First Posted: 2/27/2015
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 45802-0690. Call 800-686-9924 or 567-242-0451 any day after 4 p.m. Events also can be faxed to 419-229-2926 or e-mailed to [email protected].
ARCHERY
Columbus Grove Archery Club Recurve shoots continue at 7 p.m. Tuesdays in March. Compound shoots continue at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays in March. 3-D Compound shoot will be held at 11 a.m. March 8. Open to the public. Contact Ivan at 419-659- 5605 for information. Memberships available.
BASEBALL
Elida
Bulldog Youth Athletic Association will have spring signups from 6 to 8 p.m. March 3, 4 and 5 and 9 a.m. to noon March 7 at Elida Elementary School. All participants must be in kindergarten through sixth grade and live in the Elida school district or attend Elida schools. For details and to print registration forms, go online to http://elidabyaa.com or contact John Sackinger at 419-203-7580.
Bath Youth Baseball
The Bath Parents Sports Club is accepting registration for this year’s youth baseball season. Sign-ups will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. March 10 and 12 in the Bath Middle School cafeteria. Registration deadline is March 20. For details, call Ray Price at 419-221-2467.
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].
Apex Sports Zone
LIMA — Apex Sports Zone is offering baseball classes for pitching, hitting, and fielding for all ages. Contact 567-712-7175 or or go to ApexSportsZone.com to get signed up.
BASEBALL/SOFTBALL
BFR Sports and Fitness
Batting and fielding will be the emphasis of the clinics offered in February at BFR. Baseball and softball players, U12 and older, can get ready for the outdoor season from the 90 minute training sessions.
Baseball players will meet March 5 and March 19.
Softball players will meet March 12 and March 26.
Registration is available by the week for $15 or $40 for three sessions.
Each session will have a maximum of 12 participants. Evan Skilliter, BFR Sport Coordinator, will lead the sessions with assistance from area coaches. Registration is available online (www.bfronline.com) or by telephone (419-358-4150).
For more information about sport performance training, personal training and memberships, contact BFR by calling 419-358-4150 or visiting the facility located at 215 Snider Road in Bluffton. The building hours are 5:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturdays, 1-5 p.m. Sundays. No appointment is required for a building tour or information. A consultation about personal training options is available without cost.
BASKETBALL
Bluffton
BFR Sports and Fitness’ Girls Basketball Classic Tournaments are on the horizon. Girls will play March 7 and March 8. Each game will be officiated by two licensed referees. Tournament costs $130 per team. Limited spots available. Register soon.
Rockford
Parkway is holding girls and boys tournaments. The boys event is March 5-7 for teams in grades two through six. All teams need to be from the same school district, and no AAU teams are allowed. Cost is $110 and each team is guaranteed at least three games. For more information contact [email protected]
Ada
The Ada Bulldog Girls’ Classic tournament for those in fifth and sixth grades will be held March 7-8 at Ada High School. Teams are guaranteed three games. School teams only. No All-Star or AAU team accepted. Cost is $125 with checks being made payable to Ada Athletic Boosters. For information contact Tracie Amburgey at 419-235-8162 or by email at [email protected].
Tiffin
The fifth annual Best of the Best Spring Shootout will be held March 7 and 8 at Tiffin University’s Heminger Center in Tiffin. There will be fourth-, fifth-, sixth-, seventh- and eight-grade divisions. There is a three-game guarantee and the cost is $225 per team. Shootout proceeds will benefit the Tiffin youth basketball program. Go to bestofthebestbasketball.com or call 419-443-5440 to register or for more information.
Van Wert
Northwest Ohio Basketball Club tryouts for boys wanting to play on a travelling team in grades 6, 7 and 8 is 6 p.m March 8 and for boys in grades 9, 10 and 11 at 6 p.m. March 9. This travelling AAU team goes to Indiana and Ohio by coach Rob Welch. Tryouts are at the Van Wert YMCA, 241 W. Main St., Van Wert. For details, call Rob Welch at 419-238-3620 or email [email protected].
