SPORTS SHORTS

GOLF TOURNAMENTS

The Kids Classic Golf Tournament is scheduled for Sept. 8 at Hancock Park Golf Course.

The four-person scramble format tournament is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. with a shotgun start. Check-in for all teams is noon. The price is $65 per player or $260 per team, which includes green fees, free beverages, hole-in-one prizes, gift bags, team awards and a posttournament fish fry. Hole sponsorship is $200.

The tournament benefits the Boys and Girls Club of Lampasas. For more information, call 525-9173 or 556- 8271.

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The Ninth Annual Republican Golf Tournament fund-raiser is scheduled for Oct. 6 at Hancock Park Golf Course.

The four-person scramble format tournament is scheduled to start with a continental breakfast at 7 a.m., with tee-off scheduled for 8 a.m. A hotdog lunch is scheduled for noon at the Pavilion, and a hole-in-one on a designated hole is worth $10,000. The price is $50 per player, and there is a limit of 18 teams. For more information, call 556-6624.

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The Exchange Club of Copperas Cove is holding its Ninth Annual Golf Tournament Oct. 13 at Copperas Cove Golf Course.

Funds raised will go to youth scholarships, child abuse prevention programs, senior organizations and other community service programs.

The four-person scramble tournament is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. with a shotgun start. The price per team is $220. The price to sponsor a hole is $100. For more information, call 254-542-7798.

COACHES CLINICS

The Boys and Girls Club has partnered with Kids Sports Network and the Lampasas ISD to provide mandatory training classes for volunteer coaches.

Each course consists of two parts: The first addresses general topics coaches typically deal with during a season; and the second addresses the fundamentals of each specific sport.

Upon completion of the fourhour course and certification by KSN, coaches will receive general liability and accident-insurance coverage.

Football coaches training is Sept. 8 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Soccer coaches training is Sept. 8 from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Cheerleaders coaches training is Sept. 15 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.