Last modified: Saturday, April 26, 2008 1:08 AM EDT SPORTS CALENDAR Complete listings can be found online at www.thesunchronicle.com. BASEBALL Boash Baseball: Training in all baseball skills and techniques for all ages in both individual and team sessions; pitching, hitting, fielding, positon play and conditioning just some of the lessons available; for additional information e-mail boash@comcast.net or call 508-285-6868 or 508-243-7098. Rhode Island Amateur Baseball League holding tryouts for players 18-and-over on Sunday, May 11 at the Cranston High School West Baseball Field; Registration 2:30 p.m. with tryouts beginning at 3 p.m.; for more information contact RIABL president Harold Tillinghast at 401-345-1474. Umpires Wanted: Attleboro Youth Baseball looking for umpires to work Niner and Farm Division games for a stipend; anyone 13 years old and over should see Pedro or Brad during Monday Night Skills at the Recreation Center for information and to sign up for the training workshop. Challenger Baseball: Baseball fun for children with Special Needs. If your child would like to play baseball, but the town league isn't the right fit, think about joining the Challenger League. All children ages 7 and up are welcome, regardless of physical, emotional or intellectual disability; league based in Norwood, but encompasses players from many area towns; Challenger League is a division of Little League Baseball; games played in Foxboro and Norwood on Sunday afternoons; practices either in Foxboro or Norwood, depending on team; season runs April-June; for more information contact Margaret Chaisson at chaissonfx@aol.com or 508-543-1780. FOXBORO: The FYBS instructional boys baseball program is in dire need of coaching volunteers; there are 126 players and not nearly the amount of coaches needed to run the league properly; unless there are more volunteer coaches, the number of teams will be reduced, thus increasing the amount of players on each team; please email Jim Basler at jim.basler@fybs.org BASKETBALL Sarah Behn Basketball Camps: Girls only, 19 locations for day camps including Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School (July 7-11) and Foxboro High School (Aug. 4-8). High school elite camp Aug. 4-7 at Wheaton College, Norton; Overnight camps at The Governor's Academy, Byfield, July 27-Aug. 1 and Wheaton College, Norton, Aug. 3-8. More details and online registration available at www.behncamp.com. Bishop Feehan Girls' Basketball Camp: Elite basketball training conducted by former Bishop Feehan and University of Maine standout Missy Traversi. July 7-11 for girls grades 6-9 and Aug. 4-8 for girls grades 2-5, at Bishop Feehan High School. Schedule Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.; $250 per player, includes T-shirt and trophies. Forms and payment (checks only, payable to Missy Traversi Camp) by June 1 to Bishop Feehan High School, c/o Bishop Feehan Girls' Basketball Camp, 70 Holcott Drive, Attleboro MA 02703. Further information from Camp Director Mike Deady at mdeady@bishopfeehan.com or from Traversi at missyat5@gmail.com. New England Colonials International Basketball Club: Accepting applications for two overseas basketball tours for April school vacation; Colonials' Rovers tour, open to boys in 9th grade, will head to Ireland; Older Ambassadors team (boys in grade 10) will visit and play in Finland and Estonia. Colonials' players will be hosted by the families of their basketball peers; stipends available for players with financial need; Colonials' teams do not hold tryouts and rely on references and an assessment of the applicant's commitment to school, community, and basketball; contact the New England Colonials at 508-668-1935 or by e-mail at necolonials@aol.com; more info also at www.NewEnglandColonials.net. New England Colonials International Basketball Club invites applications from Massachusetts players for its 2008 Spirit basketball tour to England and Belgium; tour scheduled for mid-August, open to boys with solid basketball experience who will be entering the 9th,10th, or 11th grades this fall; the Colonials' Spirit team will take part in the 6th annual Flanders Trophy Tournament in Ghent, Belgium; teams from more than 20 countries will compete in the Flanders tournament, one of Europe's premier basketball events. Games and visits in Sheffield and Gloucester, England will precede the team's time at the tournament; in England, Colonials' players will be hosted