Friday, October 28, 2011
This list is updated at least weekly. A short version including imminent events appears on Fridays in the sports section. Submit items by e-mail to sports@timesfreepress.com, by fax to 423-668-5049 or by mail to Sports Dept., Chattanooga Times Free Press, 400 E. 11th St., Chattanooga, TN 37403.
Fury Fall Series Powered by Under Armour: Nov. 5-6 & 12-13; 9- to 18-under tournaments; 3-game guarantee. Contact Ruston Pierce at tnfurybaseball@gmail.com or 619-9488.
Prospect Watch tryout camp: Nov. 6, noon, Bill Evans Field, College Park, Ga.; for anyone who played college or minor league baseball in 2011 seeking placement in affiliated, independent or international leagues in 2012. See www.eteamz.com/tryoutcamp or 404-869-7966.
Elite catching camp: Nov. 12-13, Carson-Newman College, Jefferson City; 9 a.m.-2 p.m.; high school players; $120. Call 865-471-3465.
2012 10-under Dalton Tigers seeking players: To complete roster for travel team. Contact Allen Coley at 706-428-1191 or daltontigers@yahoo.com.
2012 10-under Fury Baseball seeking player: 1 well-rounded player who can pitch; cannot turn 11 before May 1, 2012; competitive travel team. Contact Doug Campbell at djcampbell@epbfi.com or 762-2068.
Fury Academy lessons: New 12,000-square-foot, climate-controlled indoor facility with professional instructors available for pitching, hitting & defensive lessons plus strength/conditioning; open 7 days a week off I-75 near East Ridge. Call Coach Scott at 902-4011 or email furybb@gmail.com.
Team indoor rental, Fury facility: More than 7,500 square feet, 2026 Mack Smith Road; rates as low as $50 for 90 minutes; team instructor training available; other sports can use it, too. Contact Alan at 1101aw@comcast.net or 488-6186.
Burke's Sports Academy instruction: Private hitting, pitching & skills lessons year-round for ages 5-18. Call Marvin Burke at 894-4293 or see www.pitchhit.com.
Lessons for high school pitchers: Taught by former University of Tennessee pitcher Zane Stone; individual & group rates to improve and sharpen skills. Call 240-3337 or email zanecstone@yahoo.com.
Ooltewah Baptist Upward (& cheerleading) registration: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; boys & girls ages K4-8th grade; evaluations Nov. 5. Call 238-4831.
Hixson UMC Upward registration/evaluations: Oct. 29, 9 a.m.-noon; practices start Nov. 28 for Saturday games beginning Jan. 7; boys & girls, grades K-6. See www.hixsonumc.org or call 877-1246.
Tennessee Valley coaching clinic: Oct. 29, Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School, 9 a.m. (registration 8-8:45); special guest Dickie Simpkins, 3-time NBA champion with Bulls; coordinated by DeWayne Watkins with Lawanza Crutcher, Bill Byron, Jonathan Adams & Kenrick Liburd; $35, includes breakfast & lunch. Email dwatkins.lfo@catoosa.k12.ga.us or call 423-227-9735.
Ooltewah Youth Association signups: Nov. 5, 12 & 19 & Dec. 3, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Ooltewah Walmart garden center; boys & girls ages 5-14; $75.
Catoosa County adult league signups: Nov. 9-Dec. 9; ages 15-up in open & church divisions playing in school gyms; $395 per team. See www.catoosarec.com or contact Adam Wilson at adam.wilson@catoosa.com or 706-891-4199.
TN Swarm AAU girls: Seeking players in grades 4-5. Contact Bryan Kile at bryanyd@msn.com or 423-435-5818.
Elite AAU boys tryouts: Players sought; ages 11-15. Call 314-4230 or 544-4685.
Ages 13-15 AAU girls team tryouts: Call Johnny at 618-2647.
Personal training: By successful college coach Melvin Williams; boys & girls ages 7-18, individuals or small groups. Call Coach Williams at 322-5939.
Individual lessons: For boys & girls in grades 6-12. Call Grover Levy at 931-636-7311 or see www.askthepositivecoach.com.
Personal professional-level training: All ages, boys & girls, taught by current pro player. Call Tony Doyley at 308-9450.
Power Up training: Individualized high-level training for all ages. Call lead instructor Roy Pankey at 285-0334.
Intramural wheelchair pickup games: Washington Hills Recreation Center. Call 855-9741.