Delphos
The new Prime Elite Club/AAU basketball team tryouts are set. Boys sixth grade is 7 p.m. March 9, and girls eighth and sixth grade is 7 p.m. March 10. Tryouts are in Delphos St. John’s All Saints Gym. To preregister or get more information, visit http://www.primeskillsinstitute.com.
Lewistown
A boys fourth, fifth and sixth grad tournament will be held March 13-15 at Indian Lake High School and Middle School. Entry fee is $150 with each team guaranteed a minimum of three games. No all-star or AAU teams are permitted. For more information contact Gregg Gooding at [email protected] or by phone at 937-638-4991.
Antwerp
The fourth annual St. Patrick’s fast break girls tournament for fourth- through sixth-grade school teams March 13 and 14. Three game guarantee. To enter call 419-769-9991 or email [email protected].
Bath girls tourney
The 12th annual Bath Girls Fifth & Sixth Grade Basketball Tournament is March 14 & 15. Entry fee is $125 per team with Saturday pool play and single elimination tournament Sunday. Only 24 teams per grade will be taken. Call Mike Frey at 419-234-2400 or send an email to [email protected] to register.
Delphos
Jefferson boys’ basketball coach Marc Smith and staff, along with the Jefferson Baseball program have scheduled the 10th annual Wildcat Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Grade Tournament from Friday, March 20, through Sunday, March 22 at Delphos Jefferson High School and Middle School. For the first time this is for boys and girls teams. There will be separate divisions for each grade level. Each team will be guaranteed a minimum of three games. Entry fee for this event is $125. Make checks payable to Delphos Jefferson Athletic Boosters and mail them to Marc Smith, P.O. Box 33, Delphos, OH 45833. For more information, contact Coach Smith at 419-615-7233 or Coach Doug Geary at (567) 204-1524
Bath boys tourney
The 12th annual Bath Boys Fifth & Sixth Grade Basketball Tournament is March 21 & 22. Entry fee is $125 per team with Saturday pool play and single elimination tournament Sunday. Only 24 teams per grade will be taken. Call Mike Frey at 419-234-2400 or send an email to [email protected] to register.
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.
Upper Scioto Valley
A youth league for boys and girls in grades four through six. The girls play Saturdays and boys Sunday. Entry fee is $50 and for more information call Shawn Grener at 567-674-4008 for the girls league and 419-204-8906 for the boys counterpart.
CHEERLEADING
Kenton
The Made To Move Tumbling and Hardin County HEAT Cheer will be playing host to a Tumbling and Cheer Exhibition on from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. March 7 at the Hardin County Family YMCA. Admission is a Free Will Donation (suggested donation is $3 per person). There will be prize raffles, 50/50 raffle, and a silent auction. All monies raised will help with hotel costs for the Hardin HEAT Cheerleaders who will be attending the US Finals National Competition in Indianapolis from April 10 until April 12. Raffle tickets are $1 a piece and can be purchased from any Hardin HEAT member or coach.
FITNESS
Sports Conditioning
SPARK Sports Performance Training is 30 minutes of high intensity speed, agility and explosion for youth in grades 6-12. BFR Sports & Fitness is offering four sessions per week, 5:15 p.m.-5:45 p.m. Monday/Wednesday and 8:30 p.m.-9 p.m. Tuesday/Thursday. First session is free. Contact BFR Sports & Fitness at 419-358-4150 for more information.
Apex Sports Zone
Individual and team classes for overall fitness and improvement in athletic performance are being offered. Team discounts will be given for summer classes. Call 567-712-7175 or go to ApexSportsZone.com to get signed up.
GOLF
UNOH Clinic
The University of Northwestern Ohio Men’s Golf Program invites all high school aged golfers to its inaugural Winter Indoor Golf Clinic to be held at the UNOH Indoor Athletic Complex at 1390 N. Cable Road on March 8. This clinic is designed to provide specific instruction from the coaching staff in all aspects of the game. There will be individual instruction on putting, chipping and ball trajectory work (on short, mid, and long irons, as well as fairway woods, hybrids and the driver). Each participant will also spend 15 minutes of one-on-one time with our swing coach on the simulator and will receive a video copy of the lesson via email. The sessions will last a total of three hours with 10 players in each session. There will be two sessions per day (noon to 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.) The clinic will be limited to 60 players.