by the families of their basketball peers; several stipends are available for players with financial need; colonials' teams do not hold tryouts and rely on references and an assessment of the applicant's commitment to school, community, and basketball; for additional information about the August 2008 Spirit tour contact the New England Colonials at 508-668-1935 or email necolonials@aol.com; interested players and their parents may learn more about the program online at www.NewEnglandColonials.net BOWLING Forbes Sports seeks individuals for its spring bowling leagues; the following link www.forbessports.com/bowling.html lists the alleys in your area that will be hosting our leagues, along with the nights of the leagues and the cost per person; to promote the Chamber of Commerce, any business that signs up a team of four for any of our leagues will receive discounted rates for all of the team members; individuals or teams may call 800-779-0112 for more information. COACHING VACANCIES Girls Soccer: The Attleboro High School Athletic Department accepting applications from individuals wishing to serve as the girls' varsity soccer coach for the 2008 season; persons interested may contact Athletic Director Mark Houle at 508-222-5150, ext. 249. FOOTBALL Blue Pride Camp: registration underway for the Bombardier Blue Pride Football camp at Attleboro High School's Tozier-Cassidy Field in July and August; instructional camps for boys in grades 4-8 and 9-10 will be held July 14-18 and Aug. 4-8 under the direction of the AHS football staff; enrollment limited; for additional information call 508-226-8711 or visit www.ahsbluepridegridironclub.com; camp daily from 8:30 a.m. until noon; registration fee $60 before May 1 and $80 thereafter; instruction and skill development will be offered in individual and team offensive and defensive techniques as well as daily individual and team competitions. Bishop Feehan High coach Tony Wood and his staff will be holding a four-day clinic July 11-12 and July 18-19 for boys in grades 4-8; along with football skills the clinic will stress successful classroom techniques as study skills, note taking and time management along with what it means to be a student athlete; positional instruction, plyometrics, agility, and form running are a few of the topics; registration fee for the four days $195; for further information and registration contact twood@bishopfeehan.com or visit www.bishopfeehan.com/athletics for a camp brochure. 1st & 10 Foundation to hold fundraiser for Norton High Football. On Saturday May 17, the 1st & 10 Foundation will sponsor its first annual Horseshoe Tournament to benefit the Norton High School football program. This event will take place at the Norton VFW Post, Summer Street, Norton MA. The arrival time for participants is 1:30 pm, and the tournament will begin promptly at 2:00PM. This will be a double-elimination tournament with each game lasting 15 innings. There will be cash prizes for the top four teams. The fee for each player is $25.00. You may sign up as a single player or bring your own team. The field is limited to 64 Players and will be based on a "1st come, 1st served" basis, depending on the date tournament fees and registrations are received. You will not be confirmed until you have signed up and paid your tournament fee. To be guaranteed one of the 64 spots, you must register and send your tournament fee to David Desmond, 19 Margaret Drive, Norton MA, 02766 or Alan Rondina, 32 Margaret Drive, Norton, MA, 02766. If you have any questions, please call David at 508-285-6818 or Alan at 508-285-6633. GOLF The Golf Development Program in Foxboro will hold camp dates from June 30 through July 3 for kids ages 13-17; limited to 12 participants; $280 tuition includes individual, group and on-course playing lessons; daily 18 hole greens fees on four local high quality golf courses, range/practice balls and prizes; for an application or additional information contact program Instructor and operator Shawn Seybert at 508-399-5097 or 508-332-2625. The Blue Pride Gridiron Club's third annual golf tournament will be held Saturday, June 21 (1:30 p.m.) at Triggs Memorial Golf Course in Providence; there will be a shotgun start; cost of $100 per player includes golf, cart, t-shirt and Texas barbecue dinner, with cash prizes for first through third place; there will also be a hole-in-contest to win a car and other contests; for information, call Chris Chapman at 