First Posted: 4/3/2015
Each Sunday, The Lima News publishes a calendar of events of local interest. Events should be submitted by Wednesday of each week to The Lima News Sports Department, 3515 Elida Road, Lima, OH 45807. Events can be faxed to 419-229-2926 or e-mailed to [email protected].
BASEBALL
Elida
Elida will hold its annual Scott Harmon Memorial Weekend baseball tournament May 22-24. There will be a U-10 division and a U-12 division. The first 16 teams in U-12 and first 10 in U-10 will be accepted. Age cutoff is April 1. Entry fee is $200, with OHSAA umpires. Contact Matt Burton by email at [email protected] or call or text 419-204-6131.
Delphos
The sixth annual Nathan Miller Memorial Baseball Tournament will be May 29-31 at the Delphos Stadium Park. The tournament field will consist of 16 to 20 teams for boys ages 11-12 years old (age cutoff is April 1). The tournament will be pool play with a three-game guarantee. Players must be from the same school district. Cost is $150. Deadline to enter is May 8. For more information contact Sam Miller at 567-825-8631 or Brent Binkley at 419-235-7919.
Bath
Lima’s “Wildcat” 15U baseball classic tournament will be held June 5-7 at Bath High School. Cost will be $395 per team with a three game guarantee. Individual and team awards will be given out to first and second place squads. For more information and to reserve a spot contact Jeremie Magrum at 419-233-3232 or by email at [email protected].
Bath
The Bath High School baseball program is having its annual “Best of Northwest” youth baseball tournament June 5-7. There will be 12U, 10U and 8U coach pitch division. Cost for each division is $200 with a three game guarantee. Awards will be given to the first and second place teams in each division. For more information and to reserve a spot contact Jeremie Magrum at 419-233-3232 or by email at [email protected].
St. Marys
St. Marys Summer Classic tournament in June 12-14 for ages 9-12 in St. Marys, with newly reworked diamonds. Ages 9 and 10 play on 46/60 foot, while 11 and 12 play on 50/70. Each team guaranteed a minimum of three games. Entry fee is $200 per team. For details, call Russ Bailey at 419-733-4527 or email [email protected].
Glandorf
Glandorf will be playing host to a Glandorf Park Classic youth baseball tournament June 13 and 14th. There will be 10U and 12U divisions (age cutoff is April 1). Cost per team is $175 with a three-game guarantee. Awards will be given to first and second place teams in each division. For more information, contact Scott Buckland at 419-234-1071 or by email at [email protected].
BASKETBALL
Ottoville
The Ottoville Shoot Out for teams of fifth and sixth grade boys and sixth grade girls will be held April 10-12. Entry fee is $125 with each team guaranteed a minimum of four games. Fee includes free meal for all players. For entry forms and more information contact Shannon Schlagbaum at [email protected] or 419-230-6415.
Leipsic
The second annual one-day 3 on 3 Tournament for the Leipsic Youth Basketball Program is 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 18 for boys and girls grades 3-6. Cost is $80 per team. Fifth and sixth grades play in the Leipsic High School gymnasium, with fourth grade at Leipsic Middle School and third grade in St. Mary’s gynasium. All finals are in the high school gymnasium. Entry deadline is April 11. There is no admission fee for any game. Championship T-shirt siwll be sent to the winning team in each grade division. For more information, call Sam Walther at 419-615-0056 or email [email protected].
BOWLING
Bowl for Kids’ Sake
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Allen County will have a bowling tournament April 18 at Westgate Lanes, Lima. Teams fo four sign up to bowl during a shift and bring a donation to receive free bowling, pop, T-shirt and be entered to win door prizes. Call Casey Simon at 419-523-4016 or email [email protected].
Delphos
Teams are needed for Community Health Professionals of Delphos “Bowling For Hospice” at 6:30 p.m. April 24 at Delphos Recreation and Bowling Center. Six-person teams receive two games of bowling, plus door prizes and a 50-50 drawing. Cost is $10 per player, with proceeds benefiting the CHP patient care fund. Registration is limited to first 16 teams. Registrations are available at 602 E. Fifth St., Delphos, by calling 419-695-1999 or online at www.comhealthpro.org.
