BASEBALL
ORONO — The University of Maine’s Senior and Junior Winter Baseball Clinics will be held Saturdays through 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 — The University of Maine Baseball Winter program is continuing registration for the Youth Aged Winter Tournament, which has two team spots available. Four teams are registered. The House team has four spots left. Registration will close Dec. 10. Signups at the door will be turned away. Each team will be provided with 13 jerseys and a two-hour time limit game. It is $1,800 for a team to enter or $180 per player on the House team. Contact Nick Derba at 581-1097 or email at Nicholas.Derba@maine.edu or visit GoBlackBears.com.
GORHAM — The University of Southern Maine baseball team and coaching staff will host a Holiday Baseball Clinic for grades 3-12 on Sunday, Dec. 28, at Costello Sports Complex Fieldhouse. Instructors will be Huskies’ head coach Ed Flaherty and staff, the 2015 USM baseball team and Ryan Flaherty of the Baltimore Orioles. Wear appropriate attire, including sneakers and bring playing equipment. The fee is $50. Contact the baseball office at 780-5474. Registration Materials can be found online: http://southernmainehuskies.com/fanZone/clinics
BREWER — Husson Baseball Holiday Clinic, 9-11 am. Monday-Wednesday, Dec. 29-31, Sluggers Indoor facility, Brewer. Ages 7-18. Cost is $100. Contact Husson baseball coach Jason Harvey at Harveyja@husson.edu or call 992-4948.
BASKETBALL
BANGOR — The Elks Hoop Shoot free-throw contest will be held beginning at 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13, at the Doughty Middle School in Bangor. Free for boys and girls ages 8-13, determined by the child’s age as of April 1, 2015. Snow date Saturday, Dec. 20. Questions should be directed to Shane Stacey at 944-4411.
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; Friday, March 6; 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: leclerck@aol.com.
CROSS COUNTRY
BAR HARBOR — Come meet Lynn Jennings, USA Olympic medalist, nine-time champion of the USA Cross Country Championships, and three-time winner of IAAF World Cross Country Championships. She also holds an American Road 10k record. Lynn will speak 10 a.m.-noon Dec. 14, at the Mount Desert Island YMCA. Free for students, $12 for adults. Questions should be directed to Angela Balacco, MDI YMCA’s Director of Healthy Living.
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 — Calling all former Crusader hockey players for the annual John Bapst Alumni Hockey Game to be held at 4:10 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 27, at Sawyer Arena. This is the perfect opportunity for former players to don the purple and white jersey again, get back on the ice and enjoy the camaraderie of other players from throughout John Bapst hockey’s 23-year history. To participate, email Sue Pate, of the John Bapst Hockey Boosters, at suepate@roadrunner.com. Cost is $10 per skater, payable at the game. Registration starts at 3 p.m. Game jerseys will be loaned for the games. Family, friends and fans are invited to watch the game. Admission is free.
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 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 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 toward further development of youth hockey in the greater Bangor area.
SOFTBALL
ORONO — The University of Maine softball team will hold hitting, pitching and individual Sunday clinics from through late February. Hitting clinics for grades 9-12 at Mitchell Hitting Pavilion for $150 are 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 — 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