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Baseball

LEAGUES

• Northeastern State University baseball team’s instructional fall league for high school students (classes of 2013 to 2016) starts Sept. 9 and runs until Oct. 7. First day will involve skill evaluation and placement. All games will involve in-game instruction and teams will be limited in size to ensure ample playing time.  To register or for more information, contact Travis Janssen, (918) 444-3910 or email at jenssent@nsuok.edu.

•  Muskogee Youth Baseball fall league starts Sept. 9 for five Sundays totaling 10 games. Cost: $350 per team. Fees and rosters must be in by 6-8 p.m., Aug. 21 at the Muskogee Public Library. Contacts: Nick Thompson at nickt0323@gmail.com or Marie Gassaway at baseballlady@suddenlink.net.



Golf

EVENTS

• Pecan Valley Golf Course, Fort Gibson; 50-older scramble, 9 a.m. Thursdays; 100 percent payback. Contact: (918) 478-9774.

• Pecan Valley Golf Course, Fort Gibson; Church League golf, 5:30 p.m. nine holes every Tuesday, $10 per player includes green fee and half-paid cart fee. Contact: (918) 478-9774.

• Hilltop Golf Course, Porter; Two-person blind-draw nine-hole scramble, 6 p.m. Thursdays; 100 percent payout. Contact: (918) 483-9551.

• Hilltop Golf Course, Porter, Two-person bring your own partner scramble, 10 a.m. Saturdays; 100 percent payout. Contact: (918) 483-9551.

TOURNAMENTS

• Checotah Football Booster Club tournament, Whispering Meadows, Warner, 6 p.m., Aug. 13. Cost: $25 per person, $5 mulligans (two per person). Shotgun start. Contact: Dawn (918) 650-2854 or Jennifer (918) 685-6829.

• “Hookin’ and Slicin’” scramble sponsored by the Wagoner Outdoor Sportsmen’s Association in conjunction with Sequoyah Park Partners, Aug. 18-19 at Western Hills Golf Course in Wagoner. Benefits Okie Kids in Need. Aug. 18-19. Cost: $255 per team, does not include cart,,with optional $15 practice round the day before. Contact: (918) 772-2297 or Otto Deacon, (918) 230-3031.



Running

EVENTS

• Run Gore, a 5K run, 8 a.m. Sept. 22 along River Road. Fun run, 7:30 a.m. Contact: Jerry Cavanaugh, (918) 489-2397.



Softball

EVENTS

• Cherokee National Holiday men’s and women’s slowpitch tournament, Aug. 31-Sept. 2, Sequoyah Schools fields in Tahlequah. Limited to 36 men’s and 26 women’s teams. All but four players on each team must be members of a federally recognized tribe. Cost: $200. All entries must be received by 5 p.m. Aug. 24, cash or money orders only. There will be a $1 game admission. Contact: Sherwin Johnson, (918) 696-5760 or Crystal Bogle, (918) 316-1940.

TEAMS

• Muskogee-based 12-under fastpitch team looking for players with 2000 and 2001 birth dates. Contact: L.J. York, (918) 360-4849.