Our town sports

¢ LTC Meeting: Lawrence Track Club will conduct a parent informational meeting at 7 p.m. next Wednesday in Room 118 at Lawrence High. For information, call Rhonda Birdsong at 864-5900 or 749-0252.

¢ Youth Softball, Baseball: Registration deadline for the city’s youth baseball and softball programs is April 13. Forms are available at all rec centers and at www.lprd.org. For information, call 832-7940.

¢ Volleyball Clinic: Girls in grades 4 through 8 are eligible for four Saturday city volleyball clinics starting April 1 at the Holcom Park Rec Center. Registration deadline is today. Forms are available at all rec centers and at www.lprd.org. For information, call 832-7940.

¢ Houk League Trials: Tryouts for Houk League baseball for youths ages 13-14 will be April 1-2 at Holcom Complex. Registration forms are available at the Holcom Rec Center on at www.lprd.org. For information, call Mike Mattan at 760-0194.

¢ Eagle Bend Women: A meeting for women interested in joining a Wednesday morning 18-hole golf league at Eagle Bend GC will be at 9 a.m. Saturday at the course clubhouse. For information, call Vicki Murrison at 842-4668.

¢ WTT to Begin: The World Team Tennis spring league will begin the week of April 2 with two skill divisions available. The 3.5 session will be Sundays at 6:30 p.m. and the 4.0 division will be Tuesdays at 7 p.m. For information, call Bud Pettit at 841-8013 or e-mail bpettit@sunflower.com.

¢ Housworth Makes It Three: Deidre Housworth of Lawrence Prairie Fire Wrestling Club became a three-time champion at last weekend’s girls state mat meet. Sister Dottie Housworth earned a reserve championship. Other LPFWC state qualifiers were Mariah Guilfoyle, Jessica Coffman and Natalie Ellison. Last month, Deidre Housworth and Coffman won titles at the USGWA Missouri girls championships while Dottie Housworth and Ellison were runners-up. In the folkstyle regional, Deidre Housworth, Jeanne Morris, Amadna Morris, Guilfoyle, Coffman and Ellison won individual titles while Dottie Housworth, Stephanie Simpson and Hanna Geer were reserve champions.

¢ Girls Mat Gold: Lawrence’s Shelby Bowman, Taylor Young and Jessica Bowman earned gold medals at the USA Girls Wrestling championships. Silver medals went to Jeanee Morris, Amanda Morris, Payton Covert and Baily Knowlton. Third-place medals were earned by Alexandra Clark, Kayla Gore and Emaliegh Clark.

¢ State Mat Qualifiers: Lawrence’s Brandon Goodwin earned a first place in the District I youth wrestling championships. Levi Green, Shelby Bowman, Brian Cain, Julian Kuszmaul and Chris Berg placed third. Kenny Flanders and Penny Khairhianthong placed fourth. Baldwin’s Dylan Housworth placed second. All qualified for the state meet this weekend at the Topeka Expocentre.

¢ U-6 Wrestlers: Levi Green of Lawrence picked up a third place, and teammate Dusty Morris had a sixth-place finish at the state ages 6 and under state wrestling tournament.

¢ Dam Run Entries: Entry deadline is today for Saturday’s Clinton Dam Run 5K and 12K road races. Forms are available at www.runlawrence.org. For information, call Dee Boeck or Gene Wee at 841-3587.

¢ LTA Mixer: Lawrence Tennis Assn. will hold a mixer for current and prospective members at 4 p.m. Saturday at the Lawrence Tennis Center. For information, call Fernando Zuna at (913) 486-7834.