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The Upcoming Events list is a public service of the Times-News. To submit an event, email the Sports Department at sports@timesnews.net, fax listing information to (423) 392-1385 or contact the Sports Department after 6 p.m. at (423) 392-1323 or 1-800-251-0328, ext. 4323. Submissions must be received at least one week prior to the event and include sport, dates, deadlines, location and contact information. Baseball LESSONS • PITCHING LESSONS, for individuals and teams ages 9-14, are being offered by David Hoover, former pitching coach at Dobyns-Bennett and Daniel Boone. Call (423) 578-3427 for details. TRYOUTS • TRIBE BASEBALL 8-under team for the 2019 season will have tryouts at 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 14 and at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 15 at the Dobyns-Bennett softball field. Anyone born after May 1, 2010, is eligible to try out. If interested, contact Lance Sawyer at (423) 367-8888, Kelly Morton at (423) 306-9665 or Lucas Henderson at (423) 963-0828. • COLONIAL HEIGHTS REBELS 9-under local travel baseball team is hosting private tryouts for the upcoming fall/spring seasons. There also will be an open tryout starting at 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 28 at the Rebels Complex. Games will be in the Tri-Cities area. To learn more, call Justin Crawford at (423) 765-3782. • VELOCITY BASEBALL USSSA 11-under team is hosting private tryouts. Contact Coach Jay at (423) 833-1304, email velocitybaseballjc@gmail.com or go online at velocitybaseballofjc.teamapp.com for more information. Basketball CAMPS • CARSON-NEWMAN Drill Factory camp, for boys and girls grades 3-12, will be held from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on July 2-6, with the Friday of instruction finishing at 2 p.m. Cost is $145 per camp or $260 for a player participating in both camps. A shooting camp will be held from noon-3 p.m. on Aug. 6-10; fee is $75. To learn more, call Eagles assistant coach Shane Williams at (423) 943-3037 or email swilliams@cn.edu. • GEORGE PITTS BASKETBALL Position Camp will be held July 16-19, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m., at King University. Fee is $95. Call (423) 652-4781 or visit tornadobasketballcamps.com. • LINCOLN MEMORIAL men’s basketball individual skills camp is July 30-Aug. 2 at Tex Turner Arena. Preregistration fee is $85; day-of-camp fee is $100. To learn more, email Rail- splitters assistant coach Jeremiah Samarrippas at jeremiah.samarrippas@lmunet.edu. • ETSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL and coach Brittney Ezell will hold a Buccaneer Experience Camp for high schoolers on Aug. 4-5 inside Brooks Gym in Johnson City. The Wednesday, Aug. 4 camp is for rising juniors and seniors, and the Thursday, Aug. 5 camp is for rising freshmen and sophomores. Cost is 50. To register, go online at BrittneyEzellBasketball.com. For more information, call the ETSU women’s basketball offices at (423) 439--5330 or email BrittneyEzellBasketball@gmail.com. • LINCOLN MEMORIAL Men’s Basketball Elite Camps will be held Aug. 19. Fee per attendee is $75. For more information, contact Railsplitters assistant coach Jeremiah Samarrippas at jeremiah.samarrippas@lmunet.edu. LEAGUES • SUMMER LEAGUE BASKETBALL signups, for boys and girls grades 3-12, run April 15-June 30. The 12-game season starts July 9. Entry fee is $250 per team. Call (423) 341-0133 or email ebarbaau@aol.com. • COLONIAL HEIGHTS ATHLETIC COMMISSION is registering for youth basketball, age divisions 4-6, 7-8, 9-10 and 11-13. Deadline to sign up is Nov. 11. Visit chacsports.leagueapps.com. Cheerleading CAMPS • CARSON-NEWMAN coach Christy Bowlin will conduct a cheer camp for third- through ninth-graders on July 20-22 on the Jefferson City campus. Cost of the three-day, two-night camp is $205 per camper/coach for overnight campers and $175 for commuters. For more information, contact Bowlin at (423) 416-2395 or email cbowlin@cn.edu. Football CAMPS • CARSON-NEWMAN ONE-DAY Technique Camp will be held July 14 on the Jefferson City campus. Cost is $35 to preregister or $40 for day-of walk-ups. For more information, go online at cneagles.com and click the Football tab. SIGNUPS • CHURCH HILL-MOUNT CARMEL-SURGOINSVILLE Recreation Department will conduct registration for youth