Touchdown Club seeks sponsors for golf tourney
Long County’s Touchdown Club is seeking sponsors and donations for its upcoming fifth Annual Long County Touchdown Club Golf Tournament.
Hole sponsorships are $100. The group also needs monetary or gift donations for door prizes.
The tournament will be a four-person captain’s scramble. Fees are $50 per person. A "cheaters combo" is available for an additional $10, which includes one mulligan, one shot from the ladies tee and one string of 10 feet for placing a shot closer to a hole.
The tournament is May 15 at the Cherokee Rose Country Club. Proceeds benefit the Long County High School varsity football team. For more information, call Bryan Murphy at 370-2470 or Kyle Wilson at 530-9443.
2010 ADA
Kiss-A-Pig
‘Porker Run’
Hop on a hog and help Team Liberty candidate Jon Long kiss a pig as he raises money for the American Diabetes Association. The run is open to motorcycles, cars and trucks.
Registration begins at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 15, at Liberty Regional Medical Center, 462 E. G. Miles Parkway. Fees are $20 per person and $5 for additional hands. For more information, call Ken Porter at 492-8445 or Rene’ Harwell at 369-9491.
BI wall of fame submissions
Bradwell Institute is building a wall of fame featuring former BI Tiger athletes who played sports on the college level. Tiger coach Jeff Miller and his assistants have a partial list of athletes, but they’d like even more. Names and photos are being gathered. To submit a name or photo the following criteria must be met:
The former athlete must have graduated from Bradwell Institute. The student athlete must have gone on to play sports at the college level and must have graduated from college.
If you would like to submit names or photos, e-mail them to jmiller@liberty.k12.ga.us, or mail them (along with a self-addressed stamp envelope for return) to:
Bradwell Institute, Attn: Jeff Miller
100 Pafford St.
Hinesville, GA 31313
For more information, call 368-6123.
Long County Recreation
Department’s Mud Bog
The Long County Recreation Department will host its first annual Mud Bog at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 22. The event will be at the site of the Long County Wildlife Festival and will benefit the county’s recreation department.
The event will offer different class competitions and a $500 first-place award in the outlaw class.
For more information, call 294-1626.
LCHS football skills camp
Liberty County High School will host a football skills camp for quarterbacks, running backs and receivers from 9 a.m.-noon June 7-11.
The camp is open to ages 8-15. The fee is $60. The camp will be at Liberty County High School. Registration forms are available at the school’s front office. For more information, call 876-4316.
Coastal Crew Rebels Shootout
The Coastal Crew Rebels Shootout Tournament is May 15 at the St. James Sports Center. Admission is free. Here is the tournament schedule:
• 10:30 a.m.: Youth Challenge Academy vs. 15U Rebels
• 11:15 a.m.: 16U Rebels vs. Youth Challenge Academy
• 11:50 a.m.: Blazers vs. South East Georgia Stars
• 12:35 p.m.: South East Georgia Stars vs. 15U Rebels
• 1:15 p.m.: 17U Rebels vs. South Georgia Elite Smith
• 2:30 p.m.: Savannah Grizzles vs. 17U Rebels
• 2:30 p.m.: South Georgia Elite Smith vs. Savannah Hawks
• 3:15 p.m.: Savannah Grizzles vs. Blazers
• 3:50 p.m.: Savannah Hawks vs. Youth Challenge Academy
First annual Sunbury
5K run/walk in planning stages
The first Sunbury 5K run/walk is set for 10 a.m.
Saturday, Sept. 25. Proceeds will benefit the Wounded Warrior Project and the American Diabetes Association.
Participants can register online at www.fleetfeetsavannah.com or www.active.com. Search for the race under the keyword "Sunbury." Registration fees are $25 per person, and the race is open to all ages; however, those under 18 must have waiver signed by a parent or guardian, according to the Active.com site.
The race starts at the Sunbury Crab Company and the course will take participants through the neighborhoods of Sunbury. Prizes will be awarded in different age groups and all registered participants will receive T-shirts and free entry into the Sunbury Blue Crab Festival.
For more information, e-mail Patrick Boyle at pcboyle@yahoo.com.
Sponsors and volunteers are needed.
South Georgia Fury needs softball players
The South Georgia Fury girls fast pitch travel softball team is looking for players for their 14 and under and 12 and under teams. For more information, call coach Carrie Wilkes at 912-842-7544 or 908-917-8855.