Sports Briefs
Golf
Turn On the Light-Bowie is sponsoring their fourth annual charity golf tournament at Glenn Dale Golf Club May 15. Registration and lunch start at noon with a 1 p.m. shotgun start. The tournament benefits the Bowie Crofton Pregnancy Clinic as well as the Bowie Prayer Walk and the Coalition of Bowie Area Men's Ministries. For information, call Gale TeSelle at 301-717-2636, or visit www.turnonthelight-bowie.org.
Ice skating
Bowie Ice Arena will offer various ice skating camps beginning in July. Tot, freestyle, hockey and full-day camps are available. For information, visit www.cityofbowie.org.
Metroliners Synchronized Skating will conduct tryouts for the 2008-'09 season May 17 at Piney Orchard Ice Arena in Odenton. Tryouts are open to girls ages 6 to 18. For information, visit www.Metroliners.org or call 443-534-3640.
Baseball
South Bowie Boys and Girls Club is forming a county Babe Ruth team for boys ages 16 to 18. Players must be no older than 18 by May 1. League play will begin after Memorial Day with the season completing in mid-July. For information, call Stan Conrades, 301-249-6718 or Roy Littlefield, 301-249-1529.
Riverdale Baptist Baseball Academy is accepting registrations for its summer baseball camp. For information, call Terry Terrill, 301-249-1717 or 301-249-2127 or visit www.riverdalebaseball.com.
Chuck Ford Baseball seeks players and coaches for its summer and fall programs. CFB will have teams playing in the Anne Arundel Amateur Baseball Mickey Mantle and Joe E. Brown leagues as well as various tournaments. Players must not turn 17 before May 1. For information, call Chuck Ford, 301-661-2802, or e-mail chuckford83@hotmail.com. Coaches are also needed at the American Legion level.
Summer camps
Holy Trinity Episcopal Day School will host a variety of summer day camps for incoming fifth- through ninth-graders. Camp courses include lacrosse, softball, soccer, soccer referee training, speed and agility, football and basketball. For information, visit www.htrinity.org or call 301-464-3215.
Basketball
Take Charge Program and Street Basketball Association will conduct the fourth annual Basketball and Life Skills Camp at Bowie High School June 16-20. The camp is open to boys and girls ages 8 to 14 and will be directed by Mitchellville resident and former University of Maryland basketball star Jerrod Mustaf. For information, call 301-420-7395 or visit www.takechargeprogram.org.
The Bay Hoops Basketball Camp at Bowie for boys ages 7 to 16 will be held Aug. 4-8 at the city gym. Team and multiple week discounts apply. For information, call Mike Glick, 301-570-5730 or visit www.coachglick.com.
Bowie Xpress 17U boys AAU team seeks players for the spring and summer seasons. For information, call Joe Washington, 301-466-1426 or e-mail coachwashington@bowiexpress.org.
The 17th annual Todd Bozeman Basketball School will be held June 29 to July 3 and Aug. 10-13 at the city gym. For information, visit www.tbozehoops.com.
Softball
SBBGC seeks players ages 10-16 to form teams to play in the county league. The club also seeks coaches. For information, e-mail athleticdirector@sbbgc.org or call Leon Buck, 301-430-7344.
Cheerleading
Just Cheer Jewels seeks athletes ages 5 to 16 for the 2008-'09 competitive season. Registration and tryouts will be held May 17 from 1 to 5 p.m. and May 18 from 2 to 5 p.m. For information, e-mail justcheerjewels@aol.com or visit www.justcheerjewels.com.
First Class Gymnastics seeks athletes ages 5 to 18 and all experience levels to participate in its all-star cheerleading program. Tryouts will be Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon and May 13 and 15 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. For information, call 410-224-0721.
Star Power Academy all-star cheerleading seeks boys and girls ages 4 to 18 for the 2008-'09 season. Tryouts, evaluations and registration will be held May 18 from 3 to 5 p.m. For information, call 240-320-2964, e-mail starpowercheerleading@yahoo.com or visit www.starpoweracademy.org.
Millennium All-Star Cheerleaders seek athletes in grades 8 through 12 for the senior team as well as those over 18 for the open elite team. Millennium is a traveling competition squad. Tryouts will be held in May and continue throughout the summer by appointment only. For information, e-mail Caron Milstead, cheerkaos@aol.com, or call 301-472-0182.
Maryland Flyers All-Star Cheerleading is recruiting ages 7 to 18 for the 2008-'09 season. Evaluations will be conducted in May and June with team placement in June and July. For information, visit www.marylandflyers.com or call 410-729-1740.
Maryland Flyers will conduct a cheerleading camp at the SuperStarz Training Center in Millersville. For information, visit www.marylandflyers.com or call 410-729-1740. Camp dates are June 27-28, July 11-12 and July 25-26.
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Editor's note: To have your team's registration and/or tryout information appear in "Sports Briefs," contact sports editor Jake Linger, 301-262-3700, ext. 206 or e-mail jlinger@bladenews.com. Information may also be sent to the Bowie Blade-News, 6000 Laurel-Bowie Road, Suite 101, Bowie, MD 20715. Submissions must be received by noon Monday.