CYCLING
Limaland Bicycle Tour
Team Roadrunners, a local bycling club, will sponsor the Limaland Bicycle Tour, starting at 8 a.m. June 20. at Lima YMCA, 345 S. Elizabeth St., Lima. Three routes are available, including 17 miles on the Lima Riverwalk ($15 for individual, $35 for family) with refreshments at the start and stop; 35 miles on country roads ($25) with one rest stop and lunch; and 65 miles ($25) on country roads with two rest stops and lunch. Tour donation will be made to Veterans Food Pantry and Blue Star Mothers. Tour T-shirts are free to the first 35 entries by June 3, although day-of-event registration will be available. Register online at teamroadrunners.org/limaland-tour. Email questions to [email protected].
GOLF
Optimist Junior Golf Championship
A pre-qualifier tournament for the Optimist Junior Golf Championship is May 9 at Delphos Country Club. Divisions include boys ages 10-11, 12-13, 14-15 and 16-18 and girls ages 10-2, 13-14 and 15-18. For more information, go online to http://golf.optimist.org/oh.
FOOTBALL
Ada
A free youth football clinic for children ages 6 to 13 is April 26 at Dial Roberson Stadium at Ohio Northern University, Ada. Registration starts at noon, with the clinic from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. For more information, go to onusports.com or contact Devin Russell at 419-772-2588 or [email protected].
St. Marys
The St. Marys Roughriders will conduct four fundamentals football camps for incoming kindergartners through ninth grade students. These camps will be held at the TURF football complex. The cost will be $30 for each participant. There will be a $20 charge for the eighth and ninth grade camp. Athletes will receive a treat each day as well as a camp shirt. The Elementary Camp for grades K-3 will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 22-24, the Midget Camp for grades four through six will be from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. June 22-24, the Junior High Camp for seventh- and eighth-graders will be from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. July 13-15 and the freshmen camp for ninth-graders will be from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. July 13-15. Sign up ahead of time or on the first day of camp. For more information and to obtain a signup form contact Coach Doug Frye at [email protected].
Findlay
The University of Findlay football program will hold an Elite Prospect Camp on July 6 for participants in grades 9-12. The camp will feature instruction on individual skills from the football staff and other college coaches from around the area. Cost of the camp is $30 by pre-registering with an email to [email protected] with your name, high school, position, year in school and T-shirt size. For details, visit http://j.mp/1EQxpnh.
GOLF
Bowl For Kids Sake scramble
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Putnam County is hosting its fourth annual Golf for Kids’ Sake four-person scramble at 1 p.m. June 28 at Pike Run Golf Club, Ottawa. Money raised stays in Putnam County. Teams get golf, two carts, range balls, goody bag, two drink tickets and two meals for $60 per person, with lunch by Arbys and supper by Schnipke Inn. For details, call Melissa Weaver at 419-523-4016 or visit www.bbbswco.com.
RUNNING
Lima
The 36th annual Spring Fling 5K Run/Walk will be held at 2 p.m. April 19 at Veterans Memorial Civic Center, Lima. Registration is $20 race day and includes a T-shirt. Pre-registration discounts are available. To enter, visit limarunjograceresults.com. For details, call Susie Motter at 419-568-7255 or email [email protected].
Ottawa
The third annual Mutt Run/Walk is 10 a.m. April 19 at Putnam County Fairgrounds, benefitting the Putnam Pet Pals. Race-day registration is 9 a.m., with games and raffles until noon. For mroe info or 5-K signup form, contact Holy Hounds at [email protected] or call 419-234-0919.
