Local Sports Calendar

Alumni football

• Gridiron Alumni is planning several full-contact high school alumni football games for Northwest Georgia in March and April. The first 40 players to sign up will make up a team, and the team that registers 30 players first gets home-field advantage. Teams are forming for alumni from Christian Heritage, Dalton, Murray County, Northwest Whitfield and Southeast Whitfield, and a Northwest-Southeast game is scheduled for March 31. For information or to register for any team, visit gridironalumni.com. Questions? Call (530) 410-6396.

Umpires meeting

• The Whitfield County Umpire Association for youth baseball and softball will hold its first meeting for the upcoming seasons at 6 p.m. on Feb. 16 at the Whitfield County Parks and Recreation Department’s facility at 136 Gillespie Drive. All existing members and those wishing to join are encouraged to attend. For information, call (706) 226-8341.

Instruction

• All women of the community are invited to attend a Ladies Baseball Clinic at 6 p.m. on Feb. 9 in the Dalton High commons. Guest speaker will be Jane Boggs, mother of Mitchell Boggs of the World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals. Dalton High’s coaching staff will also be there to answer baseball questions, and you will be given the chance to show off your baseball skills. There will also be a silent auction and raffles. Cost of the clinic is $25 and includes dinner and a T-shirt. To register, go online to leaguelineup.com/catamountbaseball. For information, contact Rebecca Sane at (706) 270-3008 or rebeccasane@yahoo.com.

Competitions

• The Berry Half Marathon, Viking Classic 10K and 5K, and a one-mile fun run for children are scheduled for Feb. 18 at Berry College in Rome. All races will feature electronic timing on courses certified by USA Track and Field, and both the half marathon and 10K are qualifiers for Atlanta’s Peachtree Road Race. Cash prizes will be awarded to the top three male and female overall finishers in the half marathon. Entry fees are $75 for the half marathon, $20 for the 10K and 5K and $5 for the fun run. All proceeds will go to Berry College’s elementary and middle schools. For information, visit berry.edu; to register, visit active.com.

• Wildbills’ 12th annual ISA Bash-4-Cash softball tournaments are scheduled for March 9-12 at the Summit of Softball Complex in Chattanooga. Classes competing are C, D, E, women’s and coed; $1,000 prize money per class, divided between first-, second- and third-place teams (or $50 per team if under 15), as well as other prizes. ISA-stamped balls must be used, but will be available on site. Entry fee is $225, plus $30 ISA sanction fee if not sanctioned. Registration available softballwire.com. For information, write to wildbilltnisa2010@yahoo.com or call Billy Knight at (423) 504-2574 or Anthony Nelson at (423) 432-7100.

• ISA youth softball tournaments for 6-and-under, 8U, 10U, 12U, 14U and 16U are scheduled for March 24-25 at Tinsley Park in Cleveland, Tenn. Four-game guarantee, with prizes awarded for first, second and third place. Cost is $50 per team for 6U and 8U, and $200 per team for all others. For information, write to wildbilltnisa2010@yahoo.com or call Billy Knight at (423) 504-2574 or Anthony Nelson at (423) 432-7100.

• The 13th annual Spring Place Ruritan Club Golf Tournament is scheduled for an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start on March 31 at Indian Trace Golf Course in Chatsworth. Format is four-person select shot. Cost is $55 per person and includes barbecue lunch with homemade desserts; mulligans are $5 each for up to two per golfer. Cash prizes will be awarded for first place ($400), second place ($200) and third place ($100), along with prizes for closest to pin and longest drives. A $10,000 prize will be given for a hole-in-one on No. 18. Hole sponsorships are available for $125. Proceeds will benefit local causes. For information, call Carlton McDaniel at (706) 695-2110 or Jerome Parrott at (706) 508-8730.

• The Zombie Stomp obstacle and mud run is scheduled for May 12 at the Silver Shoe Ranch in Dalton. Activities will include a 1-mile course for kids, 5K course, 10K course, zombie paintball range and other games. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Georgia chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association. All participants receive a medal and T-shirt; trophies awarded to the top three women, men, teenagers and youth participants. Entry fees are: $40 for individuals and $150 for teams in the 5K; $40 per person in the 10K; and $25 for kids in the one-mile run. For information, visit zombiestomprace.com or call (706) 250-1610.

• North Georgia ASA girls fastpitch softball tournaments are scheduled for March 3, 17-18; April 14-15; May 12, 26-27; June 9-10, 23-24; and June 29-July 1 at Heritage Point Park in Dalton. For information, visit northgeorgiasoftball.com or contact Garry Headrick at (706) 483-1346 or garry_headrick2001@yahoo.com.

• Cross Plains Community Partners will hold their annual Grizzly Trail Run on June 9 at Raisin Woods Bike Trail. Registration begins at 7 a.m., and the runs starts at 8. Registration forms are available at carpetcapitalrunningclub.com and active.com. A variety of sponsorship packages are also available. If you are interested in running, attending, or sponsoring this event, call Jennifer Patterson at (706) 278-8143.

Clubs, teams, leagues

• The Varnell Athletic Association’s annual meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 9 at the Varnell Recreation Department gym. Annual memberships ($10 per adult) must be purchased in advance of the meeting.

• The North Georgia Bulldogs minor league football team will hold tryouts for players ages 18 and older at 1 p.m. on Feb. 11 at the Calhoun Recreation Department. The Bulldogs, who will be entering their sixth season this summer, went 9-1 last year, including an 8-0 regular season and a top-five national ranking. A $25 cash-only fee is required to try out. For information, visit northgeorgiabulldogs.com or write to northgeorgiabulldogs@hotmail.com.

• The Whitfield County Parks and Recreation Department will offer select/competitive baseball and softball leagues for ages 7-14 this spring. An organizational meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Feb. 22 at the WCPRD’s facility at 136 Gillespie Drive. For information, call (706) 226-8341.

• The Dalton Fire, a local AAU/YBOA youth basketball organization, is forming teams for girls in fifth through 12th grade for the 2012 season. Write to daltonfirebasketball@optilink.us or call the coach listed for your grade at daltonfirebasketball.com for more information. Inquire by March 1.

• The North GA Knockouts 10-and-under fastpitch softball select team is looking for experienced catchers and pitchers to fill two spots before spring. The North GA Knockouts 12U fastpitch team is looking for pitchers and catchers with a 1999 or 2000 birthday. Call Rhett Ausmus at (706) 847-0373 for information on a confidential tryout.

• The Georgia Blaze ‘01, a 10-and-under fastpitch softball team, is looking for a utility player or a pitcher with a 2001 birthday to compete its roster for 2012. Candidates should have good defensive skills and a strong bat. Team practices in the Dalton area and plays most of its tournaments there and in Cartersville, Rome, Chattanooga, Cleveland, Tenn., and Hixson, Tenn. Team had a successful fall season and expects to play 10 to 15 tournaments in the spring. To set up a confidential tryout, call (706) 270-2880, (706) 980-9654 or write to blaze01@rocketmail.com.

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• If you have a tournament, registration, camp, meeting or other local sports event you’d like to have listed, we’re happy to include it at no cost in our Local Sports Calendar, which publishes every Monday and additionally as space allows in The Daily Citizen. The calendar is also posted at daltonnow.com/events. To be published in Monday’s calendar, information must be submitted by noon on Friday. Send the details of your announcement to sports@daltoncitizen.com.

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