Sports Calendar

Family Y leagues

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Marshall Family Y registration for flag football and cheerleading for ages 5-14 and coed lacrosse for ages 7-15 will run through Aug. 29. Regular registration for lacrosse and late registration for football and cheerleading will run through Sept. 12. The season starts in October. Regular-season games will be on Saturdays. The cost for each sport is $55 for members and $75 for nonmembers, plus $10 for late registration. There will be no refunds after the first week of games. For information or to register, visit the Marshall Family Y at 1202 Town Park Lane in Evans, call (706) 364-3269, or go to www.thefamilyy.org.

Players sought

The Georgia Rockers Fast Pitch Organization will be holding tryouts at the Patriots Park softball complex for the 2011 season. The tryouts will be held Saturday at 9:30 a.m. for 10-under and 2 p.m. for 12-under. The tryouts for the 14-under team will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. For more information, contact Ike Branch at (706) 373-9581 or (706) 860-3886.

The Columbia County Chaos boys travel baseball team is seeking players for the upcoming season. Experienced players are preferred. Players must be 11 or younger as of May 1. For information, call Trevor Adkins at (706) 284-7379.

The Georgia Lightning 12-U travel baseball team is having a tryout for the upcoming season. Players cannot turn 13 before May 1. For tryout dates and information, call Billy Kelley at (706) 825-9898.

The Columbia County Stealers 12-U baseball team is looking for players for the upcoming season. Players cannot turn 13 before May 1. Players need to be able to pitch and play multiple positions. Practices are held at Riverside Park and Patriots Park. For information, contact Scott Stewart at (706) 825-0007 or scott.stewart@ comcast.net.

The Columbia County Volcanoes U-11 baseball travel team is looking for an additional pitcher for the upcoming season. The player must try out and cannot have turned 11 before May 1. The team is looking for serious players with good attitudes. Practices are held at Riverside Park, Windmill Plantation and Patriots Park. For information, contact coach Van Dixon at (706) 830-2806.

Golf tournaments

The Fishers of Men Ministry of Oakey Grove Baptist Church will hold a tournament Aug. 28 at Gordon Lakes Golf Club at Fort Gordon. The format is a scramble, and registration costs $50 per player. The registration deadline is Aug. 24. Proceeds will benefit the Garden City Rescue Mission. Tee time is 12:15 p.m. Prizes will be awarded for closest to the hole and longest drive. To register, call (706) 414-2442 or (706) 513-9029.

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Augusta will hold the 2010 Charity Golf Classic on Sept. 13 and the accompanying Red Shoe Golf Ball on Sept. 11. Both events will be held at West Lake Country Club. The tournament features an 11 a.m. shotgun start. The cost of $250 per person or $1,000 for a four-person team covers golf, lunch, range balls, contests, and team and individual prizes. Sponsorships are available for the tournament. The Red Shoe Golf Ball runs from 7-10 p.m. and features dinner, a silent auction, live music, games, a raffle, prizes and a red shoe contest. Casual attire is suggested. The cost is $75 per person or $130 per couple. For more information or to register, call (706) 724-5901 or e-mail cece@rmhcaugusta.com.

Boating safety

The U.S. Coast Guard Auxilliary and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold a boating safety course Aug. 28 at the Thurmond Dam Visitors Center on Route 221, just on the South Carolina side of Thurmond Dam. Class will start at 8:30 a.m. and be completed by 4:30 p.m. There will be a 30-minute lunch break, and participants should bring their own lunch. There will be optional on-water training. Completion of the course satisfies Georgia and South Carolina boating safety education requirements. The class fee is $35 for an individual and $50 for a family and includes a textbook. For information, contact John VanOsdol at (864) 391-2170 or johnvanosdol@wctel.net or Pat McMenamin at (706) 829-6011 or mcmenaminp@comcast.net.

Camps

The Lakeside High School cheerleading squad will hold a Kiddie Camp for girls in grades kindergarten through eighth grade on Aug. 28 from 9 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. For information, e-mail emcdaniel@ccboe.net.

Jim Siple will be conducting his annual free summer conditioning workouts for children 10 and older through the end of August. The workout is open to participants from any school and is designed to get athletes in shape for the fall season. Workouts will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. and Saturdays at 10 a.m. All workouts will be held at Blanchard Park in Martinez, at 4541 Dewey Drive off Belair Road. Siple has been a volunteer coach with the Columbia County Recreation Department for 22 years. For information, call (706) 860-1592.