Sports calendar

Golf challenge

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Mistletoe State Park's Crazy Golf Challenge will be held Tuesday at Mistletoe State Park in Appling. Cost is $5 per person or $10 per family plus $3 for parking. The challenge will include games of ladder golf, disc golf, "qolf" and more. For information, call (706) 541-0321 or visit gastateparks.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 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.

Tennis tournament

The 2009 Banana Open Tennis Tournament will be held April 16-19 at Petersburg Racquet Club.

The tournament features men's and women's singles, doubles and mixed doubles in 2.5-5.0 divisions. Cost is $30 per person for one event and $15 per person for a second event.

The tournament is sanctioned by the USTA and all registration is handled online. Participants can register at usta.com or prctennis.com. For information, call Petersburg Racquet Club at (706) 860-9288.

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.

Softball camp

Greenbrier High School will hold a fastpitch softball clinic June 2-5. Cost is $80 per person, $60 for siblings and $60 per player if registering a team of five or more. The camp is open to those entering grades 2-9 and will run from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. each day. For a camp flier, visit the Greenbrier High School home page, click "Athletics" and "Summer Camps." For information, e-mail Garrett Black at gblack@ccboe.net.

Basketball camp

Greenbrier High School will hold summer basketball camps in two sessions. Session I is open to boys and girls in grades 2-5 and will be held June 1-3 at Stallings Island Middle School from 8 a.m. until 11 a.m. Cost is $60. Session II is open to boys and girls in grades 6-8 and will be held July 27-30 at Greenbrier Middle School. Cost is $70. For information, e-mail Dana Bull at dana.bull@ccboe.net.