Local sports scrapbook – August 20

Club Olympia to conduct swim tryouts at Northside

Club Olympia Swim Team will conduct tryouts from 6 to 6:45 p.m. Monday and Tuesday at the Northside Middle School pool.

Potential members should be at least 8 years old by the end of 2017, must be able to swim 50 yards without stopping, have good technique in at least two of the sour strokes and/or have the ability and desire to learn good technique in all four strokes and train in a group setting.

For more information, e-mail [email protected].

Kids can sign up for junior league bowling

Junior League bowling signups will be from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Columbus Bowling Center.

Children from ages 4 to 19 will be divided into three age groups — bumpers, preps and junior majors. The league will start Sept. 16.

Flag football league to conduct registration

Registration for Columbus Flag Football’s fall league will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Sept. 1 at Applebee’s.

The registration fee remains $550. For more information, e-mail [email protected].

Registration available for fall softball league

The Seymour Parks and Recreation Department is accepting registrations for its fall softball league until Sept. 1. No late registrations will be accepted.

League games will be Monday and Wednesday evenings at Gaiser and Shields Parks. A $200 team sponsor fee and a minimum of 10 $15 player fees are required at the time of registration.

Online registration is available at seymourin.recdesk.com or at the parks office, 301-309 N. Chestnut St., Seymour. For more information, contact Jason Kleber at [email protected] or 812-522-6420.

Scholarship outing to benefit finance student

The National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors-Columbus 2017 Scramble for Scholarships will be at 9 a.m. Sept. 8 at Otter Creek Golf Course. A breakfast buffet and sign-in will be at 8 a.m.

Cost is $100 per player and includes, 18 holes with a cart, breakfast, lunch, snacks, competitive holes and team awards and golfer gift bags. The scholarship will benefit an IUPUC finance major.

Golfers may register as individuals, partners or teams. To register, mail a check with players’ names and captain’s email address to NAIFA-Columbus, P.O. Box 1772, Columbus, IN 47202.

Registration open for Harvest Bicycle Boogie

The Autumn Harvest Bicycle Boogie will be Oct. 7, beginning and ending at the Columbus Learning Center. Registration will be from 8 to 10 a.m., and riders may start at anytime after registering.

Bicyclists can pick from rides of 12, 30 or 55 miles. Cost is $25 through Oct. 5 or $30 the day of the event, with proceeds benefiting the IUPUC Alumni Association Scholarship Program.

For more information, call Cindy Felsten at 812-375-7531, email [email protected] or visit iupuc.edu/bicycle-boogie.

Harlem Wizards to play local team in Columbus

The Harlem Wizards basketball team will play the BCSF Stars, a team of teachers, principals, administrators and community members, at 2 p.m. Nov. 5 at Columbus North High School.

Former Indiana Fever star Tamika Catchings and Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp. superintendent Jim Roberts will be the coaches. Doors open at 1 p.m.

Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door and can be purchased online at harlemwizards.com/schedule-tickets/ and at Heritage Automotive Sales, 3101 N. National Rd.; Viewpoint Bookstore, 548 Washington St.; and the BCSC Administration Building, 1200 Central Ave.