Our town sports

Mass. St. Mile: The Mass Street Mile will be held on July 4th in downtown Lawrence. The race will be divided up into 3 heats and the course will start and end on Mass Street beginning at 9:30 a.m. For more information, visit www.massstreetmile.com call, stop by Garry Gribble’s Running Sports at 839 Mass or call 785-856-0434. This is being held in conjunction with the Tour of Lawrence bicycle races.

Youth Football Camps: The Lawrence Youth Football Camp, put on by coaches and players from Lawrence High and Free State, will be June 28-July 1 for players entering grades 3-8. It will run 8:30 a.m.-noon. The camp for quarterbacks, wide receivers and defensive backs is July 6-8. Sessions will run 9:30-11:30 a.m. Registration forms for the LHS and FSHS camps are at city elementary and junior high schools. For additional information, call Free State’s Bob Lisher at 832-6050 or Lawrence High’s Dirk Wedd at 832-5050.

Adult Softball and Kickball: The Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department is taking registration for adult fall softball and kickball through Friday, July 9. Register by Wednesday, June 30 and receive a discounted registration fee. For information, call 832-7920 or log on to www.lprd.org.

LHS Boys Basketball Camp: Dates for the 2010 Lawrence High boys basketball summer camps have been set. Basketball camps for grades 3-5 and 6-8 will be held July 6-9. High school summer basketball workouts will take place on Mondays and Wednesdays from June 7-July 14 and are open to boys entering grades 9-12. For more information, contact LHS boys basketball coach Mike Lewis at 840-5492 or lhsboysbasketball@gmail.com.

LHS volleyball camp: The LHS volleyball camp at Lawrence High is July 12-16 for girls in grades 3-12. Register on Lawrence High website usd497.org. For information, call Stephanie Magnuson at 691-8941 or e-mail her at smagnuso@usd497.org.

Free State Volleyball Camp: The Free State volleyball camp will run from June 28-July 2 for ninth- to 12th-grade students. Camp for eighth-graders and younger will run from July 19-July 23. For information about camps or summer conditioning, contact Nancy Hopkins at nhopkins@usd497.org or call 766-7677.

Track Club Meetings: The Lawrence Youth Track Club meets from 6-7:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays at South Junior High. The club, for youths age 8-18, runs through July. Scholarships are available.

Youth Football Camp: A football camp for youths entering the second through sixth grades will be held July 22-24. No pads or helmets will be used, and there will be no contact during the camp, which will be held at Haskell Indian Nations University. For information, contact info@lawrencelightningfootball.com or visit www.lawrencelightningfootball.com.

Girls Soccer Academy: Kaw Valley Soccer will hold an All Girls Soccer Academy. Deadline is July 15. For information, visit www.kawvalleysoccer.com or e-mail kvsaregistrar@sunflower.com.

Preschool Soccer: Registration is open for Kaw Valley Soccer’s preschool programs Kickers and Hobbits for 3-, 4- and 5-year-olds. For information, visit www.kawvalleysoccer.com.

Woodard Camps: Former Kansas University standout Lynette Woodard and business partner Deborah Newkirk will hold camps this summer at Bishop Seabury Academy. Camps for grades 4-6 and for grades 7-12 will be July 19-22. To register log onto www.rule13athletics.com.

Cagers baseball: Kansas Cagers Basketball Team is looking for ninth and 10th grade boys (2010-2011 school year) who are interested in playing competitive basketball in the Lawrence and Kansas City areas. Practices are held most Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at Tonganoxie Middle School Gym, 824 Washington Street, Tonganoxie. If you are interested in a competitive tournament team, contact Coach Jason McCoy (jmccoy34@sbcglobal.net).

Alvamar results: The following are results from Sunday, June 20 at Alvamar Public: Net: 1. Casey Old 70; 2. Mike Beaton 70; 3. Ed Scholtes 72; 4. Tony Kovach 73. Scratch: 1. Tyler Cummins 68; 2. Conrad Roberts 70; 3. Van Reichert 80; 4. William Gantz 80.

Horseshoe winner: Wynne Mihura of Lawrence won first place in the Topeka Horseshoe Tournament in the champion class last weekend. Also, Burl Cox from Norman, Okla., won second place in his class.