Each Sunday, The Lima News publishes a calendar of events of local interest. Events should be submitted by noon 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
Bluffton
Bluffton Family Recreation will have a summer T-ball league from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Bluffton park, running from July 7 to Aug. 6. It’s open to boys and girls ages 5 to 7, with players hitting off a tee and working on fundamentals. Cost is $30 for non-BFR members and $15 for members. Registration deadline is June 9. Call 419-358-4150 to register.
Lima
The Locos Express will be holding tryouts for teams 13U to 18UT at Simmons Field (home of the Lima Locos) on July 13th and 14th. Visit locosexpress.com to register (online registrations tab). Questions can be directed to [email protected].
St. Marys
The Ohio Fury Softball Program will hold the Star Spangle Shootout Baseball Tournament on June 26-28 at KC Geiger Park, St. Marys. There are 14U, 16U and 18U-plus/American Legion divisions. Entry form is at www.eteamz.com/ohiofury1. For details, call Mike Short at 419-738-3795 or email [email protected].
Columbus Grove
The Columbus Grove Youth Athletic Association will hold its 8U, 10U and 12U baseball tournament July 17, 18 and 19 at Hall Avenue Park in Columbus Grove and Vaughnsville Baseball diamond in Vaughnsville. Entry fee is $200 per team for school teams only until June 1. After June 1, the fee is $225. There’s a three-game guarantee with awards for first and second place. Entries must be returned by July 1. For additional information, contact 8U and 10U tournament director Todd Hoffman at 567-204-6440 or [email protected] or contact 12U director Dale Otto at 419-236-7834 or [email protected].
BASKETBALL
Lima
Camps for first- and second-graders will be held from June 29 until July 2 and July 6-9 at the Lima Family YMCA located at 345 South Elizabeth Street. Cost is $30 for members and $45 for nonmembers. Contact Program Director Alicia Bell at 419-223-6045, extension 114, or [email protected] for more information.
Lima
The Tier 1 Sports Basketball Academy is offering four days a week training for boys and girls in June. Sessions emphasize drills, strength training, speed training and core/balance training for two hours a day at Lima Senior. Spots are limited. For details, contact coach Quincy Simpson at 419-371-1635 or [email protected].
Wapakoneta
Wapakoneta is playing host to a Wednesday morning summer basketball league for girls entering grades 9-12. Players will be placed on the teams for the summer and play two games each day. This a just play league with no coaching. Cost is $60. For details and registration forms, contact Rusty Allen at [email protected].
St. Marys
The Scoonie Penn Basketball Camp is June 25 at St. Marys High School, including the former Ohio State player from the 1999 Final Four team. Boys and girls grades 1-6 is 9:30 a.m. to noon, while boys and girls grades 7-12 is 1 to 3 p.m. Cost is $50 per player, including a camp T-shirt and sports bag. For details, contact Jason Clark at 419-305-2055, Bob Fitzgerald at 419-305-9822, Jeff Johnides at 419-733-1365, or Jenny or Traci at TLC Learning Center at 419-394-5500. Money raised benefits the St. Marys Tailgate for Cancer.
Lima
The Lima Family YMCA located at 345 South Elizabeth St. is putting on a summer basketball league for those in first through fourth grades. The first and second grade league games are 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesdays and the third and fourth grade games at 5:30 p.m. until 9 p.m. Thursdays with practices held Saturdays. Cost is $25 for members and $50 for nonmembers which includes a T-shirt. Contact Program Director Alicia Bell at 419-223-6045, extension 114, or [email protected] for more information.
CYCLING
Ride to Remember
The inaugural Ride to Remember bicycle ride is July 11 in Bluffton, with rides from 10 to 100 miles starting and ending at Bluffton Family Recreation. There is a 10-mile loop, a 64-mile loops with cutoffs for 13, 17, 24, 50 and 57 miles and a 10-mile course. Funds benefit the Bluffton Bike and Pedestrian Pathway Committee. Cost is $20 for individuals, and $25 after June 30. Family members ride for $20 for the first member, $15 for the second and $5 for each additional member, with an extra $5 for each registration after June 30. Register online at bfronline.com.
