Recreation calendar

Baseball

Sign up: Spokane Valley Baseball League. Download sign-up form at www.spokanevalleybaseball.com. Info: 922-0420. Sign up: SYSA Fall Baseball, Grades 10-12. Fee $75. Register online at www.sysa.com.

July 6 and 16: Youth Baseball Clinics with Spokane Indians players for children 12 and younger who have ticket to that day’s game. Both clinics 3:30-5:30 p.m. Info: Indians ticket office, 535-2922.

Basketball

Sign up: Men’s 5-on-5 sessions start July 9 and July 14. Team Fee $490, Individual fee $90. For more information and to sign up visit www.spokanebasketball.com or call 487-3644.

Sign up: Coeur d’Alene Shootout, North Idaho College, Aug. 16-17. $100 per team. Registration due by Aug. 8. Forms available at the NIC Athletics Office inside Post Hall, at The Sports Cellar located at 402 Sherman Ave. or www.nic.edu/Athletics/_inc/basketball/3on3_08.pdf.

Sign up: Jim Murphy Memorial tournament in Richland, July 25-27. High school varsity and junior varsity girls teams. $175 per team or $150 per team for two or more. Four-game guarantee. Contact: Mike DePeel, miracle@owt.com) or 509-967-3541.

Ongoing: Zag Basketball Shooting Academy: Fundamentals camp for boys and girls in grades 3-8. Runs in five-week sessions on Sundays at Gonzaga University’s Martin Centre. Info: 323-4218 or visit www.gonzagabasketballcamps.com.

Canoeing/Kayaking

July 12: Kayak and Dinner at Bangkok Thai, 5-8 p.m. (ages 16 and older). Meet at the river’s edge and paddle to the restaurant where you will enjoy a great family style dinner for $29. Information: 625-6624 or visit www. online.activecommunities.com/spokaneparks/Activities.

July 17, Aug 14: Spokane River Hydrotherapy Sessions. Free grassroots learning events for kayakers of all skill levels and ages. Registration, 4:30-5:30 p.m. registration; precomp meeting, 5:40 p.m.; first heat begins 6 p.m. Location: announced two days prior to the event on hydrotherapysessions.blogspot.com. Contact: Travis Nichols 838-7519 or travis.nichol@gmail.com.

July 19: Kayak Tour Badger Lake by moonlight, 7-11 p.m. (ages 18 and older). Meet at Badger Lake boat lunch. $22 ($19 REI members). Information: 625-6624 or visit www. online.activecommunities.com/spokaneparks/Activities.

Cross Country

Sign up: SYSA Cross Country Fall 2008. Grades 1-6. Practices begin Sept. 8. Fee $60. Register online by Aug. 18: www.sysa.com.

Cycling

July 12: Tour of Pain Double Century. Info: www.cdabrewing.com/tourofpain.html.

July 19-27: Spokane Bicycle Club Canada Bicycle Tour. Radium Hot Springs, Golden, B.C., to Banff, Alberta. Information: www.spokanebicycleclub.org.

Ongoing: Spokane Bicycling Club. Rides offered throughout week. Info: Sally Phillips, 448-6271 or Steve Sauser, 922-7249. For more information, go to www.spokanebicycleclub.org.

Dodgeball

July 17: Coed Adult and High School Leagues. Team fee $320, individual fee $45. Information and sign up: www.spokanebasketball.com or call 487.3644.

Football

Sign up: SYSA Speed and Agility, ages 7-14. Fee $65. Begins July 28. Register online by July 14 at www.sysa.com

Sign up: SYSA Tackle Football fall 2008, grades 3-8. Fee $155. Teams formed by area high school and grade. Practices begin Aug. 18. Register online by July 31: www.sysa.com.

Sign up: SYSA Flag Football fall 2008, grades 1-6. Teams formed by grade and school. Practices begin Aug. 25. Fee $70. Register online by Aug. 18: www.sysa.com.

Sign up: YMCA Flag Football and Tackle Football leagues. Call 838-3577 or visit www.ymcaspokane.org.

Sign up: YMCA Shock Football Camps. Grades 3-8. Call 838-3577, ext. 140, 167 or visit www.ymcaspokane.org.

Golf

Sign up: The seventh annual Bear Scramble, a best-ball tournament that raises funds for athletics and other activities at Central Valley High School, July 11 at MeadowWood Golf Course in Liberty Lake. A shotgun start is set for 1:30 p.m. The cost is $100 for individuals or, if payment is received by July 1, $350 for a foursome. Register online with credit cards at the Bear Scramble link at www.cvafoundation.org, or mail checks to Bear Scramble, 13919 East Valleyway, Spokane Valley 99216. Interested sponsors may contact bearscramble@gmail.com or phone Central Valley football coach Rick Giampietri at 228-5174.

