YMCA hosting youth basketball tourney

The Auburn YMCA is offering a four-on-four youth basketball tournament at 9 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 26. The tournament is open for grades second through eighth.

Teams may be co-ed and the cost is $25 per team. All games are full court and the first to 15 points wins.

Registrations are due by Dec. 23.

For more information or to sign up, call YMCA Sports Director Jeff Hanno at 253-5304.

Holmberg hosting batting clinic

Dennis Holmberg, the Auburn Doubledays manager, will be holding a batting clinic for ages 8 to 18 on Thursday Jan. 29 and Saturday, Jan. 31 at the Doubledays batting tunnel at Falcon Park.

The clinic will feature three hours of personal instruction.

The cost of the clinic is $45 and includes a ticket to Opening Day in 2009, a Doubledays cap and $5 off of the Doubledays baseball camp to be held during the 2009 season. Registrations are being taken at the Doubledays offices at Falcon Park, or by calling 255-2489.

Port Byron hosting baseball clinic

Port Byron will be holding its annual Christmas Baseball Clinic from noon to 2 p.m., Dec. 26 to 29 at Port Byron High School for grades fourth to eighth and from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. for grades ninth to 12th.

The clinic is open to all Port Byron students and is free of cost. For more information or to sign up, contact varsity baseball coach Felix Mucedola at 253-7068 or athletic director Joe Bernazzani at 776-5728.

Golf range now open at Champions

The Champions for Life Sport Center's golf range is now open from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. from Monday to Friday and noon to 5 p.m. on Saturdays.

For more information, call 252-9305.

- From staff reports