camps is proud to offer our Wrestling Camp for young athletes. Our goal is to help young wrestles learn new moves, techniques and improve their skills. This camp will benefit beginning wrestlers and intermediate level wrestling athletes. As always, our low ratio of coaches and students ensures that all campers will receive individual attention and stay safe at all times.

 

Our coach, Kevin Keeney, brings years of experience to the mat. He started wrestling at age 10 with the Canby Cougar Mat Club, and since then, he has competed for the Peninsula Wrestling Club, Canby High School, and the University of Oregon.

 

Kevin is now an assistant coach for the Canby High School Wrestling team and a PE teacher at North Marion Middle School. He is also the head coach of the All-Phase Wrestling Club in and the Vice President of the Full Contact Fighting Federation.

 

Let Kevin's wealth of experience help your child improve his wrestling skills!

Our next Youth Football Coaches Clinic will be June 7th, in Portland. We've got some great speakers lined up. Neal Zoumboukus will talk about the offensive line, Tanner Smith on the defensive line, Steve Pyne will talk about the quarterback position, Juston Wood on the wide receiver, and John Neal will be discussing the defensive back position. Jim Radcliffe will be discussing strength and conditioning.

 

 Interested? Sign up here to bring their wisdom and experience home to your team!

Tanner Smith will be the guest speaker for the Defensive Line position at our youth football coach's clinic.

 

Coach Smith enters his fifth season defensive line and kickers coach for Willamette University. He played four seasons of football at Montana State University - Northern as a center and a kicker. He set five school kicking records during his career. As a freshman, he kicked a 23-yard field goal in overtime to give MSU-Northern its first conference win in 27 years.

 

Prior to joining the Bearcat football coaching staff in 2004, he coached football for one year at Sentinel High School, his alma mater, in Missoula, Mont. He graduated from Montana State-Northern in 2003 with a degree in Physical Education.

 

 Coach Smith, along with Neal Zoumboukis, Steve Pyne, Juston Wood and others, will be speaking at our upcoming youth football coaches clinic.

Jim Radcliffe will be the guest speaker for strength and conditioning at our youth football coaches clinic.

 

Coach Radcliffe, Oregon's head strength and conditioning coach for the last 21 seasons, plays a significant role in the Ducks' football program as the designer of the year-round development calendar.

 

Radcliffe, who guided the receivers during much of the 1999 fall camp, furnishes the student-athletes with a wide variety of exercise through weight training and lifting systems, and is a noted authority in the field of exercises dealing with the improvement of speed and quickness.

 

The 50-year-old native of McCloud, California, became the assistant strength coach at Oregon in 1985, a position he held for two years before assuming the duties of head coach in that area.

 

Radcliffe taught and coached a variety of sports and was the athletic trainer for four years at Aloha High School from 1980-83.

 

He then did graduate study at Colorado and worked in private business prior to joining the Ducks' staff. Graduating from Pacific (Ore.) in Forest Grove, he played four seasons at defensive back and was captain of the special teams. Radcliffe earned his Master's in biomechanics from Oregon in 1992.

 

Radcliffe is active in national organizations surrounding his profession and is certified by the United States Weightlifting Federation. He also has written books, been published in numerous professional journals and produced videos on plyometrics, one of the most effective exercise techniques.

 

Justin Rosenblad joined the Warner Pacific College Knights beginning with the 2007 season, with a lot of coaching experience already under his belt.

From 1996 to 2000, he was a staff boy's coach for the Mobile Soccer Club in Alabama, followed by coaching for the Westside Metros Soccer Club in Beaverton, Oregon for 2001-2002. His most recent coaching experience was as head boys' soccer coach at Centennial, where in 2003 he led his team to the Oregon State Semi-Finals and then in 2004 to a undefeated regular season. At the high school level, he's also served as head boys' coach at St. Paul's High School and Davidson High School, both in Mobile, Alabama.

Outside of high school coaching, he's served as a staff coach for the State of Oregon Olympic Development Program and Youth Module Coaching Program. He also coached the women's semi-professional team, the Portland Rain for two seasons. Currently he coaches for the Eastside United Soccer Club as a staff U-11 through U-19 coach.

Along with his coaching experience Rosenblad brings playing experience. He first played for Centennial High School as a 4-year varsity starter. He was selected team MVP and All-State twice. After high school he attended the NCAA Division I program at the University of South Alabama where he was a four year letter winner and a 1997 Big South All-Conference selection. After receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science at the University of South Alabama, Rosenblad was drafted in 1998 by the Baton Rouge Bombers, a professional indoor soccer team in Baton Rouge, Louisiana where he played one season before returning to coaching and post-graduate school in Portland, Oregon.

 

 

 

English-born Mike Davis played college and semi-professional soccer on the side of the Atlantic where it's called football. After coming over to the States, he became the director of the Cascade Soccer Camp. Mike was the head men's soccer coach for the University of Oregon from 1977-79, then he become the head men's soccer coach at University of Portland from 1979-85. In 1897, he became the head men's soccer coach at Catlin Gabel High School, and in 1994 he added the role of Athletic Director. While taking on both jobs at once, the soccer coaching skills didn't disappear. Mike has brought nine boys' state soccer championships and four runner-up titles to Catlin Gabel. He was named the National Soccer Coaches Association of America National Coach of the Year twice, in 1990 and 2000, and in 2004 he was honored by the National Athletic Coaches Association as the National Boys Soccer Coach of the Year. Mike has academic achievements as well as extensive experience on the field. He holds a Ph.D in Physical Education from the University of Oregon, and he's also the co-author of Coaching Soccer Effectively from Human Kinetics Publishers.

Julie Kaanapu works with camp director Corine Lewis on our cheerleading camps. Julie was born and raised in Eugene, Oregon. Her career as a cheerleader, dancer and choreographer started at a very young age.

Julie cheered at Willamette High School for four years and was a captain for 3 years, starting as a sophomore. She led her team to two state titles, was a 4 year UCA All Star cheerleader, OSAA State All Star cheerleader. She was also named MVP and Best Dancer by her teammates. Julie was hired by Universal Cheerleaders Association for 5 years and quickly became a head instructor, private camp choreographer, judge and coaches' workshop instructor. During the same time Julie also made the prestigious University of Oregon's cheerleading team. She served 4 years with the U of O, was a dance captain for 3 years and led her team in a stellar performance in both the Rose Parade and a 30-minute Disneyland stage performance. Her past experience also consists of being a nationally competitive High School head coach, former choreographer of R&B/Hip Hop recording artist, Hip Hop dance instructor, and choreographer for many high school and colleges in the Pacific Northwest.

Currently, Julie is AACCA Certified and an OCCA Certified Performance and Audio Judge for OSAA State Cheerleading Championships for the past 9 years. She is also a choreographer and judge for the University of Oregon cheerleading team which took 2nd place at USA Nationals in the All Star Hip Hop division for the first year competing in a dance category. Julie also loves working as a mortgage consultant at Western Mortgage Brokers in Eugene and spending time with her family.