FOOTBALL
Elida
The Fellowship of Christian Athletes will hold a free youth football clinic Friday, July 10. The clinic is free to all area youngsters entering the third through sixth grades. The check-in time is 5 p.m. and it will run from 5:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. at Elida’s Kraft Stadium. In case of rain, the clinic will be held in the Elida Fieldhouse. Basic skills will be taught by the following area coaches: Geron Stokes, Andy Schafer, John Zerbe, Bill Sammons, Jeff Thomas, Carey Arthur, Josh Spencer, Dan Allison and Tim Goodwin. There will also be current and former area NFL and college players including Kyle Miller, Zac Dysert, Jarrod Pughsley, Joe Horn, Taylor Royster, Matt Bahr, Zach Rosenbauer, Seth Rosenbauer and Brice Fackler.
Registration is required. To register, contact Mark Miller at [email protected] or call 419-331-3046.
Shawnee
WOFOA and OHSAA instructor Deron Bailey will be holding a new football officials class starting Monday, July 13, at Shawnee High School.
Cost of the classes are $135 and covers OHSAA permit fee, rules books and testing.
For more information contact Bailey at 567-204-1802 or at [email protected]. To register for the class go to officials.myoshaa.org
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].
St. Marys
The St. Marys Tailgate For Cancer on June 24 includes featured speakers Anthony Schlegel and Bobby Carpenter, former Ohio State players. Doors open at 6 p.m. June 24 at Buffalo Wild Wings, 442 Fortman Dr., St. Marys. Tickets are $40 for dining room or $25 for patio dining and are available at Buffalo Wild Wings and TLC. All proceeds benefit St. Marys Tailgate for Cancer. For details, visit tailgateforcancer.com.
Convoy
The Kory Lichstensteiger Football Camp is 9 a.m. to noon June 27 at Crestview High School’s football field, 531 E. Tully St., Convoy. Cost is $60. Event includes instruction from an NFL strength and conditioning coach, exposure to Division I, II, III and NAIA universities and interactions with current players from Division I playing at all offensive positions. Camp focuses on skill development, speed and agility. Players need helmet, shorts, shirt and football cleats but no pads. T-shirt is available if you register before June 20. For details, visit klfootballcamp.com, email [email protected] or call 419-203-9544.
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.
Elida
The Fellowship of Christian Athletes sponsors a free football camp for grades 3 thru 6 on from 5 to 8:30 p.m. July 10 at Elida’s football complex. The Legends of Northwest Ohio’s UNDEFEATED Youth Football Camp will have several area college and pro players, as well as area coaches as instructors. You must pre-register to be included. Call Mark Miller at 419-339-7348 or email at [email protected].
Bluffton
Bluffton Pirate Junior High Football Camp is 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. July 13, 15, 21 and 23 at Bluffton Harmon Field for seventh and eighth graders. Training includes emphasis on fundamentals and installation of offensive and defensive schemes. Cost is $30, including camp instruction, T-shirt, prizes and snacks. For details, contact Steve Lemley at 419-204-4146 or [email protected].
FOOTGOLF
Lima
A league is forming for the sport which combines soccer and golf with competition being held from 10 a.m. to noon Thursdays until July 23 for those ages 5 to 15 years old. Cost is $15 for Lima Family YMCA members and $30 for nonmembers plus a $6 green fee to be paid at Hawthorne Hills. Contact Alicia Bell at 419-223-6045, extension 114, or [email protected].
GOLF
Crossroads Mission Trip
A tournament benefitting Crossroads Youth Mission Trip in July is Saturday, June 27 at Lost Creek Country Club. The four-man, shotgun tournament tees off at 9 a.m., with registration at 8 a.m. Cost is $40 per player or $160 per team, including 18 holes of golf, cart, dinner and a chance to win prizes. Awards are offered for first, second and third place, along with putting challenge, longest drive and closest to the pin. To register, contact Jake at 419-229-4074 or [email protected] by the deadline of June 14.
Golf 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 Arby’s and supper by Schnipke Inn. For details, call Todd Pester at 419-306-2616.
Tamarac Golf Camp
The Lima Family YMCA will sponsor the Tamarac Golf Camps for ages 8-14 from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. July 6-9. Contact Alicia Bell at [email protected] or 419-223-6045 ext. 114 for details.
Golf with the Legends
Legends of Northwest Ohio’s Golf with the Legends will be held at Tamarac Golf Course on Saturday, July 11. Participants can play with a local sports legend or with their own foursome. Hole sponsorships available. To register contact Andy Lynch at [email protected].
Putnam County YMCA
The sixth annual Putnam County YMCA golf outing is July 24 at Pike Run Golf Club. Registration and driving range open at 7:30 a.m., with shotgun start with scramble at 8:15 a.m. Call the YMCA at 419-523-5233 for details.
