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 870-3307555.

FOOTBALL

Hooks Youth Sports Association will host an open flag football tournament on Sept. 2. The tournament will use NFL flag football rules and will be 5 on 5. There will be a kindergarten division, a first and second grade division, a third and fourth grade division, and a fifth and sixth grade division. There is a $125 team registration fee and the game format will be determined by the number of teams that enter each age group. For more information, contact Chris Bates at 903 319-1010 or Craig Thomas at 903 293-1671.

The Texarkana Hawks youth football program is in search of players 4 to 14 years of age for the 6u, 8u, 10u, 12u and 14u teams. Contact Kendrick Rochelle to sign up at 409-504-9697 or email krkendrick@gmail.com or krochelle775@gmail.com.

SHOOTING SPORTS

Tickets are being sold for $25 in the Bowie County 4-H 52-gun drawing. Tickets will be sold for 20 more weeks and are available at D&D Guns in New Boston, Texas. You may also email Cherrie at cc-curtis@tamu.edu to find the closest 4-H member with tickets for sale.

Maud Gun Club is hosting a dove hunters warm up from 9 to 11 a.m. Aug. 26. Nonmembers are welcome and will get first 25 targets for free, after that the cost is $5 for 25 targets. Eye and ear protection are required. Shell vests and pouches are recommended. No shot larger than 7 1/2 is allowed. For directions or questions, call Larry Oxford at 903-280-0482.

RUNNING

The Amanda Fussell Woodman Memorial CASA Colorful 5k will be held Sept. 23 at the Trinity Baptist Church cross country track. Registration begins at 8 a.m. with the children’s run beginning at 8:30 and the adult run at 9 a.m. To register online, go to www. runsignup.com/casacolorful5k. For more information, contact Stephanie Fussell at 903-792-1030.