Red Bank Boxing Club: Practice under way, weekdays, 4:30 p.m., Henry Luken sports facility; no cost. Call Skipper Fairbanks at 877-4113.
Golfers Fore Kids Classic: Nov. 1, WindStone, 1 p.m.; 4-person teams, $500; endorsed by UTC women's basketball coach Wes Moore to help Tennessee Baptist Children's Homes' local campus; sponsorships available from $100 to $4,000. Call Carl Willis at 892-2722.
Ooltewah Youth Association tournament: Nov. 4, Brown Acres, 12:30 p.m.; 2 flights, $75 per player; $350 sponsorships available. Call Mike Owen at 645-2929 or Mark Hancock at 645-9923.
East Ridge High School wrestling team tournament: Nov. 5, 10 a.m., Brown Acres; 4-person select shot, $60 per player; benefits ERHS wrestling program; sponsorships available. Contact coach Brad Laxton at laxton_brad@hcde.org or 991-9281.
"Pre-loved" equipment sale & relay competition: Nov. 12, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., First Tee Player Development Center, 2453 Hickory Valley Road; range will be open to the public, for $10 First Tee donation, while the sale is going on; relay event starting at 11 a.m. involves 6-player teams playing 1 ball among them 3 times around the 3-hole loop as fast as possible. Email thefirstteechattanooga@gmail.com or call relay chairman David McKenna at 304-7418.
Champions Junior Tour: Summer, fall & spring tours in Knoxville area for boys & girls ages 14-under; 1-day events. See www.championsjrgolf.com.
Dalton Shootout: Oct. 29, Harmon Field, Dalton, 5 p.m.; UTC club team vs. North Georgia College Saints; free admission; free youth clinic, 4 p.m., led by former Syracuse All-American Liam Banks; sponsored by Northwest Georgia Lacrosse Club & Dalton Parks & Recreation Department. See nwglax.org or contact Mike Sanderson at mike.sanderson@shawinc.com or 706-313-2077.
U.S. Elite Training sports specific programs: With Summit Physical Therapy, for all high school, club & AAU level athletes; using OptoJump system for measurement, analysis & efficiency of performance. Call 843-9511. Also, S.P.E.E.D., group & sport-specific training through Jason Wright at jwright@uselitetraining.com or 843-9511.
Chattanooga Quarterback Club meetings: Mondays through April 16, noon-1 p.m., Stadium Club, Finley Stadium; $10 including hot meal, $4 without; annual membership dues $35. Call secretary Milly Farris at 266-0642 or president Doug Dyer at 265-5062.
Greater Chattanooga Hydrocephalus Walk: Oct. 29, Coolidge Park, 10 a.m. (check-in starts 8:30); 5 kilometers along RiverWalk. See walk4hydro.kintera.org/chattanooga or email charapac@epbfi.com or call 503-6657.
Head of the Hooch rowing regatta: Nov. 5-6, Tennessee River, Chattanooga; thousands of rowers from college, high school & rowing club teams; free for spectators.
Seniors activities at Brainerd Recreation Center: Shuffleboard, 10 a.m.-noon Mondays & Fridays; badminton, 10 a.m.-noon Wednesdays; table tennis, Tuesdays 5-8 p.m. & Saturdays 2-4 p.m. Call 425-3600.
Also for badminton, call Gene Blaes at 624-0501.
"Table soccer": Chattanooga Subbuteo League looking for players; easy to learn & play; equipment provided. Call (706) 965-6881 or see www.americansubbuteo.com.
Game Day Fundraiser implementation: See www.eliteteamservices.net for how to earn up to 75 percent profit with 2-week projects. Call 706-508-4755.
Rapid Learning Whitewater Club roll practice: Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30 p.m., UTC indoor pool; ages 8-older; $5, equipment provided. Email terri@outdoorchattanooga.com or call 842-6629.
Chattanooga Chapter of Tenn. Ornithological Society meeting: Second Thursday of each month, 7 p.m., Ascension Lutheran Church, 720 S. Germantown Road. Contact David Stone at rockyturf@comcast.net or 238-4234.
Cloudland Canyon guided cave tours: Oct. 29 & 30; 2- to 4-hour tours led by Georgia Girl Guides; ages 6-older (minors must be accompanied by adults); reservations required. See www.gastateparks.org/CloudlandCanyon.
