Local sports calendar

By News-Argus Staff
Published in Sports on October 25, 2004 1:55 PM

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Babe Ruth softball

The District 8 Babe Ruth Softball meeting will be held tonight at 7:30 in the boardroom of the Pittard, Perry and Crone offices. All coaches and anyone interested in coaching girls softball are invited to attend the meeting. If you are unable to attend but would like more information contact Leigh Tillman at 242-6665.

Parks and Rec. coaches meeting

The Mount Olive Parks and Recreation Department will hold a meeting for youth basketball coaches Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. in the City Hall Conference Room located at 114 E. James St. Anyone interested in coaching a youth basketball team should attend. The season begins Dec. 4 and continues into Feb. For more information contact Tom Swinson at 658-9539 or 658-9388.

RYSA golf tournament

The second annual Rosewood Youth Sports Association fall golf tournament will be held Oct. 28 at Lane Tree Golf Club with a shotgun start at noon. A box lunch will be provided and cost is $50 per player. Trophies will be awarded for top three teams, and there will also be longest drive and closest to the pin prizes awarded. For more information, please contact Stan Adams a 735-7134 or Richard Clark a 734-8388.

RYSA Golf Tournament

The second annual Rosewood Youth Sports Association fall golf tournament will be held Thurs. Oct. 28th at Lane Tree Golf Club at noon. A box lunch will be provided. Cost is $50 per player. For more information please contact Stan Adams at 735-7134 or Richard Clark at 734-8388.

Exchange Club golf tourney

The Exchange Club’s “Feast of the East” golf tournament will be held Oct. 29 at Goldsboro Municipal Golf Course. Entry fee is $50 per player and all teams must be pre-registered. Proceeds benefit youth programs for Wayne County 4-H and the Goldsboro Family YMCA. For more information call Howard Scott at 731-1521.

Spring Creek basketball camps

The Spring Creek basketball coaching staff is conducting a boys’ camp from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Oct. 30. Registration is $30 and includes a T-shirt. Coach Sonny Kilpatrick is directing the camp. For more information, telephone Spring Creek at 751-7160.

Goldsboro Pistons tryouts

The Goldsboro Pistons will hold AAU basketball try-outs Oct. 30 for ages 10-under, 11-under and 12-under at Greenwood Middle School. Tryout times are as follows: 10-U (10-11:30 a.m.); 11-U (11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.); 12-U (1-3 p.m.). For more information about the tryouts and mentoring and tutoring program, contact Dwight Smith at (919) 396-4200, Carlton Smith at (919) 738-5953 or Greg Williams at (919) 394-7600.

RYSA basketball

Rosewood Youth Sports will conduct registration for youth basketball on Saturday mornings in October from 9 a.m. until noon at the Rosewood Elementary School soccer fields. Age groups are from 5-15 and cost is $50. Call Richard Clark at 734-8388 for more information.

Goldsboro winter sports

Winter sports tryouts begin Nov. 1 at Goldsboro High School. All student-athletes must have a current and valid physical on file with athletics director Randy Jordan in order to try out. For more information, telephone Jordan at 731-5930.

Wayne County AAU girls basketball

Open gym tryouts will be held October 24 and 31 from 4 until 7 p.m. at the Greenwood Middle School Gym. If you are 12-16 years old, serious about basketball and wish to play after the school season is over, please come try out.

MOC softball tryouts

The Mount Olive College softball team will host open tryouts for high school seniors on Nov. 6 at 2 p.m. at the MOC softball complex. RSVP by Nov. 1 to assistant coach Herb Mulqueen at (800) 653-0854 ext. 1259 or (919) 658-2502 ext.1259.

Cobra Classic

The second annual Cobra Classic golf tournament, a four-man superball format, is scheduled for Nov. 2. Registration fee is $40 per person and a shotgun start is slated for 12:30 p.m. For more information, telephone Andy Musselman at 734-4307 or Dan Millard at 736-3600.

Goldsboro Parks and Rec

There will be an organizational meeting for the Goldsboro parks and Recreation Industrial Basketball League at 6 p.m. November 3 at the Herman Park Center. For more information call Jeffrey Winbush at 739-7488.

Spring Creek Youth Basketball

The Spring Creek Youth Association will hold signups for youth basketball for grades K-8 on Saturdays starting October 16 at the Spring Creek Elementary School baseball field from 10 a.m. until noon. Cost is $30 for members and $40 for non-members. For more information call Lynwood Barnett at 252-566-5175.

YMCA youth basketball

Registration for youth basketball for boys and girls ages 4-15 will continue through Nov. 8 at the Goldsboro Family YMCA. For more information, contact Caroline Harlow at 778-8557.

MOC-UNC game trip

There is a trip planned for fans to attend the basketball exhibition between Mount Olive College and the University of North Carolina men’s basketball team at the Dean E. Smith Center on Nov. 12. A ticket and a bus ride to and from the game is $35, but there are limited seats available. Call Tommy Turner at 658-3258 for more information.

MOC softball clinic

The Mount Olive College softball team will hold their annual fall, “Fundamentals of Fastpitch,” clinic on Nov. 13 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost is $45. For more information, contact assistant coach Herb Mulqueen at (800) 653-0854 ext. 1259 or (919) 658-2502 ext. 1259.

GHS coaching openings

Goldsboro High School has openings for the following coaching positions — head women’s soccer, head men’s tennis and assistants in men’s basketball. Contact Goldsboro High athletics director Randy Jordan at 731-5930 for more information.

Parks and Rec youth basketball

The Goldsboro Parks and Recreation Department will begin registration for youth basketball on Nov. 2 during weekday office hours. Register at the Parks and Recreation office by the Herman Park Center on East Ash Street. Age groups will be 6-8, 9-11 and 12-14. For more information call Jeffrey Winbush at 739-7488.

Lookouts softball

The Carolina Lookouts girls fastpitch softball team, based out of the Rocky Mount/Nashville area, is seeking a quality pitcher and one utility player for its 16-and under team. One person can fill both spots if qualified. The Lookouts will be playing in two college showcase tournaments this fall and in the summer of 2005. We will also play in two state tournaments, several local tournaments and a national tournament. If you are interested in trying out for one of these positions, please call Greg Bissette at 252-937-6498 or email coach@bissette@hotmail.com or call Kim Knox at 252-946-5905.