SEBRING Sebring High School is selling All Sport Passes for the 2009-10 school year. The pass is valid for all home sporting events, excluding FHSAA sponsored playoffs and tournaments.
The cost of the pass is $75 per adult and $50 per student. They are on sale in the front office, check payable to Sebring High School.
SEBRING The 10th annual Sebring Meals on Wheels Golf Scramble will be held on Nov. 14 at the Harder Hall Golf Course. Shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. Participants can register in advance and save money.
The entry fee is $60 per person or $240 for a foursome. The entry fee includes continental breakfast, golf and cart, lunch, goodie bag and prizes. The field is limited to 144 golfers.
Contact Sebring Meals on Wheels office at 863-402-1818 to register. Deadline for all entries is Nov. 7.
SEBRING A nine-week junior tennis after-school program for kids ages 4-18 will run through Dec. 18 at the Thakkar Tennis Center at Sebring Country Club. The program will be run by Horace Watkins, a USPTA certified pro with more than 25 years experience teaching junior tennis.
Call Watkins at 863-414-2164 or the Country Club at 863-386-4282.
AVON PARK South Florida Community College will host its annual baseball camp for only high school baseball players on Nov. 21 and Dec. 19.
Cost for the camp is $60 per camper, and the first 40 registered campers will be accepted.
SFCC baseball coach Rick Hitt will serve as camp director, and camp instructors include Panthers assistant coaches Andy Polk and Chad Wright.
For more information, go to www.southflorida.edu or contact Hitt at hittr@southflorida.edu or 863-453-6661.
SEBRING Golf Hammock Country Club will host the inaugural CHS/Hanson House charity golf tournament on Nov. 7. The four-person, step-aside scramble format will begin with registration at 7:30 a.m., with a shotgun start at 8:30.
There will be a new car prize given for a hole-in-one on the specified hole, with closest-to-the-pin and closest-to-the-line on other holes.
A silent auction, raffle, 50-50 drawing, beverages on the course and lunch will all be included in the $60 registration fee. Sponsorships are still available. Stop by the pro shop for a registration form or call 863-382-2151 for more information.
SEBRING Sun 'N Lake Country Club is holding junior clinics every Friday from 3:30-5 p.m.
Professionals Andy Kesling and Marty O'Hora will teach all the fundamentals of the game, including the grip, stance, full swing, chipping, putting, rules, etiquette, etc. No need to sign up; just show up. Cost per clinic is $15.
For more information, contact Kesling at 863-385-4830.
SEBRING Registration deadline for the youth basketball and cheerleading signups is Oct. 31 for both programs. Youth basketball is for ages 4-14, with a cost of $35 for members and $70 for non-members. Cheerleading is for ages 5-13, with a cost of $35 for members and $45 for non-members.
Contact the YMCA at 863-382-9622 for more information.
SEBRING The YFC/FCA Golf Clinic will be held on Nov. 7 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Sun 'N Lake Country Club. An optional scramble will also be held from 1 to 3 p.m.
The event is open for all ninth through 12 graders. Lunch will be provided. Players will learn from the likes of Brian Bone, Pete Dupriest, Andy Kesling, Tim Foster, John Vickers and Elgin Bayless. Guest speakers will be Andrew Katsanis of Grace Bible Church and Paul von Merveldt of First Baptist Church of Lake Placid. Entry information can be mailed to yfcfcagolfclinic@gmail.com
SEBRING The Highlands County Horseshoe Club league play begins at 9:30 a.m. on Nov. 10 at the Lee Palmer Complex in Sebring, and the league is open to all men and women that like to pitch horseshoes. Contract Irve Swihart at 863-452-6899 for more information.
SEBRING The members at Spring Lake Presbyterian Church and the Presbyterian Women of Spring Lake Presbyterian Church are seeking donations for its second annual "Doc" Decker Memorial Golf Tournament on Nov. 14 at Spring Lake Golf Course.
The tournament will be a 10 a.m. shotgun start, and the cost is $50 for non-members.
Contact Larry Hennen at 863-655-1214 for more information.