football in July. Age brackets are 6-8 and 9-12; fee is $40 per player. The child must turn 6 before Sept. 30, 2018, but may not turn 13 before that date or be in the seventh grade to be eligible to play. Register your child Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., at Church Hill City Hall or online at churchhilltn.gov. Call (423) 357-7010 with further questions. Hiking • NIGHT HIKE TO SINKING WATERS at Warriors Path State Park starts at 9 p.m. on Tuesday, June 26. Bring a dim flashlight, drive to the camp store and carpool to the trail for the hike to the Sinking Waters wetland. • SINKING WATERS RIDGE HIKE, on the first loop of the Sinking Waters Trail at Warriors Path State Park, begins at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 28. Drive to the camp store and carpool to the start of the trail. • DEVIL’S BACKBONE HIKE at Warriors Path State Park begins at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 30. Drive to the camp store and carpool to the start of the invigorating hike. • NIGHT HIKE at Warriors Path State Park starts at 9 p.m. on Tuesday, July 3. Bring a flashlight, drive to the camp store and carpool to the trail. • SINKING WATERS RIDGE HIKE, on the first loop of the Sinking Waters Trail at Warriors Path State Park, begins at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 5. Drive to the camp store and carpool to the start of the trail. Running CAMPS • TRAILBLAZER CROSS COUNTRY Camp, sponsored by Ron Mathews State Farm Insurance, will be held July 16-17 and 19-20, from 6-8 p.m., at the Daniel Boone High School track in Gray. Check-in daily is at 5:30 p.m. Cost is $40 per athlete (or $35 if registering from same family). For more information, call camp coordinator Scott Huff at (423) 676-2248 or email huff10@comcast.net. CLUBS • SLIPSTREAM TRACK & FIELD CLUB is entering its 26th summer season. Open to all athletes ages 7-18 from Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia, practices are held on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Daniel Boone and on Mondays at Greeneville. Practices start at 6:30 p.m. For more information, go online at slipstreamtrackclub.com or contact club director Brian Buckner at (423) 742-5004. RACES • WOLF RUN, part of the Skelton Law Racing Series and a Kingsport Fun Fest event, will take place Tuesday, July 17, starting at 6:30 p.m., at Bays Mountain Park in Kingsport. Contact race director Mark Skelton at (423) 272-4812 or go online at RunTriCities.org. • APPALACHIA RAILROAD DAYS 5K, 3-mile power walk and 1-mile fun walk will be held Saturday, Aug. 4 in Appalachia. Preregistration for the 5K is $14; day-of-race fee is $15. Preregistration for the walk events is $10; day-of-race fee is $11. For more information, contact Randy Blair at (276) 393-9577. • FIT4LIFE GLOW RUN 5K — featuring an ’80s theme — will be held Friday, Aug. 10 at The Wellness Center in Johnson City. Go online at thegoosechase.org/5k-glow-run for more information. • BAYS MOUNTAIN TRAIL RACE, a 15-miler and part of the Skelton Law Racing Series, will take place Saturday, Sept. 15, starting at 8 a.m., at Bays Mountain Park in Kingsport. Contact race director Mark Skelton at (423) 272-4812 or go online at RunTriCities.org. • BLUEGRASS HALF MARATHON, presented by The Goose Chase, will be held on Sunday, Sept. 30 at Founders Park in Johnson City. The Kid’s Race begins at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 28. For more information, go online at thegoosechase.org/bluegrass-half-marathon-relays. Soccer CAMPS • TUSCULUM JOY OF SOCCER CAMP, a co-ed/individual/high school age ID camp for players ages 7-17, will be held July 15-19. For more information, contact women’s coach Mike Joy at (423) 636-7321 or mjoy@tusculum.edu. • ETSU RESIDENTIAL SOCCER CAMP, which is geared toward serious players ages 12 and older, will be held July 18-21 at Summers-Taylor Stadium. Check-in on July 18 is from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.; session times TBA. The fees are $375 for a commuting camper and $475 for a residential camper. Contact Josh Scott at (423)-439-8437 or scottja3@etsu.edu, or visit bucssocceracademy.com. SIGNUPS • CHURCH HILL-MOUNT CARMEL-SURGOINSVILLE Recreation Department will conduct registration for youth outdoor soccer in July. Age brackets are 7-9 and 10-13; fee is $20 per player. The child must turn 