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SPORTS BRIEFS

August 17
SPORTS BRIEFS

Girls can play softball in fall

Girls ages 11 and younger are invited to sign up to play in the Back Mountain Little League Girls Softball Fall League. Games are played on Mondays and Wednesdays.

For team and individual information, contact John Perez at 675-8324 or johper4@epix.net.

Bobcats/ Raiders open 2008 season today

The Back Mountain Bobcats and Kingston Township Raiders will play against each other in their 2008 youth football season opener today at the Raiders’ home field.

The D team plays first at 11 a.m., followed by the C team at 12:15 p.m., the B team at 1:30 p.m. and the A team at 3 p.m.

George Appel Golf Tourney is Aug. 22

The Our Lady of Victory Church will hold its 15th Annual George Appel Memorial Golf Tournament and Basket Raffle on Friday Aug. 22, at the Mill Race Golf Resort, Benton.

Registration and lunch will be from 11 a.m. until the noon shotgun start. Cost is $75 per golfer which includes green fees, cart, lunch and a post-tournament dinner with hors d’oeuvres and open bar at the OLV Church hall, starting with a social warm-up at 5 p.m.

There will also be a raffle, featuring a golf bag, basket of wine, several liquor party bags and flight prizes for golfers. Additionally, there will be drawings for a basket of cheer, basket of wine, an autographed Dennis Bonvie Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins hockey stick and photo, a coffee and tea basket, a sports basket featuring a signed Troy Polamalu Pittsburgh Steelers football card and a signed 8 x 10 Dennis Bonvie Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins picture, a car care basket, a party-picnic basket and a lottery/money tree basket.

Golf tournament sign-ups and tickets can be purchased by calling the church office at 639-1535 by August 14.

Gator Golf Tournament is September 13

Gate of Heaven School will conduct its annual Gator Golf Tournament on Saturday, Sept.13, at Mill Race Golf Course, Benton.

The goal of the tournament is to raise $5,000 to purchase badly-needed athletic equipment and supplies for Gate of Heaven students.

The afternoon will begin with lunch at noon followed by a shotgun start at 1 p.m. There will be prizes for closest shot to the pin and longest drive. Dinner and a prize raffle will follow golfing.

The cost of the tournament is $85 per person and $330 per foursome. The tournament is limited to 100 golfers (25 teams). Hole sponsorships are available for donations of $100 to $500. Please make checks payable to “Gate of Heaven Athletics.”

For more information, contact Mike Tomalis or Theresa Gatusky, 639-5667.

Basketball league forming at Rock

The Rock Recreation Center, 340 Carverton Rd., Trucksville, will host a Fifth and Sixth Grade Boys Fall Basketball League starting Saturday, Sept. 24, and continuing through Saturday, Nov. 1. Cost per team is $125 plus referee fees.

For more information, call 696-2769 or e-mail TheRockRecCenter@bmha.org.