Delphos
The Organ Donor Dash 5K is April 26 at Delphos Jefferson High School, north of Delphos on state Route 66. Registration fee is $18 with T-shirt before April 17. Race-day registration is $20 beginning at noon. Race starts at 1:08 p.m. Forms are available at Peak Community Fitness, Delphos, or by contacting Deann Heiling at 419-230-2963 or [email protected] Proceeds benefit Lifeline of Ohio for organ donation awareness. Organ recipients and their families are invited to a tribute lap before the 5K to celebrate the benefits, and memorial 2-inch by 3-inch spaces are still available on the shirt until April 17.
St. Marys
The second annual Landen’s Run, a 5K run/walk for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness, is May 2 at Skip Baughman Stadium football field’s parking lot, with a courtse through KC Geiger Park. Runners will be chip-timed via the Lima Run and Jog Club. Registration opens at 8 a.m., with the race at 9 a.m. Awards will be given to the overall male and female winners as well as top performers in male and female age categories. Registration forms are found on grandlakehealth.org. Proceeds go to the Landen Phlipot Scholarship Fund for people pursuing a nursing career and an interest in obstetrical or neonatal nursing.
Lima
The Purple Heart 5K in support of Combat Wounded Warriors will be held at 10 a.m. May 24 at Faurot Park. Entry fee is $20 if received by May 1, $25 if received between May 2 and 18 and $30 race day with registration starting at 9 a.m. There will be 10 age divisions each for men and women starting with 15-19 and going to 60 and older. To sign up online go to runsignup.com/limamoph. For more information send an email to [email protected].
Bluffton
Registration for the second annual Be A Beaver Triathlon on May 30 has begun. Participants may register online at 3disciplines.com. Cost is $60 for individuals and $100 for relay teams.
On-site registration will be available May 29 at the Bluffton Community Swimming Pool, with prices $10 higher, and from 6 a.m. 8 a.m. on the day of the triathlon, with prices $20 higher. Individuals may also register on site for any one of the three triathlon disciplines at a cost of $25.
Beginning at 9 a.m. May 30 at the pool, the triathlon will include a 400-meter swim, a 20-kilometer bike course on nearby country roads and a 5K run through village streets and the Bluffton University Nature Preserve.
Participants who register by May 22 will receive an event shirt. Finishers’ mementos will be presented, along with awards to the top three finishers in each age group. There will be professional chip timing, with results available online afterward.
Triathlon organizers are also seeking volunteers to work at the event. To volunteer, contact Karen Brandt, head coach of the university’s cross country and track and field teams, at [email protected]
Proceeds will help the cross country and track and field teams cover their costs to attend out-of-state invitational meets.
SOCCER
Elida
Elida Youth Soccer registration for fall 2015 is available. Kindergarten through eighth-grade students can register online at elidasoccer.com or in person 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. April 25. Registration deadline is June 7. Contact Youth Director Scott Cockerell at [email protected] with questions.
Wooster
Wooster Girls Soccer Camp at the College of Wooster is accepting registrations for its June 14-17 and June 29-July 2 residential soccer camp for girls ages 10-18. Second session is for elite high school players. Group discounts are available. Register before May 1 for a price break. Find details at woostersoccercamp.com.
SOFTBALL
Wapakoneta
Softball teams are needed for a men’s Friday night ASA slow-pitch league. League play begins May 1 and concludes in early August with a double-elimination league tournament. Entry fee, which includes game balls and ASA sanction fee, is $370. For details, contact Jon Derryberry at 419-738-9591 or at [email protected].
Cairo
Spots remain for the Cairo men’s Monday night softball league. Entry fee is $450. Play begins in mid-May. Entry deadline is April 20. Contact Doug Austin at 419-230-4264.
WRESTLING
Elida
A FCA Wrestling clinic for grades 7-12 with 1988 Olympic bronze medalist Nate Carr is 2 to 4 p.m. April 11 at Elida High School. Cost is $50, including pizza afterward. Register online at www.district8fca.org.
YOGA
Lima
UNOH Yoga Studio will begin its spring 10-week session the week of April 6. Classes are Monday through Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings, with a limit of 15 per class for yoga and pilates classes. Call 419-234-6089 or visit unohyoga.com to register.