Hockey

Ongoing: Women’s league at Eagles Ice-A-Rena Friday nights. All ability levels welcome. Info: www.spokanewomenshockey.com.

Hiking/Climbing

July 12: Geological Tour – Dishman Hills Natural Area Hike, 11 a.m-4 p.m. (ages 16 and older). Join Michael Hamilton for a 3-mile hike and explore the ancient history of the rocks that tell the story of rifting continents, exploding volcanoes, and glacial floods. Cultural history and biology will be added to give an appreciation of a special place in our backyard. Meet at Camp Caro, 625 S. Sargent. Contact Mike Aho, recreation supervisor, maho@spokanecity.org, 625-6246.

July 26: Geological Tour – Deep Creek Canyon Miocene Age (ages 16 and older), $29. Explore the wonders exposed at Deep Creek Canyon covered in Miocene age (15 million years) lava rock. During this 3-mile hike, see an ancient buried forest, fantastic “pillow” lava formations in the canyon walls, geomorphic and hydrologic sights as giant-block landslides, Devils Top, sinking streams and more. Meet at the trailhead parking on Riverside Park Drive. Contact Mike Aho, maho@spokanecity.org, 625-6246.

Ongoing: Corbin Hikers sponsored by Corbin Senior Activity Center. Hike each Thursday at 8 a.m.; locations vary. Info: 327-1584.

Ongoing: Hobnailers Hiking Club’s weekly hikes at a variety of places in the Inland Northwest. Info: 487-7366 or 534-1100.

Golf

Sign up: Spokane Parks and Recreation has junior tournaments at the four city courses: Downriver (July 14), Esmeralda (July 21), Qualchan (Aug. 11) and Indian Canyon (Aug. 18). For more information on tournaments and fees, go to www.spokanegolf.org/jrgolf.

Sign up: City of Spokane junior lessons and tournaments. Call 625-6200 or visit www.spokaneparks.org.

Rafting

July 19: Family Boat Float on the Little Spokane, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. (ages 8 and older). Directions will be mailed. Cost: $26 for two people ($21 REI members), $16 each additional person ($13 REI members). Information: 625-6624 or visit www. online.activecommunities.com/spokaneparks/Activities.

July 21-24: Salmon and Snake river rafting (ages 14 and older), $675. Float the two deepest river gorges in North America through three states with Salmon River Experience. Equipment list and travel directions sent after registration: Contact: Mike Aho, maho@spokanecity.org, 625-6246.

July 19, 26: River Raft Trips – Clark Fork (ages 10 and older), $74. The Clark Fork offers superb class III+ rapids as well as calm stretches to take a leisurely swim or sit back and enjoy the spectacular beauty of Montana’s wilderness. A deli-bar lunch with all the trimmings will be served along a designated pullover area. Trip details will be sent after registration. Contact: Mike Aho, maho@spokanecity.org, 625-6246.

Running/Walking

July 4: Bloomsday Road Runners Club Fourth of July Fun Run, Moran Prairie School, 8 a.m. No entry fee. Cash or food donations to the Second Harvest Food Bank accepted. Register online at www.active.com.

July 12: Bloomsday Road Runners Club’s Let’s Climb a Mountain Solo and Relay, 6 a.m., Riverfront Park. Info: www.letsclimbamountain.com or www.active.com.

July 17: Cherry Pickers Trot and Pit Spit, Green Bluff, 5:30 p.m. Info: 238-4709 or www.greenbluffgrowers.com.

July 19: Davenport’s 31st annual Pioneer Plod, 8 a.m. Contact: Glen Hein, 509-725-0981, ehein@centurytel.net.

July 20: 2008 Newman Lake 25K, 6:30 a.m. Register online at www.active.com.

July 20: Spokane Indians 8K Pennant Race to benefit the Ronald McDonald House, 8 a.m. Start and finish at the carousel in Riverfront Park. Info: 535-2922.

July 27: Bare Buns Fun Run, Kaniksu Ranch Family Nudist Park, 9:30 a.m. Information: BBFRSK@aol.com, 509-327-6833, www.kaniksufamily.com.

Aug. 9: Thirty-third annual Crater Lake Rim runs and marathon – 6.7-mile walk, 6.7-mile run, 13-mile run or marathon. No race day registration. Registration closes Aug. 6. Information and registration at www.craterlakerimruns.com.

Aug. 15-17: Spokane to Sandpoint relay race. 190-mile route begins at Mt. Spokane and goes through 15 cities to the city beach in Sandpoint. Information and registration: www.spokanetosandpoint.com.