508-226-8713; send payments to Chris Chapman, 20 Prospect Ave., Attleboro MA 02703. Make checks payable The Blue Pride Gridiron Club and send in t-shirt sizes of players; proceeds benefit the AHS football program to help defray camp costs, clinics, football equipment, etc; raffle donations and hole sponsorships for $100 are also being sought. If interested, contact Chris Chapman. St. Joseph School 10th Annual Golf Tournament: Saturday, May 31 at Whaling City Golf Club, 581 Hathaway Road, New Bedford; registration 11:30 a.m., shot-gun start at 1 p.m.; sign up as singles, doubles or foursomes; $100 per person (includes greens fees, carts, driving range and buffet dinner after golf at Wonder Bowl Lounge); for non-golfers, dinner tickets available for $15 per person; goodie bags, team prizes, putting green contests, closest to the pin prizes, long drive prizes, raffles; for more information or an application call Liz Rogers at 508-996-1983; registration deadline May 9.. TENNIS USTA Junior Team Tennis League for Norfolk, Wrentham, and Plainville. Is anyone interested in their son or daughter joining a USTA Junior Team Tennis League? Norfolk Recreation hopes to team up Norfolk, Wrentham and Plainville players to form a U14 tri-town team to participate in this new, local league. We would play other teams from towns like Franklin and Dover. This is a 6-week summer program ending in a USTA tournament. This team needs parents to do some organizing in conjunction with our USTA representative. Interested in helping? Give us a call or email Ann at proto@virtualnorfolk.org TRACK Run Jump and Throw for fitness or sport. Sign up now at the Attleboro YMCA for the Jaguars Track & Field Program. Tuesday practices April 22 through June 10 at Bishop Feehan High School in Attleboro. Practice and events from April to October. Training in Sprinting, distance running, high jump, long jump, shot put, javelin, and more. No weekly commitment. Be part of this exciting nationally recognized Program. For more information contact: Ed Poirier email epattleboroymca@yahoo.com or 508-222-7422 ext 124. MISCELLANEOUS The Attleboro Recreation Department recently announced its program listing for the spring and summer of 2008. The season kicks off with a free youth golf outing for players of all skill levels on Saturday May 10th at Locust Valley Golf Course. The event includes a clinic sponsored by the Attleboro Area Golf Association (A.A.G.A.), round of golf, cookout and prize raffle. Next it is on to Fenway Park to see the Boston Red Sox vs. Kansas City Royals on Tuesday May 20th. Tickets are $ 30.00 each with a limit of two per household. Other summer trips include: Fenway Park & Prudential Observatory on July 9th; Pawtucket Red Sox vs. Scranton Yankees for Dustin Pedroia Bobblehead Night on August 2nd and Boston Duck Tour, Faneuil Hall and State House on August 14th. Before heading out to the evening fireworks, start your 4th of July at the Poncin Hewitt Complex as the family oriented Kidz 4th Fun returns. Join other families from 9:00-noon for a morning of fun, games, laughter and cookout. Age appropriate races include: baby crawl, peanut on-a- spoon race, three-legged race, wheel-barrel race, potato-sack race the Sponge-Bob race and more. Kids should bring their decorated bicycle as we parade around the complex to celebrate our nations independence. Attleboro Recreation will again be offering its All Day Program for children entering 1st grade through age 13. Run out of the Bartek Recreation Center the program is open M-F between 7:30am - 5:30pm at a weekly cost of $ 115.00. In addition to weekly field trips children will participate in arts & crafts, indoor sports, swimming lessons, open swim, computer lab, various board games, pool, ping pong and much more. Swim lessons will also be offered in 2008. All three city pools open on Tuesday July1st and are open through Friday August 22nd. Hours will be noon - 7:00pm on weekdays and 11:00am - 6:00pm weekends. Swim lessons are M-F or Saturday, in two-week sessions beginning on July 7th. It is anticipated that the state-owned George I. Spatcher Memorial Swimming Pool will reopen this summer. Updates will be posted at http://www.cityofattleboro.us/rec as details become available. Tennis lessons are being offered at the refurbished courts of Attleboro High School beginning June 30th. Sessions are three weeks in length and cost $ 40.00 per session. Saturday lessons will also be available and