Calendar of Sports

Youth Sports
Lee County Hawks Football Registration - Cape Coral commerce football & cheerleading train taking registration in support of ages 5-15 (through July 1) to fill squads in support of 2013; nix stress limit, fee $159. Info: Frank Connelley (239) 292-4709; Web: Www.Leecountyhawks.Com

Sunday, Oct. 27

Under Armour Baseball Factory National Tryout - Duane Swanson Field, Fort Myers; audition in support of from top to toe prepare baseball players ages 14-18, 9 a.M.; tryouts in support of pre-high prepare players 12-14, 1 p.M.; registration fee $99; Info: 800-641-4487, porch 101.

Sept. 3-Nov. 24

Fall After-School Tennis Program - Cape Coral Yacht Club; preregistration necessary in support of 11-week train in support of tiny tot (age 4-6), level 1 and 2 junior (7-9), level 1, 2 and 3 junior (10-14); by the side of Jim Jeffers Park level 1 junior (7-9) & level 1 junior (10-14) divisions; competition on Nov. 22-24. Info: (239) 574-0808.

General Info

Cape Coral low Club - Meeting at the outset Tuesday both month, 7:30 p.M., Nemo's Sports Cafe, 42 Mid Cape Terrace, Cape Coral; men, women, children who love to bass fish meet; tournaments held locally and not worth it of town. Info: Jim Lewis 945-7188; Web: Www.Capecoralbassclub.Com

Cape Coral Tarpon Hunters Club - Meeting third Thursday (March through September) both month, 7 p.M., Cape Coral Yacht Club; 40th anniversary time; casino catches and releases all tarpon; social and competitive casino, hosts recruit seminars, tournaments in support of youth and adults. Info: Gary Jackson (239) 898-2980.

Cape Coral Sailing Club - Meeting fourth Wednesday both month, 7:30 p.M., Cape Coral Yacht Club, 5819 Driftwood Parkway; adults interested in boating (sail or power), cruising or wing chair are meet. Info: Ron Miniter 945-7761.

Sailing Singles Club - Happy Hour gathering at the outset Friday both month, 5 p.M., wide-ranging seminar third Thursday both month, 7 p.M.; daysails & weekenders being intended; become skilled at to sail with us; new-fangled members and captains with sailboats meet. Info: Www.Sailing-singles.Earn

Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 18-20

2013 City Championship - Coral Oaks Golf Course, Cape Coral; 1 p.M. Shotgun start Friday in support of Pro-Am; 36-hole stroke fool around weekend competition starts Saturday; opening fee $75 in support of Pro-Am, $125 in support of competition; imperfect to 172 competitors. Deadline to register, Oct. 13. Info: (239) 573-3100

Friday, Oct. 25

Swings in support of the Sox Golf Tournament - Plantation Golf & Country Club, Fort Myers; 8:30 a.M.; opening fee $600 group of four, sponsorships existing $100-$2,000, non-player pass to playground, eat & batting practice $50; proceeds to Red Sox Foundation to support Foundation in support of Lee County Public Schools. Info: (239) 226-4783; email: Redsoxgolf@redsox.Com

Saturday, Oct. 26

2nd Annual LCEC Oktoberfest 5K Run/Walk and Tot Trot - Jim Jeffers Park in Cape Coral; registration 6:30 a.M.; run starts by the side of 7:30 a.M.; Tot Trot follows 5K. Advance registration $25 in support of ages 18 and greater than ($30 sunlight hours of), $20 in support of age 17 and younger ($30 sunlight hours of) and $10 in support of the Tot Trot (age 12 and under). Benefits United Way of Lee, Hendry and Glades Counties. Info: Visit www.Uw.Lcec.Net/5k.Html, email Oktoberfest5K@lcec.Earn or call 239-656-2342.

Friday, Nov. 8

10th yearly Shell Point Open Charity Golf Tournament - Shell Point Golf Club, Fort Myers; registration/light breakfast 7:15 a.M.; opening fee $125 for each person; proceeds benefit Shell Point's Memory Care Center. Info: (239) 466-8484.

Monday, Nov. 18

TIF Charity Classic Pro-Am Golf Tournament - Bay Colony Golf Club, Naples; 7:30 a.M. Breakfast & demonstrations, 9:30 a.M. Shotgun start; opening fees start in on $5,000, incorporated ticket to celebration banquet Nov. 16 by the side of Ritz-Carlton, Naples; proceeds benefit the Immokalee Foundation programs. Info: TIF (239) 430-9122; Web: Www.Immokaleefoundation.Org

Regional day after day sports writer dies suddenly by the side of 56

 Regional day after day sports writer dies suddenly by the side of 56

Tributes engage in been paid taking into account a chief sports writer on a regional each day died suddenly on the age of 56.

Chris Finn, absent, had worked on the Leicester Mercury in favor of in favor of more than 24 years, combination in 1989 as a production journalist and at that time tender into sport, everyplace he was anon promoted to chief sports writer.

USC's slide to weakness expenses fast lane Kiffin

LOS ANGELES — Less than two years in the same way as Southern California finished a 10-2 season with a 50-point win larger than UCLA, coach fast lane Kiffin is unemployed.

Thirteen months in the same way as the Trojans were the nation's top-ranked team, they've lost seven of their precedent 11 games. They haven't looked respectable in many of their victories, either.

An elite football encode has descended into weakness, and the slide culminated in Kiffin's firing by strong director slap Haden on Sunday.

The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawks 49-7 in a Class 2A District 5 football game Friday

Freshman quarterback Blake Burgess threw a nine-yard touchdown pass to Jacob Boeck, and Tyler Bryant kicked the mega summit in place of Central Lee’s lone points in the game.

Burgess was 3 in place of 3 superficial in place about 50 yards. All three completions were to Boeck.

Ben Rooney led the Hawks with 47 yards rushing on six carries. Ethan Barnett added 33 yards on 10 carries. Boeck gained 21 yards on 11 carries, and Matthew Vermazen finished with 20 yards rushing on seven carries.

Trio to miss rest of the season

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - West Virginia emerged from Saturday's season-opener a winner pro a 10th straight season, though not lacking a loss.

Coach Dana Holgorsen assumed Tuesday with the intention of linebacker Dozie Ezemma suffered a conked out a bottom and piling and is publicized pro the season. Eczema is a fifth-year senior from Pomona, N.Y., who has thumbs down bonus eligibility. His career is ended.