Fun & Fitness calendar

BASEBALL

• TRYOUTS: Through Nov. 10, 2013 Louisiana Tigers 12AA & 14AA travel teams. Call Leo McClure [phone].
• USSSA FALL STATE TOURNAMENT: Nov. 17-18, Val Riess Complex, Chalmette. Boys 7-under through 14-under age divisions. Fee $375. 3-game guarantee. Entry deadline Nov. 14. Call Billy Vaughn [phone]. Email: [e-mail].
• TRYOUTS: Through Nov. 25, Dragons 12AAA (two players) & 11AAA (one player) for 2013. Call David Robinson [phone] or Scott Schultz [phone].
• TRYOUTS: Through November, 7-under Livingston Parish-based Nitro tournament team. Call Lance Galloway [phone]. Email: [e-mail].
• TRYOUTS: Through November, Rebels, ages 12 -14 AA, AAA spring tournament teams. Call Ricky Grabert [phone]. Email: [e-mail].
• USSSA CHRISTMAS TOURNAMENT: Dec. 1-2, Val Riess Complex, Chalmette. Boys 7-under through 14-under age divisions. Fee $265. 3-game guarantee. Entry deadline Nov. 28. Call Billy Vaughn [phone]. Email: [e-mail].
• TRYOUTS: Through Dec. 2, Slammers 13AA USSSA spring/summer team. Needs 3 players. Call Shelly Melancon [phone]. Email: [e-mail].

BASKETBALL

• LUNCH BUNCH: Noon, Tuesdays/Thursdays, Istrouma Baptist Church gym, Baton Rouge. No fee.
• TRYOUTS: Noon-1:30 p.m., Nov. 4, Red Storm AAU 5th, 6th, 7th & 8th grade boys, Team Sportsplex, 7122 Perkins Rd. Baton Rouge. Call Bryan Denison [phone].
• BREC YOUTH LEAGUES COACHES MEETING: 6 p.m., Nov. 7, Room 111, Independence Park Rec Center, Independence Boulevard, Baton Rouge. Competitive leagues/high school rules for ages 6-under/8-under Co-ed & 10-under, 12, under, 14-under & 18-under . Fee $175/team. Call Ashton Hawkins [phone]. Email: [e-mail].
• YMCA CAPITAL AREA/ZACHARY YOUTH COMPETITIVE LEAGUE REGISTRATION: Through Nov. 10, Zachary High School. Sign-up 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Nov. 3, Nov. 10. Co-ed ages 5-6, 7-8, boys & girls 9-10, 11-12 age divisions. Fee $85/player. Saturday-only league games begin Dec. 1. Call Sarah Grai [phone]. Email: [e-mail].
• ROY JACOBS THANKSGIVING MEMORIAL JUNIOR HIGH CLASSIC: Nov. 23-25, Kenilworth Middle School, Baton Rouge. Boys & girls 7th- & 8th-grade teams. Fee $150. Call Ervin Grigsby (225) 88-2707. Email: [e-mail].
• WEST FELICIANA YOUTH LEAGUES REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Nov. 30. Games set through February at for Bains Lower Elementary, Bains Elementary & West Feliciana Middle schools. Fee $50/player. Call WFPR [phone]. Website: http://www.wfprec.com.
• MT. PILGRIM YOUTH LEAGUE REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Dec. 3 for Saturday morning league beginning in January, Mt. Pilgrim Church. Boys ages 9-10. Coaches meeting Dec. 5. Fee $200. Call Henry Grimes Jr. [phone].

FITNESS

• ZUMBA CLASSES: 5:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesdays through December, Independence C9ommunity Center, 10498 La. 965, St. Francisville. Fee $10/session, $30/month. Call West Feliciana Parish Recreation [phone]. Website: http://www.wfprec.com.

