Our town sports

LAGA Championships: Lawrence Amateur Golf Assn. will conduct its annual championships on July 12 at Alvamar and July 13 at Eagle Bend. For information, go to lawrencegolf.org.

¢ WTT Opener: Lawrence’s World Team Tennis League will begin March 30. Registration deadline is March 26. For information, go to www.wtt.com/rec leagues or e-mail Bud Pettit at kaybud99@hotmail.com.

¢ LHS Softball Camp: Lawrence High will conduct a softball camp for youths in grades 3-12 on May 27-30 with general skills in the morning and pitching-catching in the afternoon. For information, call Reenie Stogsdill at 691-8036 or e-mail rstogsdi@usd497.org.

¢ City Sports: Late registration for city adult spring dodgeball and basketball will end Friday. For information, call 832-7920 or go to www.lprd.org.

¢ Junior Golf: Youths ages 10-18 are eligible for the Kansas Optimists International golf tournament June 12 in Salina. Area qualifiers will be May 29 at Olathe Heritage Park and June 2 at Lake Shawnee GC. For information, call Jim or Judy Morris at (316) 788-1186.

¢ KU Club Baseball: Kansas University’s club baseball team will conduct a trivia contest and silent auction Friday at the Burge Union. For information, call B.J. Rains at (314) 898-7800 or go to jayhawkclubbaseball@yahoo.com.

¢ Marathon Sign-up: The TherapyWorks Lawrence Half Marathon, 5k and Mile Fun Run will be April 20. For information, go to www.lawrencehalfmarathon.com.

¢ Soccer Camp: A spring break soccer camp for pre-school through eighth graders will be March 17-21. For information, e-mail vipsports-ks@hotmail.com. or call 550-3452.

¢ Youth Softball, Baseball: Registration has begun for city youth summer softball and baseball programs as well as the Heinrich and Houk U-14 baseball leagues. Henrich League play will begin in mid-April. Tryouts for the Houk League will be April 19-20. For information, call Lee Ice at 832-7940 or go to www.lprd.org.

¢ Orchards Golf: The Duffers League at Orchards Golf Course will begin next Wednesday and run through the end of October. For information, call 843-7456.

¢ Powerlift Champ: Gus Harrison, a McLouth High sophomore, won the 178-pound division of the Basehor-Linwood Invitational Powerlifting Meet last weekend. Harrison earned gold medals in overall, bench (230 pounds), squat (335 pounds) and clean (225 pounds).

¢ Player Needed: A Heinrich League U-14 baseball team is looking for a league and tourney player. For information, call 979-6390 or e-mail jpwgraph@aol.com.

¢ Tackle Football: Anyone interested in playing in an eight-man adult tackle football league can call Terry Neyland at (785) 228-0729. The season will begin in August with at least four preseason games scheduled April through July.