Sports briefs

Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008

The Calverton School is currently looking for coaches in the following sports: varsity field hockey, varsity boys basketball, varsity girls basketball, junior varsity boys soccer and middle school basketball and boys and girls lacrosse.

Fall season begins mid-August and spring season ends in May. Playing and coaching experience preferred. Clean background check required.

For more information call Greg Zecca, at 410-535-0216 Ext. 121 or e-mail gzecca@calvertonschool.org.

Send resume attention Mr. Zecca, 300 Calverton School Rd., Huntingtown, MD 20639. The fax number is 410-535-6934.

Huntingtown Highfall sports tryouts

Huntingtown High will hold tryouts for the fall season on the following dates and times: Football – 8 a.m. Aug. 16; boys soccer – Informational meeting at 4 p.m. Aug. 15 and tryouts from 8 to 10 a.m. and 4 to 6:30 p.m. Aug. 16; girls soccer – players meeting 6:30 p.m. and tryouts from 7 to 9 a.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Aug. 16; field hockey – 7 a.m. Aug. 16; cross country – 2:30 p.m. Aug. 16; golf – 1 p.m. Aug. 16 at Mellomar Golf Park and at 3:45 p.m. Aug. 18 and 19; dance – 3 to 5:30 p.m. Aug. 21; volleyball – 8 to 10:30 a.m. and noon to 2 p.m. Aug. 16.

Northern High fall sports tryouts

Northern High will hold tryouts for the fall season on the following dates and times: Volleyball - Aug. 16 from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m., check-in is at 8:30 a.m.; field hockey - Aug. 16 from 8 a.m. to noon; girls soccer - parent meeting Aug. 14 at 7 p.m. and tryouts Aug. 16 from 9 to 11 a.m. and 3:30 to 5:45 p.m. at Northern Middle School; boys soccer - Aug. 16 from 8 to 10 a.m. and 6 to 8 p.m.; football - Aug. 12 at 5 p.m. for varsity and junior varsity and Aug. 14 at 5 p.m. for freshmen; golf – meeting Aug. 15 at 3 p.m.; at Twin Shields and tryouts Aug. 16 at 8 a.m. at Mellomar Golf park; cross country - Aug. 16 from 7 to 9:30 a.m. and 2 to 4 p.m.

Blues softball clinic

The Bayside Blues fastpitch softball organization is sponsoring a free softball clinic for all girls from 9 to 11 a.m. Aug. 16 at Northern High.

The clinics are open to girls ages 7 to 14. The clinic will focus on throwing and fielding mechanics. Instruction will be provided by current college players.

For more information, or to register, e-mail Robert Earl Radford at reradford@hotmail.com.

Ospreys tryouts

Tryouts for the Southern Maryland Ospreys will take place Aug. 17 at John Lancaster Park in Lexington Park.

Ten-U and 12-U tryouts will be from noon to 2 p.m. while 14, 16 and 18-U tryouts will be from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.

For more information, contact Ospreys president Jim Sewell at diam.jim@gmail.com or visit www.eteamz.com⁄ SMOSPREYS.

Shockers tryouts

The Southern Maryland Shockers, a fastpitch travel softball team will be holding tryouts from 2 to 4 p.m. (12-U, 14-U) and 4 to 6 p.m. (10-U) on Aug. 17 and 24 and from 10 a.m. to noon (12-U, 14-U) and noon to 2 p.m. (10-U) Aug. 23.

The tryouts will take place in downtown Hughesville on Old Schoolhouse Road. Those interested in trying out must try to make two of the three dates.

For more information, call Kenny Sothoron at 301-904-0761.

Baseball camps

The Southern Maryland Blue Crabs professional baseball teamÊis offering four 2-day baseball camps this summer, which feature professional instruction from Blue Crabs players and coaches, an autograph session with Blue Crabs players, two tickets and on-field recognition to the game on the night the camp concludes, an in-camp home run derby and a Blue Crabs T-shirt.

Camps are $125 and will occur Aug. 18-19 (ages 6-12) and Aug. 20-21 (ages 6-15). For more information, contact Adam Henry at 301-638-9788, Ext. 208 or e-mail ahenry@somdbluecrabs.com.Ê

Soccer goalie camps

Gretton Goalkeeping will offer its sixth annual Summer Soccer Goalkeeper Series through the week of Aug. 18.

The camps run Tuesdays through Fridays each week in the early evening hours at various locations in Southern Maryland.

All ages and skill levels welcome. Field player training offered as well by separate field player instructor.

For more information, call 301-643-8992 or e-mail grettongoalkeeping@gmail.com.

Special Olympicssoccer practices

Special Olympics soccer will practice Wednesday evenings from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Hallowing Point Park beginning Aug. 20. Practices will not be held in the rain. The fall Fest Tournament will be held Oct. 25 at Mount St. mary’s College and there will be two qualifying tournaments held beforehand. For more information, call Robin Sanders (days) at 410-535-7387 or e-mail robin@ somdcalvert.org or Anne Harmon (evenings) at 410-535-2857 or e-mail anne@somdcalvert.org

CSM Golf Classic

The College of Southern Maryland’s 17th annual foundation golf classic will tee off at 7:30 a.m. Aug. 21 at the Swan Point Yacht and Country Club in Issue.

Check-in begins at 7:30 a.m. and a shotgun start is at 9 a.m. The registration fee includes golf, lunch, dinner and a gift.

For more information, call 301-934-7647 or 301-870-2309, Ext. 7647 for Charles County; 240-725-5499, Ext. 7647 for St. Mary’s County; 443-550-6199, Ext. 7647 for Calvert County or go to www.csmd.edu⁄foundation⁄index.html.

Volleyball meetings

St. Mary’s County Recreation and Parks will be holding a the following volleyball meetings at Leonard Recreation Center: Men’s - 7 p.m. Sept. 2. This league plays Tuesday nights; coed - 7 p.m. Sept. 3. This league plays Mondays nights; women’s - 7 p.m. Sept. 4. This league plays Thursdays. All meetings are teams and individuals are welcome. For more information, call Kenny Sothoron at 301-475-4200, Ext. 1830.

Association needsfootball officials

The Washington District Football Officials Association is seeking game officials for the 2008 season. The association provides officials for high school games in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference, the Washington, D.C. public schools as well as Calvert, Charles, Howard, Kent, Montgomery, Prince George’s, Queen Anne’s and St. Mary’s counties.

No experience is required. Rules and on-field training sessions are starting now. For more information, call Chris Kates at 410-825-0414. or Jack Kravitz at 301-607-6511 or go to www.wdfoa.org.