Neighbor Sports

Softball

• The Lombard Flames will hold tryouts for the U-14 team from noon to 1 p.m. Sunday.

Tryouts for the U-18 team will be from noon to 1 p.m. Sept. 16. Both will be held at Schafer School on Pleasant Lane, east of Grace Street, Lombard.

To register, call Denny Soger at (630) 627-8310 or e-mail lombsoger@hotmail.com.

• The DuPage Diamond Dawgs girls fastpitch softball organization is looking to add a few players to both its U-12 and U-14 teams for the 2008 season. The Dawgs are based in Carol Stream.

For details on the U-12 tryout, call Ken Cygan at (630) 653-6305. For details on the U-14 tryout, call Dominic Conenna at (312) 215-5636.

• The OL Diamonds DC U-18 fastpitch softball team is seeking a pitcher, catcher and utility player for the 2008 season. Those interested should contact Dick Cermak at (630) 969-7209 or Bill Lammel at (708) 289-3438.

Baseball

• The Roselle Renegades U-14 travel team will hold tryouts at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday at the Medinah Park District baseball field, 22W130 Thorndale Ave. For details, call Tony Palermo at (630) 258-1417.

• The Itasca Athletic Association Blue Demons will have tryouts for its U-13 team from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday at Benson Park, Mill Road and Sarah Drive, Itasca. For details, visit www.itascabaseball.com or call John Misasi at (847) 341-4971 or Scott Schillinger at (630) 878-4003.

• Bulldogs baseball will hold tryouts for the 2008 season Sunday at Veterans Park in Bensenville. The U-10 tryout will be at 1 p.m., U-11 at 2 p.m., U-12 at 3 p.m., U-13 at 4 p.m. and U-14 at 5 p.m. For details, call Levon Deirmenjian at (630) 514-4131 or e-mail deirm@aol.com.

• The Oak Brook Outlaws travel baseball team will hold tryouts for the 2008 season Saturday and Sunday at the Oak Brook baseball complex in Central Park, 1450 Forest Gate Road, Oak Brook.

Tryouts for the U-10, U-12 and U-14 teams will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. Tryouts for the U-11 and U-13 teams will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

• Coast to Coast Baseball will host an open tryout for players from around Illinois at 2 p.m. Sept. 22 at the Max McCook indoor facility in McCook.

The purpose of the event is to select players ages 11-12, 13-15 and 16-18 to represent the U.S. in international competition in Puerto Rico, Australia, Europe and Hawaii.

For details, visit www.coasttocoastathletics.com or call Kevin Ritter at (740) 373-4455.

Basketball

• The Bloomingdale Youth Basketball Association is holding travel basketball tryouts in September at the Johnston Recreation Center, 172 S. Circle Ave. in Bloomingdale.

Tryouts for fourth-grade boys, fourth-grade girls, fifth-grade boys and fifth-grade girls will run from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. Thursday.

Tryouts for sixth-grade boys and seventh-grade boys will run from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Tryouts for sixth-grade girls and seventh-grade girls will run from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Tryouts for eighth-grade boys will run from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Sept. 14. Tryouts for eighth-grade girls will run from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesday.

Players must attend at least one tryout. For details, call Mike Spejcher at (630) 351-0399.