Sports Calendar
Grovetown High meetings
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The Grovetown High School Athletic Foundation Booster Club will hold a meeting Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Columbia County Board of Education offices. Officers will be elected and fundraising events organized. For information, contact Todd Booker at tbooker@burke.k12.ga.us.
Grovetown High School will hold a football boosters meeting March 19 at Greenbrier High School. Contact Rodney Holder at rholder@ccboe.net.
Spring football practice for Grovetown High will start at 4 p.m. April 20 and continue until May 1 at Grovetown Middle School. Contact coach Rodney Holder at rholder@ccboe.net.
Family Y duathlon
The Marshall Family Y will hold the fifth annual Cloverleaf Duathlon on Saturday at 8 a.m. The event will include two two-mile runs and a 10-mile bike ride. Register at www.active.com or at www.thefamilyy.org. Contact Justin Goolsby at (706) 922-9658 or at jgoolsby@thefamily.org.
Golf tournaments
A golf tournament benefiting Julie's House Inc., a crisis center for women and children, will be held March 19 at Bartram Trail Golf Club. The Eagle Team is $125 per player or $500 per four-man team and includes green fees, cart fees, two mulligans per player, newsletter sponsorship for 12 months and lunch. Birdie Team is $100 per player or $400 per team and includes green fees, cart fees, one mulligan per player, six months of newsletter sponsorship and lunch. Par Team is $75 per player or $300 per team and includes green fees, cart fees and lunch. Contact Tom Sorrells at (706) 855-6181 or (706) 840-2037 or visit www.julies-house.org.
Humana Military Healthcare Services will hold the 13th annual Fisher House Golf Tournament on March 20 at Gordon Lakes Golf Course. Early registration is $65 per player or $260 per team. Day-of registration is $75 per player or $300 per team. Participants must register by Friday to pay the early registration fee. Golfers will sign in at 11 a.m. and lunch will precede a 12:30 p.m. shotgun start. Entry fee includes a round of golf, cart, lunch, T-shirt and free nine-hole round of golf for future play. Mulligans will be available for purchase. Call (706) 787-7100 or register online at www.tournevents.com/FHGT1.
Augusta Christian Schools fifth annual Golf Classic will be held March 23 at The River Golf Club in North Augusta. It will be a four-man scramble with 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. shotgun starts. Lunch will be provided by French Market Grille West. For information, call Cary Rivers at (706) 863-2905, ext. 106.
Youth soccer
The Marshall Family Y needs volunteer coaches and referees for its upcoming spring soccer season for ages 3-10. Soccer experience is a plus. For information, contact Justin Goolsby at (706) 922-9658 or at jgoolsby@thefamily.org.
The GA-SC Bulls Soccer Club, along with the Columbia County Recreation Department, will offer a Bulls Junior Soccer Academy for ages 5-7 at Blanchard Woods Park on April 15. Cost is $65 per player. For information and to register, visit www.ga-scbulls.com. Each registrant will receive an academy training shirt and shorts.
The GA-SC Bulls Soccer Club will hold tryouts for its upcoming season competing in the U.S. Club Soccer Southeast Regional Summer League. The tryouts will run from March 29 to April 1, from 6 to 7:30 p.m., at North Augusta's Hammonds Ferry Soccer Complex. For information, visit www.ga-scbulls.com.
Baseball tryout
The Sonic Blast 14-and-under Major tournament baseball team is seeking two players with pitching experience (preferably high school or middle school experience) for the spring/summer 2009 season. Tryouts will be held on an individual basis. For information, call Dean Glover at (706) 373-1102, Mike Hill at (706) 951-3071 or Mark Plunkett at (803) 645-5219. Players cannot turn 15 before May 1.
The Columbia County Chaos boys 10-and-under travel baseball team will hold tryouts until the end of March. Interested boys should be 10 or younger as of May 1. Pitching is a plus. For information, call Trevor Adkins at (706) 284-7379.
Free throw contest
The Walk for Autism Free Throw Contest will be held March 28 at 10 a.m. at Evans Middle School. Cost is $8 per person. The person who makes the most consecutive free throws will win a Nintendo Wii. For information or to purchase tickets, call Mike Selitto at (706) 664-7244.
Lifeguard classes
The Augusta chapter of the American Red Cross will hold lifeguard training classes March 23 through April 3. For information, call (706) 724-8481.
Travel softball players wanted
Regulators 10U fastpitch travel softball team needs four girls to complete its 2009 roster. For information, contact Kerry Ellis at (706) 831-3821 or fastpitchregulators@gmail.com.
The Georgia Rockers 14U fastpitch team is seeking three or four girls to complete the team. For information, call Chuck Faulkner at (706) 373-3459.
Umpires sought for baseball season
The Augusta Baseball Umpires Association is recruiting umpires for the 2009 high school season. Umpiring experience and baseball knowledge are pluses. Classroom and field training will be provided. For information, contact Frank Harast at (706) 210-1412 or e-mail spyguy711@yahoo.com.
Coast Guard Auxiliary meets
The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary meets the second Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at El Valle Mexican Restaurant in the West Town shopping center in Martinez. For information, call John VanOsdol at (864) 391-2170.