7 before Sept. 30, 2018, but may not turn 14 before that date to be eligible to play. Register your child Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., at Church Hill City Hall or online at churchhilltn.gov. Call (423) 357-7010 with further questions. Softball CAMPS • TUSCULUM YOUTH SOFTBALL CAMP, being held in conjunction with the Summer PItcher/Catcher Camp open to players 8-18, will be held Wednesday, June 27, from 1-6 p.m. at Edmonds Field in Greeneville. Cost is $100. For more information, contact coach Julie Huebner at (423) 636-7300, ext. 5131 or email jhuebner@tusculum.edu. SIGNUPS • JOHNSON CITY PARKS and Recreation will begin registering for its girls travel softball league on Monday, July 2. Teams for ages 8-under, 10-under and 12-under will play an eight-game schedule starting Monday, Aug. 13; sites are Metro-Kiwanis Park and Carnegie Park. Cost is $200 per team plus $5 for each non-city resident. Register at the Winged Deer Park Athletic Office, 4137 Bristol Highway, by Friday, Aug. 3. TOURNAMENTS • FUN FEST ONE-PITCH SOFTBALL tournament, hosted by Kingsport Parks & Recreation and sponsored by Action Athletics, will be held in July. Divisions are men’s open competitive (July 14-15; July 13 if necessary), men’s open recreational (July 14-15; July 13 if necessary), women’s open (July 14-15; July 13 if necessary) and co-ed (July 17-18 at Brickyard Park). Fee is $100 per team; deadline to register is 5 p.m. on Wednesday, July 11. Register Monday through Friday, from 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., at the Civic Auditorium, 1550 Fort Henry Drive, Kingsport. Contact Matthew Elkins at (423) 229-9458 or matthewelkins@kingsporttn.gov with questions. • FUTURE STARS OF SPORTS Fastpitch World Series will be held July 19-22 at Winged Deer Park in Johnson City, White Top Creek Park in Bristol, Tenn., Grandview Elementary in Telford and Ridgeview Elementary in Johnson City. The event features pool play and a double-elimination bracket with a five-game guarantee. Entry fee is $475 per team. Call Ron Ray at (502) 841-0103. TRYOUTS • EAST TENNESSEE LADY WOLFPACK 10-under and 12-under softball teams are looking for players, with an emphasis on finding a 10-under pitcher. For more information on the Christian-based softball program out of Jonesborough, contact Joshua Edens at (423) 361-4605, Daniel Dunbar Jr. at (423) 483-1490 or check out the Lady Wolfpack Softball Facebook page. Tennis TOURNAMENTS • 45th VIRGINIA-WISE Tennis Tournament, sponsored by Impressions Inc., will be held Friday through Sunday, July 27-29, at the Jim and Betty Humphreys Tennis Complex. The event will feature singles and doubles events for both junior and adult divisions. Entry fee is $12 per person per event (limit of two events per person) with all proceeds benefiting the Virginia-Wise tennis program. All players should bring an unopened can of balls per match and USTA rules apply. The deadline to register is 5 p.m. on Wednesday, July 25, at 5 p.m. Go online at uvawisecavs.com for more information and registration forms, or contact tournament director Danny Rowland at (276) 328-1100, (276) 870-8744 or danny24273@verizon.net. Volleyball TOURNAMENTS • FUN FEST VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT, hosted by Kingsport Parks & Recreation and sponsored by Action Athletics, is July 14-15 at Eastman Park at Horse Creek Park. Divisions are men’s doubles ($30 per team), women’s triples ($45 per team), co-ed ($30 per team) and quads ($60 per team); deadline to register is 4 p.m. on Friday, July 13. Register Monday through Friday, from 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., at the Civic Auditorium, 1550 Fort Henry Drive, Kingsport. Contact Jason Wilburn at (423) 229-9459 or jasonwilburn@kingsporttn.gov with questions. Water sports • ROCK, ROW & RUN KIDS AQUATHLON, for ages 6-12, is set for 9 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 18 at Legion Street Pool, 111 Legion St., Johnson City. Participants will row a kayak (which will be furnished) across Legion Street Pool, run the distance and then join the party. Cost is $25 per person through Aug. 10 and $35 afterward. Register online at myjcparks.org or at Memorial Park Community Center, 510 Bert St., Johnson City. For more information, call (423) 434-5749.
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