run consecutively for 6 weeks from July 12th - August 16th. As in past years 2008 will see the option of many youth sport camps including: archery, multi-sport camps including baseball, basketball and soccer, Planet Baseball - Rookie & All Star Camps, golf clinics, golf lessons, volleyball and a sand volleyball league. Youngsters ages 3-7 will love the Sports 4 Squirts and Mini-Hawk programs, both of which introduce children to various sports in a fun and interactive learning environment. New offerings this year include speed training and Tae Kwon Do. Speed training is an introductory program designed to help athletes aged 8+ enhance their sports performance. Join us for the popular Tae Kwon Do class, which is a self-defense system, based on the Korean martial art, Tae Kwon Do. Learn age appropriate, practical self-defense skills utilizing traditional martial arts discipline, respect and training techniques. Attleboro Recreation is once again teaming up with DoubleACS to offer the popular Adventures In Television program. This journey into television includes interviewing, writing, camera operation, directing, editing, lighting and more. This program is offered for free to Attleboro residents aged 12 and older. For those interested in arts & crafts the recreation departments travel arts & crafts program will hit the road again this summer. Offered from June 30th through August 22nd the program runs from 9:00-noon as follows: Monday - Horton Field, Tuesday - Tilda B. Stone (Dodgeville), Wednesday - S.A. Veteran's (Lees Pond), Thursday - Finberg Field, Friday - Briggs Playground. For a complete listing of summer programs visit the recreation department website at http://www.cityofattleboro.us/rec. For more information call the office at 774-203-1889. Attleboro YMCA Spring 08 Youth Karate Program YOUTH TAE KWON DO KARATE Tae Kwon Do style Karate that emphasizes kicks is taught by Jay Hewitt. Jay has been teaching Karate for over 20 years at the Attleboro YMCA. Jay weaves into his classes physical fitness, stretching, respect, responsibility, caring, and honesty. The classes meet every Tuesday and Thursday Beginner ( white and yellow belt) 4:15-5:00 PM Advanced ( blue belt through black belt) 5:00-5:45 PM. NO MONTHLY FEES. 7 WEEKS, 14 CLASSES FOR ONLY. $60 Non Member; $50 Y Member; $40 Y Family Member. Classes start April 29th through June 12th. For further information and registration call 508-222-7422 Attleboro YMCA, 508-285-7574 Norton Program Center, or 508-226-7700 Activity Center HOCKOMOCK LEAGUE: The Hockomock League is seeking letters of interest from local high schools for the purpose of exploring expansion options; the current nine-member league is considering both a "large" and "small" school division format; special attention will be paid to interested schools who are demographically compatible with the Hockomock League; schools interested in exploring such an option are urged to contact Executive Secretary Dudley Davenport at 24 Merganser Way, Walpole, MA, 02081. Newman YMCA is Seekonk now taking registrations for all Spring Sports leagues running from April 21st until June 15th for ages 4-17: T-Ball/Baseball on Saturdays - age 4 9:30 a.m., age 5 10:30 a.m., ages 6-8 11:45 a.m.; Girls' Softball Saturday mornings, ages 6-10 from 11:15-12:30 p.m.; Flag Football on Saturdays - ages 6-8 9 a.m., ages 9-12 10 a.m.; Basketball on Saturdays - ages 6-8 1 p.m., boys ages 9-11 2 p.m., girls ages 9-11 3 p.m., girls ages 12-15 4:15 p.m. or 5:15 p.m., boys ages 11-14 6:15 p.m. or 7:15 p.m.; Wednesdays boys ages 13-17 7:30 p.m. or 8:15 p.m. Leagues cost $50 for members and $100 for non-members; Call Josie Dutil at 508-336-7103 or email jdutil@gpymca.org for updated registration forms. Feehan Hall of Fame: eight former Bishop Feehan High athletic greats will be inducted into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame May 9 at the Attleboro Lodge of Elks. The members of the 2007 Hall of Fame class include basketball-volleyball player Monika Rothemich (1997), football player Greg Nazarian (1985), tennis player Jackie Dooley (1989), baseball player Mike Galligan (1994), golfer and swimmer Steve Finocchi (1998), basketball player Jeff Cavallo (1990), football-baseball player Mike Cataldo (1998) and former swimming coach Karen Brennan. Tickets for the banquet are available daily at the school or by contacting Athletic Director Paul O'Boy at 508-226-6223. Summer Sports Clinics at Franklin High School: