SPORTS CALENDAR
EDITOR’S NOTE: All calendar items should be addressed to the Texarkana Gazette sports department at P.O. Box 621, Texarkana, TX, 75504; emailed to sports@texarkanagazette.com; or call the sports department at 903-794-3311 or 903-794-3318 after 5 p.m.
BASKETBALL
Texas High School Athletic Department boys baskeball camp July 14-16; the morning session, from 9 a.m. to noon, will be for boys entering grades 1- 5 while the afternoon session from 1-4 will be for boys entering grades 6-9; Texas Middle School Gym; Early registration is $70 per participant and day of registration will be $80; contact the TISD Athletic Office at 903.793.7731 or starr.thompson@txkisd.net or jacob.skinner@txkisd.net
Texas High girls summer basketball camp, for girls entering grades 5-9 will be held July 21-23. Camp will run from 9 a.m. to noon each day at the Texas Middle School Gym; early registration is $50, $60 if registering on day one of camp; contact Starr Thompson at 903.793.7731 ext. 4 or starr.thompson@txkisd.net or Robert Cochran at 903.793.7731 ext. 2245 or robert. cochran@txkisd.net
A Hooping in Arkadelphia tournament, July 25-27, Aquatics/ Athletic Center, 2575 Twin Rivers Dr., Arkadelphia, Ark.; $125 registration, three-game guarantee, contact Denny Adams 870-3458901.
CYCLING
Twenty-mile fun ride, 2 p.m. Sundays, Berridge Bikes & Boards, Nash, Texas; all cyclists invited; contact 903-794-2453 or hanes.scott@gmail.com.
GOLF
2014 Caddy Passports available at First Tee Clubhouse, New Haven Golf Club, The Texarkana Golf Ranch, Oak Grove Golf Club and Golf USA; passport includes 18 rounds of golf for $75; valid Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2014; contact 870-774-4653.
Seniors (age 50 & up) Monday-Thursdays, Texarkana Golf Ranch, $28, includes greens fee, cart; new senior (60-up) memberships available, Weekly men’s association, 9-hole Stableford match, Wednesdays, 5:30 p.m.; call 903-334-7401.
Southwest Arkansas Senior Golf Association accepting new members. Open to golfers 50 years or older who reside in Southwest Arkansas or Northeast Texas, call Larry East at 870773-2278/903-277-4623, or Ray Frederick at 870-772-1981/903490-3023.
Oak Grove Golf Club; monthly couples’ scramble tournament; third Sunday of each month; call 903-223-8402 for more information.
East Texas Senior Golf Association accepting new members, 50 years or older. The schedule consists of 12 tournaments are held from Texarkana to Tyler, contact Ralph Vetterat 903-236-0990 or raleovet@gmail.com.
Arkansas High golf team tryouts, July 14-17, New Haven Golf Club; 10 a.m.; open to boys and girls entering grades 9-12.
New Haven Men’s Golf Association Mini Tournaments; Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8 a.m; teams determined by draw; call 903-277-5305 or 870-331-4140.
RUNNING
The first Texarkana Officers Down 5K; Saturday, July 26; benefits the Officer Down Memorial Page and the Jason Sprague Memorial Scholarship; contact TJ Burke at 412-980-0085 or email tj@officersdown5k.
Watermelon 5K; August 9, 7:30 a.m., Hope, Ark.; $20 before August 8, $25 after; Under 18, $15 before August 8, $20 after; call 870-777-1917, email still@ sbcglobal.net, visit entry-www. macsrts.com.
VOLLEYBALL
The Texas High School Athletic Department will host two volleyball camps in July. The first camp will be held on July 28-29 for eighth and ninth graders, and a second camp will be held on July 30-31 for fifth through seventh graders. Camps will be at the Tiger Center at Texas High from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost is $20 and includes lunch and a camp t-shirt. Registration deadline is June 20. For more information, contact Melissa Hardy at 903278-7363 or Britnee’ James at 903-691-5773.