Ottawa Chamber 9th annual golf outing
The Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its golf outing Friday, Aug. 15, at County Acres Golf Club, with 11:30 a.m. lunch and at 12:15 p.m. start. Only 30 teams are available, with teams accepted on a first-come, first served basis. Call the chamber at 419-523-3141 for details.
RUNNING
Lima
The Lima Family YMCA/Kewpee Race Series is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 23, with the Herb Jay River Run 5K. Other races in the series are the Kewpee/YMCA Triathlon at 8 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 2; the Kewpee/YMCA 4 Mile at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27, and the Kewpee 10K at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8. The course for Tuesday’s run will start and finish at the YMCA located at 345 South Elizabeth Street. To enter and for more information on the series go to ohioroadraces.net and limaymca.net. Questions can be sent to Dan Grime at [email protected].
Spencerville
The Spencerville Subway & Shell 4 Mile Run is 9 a.m. June 27 in Spencerville as part of the Summerfest. Entry fee is $15 with a shirt and $10 with no shirt until June 22, when prices are $20 with a shirt or $15 without a shirt. A $1, 1-mile fun run begins at 8:30 a.m. Trophies and gift certifications go to the first three males and females, with awards to the first three finishers in each age group. For details, call Brian McMichael at 419-647-6433 or email [email protected].
Wapakoneta
The Run to the Moon! 5K and 10K is July 18 at Armstrong Air and Space Museum. All runners get entry into the museum. 10K Triple Crown top three overall winners get cash prizes, with cash prizes for the top male and female overall finishers in the 5K. Astronauts will sign race shirts, with space music and space facts along the course. There is also a one-mile fun run. Register online at Speedy-Feet.com.
Columbus Grove
St. Anthony Catholic Church (512 W. Sycamore Street) is having a road course 5K run/walk at 7 p.m. Aug. 1. There will be awards for top male/female finishers, as well as the top 3 male/female in 13 different age groups. Pre-registration before July 24 is $18/$13 (with/without shirt) and race day registration is $20/$15 (with/without shirt pending availability). Results will be posted on grovedc.com. For more informaton and registration form requests contact Hannah Warren at 419-303-5476 ([email protected]) or Matt Ellerbrock at 419-659-2271 ([email protected]).
Lima
The Lima Family YMCA/Kewpee Triathlon/Duathlon will be held at 8 a.m. Aug. 2 at Ottawa Metro Park, east of Lima on State Route 81. Race registration and fees are $50 for entries postmarked on or before June 30 and $60 for entries from July 1 through July 25 and race day by 7 a.m. Three person team or two person non-competitive team registration is $80 for entries postmarked on or before June 30 and $90 from July 1 through July 25 and race day before 7 a.m. If entering as a team, each member must fill out a registration form and all entries must be mailed together. The swim loop will be held at the swimming beach at the park followed by a bike race on a rectangle course along country roads and runs along the river walk. Entry forms can be found at http://limaymca.net/ and http://ohioroadraces.net/. Contact Dan Grime at [email protected] for more information.
Fort Jennings
The Fort Jennings Musketeer Athletic Boosters are having a Stache Dash 5k and 1 mile fun run Sunday, Aug. 9. The race starts at Fort Haven (145 Fourth St. Fort Jennings). One mile starts at 8 a.m. and 5k at 8:30 a.m. followed by awards. Register online at FJStacheDash.eventsbot.com or search for Musketeer Athletic Boosters on Facebook.
SHOOTING
Lima Sabres
The Lima Sabres has weekly trap shooting practice from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Wednesdays all year round at 5090 Hanthorn Road. There is also a Tuesday night 5-Stand, beginning at 5 p.m. There is also a trap at 9 a.m. Wednesdays and Thursday Night Trap Shooting, beginning at 6 p.m. Member meetings are held at 7 p.m. the last Wednesday of the month from January through October. There are no meetings in November and December. The weekly Silhouette League meets at 5:30 p.m. Mondays until July 27 and the Rimfire Mini-Palma is held at 5:45 p.m. Mondays from Sept. 7 until Oct. 26. Upcoming special events include Chris Cerino via Insight Firearms Training (June 27 & 28), 59th annual N.R.A. Smallbore Prone Regional (July 11 & 12), Lima Sabres Inaugural 3-Gun Match (July 18), E.D.G.E. Junior Fun Shoot (5 p.m. Aug. 31), Lima Sabres’ annual Hog Roast (Sept. 12), Lima Sabres Presents N.R.A. Women on Target (Sept. 27), Lima Sabres Bowling Pin Match (Nov. 8). Modified Practical Pistol Competition is scheduled for July 12, Aug. 9, Sept. 13 and Oct. 11. Sabres E.D.G.E. Junior Pistol Team Practice is set for July 5, Aug. 2, Sept. 6, Oct. 4, Nov. 1 and Dec. 6. Steel Challenge dates are June 21, July 19, Aug. 16, Sept. 20, Oct. 18, Nov. 15 and Dec. 20 and 88 Round highpower rifle events are planned for June 21, July 19, Aug. 23 and Sept. 20. The second session of the Sabres E.D.G.E. Junior Smallbore Rifle Club is scheduled to begin June 29 and run through Aug. 24. For more information on all these events and activities go to limasabres.com or send email to [email protected].