GOLF

• AJGT FALL JUNIOR CLASSIC ENTRY DEADLINE: Noon, Nov. 7 for Nov. 10-11 event, Magnolia Course/Beau Chene, Mandeville. Juniors ages 11-18/36 holes. Fee $215. Call Owen Seiler [phone]. Website: http://www.arrowheadjgt.com.
• AUDUBON PARK CLUB 10TH ANNIVERSARY: Through Nov. 8, Audubon Club, Audubon Park, New Orleans. $10 greens fees and $10 cart fee, commemorative shirts & golf balls. Tee times, call Audubon Pro Shop [phone].
• 18TH-ANNUAL LSU BASEBALL ALUMNI TOURNAMENT: 8 a.m. shotgun start, Nov. 9, Carter Plantation, Springfield. 4-player scramble. Fee $100 LSU baseball alumni, $275 public (meals & bonus items). Field limited to 32 teams/128 players. Closest-to-hole, long-drive & straight-drive contests. Call LSU Baseball [phone].
• AJGT ROB NOEL FALL JUNIOR CLASSIC ENTRY DEADLINE: Noon, Nov. 14 for Nov. 17-18 event, Money Hill GC, Abita Springs. Juniors ages 11-18/36 holes. Fee $215. Call Owen Seiler [phone]. Website: http://www.arrowheadjgt.com.
• 20TH-ANNUAL PINECONE CLASSIC: 8 a.m. shotgun start, Dec. 1, Denham Springs CC, Denham Springs. 3-player scramble. Fee $50/player. Field limited to 20 teams. Long-drive, accurate-drive & closest-to-pin contests. Call Bobby Meador [phone]/[phone].

PICKLEBALL

• BREC CEDAR RIDGE 45- AND -OLDER LEAGUE: 5-9 p.m. Sundays; 6-9 p.m. Tuesdays & Fridays; 9-11 a.m. Wednesdays, BREC Cedar Ridge Park. Call Tom Burkhart [phone].
• BREC PLANK ROAD LEAGUE: 6:30-9 p.m. Tuesdays & Fridays; 7-9 p.m. Thursdays, Plank Road Park, Zachary. Call Lothar Kuhn [phone].
• BREC LOVETT ROAD 21-AND-OLDER LEAGUE: 6-9 p.m. Mondays, Lovett Road Park, Central. Call Charles Welsh [phone].
• BREC ANTIOCH PARK LEAGUE: 6-9 p.m. Wednesdays. Call Park Rec Center [phone].

