Sports Calendar
Boating course
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Savannah River Sail and Power Squadron will offer a five-part America's Boating Course on Thursday and March 29; and April 2, 9 and 16. Hours are 7-9 p.m. All 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.
Grovetown High School meetings
Grovetown High School will hold its next football boosters meeting Thursday at Greenbrier High School gym. For information, 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. If interested, contact coach Rodney Holder at rholder@ccboe.net.
Golf tournaments
A tournament benefiting Julie's House Inc., a crisis center for women and their children, will be held Thursday at Bartram Trail Golf Club. There are several levels of team sponsorship. The Eagle Team costs $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 costs $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 costs $75 per player and $300 per team and includes green fees, cart fees and lunch. For information, 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 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. 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. For information, call Fransisco at (706) 787-7100 or register online at www.tournevents.com/FHGT1.
Augusta Christian Schools fifth annual Golf Classic will be held Monday 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 by French Market Grille West. For information, call Cary Rivers at (706) 863-2905, ext. 106.
Youth lacrosse
Marshall Family Y will hold lacrosse registration until March 30 for boys and girls ages 9-15. A free clinic will be held today at 5:30 p.m. at the Augusta Jewish Community Center on Furys Ferry Road. The season will start 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 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.
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 be registered at Marshall Family Y or at www.thefamilyy.org. Cost for the school is $40 for members and $60 for nonmembers. Cost for T-ball is $55 for members and $75 for nonmembers. 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 10 a.m. March 28 at Greenbrier High School gym. Cost is $30 per team, with proceeds going to iMPACT Youth. For information or to register, contact Eric Lairsey at (706) 868-7788 or e-mail elairsey@ infocuschurch.org.
Youth soccer
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 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 p.m. until 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 years old before May 1.
The Columbia County Chaos boys 10-and-under travel baseball team will be holding tryouts until the end of March. Interested 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 Monday 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.
Coast Guard Auxiliary meets
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 in Martinez. For information, call John VanOsdol at (864) 391-2170.