SOCCER
Wooster
Wooster Girls Soccer Camp at the College of Wooster is accepting registrations for its 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.
Challenger British Soccer Camp
The Lima Family YMCA will sponsor the Challenger British Soccer Camp on July 20-24. Contact Alicia Bell at [email protected] or 419-223-6045 ext. 114 for details.
YMCA Soccer Camp
The Lima Family YMCA will sponsor the YMCA Soccer Camp for grades K-4 on Aug. 6-8. Contact Alicia Bell at [email protected] or 419-223-6045 ext. 114 for details.
SOFTBALL
Akron
The Akron Zips Summer Camp is coming soon at Lee Jackson Softball Field. The Future Zips Camp is 9 a.m. to noon June 24, with check-in at 8:15 a.m., for $50. The Zips Camp is 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 14, with check-in at 8:15 a.m., for $70. For information, call 330-972-8168 or email [email protected].
St. Marys
The Ohio Fury Softball Program will hold the Star Spangle Shootout ASA Girls Softball Tournament on June 26-28 at KC Geiger Park, St. Marys. There are 10U, 12U, 14U, 16U and 18U year-old divisions. Entry form is at www.eteamz.com/ohiofury1. For details, call Mike Short at 419-738-3795 or email [email protected].
Payne
The Payne Ball Association will be playing host to an 8 & under girls softball coach-pitch all-star tournament from Friday, July 10, through Sunday, July 12.
Players must have been 8 years or younger as of Dec. 31, 2014. Teams are guaranteed three games and awards include a minimum of top two teams as well as individual game awards for each team.
For more information, contact Kevin Wannemacher at 419-399-7243 or by e-mail at [email protected]. Information can also be downloaded at payneball.com.
Ohio City
A Lambert Days men’s slow pitch softball tournament will be held July 18-19 at Ohio City Fireman Park. Entry is $150. Contact Randy at 419-203-2736
Grand Lake Fall League
The Grand Lake Fall League is taking registrations for 2015. The fastpitch league will be divided up into three divisions this year: ninth–12th grade, sixth–eighth grade, and third–fifth grade. The league will play doubleheaders Sundays for five weeks; Information and registration forms can be found at thundercamps.com or call John Hendricks at 765-348-6413 or Joe Hoying at 419-834-1282. The league starts Aug. 23. Registration deadline is Aug. 1.
TENNIS
LATA tournaments
The Lima Area Tennis Association championships are set. Singles are June 26-28; doubles are July 10-12 and mixed are July 17-19 at the UNOH Tennis Courts. Prepaid fees are $30 for non-members, $20 for LATA members and $15 for high school age (8th-12th). Entry deadlines are 5 p.m. the Monday before the tournament begins. For details, contact tournament director Jeff Brown at 567-249-9549.
VOLLEYBALL
Findlay
The University of Findlay Oilers Volleyball Camp for those in grades fourth through nine is June 22-25. Contact Alicia Bell at [email protected] or 419-223-6045, ext. 114, for details.
Lima
A class is forming for anyone wishing to become a license volleyball official through the OHSAA. Classes meet from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, starting July 27. Classroom and on-court instruction will be provided. Cost is $120. For details, contact John Dornick at 419-234-5733 or [email protected].
WIFFLE BALL
A Lambert Days two nights under the lights Wiffle Ball Tournament will be held July 17-18 at Ohio City Fireman Park. Must be at least 16 years old to play. Entry is $75. Contact Ryan at 419-203-7042.
WRESTLING
Delphos
The 2015 Premier Technique Wrestling Camp is 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 9 and 10 at Delphos St. John’s High School. Ohio State wrestlers Bo Jordan and Kyle Snyder will be on hand. Pack your lunch. Cost is $90 per wrestler for the two-day camp or $45 per day. For details, contact Derek Sterling at 419-234-5600 or [email protected] or call Mike Wilson at 419-233-0609.
