Our Town Sports for May 9

Horseshoes anyone?: Anyone interested in pitching horseshoes is welcome at 7 p.m. every Thursday at Broken Arrow. Contact Wynne at 843-8450.

Aquahawks openings: The Lawrence Aquahawks swimming team is always accepting new members. The Aquahawks are a year-round USA Swimming-sponsored competitive swim team. The Aquahawks offer a swim lesson program and competitive swim team for all ages. The Aquahawks are coached by professional coaches with weekly practices geared toward a variety of skill levels. For information contact Justin at 785-393-2468 or justin@aquahawks.org

Ad Astra Area Aquatics: Ad Astra Area Aquatics is always accepting new swimmers. For information, contact coach Patrick at 331-6940 or coach Katie at 766-7423 or visit the website at adastraareaaquatics.org

Cycling team: Join Team GP VeloTek (www.gpvelotek.com) to improve your road cycling. Open to youth and adults from beginners to advanced cyclists. Contact coach Jim Whittaker at 913.269.VELO or  velotek@aol.com

Indoor baseball/softball practice facility: Big Springs Sports Center provides indoor batting cages and a large open turf area for team practices. For information, call 887-6700.

Next level lessons: Next Level Baseball Academy offers year-round private and semi-private baseball lessons ages 8-18. Locations in Lawrence, Big Springs and New Century. For information, email Duncanmatt32@yahoo.com or visit NextLevelBaseballAcademy.com

FUNdamental softball: Learn the proper mechanics and techniques to play softball. Emphasis placed on fundamental instruction teaching the aspects of pitching, catching, fielding, base-running and hitting. Coach and team consulting available, too. For information contact LuAnn Metsker at 785-331-9438 or dmgshowpig@aol.com

Softball tryouts: Fast&Furious fast-pitch softball tryouts are still available for 10U and 14U players. For information, contact John Delfelder at jdel@sunflower.com

Baseball instruction: Home Plate Baseball has space available for individual and team instruction or team practices. For details, contact former KU assistant baseball coach Wilson Kilmer at 785-393-9564, homeplate@sunflower.com, www.homeplatebaseball.net

Jayhawk Tennis Center: The Jayhawk Tennis Center is taking enrollment (ages 4-10) in Quick Start Tennis classes and Juniors (ages 10-18) in the Jayhawk Tennis Academy. Adult Cardio and Instructional Drill classes meet Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. In-house and USTA leagues for adults of all skill levels are open for Spring/Summer registration. For information, call 785-749-3200 or email jayhawktennisfacility@gmail.com.

Salvation Army hoops: The Salvation Army basketball program will conduct summer 3-on-3 half-court leagues for grades pre-K-to-fifth. Games will be May 28-June 27 at the East Lawrence Rec Center. Cost is $45 per player and includes a jersey. Scholarships available. Registration deadline extended to May 10. For information or to register online, go to 4squareathletics.com or email rick@4squareathletics.com

Audio-Reader golf: Former Kansas University and professional football standout John Hadl will show his support for Audio-Reader by chairing the fourth annual Audio-Reader Golf Classic for the second year in a row. The tournament will be held at Alvamar Country Club on May 20. Businesses and individuals interested in sponsoring or playing in the tournament should contact Brenda Berg Dyck at 864-4634 or berg-dyck@ku.edu.

LHS boys basketball: Lawrence High boys basketball will offer for grades 3-8 a Basketball Skill Development Workout Camp from June 3-July 3. The Workouts will be Monday and Wednesday from noon-1:30 p.m. For information contact Mike Lewis at 840-5492 or mlewis@usd497.org or visit the team website at www.lawrencelionsbasketball.com

Middle school summer basketball league: Games will be played Thursday evenings May 30-June 27. Teams will play two games per night. Boys entering sixth-eighth grades (fall 2013) who are interested in playing in a summer basketball league can contact Mike Lewis at 785-840-5492 or mlewis@usd497.org or Chuck Law at 550-5063 or claw@usd497.org

Lawrence/Free State youth football camp: The Lawrence/Free State youth football camp will run June 24-26. Session for students entering third/fourth grades will run 8:30-10:30 a.m.; fifth-eighth graders will go 8:30 a.m.-noon. All city schools have camp fliers. For information, contact Lawrence High coach Dirk Wedd at 832-5050 or Free State High coach Bob Lisher at 832-6050.

