Local sports briefs

Sebring All-Sport Passes now available
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.

Junior tennis after-school program
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.

SFCC baseball camp
AVON PARK South Florida Community College will host its annual baseball camp for only high school baseball players on 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.

Golf lessons
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.

Horseshoe club
SEBRING The Highlands County Horseshoe Club league play at the Lee Palmer Complex in Sebring is open to all men and women that like to pitch horseshoes. Contract Irve Swihart at 863-452-6899 for more information.

Junior clinics
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.

LP youth baseball
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

AP golf tournament
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.

Turkey Trot 5k
SEBRING The 17th annual Turkey Trot 5k run/walk will be held on Thursday, Nov. 26 at 8 a.m. in Highlands Hammock State Park. Entry fee is $20. Entrants not using an entry form should include their age(s), T-shirt size, and run or walk participant information along with their check made payable to Friends of Highlands Hammock State Park.
Those desiring an entry form can e-mail Chet Brojek at cbrojek@comcast.net and a form will be sent.

Gator Gallop 5k
SEBRING The newest race on the local scene will be the Gator Gallop 5k and 1-mile family event at Highlands Hammock State Park on Saturday, Dec. 5 at 8 a.m. The Gator Gallop will feature awards to overall, masters and grand mater entrants, and the top-3 finishes in 16 age groups. Entry fee is $20 for adults and $10 for kids ages 13 and under. Each entrant will receive a T-shirt for those pre-registered.
All finishers in the 1-mile family fun event will receive ribbons to note their success. Money raised will support the Highlands Gator Club scholarship fund that provides scholarships for local students attending the University of Florida. Entry forms and information can be attained by e-mailing race director Chet Brojek at cbrojek@comcast.net or by phone at 863-385-4736.

SFCC baseball holiday youth camp
AVON PARK The SFCC baseball holiday youth camp will be held from Dec. 21-23 at 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. for all youngsters ages 6-13. The cost is $75 per child, and the youth camp includes baseball instruction, baseball fundamentals, technique champions, and games and awards. Camp instructors are head baseball coach Rick Hitt and staff as well as Panthers baseball players.