Baseball, Softball, Football, Advanced Volleyball, Lacrosse, Tennis, Field Hockey and Basketball are some of the fun sports clinics offered this summer through the Franklin Public Schools. Students entering grades 4 though 12 are eligible to enroll in a variety of clinics. In addition to skill instruction in specific sports, there is the opportunity to develop and/or improve basic fitness through Coed Speed & Strength and Girls' Fitness. Each clinic runs for one week beginning the week of July 7 and ending Aug. 4. Franklin coaches and teachers will conduct these clinics. Students may register online through our secure website: http://www.franklin.k12.ma.us. Once there, select 'lifelong' from the top gold banner and follow the prompts to summer. Or, students may register in person at the Lifelong Learning/Solutions Office at the former town hall, 150 Emmons St., Monday through Friday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. New England Futsal is arranging to assist in developing select teams in each of the competing age groups and provide professional futsal training & coaching to our local teams beginning at the end of April and running consistently through to the National Championships in July. Each of these teams will have the opportunity to train directly under a world class professional Brazilian futsal coach who will be on hand from May through to July to specifically train each of our teams headed to this year's national championships. If your team is already committed to competing at the National Championships please contact us ASAP to arrange to take advantage of the professional training that will be made available this late spring and early summer. If your team wants to participate in the National Championships and wants the endorsement of the Massachusetts Futsal Association, we want to hear from you! If you're a player who feels you can contribute by being included on a roster of select futsal players from Massachusetts or nearby Rhode Island, then make yourself available for the National Team tryouts on April 8, 2008 at the Mansfield Sportsplex, 31 Oxford Rd, Mansfield, MA or on April 14, 2008 at Bishop Connolly High School, 373 Elsbree St., Fall River, MA. Initial Tryout times are posted for April, 8, 2008 at the Mansfield Sportsplex, 31 Oxford Rd., Mansfield, MA (pre-registration required... Register here) From 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM for age groups U10, U11 & U12 From 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM for age groups U13 & U14 From 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM fro age groups U16 & U19 Second round of tryouts will take place on April 14, 2008 at Bishop Connolly High School, 373 Elsbree St., Fall River, MA (pre-registration required... register here) From 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM for age groups U10, U11 & U12 From 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM for age groups U13 & U14 From 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM fro age groups U16 & U19 Notification of 'select' team rosters will go out by 04/21/2008. Team registrations for the National Championships will need to be processed shortly thereafter. New England Futsal. Putting the Pieces Together for Futsal in New England. Sanctioned by Massachusetts Futsal. Member of United States Futsal Federation www.newenglandfutsal.com. BAY STATE GAMES: The Massachusetts Amateur Sports Foundation (MASF) has opened registration for the 2008 Bay State Summer Games; registration forms and sport specific information can be found in the Bay State Summer Games publication, with your local high school athletic director, or at the Bay State Games' Web site; for updated information about tryout dates, sport specific information, scholarship forms, volunteer information, and registration deadlines, visit the Games' Web site at www.baystategames.org/summer or call the Bay State Games' office 781-932-6555. VOLLEYBALL Wrentham Volleyball: Wednesday evenings at 6:15; high school age and older; people will be playing outside all summer behind King Philip Regional High School in Wrentham; for more information, contact Ken Graves at 508-384-8084 or ken.graves@gravesfa.org. Generations Sports Club volleyball: Programs for youths and adults at Fred Bartek Center, 81 Pine St., Attleboro; for more information, visit www.generationssports@yahoogroups.com, e-mail GenerationsSportsClub@yahoo.com or call 508-226-0399