Warhawk hoops camp: The Warhawk Basketball Camp will take place at West Middle School from 5-7 p.m. June 3-7. The camp is for boys entering sixth-eighth grade. For information, contact Stan Frantz at 331-8294 or safrantz@usd497.org

FSHS basketball camps: Coach Chuck Law and his staff will conduct a number of camps and workouts this summer at Free State. For information, send an e-mail to claw@usd497.org or visit www.freestateboysbasketball.com

Archery club: The Junior Olympic Archery Development Club meets at 9 a.m. every Saturday at 9:00 in the indoor target range at Overton’s Archery Center, 1025 N. Third Street, Suite 119. Youth age 8-20, all levels of experience, are invited to join. The Archery Center has a full-service pro shop with rental equipment available. For information, call Overton’s Archery Center at 832-1654 or visit www.overtonsarcherycenter.com

Golf Classic: The Kansas Athletics Golf Classic supporting Douglas County Special Olympics will be held June 24 at Alvamar Private. Registration starts at noon, with a shotgun start at 1 p.m. Range balls, golf, dinner, on-course contests, goodie bags and a silent auction are included in the $125.00/person entry fee. For entry forms, contact Larry Saathoff at rlsaat1024@gmail.com.

16U fastpitch: The Rockets 16U fastpitch softball team is looking for a few good softball players for a team playing in the LGFPA leagues in the 16U/14U combined league. For information, contact Jerry Manweiler at 331-9613 or Manweiler@ftecs.com.

LHS girls basketball: The Lawrence High girls basketball camp for girls entering grades 9-12 will take place 9-11 a.m. May 28-31. For information, please contact Nick Wood at 785-477-5015 or nwood@usd497.org.

Swim Lessons: Ad Astra Area Aquatics is offering swim lessons for children ages 3 and older. Lessons will be at Kansas University, and four different sessions are available, ranging from early June through late July. For more information, call 331-6940 or go to www.lawrenceswimschool.org.

Long Drive: The Time Warner Cable Long Drive Championship will be held at 9 a.m. on May 11 at Eagle Bend driving range. It’s $300 to enter and the field is full at 24 players. After the event there will be a local competition from 1 to 4 p.m. Cost is $40 per entry. No need to pre-register, just show up. A Long Drive Pro-Am will be held at 4:30 p.m. May 10 at Eagle Bend. Entry includes: nine holes with cart, a long-drive T-shirt, hit on Flightscope ball launch monitor, long drive/closest to the hole contests. Unique format: 4 Man Scramble. Cost is $50 per person/$200 per group.

LHS tennis camps: Lawrence High tennis camps will be open to all LHS tennis players attending LHS for the 2013-14 school year. The camps will be 10-11:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays from June 4-July 18. There also will be a future LHS tennis camp for boys and girls in grades 6-8. The future camp will meet from 8:30-9:30 a.m. on the same dates. Players will work on tennis skills, strategies and group play. Cost for the 13 sessions is $65, or $5 a day. For information, contact coach Chris Marshall at gcmarsha@usd497.org or 423-1402.

Golf tournament: The Dave “Doc” Johnson Memorial Golf Tournament will be June 1 at Alvamar. It is a four-person scramble. Sign-in starts at 7 a.m. and a shotgun start is at 8. Coast is $300 per team. Registration deadline is May 26. For information, contact Brad Shuck at 766-0171, bradshuck@sunflower.com or Rod Hoffer at 832-1689, haystack@sunflower.com or Bob Gruenwald at the West Coast Saloon at 841-2739 from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday.

Family Promise 5K: The 5K Home Run Memorial Day to benefit Family Promise of Lawrence and the Lawrence Community Shelter will be at 8 a.m. May 27. Prizes for all age groups. Register at www.lawrencefamilypromise.org

Softball camp: Reenie Stogsdill and Charlie Lauts will hold softball camp June 3-6 for grades 3-9. Camps will run 9 a.m.-noon at Lawrence High. For information and a camp flier email rstogsdi@usd497.org or call 785-691-8036.

Jayhawk Model Masters: The Jayhawk Model Masters will host an “All Electric Fly-In” Saturday at the Model Airplane Field below Clinton Dam. The event is free to the public from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Concessions and facilities on site.

LHS wrestling camp: Lawrence High’s wrestling camp will run June 3-5 at LHS. All ages and schools welcome. Sessions run 9-11 a.m. (grades 1-5; fee is $50) and 12:30-2 p.m. and 3-4:30 p.m. (grades 6-12; $100). Family discounts available. For information, visit http://bit.ly/18ZZ7t4

Puma FC camp and tryouts: Puma Futbol Club — a nonprofit affiliated with the Sporting Club Network of the Kansas City soccer club Sporting KC — will hold a pre-tryout camp June 3-5 at the Youth Sports Inc. field No. 14. Sessions are: 4:30-5:30 p.m. (U8-U10); 5:30-6:30 p.m. (U11-U12); and 6:30-7:30 p.m. (U13+). Cost is $55. Tryouts are slated for the same times on June 8-9 at the same field. For information, visit www.pumafc.org