Aug. 17: Seventeenth annual BRRC Half-Fast Ultimate Runner, Mead High School, 302 W. Hastings Rd., 7:30 a.m. Each participant runs 5K, 400 meters, 100, 1,600 and 10K. $25 for BBRC members, $30 for non-members. Information: 999-5856.

Ongoing: The Flying Irish Running Club: Weekly fun runs of 3 miles, with walkers always welcome. Every Thursday, March through Thanksgiving, 6 p.m. Where: O’Doherty’s Irish Grille W. 525 Spokane Falls Blvd. Info: 747-0322

Soccer

Sign up: Spokane Junior Soccer: fall 2008/spring 2009 season. Cost: $50 for ages 4-9. Contact www. Spokanesoccer.org or 747-5017.

Sign up: Valley Youth Soccer: fall 2008/spring 2009 season. Cost: $45 for ages 4-7, $55 for ages 8 and older. Contact: www.vysoccer.org or 924-7661. Sign up: Spokane Soccer fall 2008/spring 2009 season. Cost: $50. Deadline July 15 (discount for early registration by June 15). Info: www.SpokaneSoccer.org, 747-5017.

Sign up: SYSA Rec Soccer, 2008-2009 fall/spring seasons, Ages 4-13. Register online by July 15: www.sysa.com.

July 26-27: Cheney Storm Soccer Club 3-on-3 Tournament at Eastern Washington University. Information: www.cheneystorm.org. or 456-5812.

Softball

July 28-31: North Idaho College Cardinal Heat pitching and position play skills camp at Finucane Park in Hayden. Pitchers $200. Position play $150. Information: (208) 769-7879.

Swimming

July 20: 2008, Steve Omi 15th annual Memorial Open Water Swim, 1-mile swim in Lake Coeur d’Alene, 9:30 a.m. $30 with souvenir sandals, $18 without. Information: (208) 667-3721 or swim@steveomi.org.

Triathlon

July 6: Race the River Triathlon at Riverstone. Sprint distance event. Info: Christine Slater, 208-819-9249, Christine@swimbikerunnw.com.

July 12-13: Valley Girls Triathlon (July 13) and Valley Kids Triathlon (July 12) at Liberty Lake. Information: emdesports.com (509) 456-5812.

Aug. 2: Medical Lake Kiwanis 14th annual mini triathlon. Check in 9:45 a.m., prerace instructions 9:45. Start time: male and teams, 10; female, 10:20. $35 individual, $75 team. Six age groups for individuals. Information: 299-5478 (evenings).

Aug. 23: YMCA PPP Triathlon, Aug. 23. Info: 838-3577, ext. 125 or: dtaylor@ymcaspokane.org

Tennis

Ongoing: Whitworth University offers junior lessons for beginner, advanced beginner, intermediate, advanced and tournament levels. Beginner, advanced beginner and intermediate levels meet Tuesday and/or Thursday from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Cost: $10. Advanced and tournament levels meet Tuesday and/or Thursday from 7:30-9 p.m. Cost: $15. Info: Mike Shanks, 777-3726 or e-mail mshanks@whitworth.edu.

Track and Field

July 10-13: Junior Olympic Track and Field Region 13 Championships, Spokane Falls Community College and North Central High School. Information: usatf.org. or 456-5812.

Unified recreation

Ongoing: Spokane Parks Department offers a variety of activities year-round for those who are developmentally challenged. Info: 625-6200.

Volleyball

July 19: Hot Foot Beach Volleyball Tournament, 9 a.m. at NIC’s Yap-Keehn-Um Beach. $40 per team. Registration due by July 16. Information: (208) 769-3299.

Sign up: North Idaho College Volleyball Camps, July 10-12 and Aug 9-13, Christianson Gym. Indoor/Outdoor Camp, July 10-11 with an outdoor tournament July 12, $150. Junior High School Camp, 4 to 6 p.m. July 10-11, $50. Position Camp, Aug 9-10, $75. Tune-Up Complete Player Camp, Aug. 11-13, Cost is $75. Information: (208) 769-3349.

Sign up: Spike & Dig 2008, Aug. 2-3, Spokane Falls Community College. Six adult divisions, two high school divisions and one junior high division. Contact: 389-1792 or bcs3@u.washington.edu.

Wrestling

Sign up: Cheney Mat Hawks wrestling camp July 26-27, featuring 1996 Olympian and 1997 World Champion Les Gutches. Other clinicians include varsity wrestlers from Boise State. Cost $50; $10 per coach or free with five or more wrestlers. Contact: Darrin Mason, 235-5595; dmason@cheneysd.org.

To submit items

Submit listings at least one week in advance to: Recreation Calendar, The Spokesman-Review Sports Dept., P.O. Box 2160, Spokane, WA 99210 or e-mail to sports@spokesman.com (please indicate “Recreation Calendar” in subject line). Items subject to editing.