Lake Co. Neighbor sports
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Adult Golf Lessons: 6-7 p.m. Thursdays, Aug. 7-21, Antioch Golf Club, 40150 N. Route 59, Antioch. Through the Lindenhurst Park District. For ages 16 and up. $53 for Lindenhurst Park District residents, $61 for nonresidents. For details, call (847) 356-6011 or visit lindenhurstparks.org.
Birdie Buddies: 5-8 p.m. Aug. 7, Grayslake Golf Course, 2150 Drury Lane, Grayslake. Individuals from the community will be paired with Special Recreation Association of Central Lake County special needs participants for a nine-hole, alternating stroke game. Volunteers golf for free; dinner included. Call the Grayslake Park District at (847) 223-7529 or the Special Recreation Association of Central Lake County at (847) 816-4866.
MS Slugfest: 8 a.m. Aug. 9, Mt. Greenwood Park, 3724 W. 11th Street, Chicago. Teams from Chicago and the suburbs compete in softball tournament to raise funds for Multiple Sclerosis. (800) 344-4867.
Gurnee Days 10K Race: 7:30 a.m. Aug. 9, Warren Township High School, O'Plaine Campus. 500 N. O'Plaine Road, Gurnee. Two-mile Fun Run/Walk and USATF certified 10K race. Race follows the Des Plaines River Trail System. For information, visit www.gurneeparkdistrict.com.
Lightning Girls softball tryouts: 10U: 9-11 a.m.; 12U: noon to 2 p.m.; 14U: 2:30-4:30 p.m.; 16U/18U: 5-7 p.m., Aug. 9-10; also 10U and 12U: 5-6:30 p.m. and 14U and 16U/18 6:30-8 p.m. Aug. 12, Wilmot High School Softball Diamonds, 11112 308th Ave., Wilmot, Wis. Lightning Youth Athletics Girls Fastpitch tryouts. For information, visit eteamz.active.com/lightningfastpitch or call (262) 997-0543.
Girls In-House Softball: Evaluation days (prospective players must attend one) Ages 7-8: 9-10 a.m. Aug. 9 or noon to 1 p.m. Aug. 16; ages 9-10: 10-11 a.m. Aug. 9 or 1-2 p.m. Aug. 16; ages 11-14: 11 a.m. to noon Aug. 9 or 2-3 p.m. Aug. 16, Central Park Aquatic Softball Field, 250 Library Lane, Grayslake. Practices begin the week of Sept. 1; games run Sept. 13 to Oct. 18. Players should bring a glove. Cost is $80 for Grayslake Park District residents, $100 for nonresidents for ages 7-8, $90 for residents, $113 for nonresidents for ages 9-14. Games and practices will be at Meadowview, Central Park and Alleghany Park. Parents interested in coaching can call Nate Flannery, at (847) 223-7529.
Wildcats tryouts: 10 a.m. to noon and 1-3 p.m. Aug. 9 and 16 at Converse Park in Island Lake. LYAA 10u, 12u and 14u Wauconda Wildcat girls fast-pitch softball tryouts.
Chicago Shamrox Hot Rox Dance Team auditions: 8:15 a.m. Aug. 9, Holiday Inn Northwest, Elgin. The auditions will have two rounds. Women advancing past the first round of tryouts will perform in front of a live studio audience and be judged by a panel of celebrity judges. Fill out an application, submit at least one photo and a $25 audition fee. Dancers must be at least 18 as of Aug. 1. For information or an application, visit www.ChicagoShamrox.com or contact Hot Rox Dance team director Kim Brancamp at (708) 987-5360.
Soccer Clinic: Register by Aug. 11. 3-4:30 p.m. Aug. 17, Village of Lincolnshire North Park, 1025 Riverwoods Road, Lincolnshire. Sedgebrook residents and staff will host a soccer clinic for boys and girls age 6 and up with Chicago Fire Midfielder Diego Gutierrez. To register, call Frank Lamberti at Sedgebrook, at (847) 876-2373. The fee is $30 per person.On-site check-in begins at 2:30 p.m. Gutierrez will donate proceeds to Nothing But Nets, " to provide insecticide-coated nets for children's beds in Africa to protective barrier against mosquitoes that may carry malaria.
Bandits softball clinic: 6-9 p.m. Aug. 12, Drive Performance, 1543 Abbott Drive, Wheeling. Chicago Bandits players will sign autographs from 6-7 p.m. and conduct hitting and pitching clinics from 7-9 p.m. Cost is $40 for Drive Performance members, $50 for nonmembers, $45 for nonmembers registering in groups of five or more. Participants receive four free ticket vouchers to a Bandits home game. To register, call (847) 229-1009.
Chicago White Sox Trip: Motor coach leaves 10:30 a.m. Aug. 14 from the Barn in Paulus Park, 200 S. Rand Road, Lake Zurich. See the Sox play the Kansas City Royals. Ages 16 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Motor coach returns around 6 p.m. $40 for residents of Lake Zurich, $48 for nonresidents. For information, call (847) 438-5146.