Women's Hang Gliding Festival: Through Oct. 30, Lookout Mountain Flight Park; for pilots and women who want to try hang gliding; fun flying competitions, clinics, reduced-price training, evening activities. See www.hanglide.com or or email fly@hanglide.com or call 706-398-3541 or 800-688-5637.
Enterprise South Nature Park free kids' hikes: Oct. 29, grades 1-3 9-10 a.m., grades 4-6 10:15-11:30; led by naturalist Laura Marsh to teach about trees and other plants; adults must accompany children; space limited; next hike Nov. 12 (homes/habitats). Call 893-3500 to reserve a space.
South Cumberland State Park hikes: Oct. 30, 11 a.m. CDT, difficult 4.5-mile Buggytop hike from Carter State Natural Area parking lot. See www.friendsofscsra.org.
Soddy-Daisy Chapter of Tennessee Trails Association hikes: Nov. 2, 9 a.m., Greenway Farm 4-miler; Nov. 3-6, 35-mile backpacking trip from Mowbray Pike to Leggett Road; Nov. 9, 9 a.m., Tennessee Riverpark 4-miler; Nov. 12, 9 a.m., North Chickamauga 4.5-miler; Nov. 16, 9 a.m., Upper Leggett Road Loop/overlook 4-miler; Nov. 19, 9 a.m., Raccoon Mountain east overlook 4-miler; Nov. 26, 9 a.m., Snow Falls (Dayton) 11-miler; Nov. 30, 10 a.m., Pot Point loop 3.5-miler. Contact George Bonneau at george.r.bonneau@gmail.com or 842-3619.
Chattanooga Sea Kayakers trip on Nickajack Lake: Nov. 5, 1 p.m.; 3-hour trip beginning at TVA Shellmound Recreation Area off I-24 exit 158; dinner at Cracker Barrel in Lookout Valley.
Upchuck 50k trail race: Nov. 12. See www.rockcreek.com/upchuck.rco.
Johnson Mental Health 10k Great Pumpkin Run: Oct. 29, Moccasin Bend, starting at Mental Health Institute, 9 a.m. (1-mile run walk 9:15); USATF certified course; costume contest added this year for most original &best group; $30 ($10 for fun walk). Register at active.com.
Ragnar Relay Tennessee: Nov. 4-5, leaving 6 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday from Coolidge Park in Chattanooga, finishing 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday at Riverfront Park in Nashville; 196-mile race for teams of 12 members running 3-8-mile legs. See www.ragnarrelay.com/race/tennessee.
Upchuck 50k trail race: Nov. 12, Cumberland Trail past Possum Creek. See www.rockcreek.com/upchuck.rco.
Salvation Army's Jingle Bell Jog: Dec. 3, 9 a.m., Fletcher Park, Cleveland (sign-ins start 7 a.m.); 5k run & 1-mile walk, raising donations for utility assistance for needy families with small children or senior citizens; $20 entry ($25 for a family), individual or group donations also welcome. Visit clevelandjinglebelljog.com or call 380-8178.
U.S. Elite Training youth academy: Classes under way at the indoor facility on Dayton Pike in Hixson; ages 5-8. Also, clinics for 4-year-olds Thursdays 4-5 p.m. & Fridays 11 a.m.-noon & 3-4 p.m; $10 per class. Call 843-9511.
Elite Soccer Training group training sessions: Oct. 29, 10:30 a.m.-noon, & Oct. 30, 1:30-3 p.m., for under-12 & under-14 players; Oct. 30, 4:30-6 p.m., high school groups; All Saints Academy. Call 240-5737.
Youth open play days: Wednesdays, 5-6:30 p.m., Frances B. Wyatt Recreation Center, Colville Street; ages 9-14 boys & girls targeted, regardless of club or school affiliation, but other ages welcome.
Elite Soccer Training Christmas camp: Dec. 21-23. See Elite-Soccer-Training.org.
High school player training: Focused on individual skills; sessions twice weekly. Call Richard Northcutt at 314-3207.
Game Day Fundraiser implementation: See www.eliteteamservices.net for how to earn up to 75 percent profit. Call 280-0440.
2011/12 Soddy-Daisy Heat tryouts: Oct. 29 & 30, 4 p.m., Soddy-Daisy Kids Club park; for girls born in 2004 (some '03) to fill 4 spots in select program being established; dates/times flexible, private tryouts possible; all inquiries confidential. Email soddydaisyheat@gmail.com or call Kevin Phillips at 443-5333, Cory Sharpe at 280-4653, Robbie McGill at 309-7346 or Jason Gentry at 718-5414.
