Sports calendar
Baseball tryouts
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The Columbia County Storm 9-under travel baseball team is seeking players. To be eligible, players must be 9 years old by May 1. For information, call Shayne Vining at (706) 306-3728.
The Outlaws 14U USSSA traveling/tournament baseball team is seeking players. For information, call Robert at (706) 840-1066 or (706) 541-0346.
A Columbia County 11-U tournament baseball team is seeking players. For information, call Brad at (706) 541-9726 or Don at (706) 854-0908.
Cheerleading tryout
The Haydens All Star Twisters competition cheerleading program will hold tryouts Friday at the Haydens International Gymnastics and Cheerleading Academy, 4300 Evans to Locks Road in Evans. Boys and girls ages 11 and under should attend at 6 p.m. Ages 12 and older should attend at 7 p.m. No experience is necessary. A parent information meeting will be held Thursday at 7 p.m. For information, contact Leslie Anderson at 706-955-5395 or e-mail lacoach9@aol.com.
Tennis tournament
The 2008 Banana Open tennis tournament will be held Thursday-Sunday, April 20, at the Petersburg Racquet Club in Martinez. The tournament is sanctioned by the USTA and registration is online. Players can qualify for the Banana Open Challenge in Hilton Head Island, S.C., Oct. 3-5.
Divisions are men's and women's singles and doubles and mixed doubles from 2.5 through open divisions. Cost is $30 for the first event, $15 for a second event, plus the TennisLink fee. Deadline for entry is today at 11:59 p.m. Register at usta.com or www.prctennis.com. For information, call (706) 860-9288.
Volleyball camps
Augusta Prep's sixth annual summer volleyball camps are June 5-6 and 23-27. There are two sessions per camp: middle school from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. (grades 5-8) and high school from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. (grades 9-12). Cost is $50 for the two-day camp, $120 for the five-day camp. For information, call coach Rich Bland at (706) 414-6145 or e-mail prepvolleyball@yahoo.com.
The eighth annual GHS Volleyball Camp will be held June 10-13th at Greenbrier High School from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Camp is for girls in grades 5-9. Cost is $75. For information, call Debbie Born at (706) 650-4152 ext. 220.
Golf tournaments
The Jessye Norman School of Arts, with the sponsorship of the Knox Foundation, will hold a golf tournament May 13 at Belle Meade Country Club in Thomson. Jessye Norman, an Augusta native and internationally known opera star, will join golfers for lunch preceding the tournament. Lunch will be at 11:45 a.m. and there will be a 1 p.m. shotgun start. Tournament fee for a foursome is $300. Single-entry fee is $75 in advance or $80 at the tournament. A Dodge Dakota pickup is a hole-in-one prize. For information, call Carolyn Dolen at (706) 737-4322.