Local sports calendar
To submit calendar items, please email to mstribl@ freemanonline.com; mail to Daily Freeman, Sports Dept., 79 Hurley Ave., Kingston, N.Y., 12401 or drop off at our office during business hours. Submissions must be received by 5 p.m. Wednesday. BOXING Boxing Conditioning: Led by Tom Pignone, certified boxing instructor, at the Mountainview Studio, 20 Mountainview Ave., Woodstock. Tuesdays. Children ages 7-12 from 4:15-5 p.m.; teens 5-5:45 p.m.; adults from 6-7. You will need to bring clean gym footwear. We provide the rest. Suggested donation for youth $8 per class, adults $10. Drop-ins welcome. For more information, visit www.mtnviewstudio.com, email mtviewstudio@gmail. com or reach it on Facebook. —— FENCING Woodstock Fencing Club: Meets 6:30-9:30 p.m. Tuesdays in the Cafetorium at the Woodstock Elementary School (when school is open). Instruction given at all levels in all weapons — Foil, Sabre and Epee from 6:30-8. Practice and bouting. Fence dry or electric. It is a non-profit Club with volunteer instructors in Ron Zukor of Woodstock, David Osherow of Shokan, George T. Gallagher from Kingston, plus Elene Umberto Schoeps of Olivebridge. There is no charge to join for classes, lessons or fencing. Only requirement is $10-per-year dues for a USA Fencing membership. For more information, call Elene Schoeps at (845) 657-8021 or George T. Gallagher at 3313832, e-mail YESUS@hvc. rr.com or visit www.ashokan. com/fencing.html —— FLAG FOOTBALL Mountain Valley Junior Flag Football: Registration now being accepted for a program that provides safe, noncollision football for boys and girls from ages 6-13 living in Hurley, Kingston, Olive, Shandaken and Woodstock. It is a “teaching and learning league” that instruct fundamentals without the tackling. For online registration at a discounted rate until July 31, visit www. planetreg.com/MVJFF2018 For a link to the full ad complete with important dates for the season, email the league president at ditsjets7@ hotmail.com —— GOLF Clinics CYO “Hook a Kid on Golf” Summer Program: Sponsored by the Ulster County CYO at Green Acres Golf Club with pro John Magaletta. The Green Level Training Program was created for ages 10-16 who have been introduced to the sport, but are not quite ready for on-course day. Designed for children ages 10 and older who have some experience. Children younger than 10 are allowed with a skills evaluation. Choice of two sessions: July 9-13 or July 23-27 (both from 8:30-11 a.m. each day). Limited to 16 golfers per session. Cost: $200. Registering for more than one session or registering two or more children from the same family is $175 per session. For more information, contact Walter Gaceta at (845) 340-9170, ext. 107 or at Walter.Gaceta@archny. org Information and registering online can be done by visiting www.ulstercyo.net
Mets 3B Frazier placed on DL for 2nd time this season
Mets third baseman Todd Frazier has been placed on the 10-day disabled list with a strained muscle in his left rib cage.
It’s the second DL stint for Frazier during his first season with the struggling Mets. The 32-yearold slugger had never been on the disabled list before 2018.
Frazier says Monday he felt some discomfort his first time up Sunday against Tampa Bay and it got progressively worse as the game went on. He had an MRI and received a cortisone shot, but it’s unclear how long he will be out.
A two-time All-Star, Frazier signed a $17 million, two-year contract with New York as a free agent in February. He is batting .217 with 10 homers, 32 RBIs and a .685 OPS in 61 games. He was sidelined from May 8 to June 1 with a strained left hamstring.
Fans say goodbye to Michigan harness racing track
Thousands of harness racing fans flocked to a southern Michigan track to bid farewell before the 70-year-old raceway is demolished.
The Jackson Citizen Patriot reports that Jackson Harness Raceway celebrated its final hurrah Sunday by hosting a dozen horse races. The track has been closed for 10 years but reopened this weekend so community members could say goodbye ahead of the scheduled demolition.
Co-organizer Mike Way says up to 7,000 people attended the event honoring the track’s history. Way says he saw many tears from people with a passion for the sport.
Brenda Friend worked as a teller at the raceway. She fulfilled her dream of taking a lap around the track in a cart Sunday.
Friend says harness racing is a family event. She says kids growing up now don’t know what they’re missing.
Sabres sign top pick Rasmus Dahlin to entry-level deal
The Buffalo Sabres have signed top draft pick Rasmus Dahlin to a three-year, entry-level contract.
Buffalo selected the 18-yearold defenseman from Sweden with the first pick in last month’s draft.
The signing was announced by the team Monday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The maximum value of an entry-level contract for a No. 1 pick is $11.325 million over three years.
Dahlin is expected to make an immediate jump to the NHL after playing two seasons with Frolunda in the Swedish Hockey League.
The 6-foot-3, 185-pound Dahlin’s skating and playmaking abilities have drawn comparisons to elite Swedish defensemen such as Ottawa Senators captain Erik Karlsson and former Detroit Red Wings star Nicklas Lidstrom.