Sports Briefs
GBHS grad, St. Andrews to Dig for a Cure Saturday

Jaime Hayes, a 2006 GBHS grad and her teammates on the St. Andrew's Presbyterian College's volleyball team will be Digging for a Cure during their match Saturday vs. Conference Carolinas opponent Lees McRae.

The team will collect from any interested persons a money amount for every dig the team makes in the match. "Being a women's team, we are all aware of the severity of breast cancer and know that it could happen to any of us and we greatly honor and respect those who have fought this disease," Hayes said.

For more information, interested persons can log on to http://web.mac.com/lisamarston /digforthecure/Home.html, or by emailing Hayes at hayesjs@spac.edu.

GB Tip Off Club 3-on- 3 Tourney Oct. 13

The Gulf Breeze Tip Off Club will hold its first annual 3 on 3 Tournament Saturday, October 13 from 9 am to 6 p.m. at Gulf Breeze High School.

There will be a playing category for everyone from the Family Division to the Pro Open and everything in between.

Cost is $45 per team. For more anformation, please call Mike Catellier at (850) 287- 5651, or email Mike at GB3on3@yahoo.com or visit www.Myspace.com/GB3on3 GB Optimist Golf Tournament Oct. 19

The Optimist Club of Gulf Breeze eighth Annual Golf Tournament is Friday October 19 at Osceola Golf Course in Pensacola.

Shotgun start at 1 p.m. Single players $60, teams $240, corporate sponsors for $300/$400/$500. All proceeds benefit youth programs. For more information please call Ed Sarrat at 934- 4137 or email esarrat@bellsouth. net.

GB Junior Pro tryouts start Oct. 22

Tryouts for boys and girls' Junior Pro basketball in Gulf Breeze are Oct. 22-25 at the Rec Center.

Tryouts for the girls' U12 and U14 teams are Oct. 22 and 24 from 7-9 p.m., while the boys' U12 and U14 tryouts are from 7-9 p.m.

For more information, call Brent Solberg at 934- 5140.

GBSA basketball registration until Oct. 31

Registration for the 2008 GBSA basketball season runs through Oct. 31. A $10 late registration fee will be assessed after Oct. 31.

The league is open to boys and girls ages 5-14 and forms can be picked up at the Rec Center. For more information, call either Teresa Hawthorne or Denise Biggs at 934-5140 or email gbsa@mchsi.com.

U13 baseball team seeking sponsors

The Gulf Breeze Slammers, a U13 travel baseball team, is seeking sponsors for the 2008 season.

Sponsors for the Slammers, coached by George Scarborough, Jon Burkett and Tim Wise, can help defray costs for uniforms, equipment, team insurance and tournament entry fees.

For more information, call Scarborough at 934- 1075 or email George@ScarboroughConsu lting.com.

Youth wrestling camp starts Nov. 5 at GBMS

A youth wrestling camp - Fun and Fundamentals with Olympic Coach Rob Hermann - will begin Nov. 5 at Gulf Breeze Middle School.

The camp, which costs $40 per month, will be on Mondays from 6:30-8 p.m. Discounts are available for more than one participants. Friendly meets will be set up for cooperating youth programs in the area and nearby towns. A Christmas Clinic will also be set up at a date to be determined.

For more information or to register, call the Northeast YMCA at 478-1222.