BASEBALL
GORHAM — USM Holiday Baseball Clinic featuring Ryan Flaherty of the Baltimore Orioles, Sunday, Dec. 31, 9 a.m. to noon, conducted by USM head coach Ed Flaherty. Ryan Flaherty will be available for autographs and will also be instructing. Clinic fee is $60, fees go toward team’s spring trip. Contact coach Flaherty 780-5474.
HOULTON — Houlton High School is hosting a four-week baseball camp starting Jan. 28, 2018; Houlton head coach Jim Castner will direct the program in conjunction with U.S. Baseball Academy; sessions available for players in grades 1-12, limited to seven players per coach; sessions offered in advanced hitting, pitching, catching, fielding and baserunning; space is limited, registration is underway; visit www.USBaseballAcademy.com, or call toll-free 866-622-4487.
ORONO — The University of Maine Baseball Winter Hitting Clinic will be held in two sessions at Mahaney Dome. Session 2 will be held Saturdays, Jan. 13, 20 and 27 and Feb. 3, costing $150. This year’s winter workouts will focus exclusively on hitting and will include 75-90 minutes of hitting instruction. It is recommended that younger players hit 4:30-6 p.m. and older players 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Hitting drills will be held in the Mitchell Batting Pavilion and the Mahaney Dome. All aspects of hitting will be touched on from situational awareness to fundamentals of the swing. Each day a specific skill will be worked on. To register please visit https://www.totalcamps.com/MAINEBASEBALL
BASKETBALL
LINCOLN — Basketball On Court Training offers skill development in groups of one, two and three. For more information, contact Brian McDormand 290-7641.
ICE HOCKEY
ORONO — Fundraising game between Old Town and Orono alums, 3 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 23. Players will be asked to make a donation to cover the ice cost, as well as help raise money for the team. Tickets to watch the game will be $6 each with proceeds going to the Old Town-Orono Hockey Boosters. Old Town hockey alums interested in playing can contact Cory Thibodeau at floormastersme@gmail.com. Orono grads can contact Mark Cloutier at cloutiermarka@gmail.com.
BREWER — Brewer Youth Hockey is accepting registrations for its Learn to Skate sessions. There will be a 12-week session held on Sundays at 12:40 p.m. starting in mid-January at the Penobscot Ice Arena located at 90 Acme Rd. Cost is $75. New this year, 3-year-olds skate for $33. For more information contact Kevin Nilsson at vpinstructional@brewerhockey.org, Paul Pangburn at Pangburn11@gmail.com or George Bishop atgirlscoordinator@brewerhockey.org. Rental gear and scholarship funds available. To register visit brewerhockey.org.
PICKLEBALL
BREWER — All Levels of pickleball play are underway at the Brewer Auditorium located on Tuesdays, 6 to 8 p.m., through Feb. 27.
ROAD RACING
PORTLAND — NRCM’s 10th annual Polar Bear Dip and Dash will be held Sunday, Dec. 31; walk or run a 5K, plunge into the Atlantic Ocean, or both; 5K registration opens at 9 a.m. at the Back Cove Parking lot, race begins at 11 a.m.; dip set for noon at East End Beach. A shuttle will return participants to the Back Cove parking lot after the dip. The non-refundable registration fee to dip, dash, or both is $35.
WESTBROOK — Robert Burns 10K, Sunday, Jan. 28, 9:30 a.m., $25 entry fee, begins and ends at Westbrook Community Center, the race celebrates Robert Burns the national poet hero of Scotland. Race benefits Westbrooks alternative education program. For more info or to register, visit www.robertburns10k.com.