Emory University fall expo & instructional clinic: Nov. 19, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Atlanta; girls fastpitch players ages 13-18, $95; instructors include Division I head coaches such as Belmont's Chris Kuhlmeyer, Tennessee Tech's Tory Acheson, ETSU's Brad Irwin; teaching on offense, defense, hitting & pitching in morning; skills evaluation, practice, drill session, scrimmage in afternoon. Contact Lee Dobbins at lee.dobbins@emory.edu or 423-552-0490.
14-under Chattanooga Eagles: Looking for experienced catcher, 3 other girls fastpitch players with 1997 or '98 birthdates to complete 2011-12 roster. Contact Michael Woodward at eaglescoach.mw@gmail.com or 593-2897.
Fully sponsored 12-under girls fastpitch team: Seeking players; all positions open; top practice facilities. Call 802-9462.
Southern Belles 12-under select team tryouts: Email SouthernBellesSoftball@hotmail.com.
16-under Team Baden seeking girls fastpitch players: All positions being considered; also, pickup players needed for fall tournaments. Call Shannon at 933-4956.
North Georgia Storm 02 Select B girls team: Seeking 2 A/B-level players. Call coach Benny Carroll at 423-605-9691 or e-mail northgastorm10@yahoo.com for tryout information.
Burke's Sports Academy fastpitch instruction: Private hitting, pitching & skills lessons year-round for ages 5-18. Call Marvin Burke at 894-4293 or see www.pitchhit.com.
Lee University individual/group lessons: Pitching, catching, fielding, hitting & slapping instruction from Lee coaches & players. Contact coach Emily Russell at 614-8456 or erussell@leeuniversity.edu.
Fury Fastpitch Academy training: Pitching, hitting, slapping, defensive skills, catching. Call Jill Higdon at 423-504-5970 or see furyfastpitchacademy.com.
Team indoor rental, Fury facility: More than 7,500 square feet, 2026 Mack Smith Road; rates as low as $50 for 90 minutes; team instructor training available; other sports can use it, too. Contact Alan at 1101aw@comcast.net or 488-6186.
Fastpitch lessons from Ginger Jones: First-team All-American at Alabama now instructing in this area; small hitting or pitching groups or entire teams. E-mail jcrawfordh@yahoo.com or call 504-5970.
Fastpitch lessons from Jessica Penney: All-conference Shorter College pitcher from Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe. Call 423-260-2510.
Private hitting & catching lessons: By Lee University assistant coach Jeff Martin. Contact him at 488-8316 or JMART14@comcast.net.
Fastpitch pitching lessons: By Jalayne Mongar. Call 421-9830.
Fastpitch pitching, hitting & fielding lessons: By Kerilyn Mongar. Call 321-2111.
"Quicker, faster, stronger" camp: Monday-Friday daily sessions; ages 7-older; $35 a week, unlimited sessions. Call 870-1200.
Game Day Fundraiser implementation: See www.eliteteamservices.net for how to earn up to 75 percent profit with 2-week projects. Call 706-508-4755.
Baylor Diving Club winter registration: Nov. 1 & 3, 6-7 p.m., Baylor School natatorium lobby; affiliated with USA Diving & open to anyone; current members' age range is 6 to 65. Contact John Bonds at jbonds@baylorschool.org or 267-8506, ext. 654.
SCAC competitive swimming: Year-round, all ages and abilities; home-school program available; first 2 weeks free. Call John Woods at 634-7606 or see swimscac.com.
Baylor Swim Club: Year-round competitive program. See www.baylorswimming.org, e-mail brian_gill@baylorschool.org or call 267-8506, ext. 630.
T.N.T. Indoor Academy: Starts Oct. 31, Manker Patten; 7-week after-school clinics for 10-under, middle school & high school ages. Call 266-6767.
Hamilton YMCA year-round lessons: Group, family & private sessions for ages 4-over from 2006 and '09 USTA Tennessee pro of the year Murtala Habu. Call 899-1721 or e-mail ndaugherty@ymcachattanooga.org.
UTC kids program: "Iron Sharpens Iron" sessions, beginner to intermediate youth learning fundamentals, body awareness principles, techniques, combative wrestling; $65. Also, weekly elite training sessions Wednesdays, 6 p.m.; supplemental training for elementary & middle school wrestlers; $5 per practice. Call Mike Hatcher at 303-0760.