Great Race XXX kicks off Aug. 12

The 30th annual Great Race will take place at 9:30 a.m. Aug. 12, at Emerson Park in Auburn.

The race is a team triathlon consisting of two-, three- and four-person relay teams.

Participants can run, bike, canoe or kayak. The event is open to all ages. Applications are now available at the Auburn YMCA.

For more information, call Marty Keough at

253-6803.

Box lacrosse league begins next month

The Auburn Women's Box Lacrosse League will begin play July 3, at Casey Park.

The season will last until the first week of August, and finish with playoff and championship games.

All games will take place on Tuesday nights at 6, 7 and 8 p.m. The league is open to players entering high school, as well as college graduates.

Players entering the ninth grade are preferred to have JV level experience.

The registration fee is $50, which includes a team T-shirt.

For more information, call Rich Lattimore at

729-5215 or e-mail aubwomboxlax@hotmail.com.

Seneca Cayuga golf tourney is July 9

Seneca Cayuga ARC's 10th annual Golf Tournament will start at 11 a.m. July 9 at the Highland Park Golf Club in Auburn.

The cost for a single golf package is $75, which includes a cart, 18 holes, lunch, dinner, photos, a gift bag, door prizes, a hole-in-one contest for a 2007 Ford Mustang, as well as other contests and other on-course refreshments.

Proceeds from the tournament will benefit Camp Columbus.

For more information or to request a registration form, call Anne Ventura at 539-5067.

Call play-by-play in a D-days' game

The Auburn Doubledays are teaming up with the ALS Association to help the fight against amytrophic lateral sclerosis, also referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease.

Every Saturday throughout the season, auctions will be held for the chance to be in the WAUB radio booth for the fourth, fifth and sixth innings as the play-by-play of color announcer.

The winning bidder has the option and will be part of the broadcast on 1590 AM in Auburn as well as worldwide on milb.com.

The Doubledays will provide a CD of the game that day so that the winning bidder can have a recording to take home.

Bidding will take place on auburndoubledays.com as well as by phone in the Doubledays office at 255-2489. Auctions will close the Sunday prior to the game up for auction at 7 p.m.

Half of the winning

bid from the auction will

go directly to the ALS

Association.

Car wash sponsored by AHS basketball

The Auburn High School girls basketball team will hold a car wash from 10 a.m. to noon June 30, at Applebee's.

Money raised will help pay for their trip to North Carolina Basketball Camp in July.

For more information, call Coach Grinnell at

255-1048.

- From staff reports