BASEBALL
ORONO — The University of Maine’s Senior and Junior Winter Baseball Clinics will be held Nov. 15-Feb 8. The Saturday of Christmas will be off. Please visit goblackbears.com for more information or contact Nick Derba at 581-1097 or Nicholas.Derba@umit.maine.edu.
ORONO — Registration is underway for the University of Maine Junior Winter Clinic, which will be held 4:30-6:30 p.m. on 12 consecutive Saturdays; and its Senior Winter Clinic, which will be held 6:30-8:30 p.m. on 12 consecutive Saturdays. Cost is $250 for instruction with UMaine players and coaches.The goal of this clinic is to give each player a high level of individual instruction within a group setting. The Youth Aged Winter Tournament registration has opened up to fill 6-8 available spots.The schedule has been modified to have a nine-week, 10-game schedule played on Sundays. All games will be in Mahaney Dome. For information, visit GoBlackBears.com or contact Nick Derba at 581-1097
BREWER — Sluggers is starting a Tee Ball League for girls and boys ages 4-7, 10-11 a.m. Saturdays, Nov. 22-Dec. 20. Cost is $25 per player for five weeks.To sign up, call Sluggers at 951-2250 or email bportwine@mainesluggers.com.
BREWER — Sluggers is starting a Coach Pitch League for boys ages 8-12 to meet 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays, Nov. 22-Jan. 10. Cost is $50 per player for eight weeks. To sign up, call Sluggers at 951-2250 or email bportwine@mainesluggers.com
MACHIAS — Downeast Maine Lightning travel baseball team for ages 11 and 12 will hold tryouts for the 2015 season on Nov. 15. The location and time will be given when participants pre-register with Ian at 266-7979 or at iemery1@roadrunner.com.
BASKETBALL
BANGOR — Husson University will hold 15, one-day basketball clinics throughout the school year for boys and girls in grades 3-8. The clinics will focus on skill development such as ballhandling, footwork, shooting, passing, along with other basic skills and concepts. Clinics will be held 9-11:30 a.m. on the following dates: Mondays, Jan. 19, Feb. 16, April 20; Tuesdays, Nov. 11, Feb. 17, April 21; Wednesdays, Nov. 26, Feb. 18, April 22; Thursday, April 23; Fridays, Nov. 28 and March 6; Saturday, Nov. 29; and Sunday, Dec. 14. The cost is $20 per camp date or $230 for all of them. To register, visit https://events.membersolutions.com/
BANGOR — The Bangor Parks and Recreation Department is offering eight weeks of Youth Basketball for children in grades 2-3 and 4-5 with separate boys and girls leagues. Teams will practice one evening per week and play their games on Saturdays, starting the week of Dec. 20. A meet and greet is set for Dec. 6. Fee is $35 for residents and $45 for non-residents. Add $10 after Dec. 1. To register visit www.BangorParksandRec.com or stop by the Bangor Parks and Rec. Center at 647 Main St. Call 992-4490 with questions.
BANGOR — The Maine Athletic Club’s Mark LeClerc and retired Maine high school basketball coach Bob Cimbollek are offering a basketball consulting service for players, teams and coaches.The service will offer individual lessons to players on offensive skills and basketball shooting day camps. It also has a segment for basketball lessons that include an Accushot shooting device, a manual on shooting and a one-on-one game. For teams and coaches, the consulting service offers player and coaches clinics and sessions on rules. For more info, contact Cimbollek at 356-6787 or via email at mrp17@roadrunner.com or LeClerc at 592-9268, email: eclerck@aol.com.
HOCKEY
BANGOR — The Bangor Parks and Recreation Department is accepting registrations for its Learn to Skate and Free-Style Skate lessons for ages 4 and up with Bangor Parks and Recreation Department. Session 1 is Sundays, through Dec. 14, at Sawyer Arena. Times and fees vary based on program chosen. For details and to register, visit www.BangorParksandRec.com or stop by the Bangor Parks and Rec. Center at 647 Main St.. Call 992-4490 with questions.
