State softball tourney
Any men’s league softball team interested in playing in the Men’s Class E State Tournament, to be held on July 19-21 in Caribou must contact Mike Patenaude by phone at 207-227-4328 or by email at mpatenaude@cfpwood.com or Matt Bouchard at 207-493-4224 or 493-4239 or by email at matt@cariboumaine.org.
Color Presque Isle 5K
The Color Presque Isle 5K Road Race is scheduled for Aug. 24.
The registration fee is $25 if done on Aug. 1 or before. After Aug. 1, the fee will be $30. The first 200 to register will receive a T-shirt.
For more information and to register, visit www.umpi.edu/colorpresqueisle5k.
Registrations may be sent to Wintergreen Arts Center, 149 State Street, Presque Isle, ME 04769, with checks payable to Wintergreen Arts Center.
All proceeds from the race will benefit the Northern Maine Center for the Cultural Arts.
Golf tourney at AVCC benefits hall of fame
The third annual Maine Basketball Hall of Fame Golf Scramble will take place Friday, Aug. 2 at Aroostook Valley Country Club in Fort Fairfield. This will be a four-person Oldsmobile scramble with an 11 a.m. shotgun start. Registration will be from 10-10:45 a.m. The field is limited to the first 40 paid teams. Entry fee is $60 per person and includes a steak or chicken BBQ.
Over $4,000 in prizes will be awarded to the top two gross teams and top eight net teams. In addition, golfers will have a chance to win two hole-in-one prizes, including a 2013 Ford Focus on hole No. 15 and a $10,000 cash prize for a hole-in-one on hole No. 4.
Closest to the pin and a longest drive will also be held. An auction will also be part of the event.
The proceeds of this tournament will go to the Maine Basketball Hall of Fame in support of the hall that will be located in a wing of the Cross Insurance Cener in Bangor, which is now under construction and will be the future site of the Eastern Maine Basketball Tournament.
Interested golfers can contact Larry Gardner at 551-5001 for more information or visit the Hall of Fame’s website at www.mainebasketballhalloffame.com.
Softball batting practice Saturdays in New Sweden
A slow pitch softball batting practice, for any interested senior 55 years of age and older, is being offered Saturdays at the baseball field behind Northstar Variety in New Sweden beginning at 9 a.m.
For more information, contact Dale Sjoberg at 896-5310.
Basketball camp
The SJV Stars Travel Basketball Camp will make a stop in Limestone for a camp to be offered July 29-Aug. 2 at Limestone Community School.
The camp will feature daily instruction from top area high school and college players and coaches. Fundamental instruction, daily games and contests, lectures and demonstrations are all part of the camp Grades K-2 will meet from 9-10:30 a.m. and grades 3-8 from 9-noon. The fee is $20 for the younger age group and $40 for the older division.
For more information, contact Eric Werntgen, camp director, at 834-2039 or ewernt@hotmail.com.
