Lawrence swim team and lessons: Ad Astra Area Aquatics is a competitive year-round swim team that offers practices for ages 6-18 throughout the week. AAAA is always accepting new members. For information, visit adastraareaaquatics.org or call Patrick at 331-6940.

Cycling team: Join Team GP VeloTek (www.gpvelotek.com) to improve your road cycling. Open to youth and adults from beginners to advance cyclists. We even have free loaner bikes for kids, too. Contact coach Jim Whittaker at 913.269.VELO or  velotek@aol.com.

Tennis classes, leagues, lessons: The Jayhawk Tennis Center is enrolling for fall classes and lessons. JTC uses the Quick Start Tennis Program for ages 3-10 and offers a variety of classes, including Cardio Tennis, for all ages, from beginners to advanced players. For information, call 749-3200 or email jayhawktennisfacility@gmail.com.

Trail Hawks 10K: The Lawrence Trail Hawks will host the 3rd annual Sanders’ Saunter Heavy 10K Trail Run on Nov. 19 on Clinton Lake’s North Shore Trails. “Heavy” means the course is slightly longer than an official 10-kilometer race – about 6.5 miles. The race is a benefit run to raise money and awareness for Lawrence’s GaDuGi Safe Center for victims of sexual violence. For information, go to www.Lawrencetrailhawks.com or email race director Raven Rajani at ravenrajani@gmail.com.

Cheer openings: Lawrence Cheer Athletics has spaces available on the competitive dance and cheer teams for the 2011-2012 season. There are openings for the 11U, 14U, 18U and college cheer teams. Dance team spots are open for junior high, senior high and college teams in pom, jazz, lyrical and hip hop. For information, email Maya Tillman-Rayton at mayatillman@dehen.com or go to www.lawrencegymnastics.com.

Horseshoe league: League night is every Thursday evening at 7 at Broken Arrow. Anyone interested can call Wynne at 843-8450.

Volleyball tryouts: Lawrence Juniors Volleyball Club will be hosting tryouts at Free State High for positions on club teams. Age groups 11U-14U will be held Nov. 6, and 15U-17U will be held Nov. 13. For information, visit www.lawrencejuniorsvbc.com.

10-U Phenix: The 10U Lawrence Phenix is looking for a couple players to round out the roster. Please contact Rick Ross at 620-491-3260 or email sooners_fan23@yahoo.com for more information and to schedule a tryout.

Youth CC tryouts: The Brocaw Blazers youth cross country team, winner of 96 national team titles, is having tryouts for new team members through Nov. 6. For information, call Jim Beiter at (785)766-2098 or visit at www.brocawblazers.org.

Aquahawks trial: The Lawrence Aquahawks Swim Club is offering a two-week free swim trial that began Monday. New swimmers may come swim with the Aquahawks at the Indoor Aquatic Center at 4:30 p.m. New swimmers swim free during the weeks of Oct. 24-28 and Oct. 31-Nov. 4. Coaches will work with new swimmers on their swimming technique and introduce swimmers to competitive swimming. All ages and levels of swimmers are welcome. For information, contact Zach at 785-393-7966.

Baseball players sought: Former Kansas University assistant baseball coach Wilson Kilmer is seeking competitive players for a 17U summer baseball team to play in tournament and showcase events for 2012. Membership on the team will also include workouts preparing for the 2012 high school baseball season. No mass tryouts will be held. Contact Kilmer at homeplate@sunflower.com or text or call 785-393-9564 for information.

Indoor facility rental: An indoor baseball practice facility is available for team rental and taking reservations for the winter sessions. For information, visit www.thefacilitylawrence.com.

Thanksgiving Day 5K: The annual Thanksgiving Day 5K will start at 8:30 a.m. Nov. 24 at Woodlawn School in North Lawrence. For information, contact Dee Boeck, at 841-3587 or runlawrence@gmail.com. Online entry and volunteer info are at www.runlawrence.org/TDay5k.html.

Halloween Boo!Run 5K: The first Halloween Boo!Run 5K race will start at 1 p.m. on Oct. 30 at the Kansas River levee. For information, contact GaDuGi SafeCenter at 843.8985 or support@gadugisafecenter.org. Online entries are at www.active.com, keyword word Boo!Run.

Lawrence High Winter Sports: The deadline to turn in winter sports athletic forms at LHS is Nov 9. Athletic forms are available at LHS or can be downloaded from the school website: www.lhs.ud497.org. The LHS winter sports informational meeting will be 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 9 in the LHS cafeteria.

Seal hole in one: Dave Seal used an 8-iron to record a hole-in-one on Oct. 23 on hole No. 11 at Lawrence Country Club. Witnesses were Cap Gray, Garth Terlizzi, Larry Keating and Randy Sneegass.

Franklin ace: Bob Franklin, of Baldwin, hit a hole-in-one on Wednesday at Eagle Bend Golf Course. Franklin used a 7-iron to ace the 127-yard, par-3 17th. Scott Holiday witnessed the shot.