Neighbor Sports

Baseball

Heat tryouts: Heat Baseball, based in Hoffman Estates, has scheduled tryouts for 1 p.m. Sunday at High Point Park, 1730 Glenlake Road, Hoffman Estates. The team is seeking college-bound juniors and seniors from the Northwest and surrounding suburbs. Players should arrive 30 minutes early for sign-in. The 2008 team will compete in eight to 10 top showcase tournaments. To register, contact Don Kush at (847) 309-2177 or d.kush@comcast.net.

Basketball

Eagles girls tryouts: The Lakes Junior Eagles Girls Travel Basketball program will hold tryouts for girls in fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grade who live within the borders of Lakes Community High School.

Tryouts will be from 6 to 7 p.m. for fifth and sixth grade; 7 to 8 p.m. for seventh grade; and 8 to 9 p.m. for eighth grade today at Palombi Middle School, 133 McKinley Ave., Lake Villa.

Depending on turnout, fifth and sixth grade may be combined. If selected, the fee is about $325 for all grade levels.

Contact Terry Beadle at (847) 356-7340 or tmbeadle@progrpinc.net for information, or go to www.LakesJrEagles.org.

Corsairs tryouts: The Junior Corsairs Basketball Program offers an opportunity for sixth- to eighth-grade boys to compete against various teams from Lake and Cook counties. Tryout dates and times for all levels are 7:15 to 9:15 p.m. Nov. 8; noon to 3 p.m. Nov. 11; and 7:15 to 9:15 p.m. Nov. 15. Practices and home games will be held at Carmel High School.

The teams will play about 40 games between November and March. Anyone interested, call Jon Baffico at (847) 388-3402 or e-mail jbaffico@carmelhs.org.

Soccer

High school tryouts: Real Chicago FC will hold its 2007-08 High School U15 to U18 tryouts from 9 to 11 a.m. Sunday at Maine West High School, 1755 S. Wolf Road, Des Plaines. The fields are located behind the football stadium. Players should arrive one-half hour early to register and bring birth certificate, wallet-size photo, completed IYSA waiver, shin guards, ball and water bottle.

All players will go through a normal training session with the coaching staff, which includes technical drills, conditioning exercises and tactical games. Indoor training begins in November, and the spring season in the NISL runs through June 2008.

Registration forms may be downloaded off the Real Chicago FC Web site at www.realchicagofc.com. For more information, call (847) 392-4209.

Softball

One-day clinic: Fastball USA will host a one-day softball clinic Nov. 17 for coaches and players at 137 Diversey, Elmhurst. The UIC Flames coaching staff, Tom Grey, Sarah O'Malley and Allison Aguilar, along with UIC Flames players will be on hand. The division I softball program will hold a coaches clinic from 9:30 to 11 a.m. and a players clinic from noon to 3 p.m. The clinic will cover the fundamentals of softball in several skill areas including infield and outfield defensive, plus offensive skills of hitting, bunting and slapping.

Register at (630) 532-5107 or fastballusa@hotmail.com. For more information go to www.fastballusa.com.

Wrestling

Sharks registration: The Sharks Wrestling Club, an affiliate of Illinois Kids Wrestling Federation, will hold registration for the fall season from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Maine Township East High School, 2601 Dempster St., Park Ridge. These are regular practice nights for the club.

Chad Conley and Mike Conrad, co-founders of the club, will welcome back existing members and get acquainted with newcomers and their parents at a clinic prior to registration. Details of this event will be forthcoming. Parents with sons or daughters between 5 and 14 who would like to be part of the organization can call Mike Conrad at (847) 299-7531.