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Football

• Registration is being accepted for the Chicago Bears youth football camps, which will be held this summer around the Chicago area.

Bears camps are no-contact day camps for kids ages 6 to 14.

Local camps include: June 16-20 at B.R. Ryall YMCA in Glen Ellyn; June 23-27 at Franklin Middle School in Wheaton; July 7-11 at Heritage YMCA in Naperville; July 14-18 at Indian Boundary YMCA in Downers Grove; and July 21-25 at Elmhurst College.

The cost is $365. For details, e-mail tom@prosportsexperience.com or call (312) 226-7776.

Baseball

• The Roselle Rampage will host a free Major League Baseball Pitch, Hit and Run competition from 4 to 6:30 p.m. May 4 at Alexian Field in Schaumburg.

Competitors are divided into four age divisions: 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 and 13-14. They can advance through four levels of competition, with the national finals at the 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.

All participants must bring a copy of their birth certificate and fill out a registration form and waiver prior to the competition. For details, contact Dan Lombardo at RampagePHR@comcast.net or visit www.eteamz.com/rosellerampage.

Tennis

• Benet Academy in Lisle will host three tennis camps in June and July. All three camps will have two sessions, June 9-19 and June 23 to July 3.

The Beginner Camp for children entering second through seventh grades runs from 8 to 8:45 a.m. The cost is $70 per session.

The High School Camp for those entering grades nine to 12 runs from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. The cost is $150 per session.

The Junior High Camp for those entering sixth through eighth grades runs from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The cost is $150 per session.

For details, call Bob Comerford at (630) 881-2595 or Michael Hand at (630) 969-6550.

• Wheaton North High School's summer tennis camp will be June 16-18 at Wheaton North High School or Northside Park. All camps are coed.

Session for high school ninth-graders beginner/intermediate will run from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m.; session for grades 11-12 intermediate/advanced runs from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.; session for grade 10 intermediate runs from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Cost of each high school camp is $150.

The session for grades five through eighth beginner/intermediate runs from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; session for grades three to five beginner/intermediate runs from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.; session for grades first through third beginner/intermediate runs from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Cost of each grade school and junior high school camp is $110.

Signup forms are available at the Wheaton North High School athletic office, as well as online at WNHS.org.

For details, call Rick Rateike at (630) 464-5847 or Eric Laird at (630) 784-7467.

Track and field

The Aurora Flyers Track Club will host the Boatright/Fox Valley Grade School Classic May 3 at East Aurora High School.

The track meet is open to third- through sixth-graders, with homeschoolers welcome. First- and second-graders may compete as third-graders.

The cost is $5 per athlete; all entries must be received with payment by April 30. Meet-day entries will not be accepted.

Signup forms are available at www.auroraflyers.com. For details, call Tom Boatright at (630) 669-5737.

Wrestling

• Martinez Elite wrestling classes are being offered at Marmion Academy in Aurora from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Folkstyle, Freestyle and Greco wrestling will be taught. Instruction will be provided by Jose and Nathan Martinez. Wrestlers will need a current copy of a USA wrestling card.

For details, call Gary Fritz at (630) 267-4506 or Bruno Gacek at (630) 761-8871. Classes run through May 31.