RUNNING-WALKING

• HAPPY’S RUNNING CLUB: 6:15 p.m., Nov. 6, Happy’s Irish Pub, Third Street. Fee $35 annual membership. Call Scott Higgins [phone] or Michael Lang [phone].
• 42ND-ANNUAL CAJUN CUP: Nov. 10, downtown, Lafayette. 10K & 1-mile roadrace. Fee $30/10K, $20/1-mile. Website: http://www.cajuncup.net.
• MDA PAJAMA RUN/WALK: 6 p.m., Nov. 16, Fourth Street at Convention Street, Baton Rouge. 5K run/walk. Fee $25, $30 race day. Benefits Muscular Dystrophy Association. Sponsored by Baton Rouge Professional Fire Fighters. Call MDA-BR [phone]. Website registration: http://www.mdaevent.org/5KPajamaRun-Walk.
• MIDDENDORF’S MANCHAC RUN/WALK: 8 a.m., Nov. 17, Middendorf’s Restaurant, Manchac. 5K & 10-miler. Fees $25/5K, $20/5K youth/seniors, $30 race day; 10 Miler, $30, $35 after Oct. 30, $40 after Nov. 9. Call Chuck George [phone]. Email: [e-mail].
• 26TH-ANNUAL TURKEY TROT: 6 a.m., Nov. 22, Convention & Fourth streets, Baton Rouge. 5K & 1-mile Fun Run/Turkey Walk. Fee $30, $40 race day. Benefits March of Dimes. Call March of Dimes [phone]. Website: http://www.MarchOfDimes.com/Louisiana.
• REINDEER RUN & JINGLE BELL JOG: 7 p.m., Nov. 30, City Plaza, Fourth Street at North Boulevard, Baton Rouge. 5K & 1-mile runs. 5:30 p.m. registration. Fee $15/ages 6-17, $20/18-older, $20 & $25 on race day. No fee 5-younger. In conjunction with Downtown Festival of Lights. Sponsored by Forum 35. A Toys for Tots event (runners bring toys to enter raffle). Call Karen Edward [phone]. Email: [e-mail].
• 19TH-ANNUAL BATON ROUGE BEACH MARATHON/HALF-MARATHON: 7 a.m., Dec. 1, Milfred Wampold Park/Baton Rouge Beach, Stanford Avenue, Baton Rouge. Fee $80/half-marathon, $90/marathon. Packet pickup 6-9 p.m., Nov. 30, The Marriott, 5500 Hilton Ave. Call Craig Watson [phone]/[phone].
• SANTA FUN RUN: 5 p.m., Dec. 8, Lafayette Street at North Boulevard, Baton Rouge. Fee $35/adults, $25/ages 13-17, $15,ages 8-12, fee free/under 7, $40/$30/$20 after Oct. 31. Fee includes full Santa costume. Precedes 62nd-annual Cortana Kiwanis Baton Rouge Christmas Parade. Call Patte Keogh [phone]. Website registration: http://www.thesightings.com.
• INAUGURAL WOMAN’S HALF MARATHON, 10K & WELLNESS BOUTIQUE: 7 a.m., Dec. 9, River Center, Front Street, Baton Rouge. Half-marathon, 10K roadrace, 5K Fun Run. Fees $90/half, 10K, $25/5K, $110 & $40 race day. Benefits Women’s Hospital programs & “Pink Patrol for Women and Babies. Website: http://www.WomansHalfMarathon.com.
• CANAL STREET RACE FOR CRIMESTOPPERSGNO: 8 a.m., Dec. 9, City Park, New Orleans. 5K & 1-mile runs. Fees $20, $25 after Nov. 1, $30 after Dec. 1,, $10/17-under, $15/65-older. Call Chuck George [phone]. Email: [e-mail].

FASTPITCH SOFTBALL

• USSSA THANKSGIVING THROWDOWN: Nov. 17-18, Val Riess Complex, Chalmette. Girls 8-under through 18-under age divisions. Fee $75. 4-game guarantee. Entry deadline Nov. 14. Call Billy Vaughn [phone]. Email: [e-mail].
• USSSA CHRISTMAS TOURNAMENT: Dec. 1-2, North Oak Park, Hammond. Girls 8-under through 18-under age divisions. Fee $75. 4-game guarantee. Entry deadline Nov. 28. Call Billy Vaughn [phone]. Email: [e-mail].

TENNIS

• YOUTH INSTRUCTION: Through November, West Feliciana Parish Sports Park, St. Francisville. Tuesdays, 4-5 p.m./6th-8th grades, $60/month; Thursdays, 3:45 p.m, Pre-K & K, $40/month; Thursdays, 4:45 p.m., 1st-2nd grades. $60/month; Thursdays, 6 p.m., 3rd-5th grades. ild on a waiting list and will contact you if/when an opening occurs. Call WFSP [phone]. Website: http://www.wfprec.com.

VOLLEYBALL

• TRYOUTS: 9-11 a.m., Nov. 11, St. Joseph’s Academy, Baton Rouge. Volleyball Baton Rouge 13s team (age cut-off date Sept. 1, 2013). Call Lee Feinswog [phone]. Email: [e-mail].

GUIDELINES

• The deadline for Fun & Fitness Calendar notices is 5 p.m. every Friday.
• Notices will be accepted four weeks in advance of the event.
• Submissions must be legibly handwritten or typed and must include activity/sport, date, time, site, entry fees, entry deadlines, the full name of contact person(s) and telephone numbers with area code. Only two contacts with telephone numbers/Email addresses will be published.

Submit notices to: Fun & Fitness Calendar, Advocate Sports, P.O. Box 588, Baton Rouge LA 70821. FAX [phone]. Email: [e-mail]