LAKE PLACID The 16th annual Greater Lake Placid Chamber of Commerce golf tournament will be held Thursday, Nov. 19 at Placid Lakes Country Club. The $300 registration fee entitles the four-person team to begin the day with lunch before playing an 18-hole round, with on-course refreshments, awards, and all team members will receive a raffle ticket and are eligible to win door prizes. Entry forms are available on the Chamber Web site at www.visitlakeplacidflorida.com, or at the Chamber office, 18 N. Oak Avenue, or by calling 863-465-4331.
SEBRING Sebring girls coach Debby McNall and Kim Darrow will host junior golf clinics beginning Thursdays at 4 p.m. at the Sebring Municipal Golf Course. The cost is $10 per junior (ages 5 and up), and those participating will receive instruction in all aspects of the game. Contact McNall at 863-257-1108 or 863-386-9492 for more information.
LAKE PLACID The Lake Placid youth baseball and softball board meeting will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 2 at 6:30 p.m. at the Lake June Ballfielders Meeting Room. Agenda items include: revision of the bylaws, specifically, public announcement time frames. All interested parties are encouraged to attend. For more information, contact Laurie Weber at 863-243-1087 or laweber@htn.net
SEBRING The annual charity fundraising golf tournament hosted by American Legion Post 69 will be held on Saturday, Nov. 21 at Sun 'N Lake's Deer Run golf course, with the new island hole. Players should arrive at the course no later than 7:30 a.m. for the 8 a.m. shotgun start. The Avon Park Junior ROTC will benefit from the proceeds.
Entry fee is $40 per person, which includes coffee and donuts, on-course refreshments and sub sandwiches and prizes awards after the golf at American Legion Post 69. Tournament registrations can be competed at the Post, and for more information, call 863-453-4553. Entries will be accepted no later than Nov. 18.
AVON PARK The Avon Park Project Graduation golf tournament will be held on Saturday, Dec. 5 at River Greens Golf Course, with a 1 p.m. shotgun start. The tournament format is a four-person scramble and the cost is $60, which includes greens fees, food and prizes. There is a $100 hole sponsor cost, and $350 corporate sponsor fee (hole sign, four golfers, food and eight mulligans). There also will be raffle prizes, longest drive contests and closest-to-the-pin contests.
For more information, contact 863-453-5210.
LAKE PLACID The Lake Placid Moose Lodge No. 2374 will hold their second annual "Moose for Hospice Golf Tournament" at Placid Lakes Country Club on Saturday, Nov. 21, with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. It will be a form-your-own team four-man scramble, with a $5,000 hole-in-one contest plus prizes on the other par 3s. Mulligans will be available, as well as on-course refreshments. Entry fee is $50. After golf, lunch will be served at the Moose Lodge US 27. There will be prizes awarded, raffles and a 50/50 drawing, followed by a presentation to The Good Sheppard Hospice. Entry sheets are available at Placid Lakes, golf courses in Sebring and the Moose Lodges in Sebring and Lake Placid.
For more information, contact Gene Miller at 863-464-1532.
SEBRING The Sebring Elks Lodge 1529 will sponsor the Elks National "Hoop Shoot" Free Throw Contest on Nov. 14 at 9 a.m. at Hill-Gustat Middle School. The program is open to all boys and girls ages 8-13. all eligible students in public and private schools in Sebring and Avon Park are invited to participate. Finalists in this contest will advance to a district contest with the possibility of further competing at the state level.
Registration begins at 8 a.m., and a birth certificate is required. Information is also available at the elementary and middle schools. For more information, contact Bob Marks, chairman of the event, at 863-655-0474.
AVON PARK The SFCC softball team will play host the Panthers baseball team in the second annual Turkey Bash on Nov. 12, sponsored by the SFCC Student Government and Panthers athletics. The game will start at 3:30 p.m., with the Lady Panthers trying to avenge last year's 35-7 loss.
There will a turkey leg sale, with 23-ounce seasoned and smoked turkey legs on sale, starting at 12 p.m. on the SFCC campus and running throughout the duration of the 10-inning game. Pre-orders for turkey legs can be made by contacting the SFCC athletic department at 863-784-7035. Cost is $5 per turkey leg.
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