Cost is $60 per player per three hour session. Go to http://www.unohracers.com/SIDHelp.php?action=form¶meters=17 to download a registration form. A liability waiver form will need to be signed by a legal guardian when participants arrive for their sessions.
For more information email Coach Dave Kortokrax at [email protected].
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.
HORSESHOES
Lima
The Allen County Horseshoe Pitchers Association has openings for the winter leagues at the indoor courts on C Street. Stop at the club from 8:30 a.m. until noon or call Duane Klink at 419-641-3982.
FOOTBALL
St. Marys Camp
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].
PICKLEBALL
Van Wert
The YMCA of Van Wert County has a pickleball tournament with play starting at noon March 15. Participants can sign up as an individual or a two-person team. Individuals will be assigned a partner. Divisions include men’s, women’s and co-ed. Registration for players age 18 and older ends March 9 and costs $20 per player for the first division and $10 for each additional division. Games are in a round-robin tournament, with a minimum of three games guaranteed. To register, contact Mitch Price, YMCA program director, at [email protected].
RUNNING
Columbus Grove
The 37th annual BBO road race is 2 p.m. March 14 in downtown Columbus Grove. Registration for the four-mile road race begins at noon in Columbus Grove’s high school gymnasium. Awards ceremony follows the race for age groups in male and female participants, who also receive coupon for bowl of hobo stew. Registration is $20 with dry-fit shit and $15 without shirt. To register, call Terry Schnipke at 419-659-4331 or to http://cg.noacsc.org and click on high school to find the link. Proceeds support Columbus Grove cross country.
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.
SHOOTING
Continental
The Continental Conservation Club, half a mile north and half a mile east of Continental on Road E, will have a shooting for boneless arm roast and pork loins today. Practice and still target shooting is 11:30 a.m. Main event is 12:30 p.m. There are eight to a class and four winners to a class, with 25 16-yard targets and 25 handicap targets. Lunch and shells are available. The regular meeting is the first Tuesday of each month at 8 p.m.
SOCCER
Apex Sports Zone Clinic
Soccer FUNdamentals is a weekly clinic for youth soccer players to improve their overall game. The coaches are college coaches and combine fun and soccer. Classes have begun. Register by calling 567-712-7175 or go to ApexSportsZone.com
SOFTBALL
Elida
Bulldog Youth Athletic Association will have spring signups from 6 to 8 p.m. March 3, 4 and 5 and 9 a.m. to noon March 7 at Elida Elementary School. All participants must be in kindergarten through sixth grade and live in the Elida school district or attend Elida schools. For details and to print registration forms, go online to http://elidabyaa.com or contact John Sackinger at 419-203-7580.
Bath Youth Baseball
The Bath Parents Sports Club is accepting registration for this year’s youth baseball season. Sign-ups will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. March 10 and 12 in the Bath Middle School cafeteria. Registration deadline is March 20. For details, call Ray Price at 419-221-2467.
Apex Sports Zone Classes
Apex Sports Zone is offering softball classes for pitching, hitting, and fielding for all ages. Contact 567-712-7175 or or go to ApexSportsZone.com to get signed up.
TRACK
Elida
Bulldog Youth Athletic Association will have spring signups from 6 to 8 p.m. March 3, 4 and 5 and 9 a.m. to noon March 7 at Elida Elementary School. All participants must be in kindergarten through sixth grade and live in the Elida school district or attend Elida schools. For details and to print registration forms, go online to http://elidabyaa.com or contact John Sackinger at 419-203-7580.
Lima
Informal meeting of the Lima Striders at 3 p.m. today at the Cambridge Center, 418 N. Central Ave., to discuss AAU track and field season, fees, and uniforms. Striders are open for ages 5 to 18 for those in Allen County and beyond. Practices begin March 28. For details, call administrator and coach Chris Jackson at 419-371-6198.
