Sports calendar

Posted: Sunday, March 15, 2009

Youth lacrosse

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Marshall Family Y is holding registration until March 30 for boys and girls ages 9-15. A free clinic will be held Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. at the Augusta Jewish Community Center at 898 Weinberger Way. The season will begin in April. Participants can register at the Marshall Family Y or by visiting www.thefamilyy.org.

Free-throw contest

The Walk for Autism Free-Throw Contest will be held at 10 a.m. March 28 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.

T-ball registration

Marshall Family Y is registering participants for its T-ball school (ages 4-5) and T-ball league (ages 6-7) until March 28. Players can register at Marshall Family Y or www.thefamilyy.org. Cost for the school is $40 for members and $60 for non-members. Cost for the league is $55 for members and $75 for non-members. Participants must bring their own baseball gloves. For information, contact Justin Goolsby at (706) 922-9658 or e-mail www.thefamilyy.org.

3-on-3 tournament

A 3-on-3 basketball tournament for ages 12 and older will be held at 10 a.m. March 28 at the Greenbrier High School gym. Cost is $30 per team with proceeds going to iMPACT Youth. Call Eric Lairsey at (706) 868-7788 or e-mail elairsey@ infocuschurch.org.

Boating course

Savannah River Sail and Power Squadron will offer a five-part America's Boating Course on March 29, April 2, 9 and 16. Hours are 7-9 p.m. and classes will be held at West Marine, 592 Bobby Jones Expressway. Registration will be at 6 p.m. Thursday. For information, e-mail ndumais@comcast.net or call (706) 799-2043.

Boosters meeting

Grovetown High School will hold its next football boosters meeting Thursday at the Greenbrier High School gym. For information, contact Rodney Holder at rholder@ccboe.net.

Youth soccer

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 6-7:30 p.m. at North Augusta's Hammonds Ferry Soccer Complex. For information, visit www.ga-scbulls.com.

Golf tournaments

Humana Military Healthcare Services will hold the 13th annual Fisher House Golf Tournament on Friday at Gordon Lakes Golf Course. Day-of registration will cost $75 per player or $300 per team. Golfers will sign in at 11 a.m. and lunch will precede a 12:30 p.m. shotgun start. For information, contact Fransisco at (706) 787-7100 or register online at http://www.tournevents.com/FHGT1.

Augusta Christian Schools Fifth Annual Golf Classic will be held March 23 at The River Golf Club in North Augusta. The format will be a four-man scramble with 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. shotgun starts. Lunch will be provided. For information, call Cary Rivers at (706) 863-2905, ext. 106.

Baseball tryouts

The Sonic Blast 14-and-under Major tournament team is seeking two players with pitching experience (preferably high school or middle school) 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 years old before May 1.

The Columbia County Chaos boys 10-and-under travel team is holding tryouts until the end of March. Boys should be 10 or under as of May 1. Pitching is a plus. For information, call Trevor Adkins at (706) 284-7379.

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.

Coast Guard

The United States 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. For information, call John VanOsdol at (864) 391-2170.



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