BANGOR — The seventh annual Holiday Face-Off High School Hockey Tournament will take place on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 28-29, at Sawyer Arena in Bangor. Sponsored by John Bapst Hockey Boosters, participating teams will include Bangor (both Varsity and JV), Brewer, Camden Hills, Houlton, John Bapst, Old Town/Orono, Presque Isle and Yarmouth. Games will be played 2:30-6 p.m. Friday; and 8 a.m.-7:40 p.m. Saturday. The winning team will receive the silver Holiday Face Off Cup, and an MVP will be chosen. The complete game schedules are posted at www.johnbapst.org. Admission is $5 per person, per day. For information, contact Chris Lander, tournament director, at 992-9854 or email Chris.lander@ottcommunications.com
BREWER — Brewer Youth hockey is accepting registrations for its Learn to Skate/Learn to Play Hockey sessions. There will be two, 12-week sessions. Participants can sign up for one session or both. Sessions will be held on Sundays at 12:40 p.m. The first session is underway and the second session starts Jan. 11 at the Penobscot Ice arena located at 90 Acme Rd. The cost is $75 per session. Register online at brewerhockey.org. Registration is also open for all other programs; Mites, Squirts, Pee Wee, Girls, and Bantams. Contact Kevin Nilsson at vpinstructional@brewerhockey.org or Kevin Audibert at pres@brewerhockey.org.
ORONO — The Maine Junior Black Bears will host a TD Bank Partnership to Assist Skaters and Shooters Clinic on Dec. 2, at Alfond Arena. The P.A.S.S. clinic will be conducted by members of Boston Bruins alumni and Bruins Youth Hockey Development Team. The clinic will be open to 50 current MJBB Squirts and Peewee players (ages 9-12), who will receive on-ice instruction as well as a jersey, gift bag and two tickets to the Dec. 13 Bruins game against the Ottawa Senators. TD Bank will donate $1,000 to the MJBB to go toward further development of youth hockey in the greater Bangor area.
ROLLER DERBY
ROCKLAND — Four Rock Coast Rollers skaters will be part of Team Maine competing for the national title in the first State Wars Championships, to be held Nov. 21-23, in in Daytona Beach, Florida. RCR’s Kristen Eckmann (Chain Lynx), Brionna Barton (Hedda Flame), Bethany McNelly-Davis (Hurricane Bethany) and Carolyn Marriner (Vengeful Vegan), who have been with the league for several seasons, have joined forces with 14 other skaters from Bangor, Portland, and Aroostook County. Team Maine practices at the Sunbeam Roller Rink in Smithfield. For information, visit http://www.statewarsrollerderby.com/
SKIING
CAMDEN — The annual Camden Hills Regional High School Ski Team Ski Sale will be held 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Nov. 22, and 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Nov. 23, at Camden Snow Bowl. Sell your equipment or purchase someone else’s (both nordic and alpine). Pre-register your equipment online at https://sites.google.com/site/chrhsskisale, then bring your items to the Snow Bowl 3-8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21. You set the price and the ski team keeps 25 percent of what you sell your items for. You can set a lower Sunday price for any items that do not sell on Saturday. On Sunday between noon and 1 p.m., pick up a check for 75 percent of what was sold and take home any items that didn’t sell. For information, visit http://sites.google.com/site/chrhsskisale or call Richard at 542-7571.
SOFTBALL
ORONO — The University of Maine softball team will hold hitting, pitching and individual Sunday clinics from early November through late February. Hitting clinics for grades 9-12 at Mitchell Hitting Pavilion for $150 are Session 1, 9-10 a.m. and Session 2, 10-11 a.m. on Nov. 16, 23 and Dec. 7, 14, 21; Session 3, 6-7 p.m. and Session 4, 7-8 p.m. on Jan. 26 and Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23. Pitching clinics for grades 9-12 inside Mahaney Dome, 6-7 p.m. on Jan. 26 and Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23. Sunday individual sessions, Jan. 11, 18, 25 and Feb. 1, 8. Sunday sessions, pitching 11 a.m.-noon for age 13 and older and hitting 12 and under; pitching noon-1 p.m. for 12 and under and hitting for age 13 and older; softball skills for all ages with players divided by age, 1-2 p.m. For information, contact Mike Coutts at Michael.Coutts@Maine.edu. To register by phone, call Linda Cappuccio at 581-2267. Sunday Winter Clinic participants only should email Michael.Coutts@Maine.edu to reserve a spot, but can pay at the door.
SWIMMING
BANGOR — Anyone who missed the organizational meeting of Bangor High Boys Swimming and Diving Team but would like to be on the swimming and diving team should see Mrs. Miller in the athletic office. If you have any questions, contact coach Phil Emery by phone 989-0414 or email emerycoache@aol.com. Swimming and diving at BHS is a non-cut sport and no previous competitive experience is necessary.
BANGOR — An Olympic swim clinic with gold medal swimmers will be held 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Feb. 21, 2015, at Husson University, 1 College Circle. 659-8027. hurricaneswimclub.com