Auburn swimmers holding fundraiser

There will be a can and bottle drive to benefit the Auburn High School varsity swim team at noon July 9, at Swartz Physical Therapy at 197 State St.

Cans and bottles can be dropped off at any time.

Canoe practices for Great Race on-going

There will be Great Race canoe practices every Wednesday, until the Great Race.

Practices will be held at 6 p.m. at Emerson Park.

Participants can practice either the long or short course.

For more information, contact Dave at 253-6522 or Jim at 253-3880.

D-days/YMCA offer baseball camp

There will be a Doubledays/YMCA youth baseball camp from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. that will run Aug. 7-9.

Doubledays coaches and players will provide instruction for boys and girls ages 8-15.

The fee is $35 for YMCA members and $70 for the general public.

For more information, call the YMCA at 253-5304.

Bona Memorial tourney July 10

The 13th annual Joseph M. Bona Memorial Golf Tournament will be held Monday, July 10, at Lakeview Golf and Country Club.

It will be a captain and crew format with three divisions: men, women or mixed, with a 10:30 a.m. shotgun start.

The cost is $65 per person and includes 18 holes, cart, food and beverages on the course, dinner and prizes.

All proceeds benefit the Joseph M. Bona Memorial Scholarship Fund at LeMoyne College.

Applications are available at Lakeview Golf and Country Club.

For more information, call 253-3152.

Summer programs at Champions for Life

Champions for Life Sports Center is offering summer programs for gymnastics, tennis and karate.

The six-week program is being held from July 10 to Aug. 24.

Weekly classes for gymnastics are for boys and girls ages 2 and older.

Tumbling for cheerleading weekly classes for boys and girls ages seven and older.

Weekly classes for tennis are for boys and girls ages seven and up, with private and group lessons for ages 13 and up.

Karate classes will be held for boys and girls ages eight through adult.

For more information or to receive a registration form by mail, call 252-9305 or 1-800-282-FLIP.

Challenger League kicks off Saturday

The 2006 Little League Challenger League opening day will be at 5 p.m. on July 8 at the Little League Fields at Emerson Park.

If you haven't registered, show up at 4:30 to do so. Teams will be picked and the schedule will be set up.

Call Dave at 252-0791 after 5 p.m. with any questions.

Geneva triathlon to be held next week

The Musselman Triathlon will be offering a prize purse of $4,200.

First-place winners in the men's and women's races will be awarded $1,000.

The half-ironman distance swim-bike-run event will take place July 16, in Geneva.

For more information, call C.D. Henderson at 383-3333.

- From staff reports