LEWISTON — A basketball skills and drills clinic will be held at Geiger Elementary School for Lewiston girls entering grades six through eight. Basketball fundamentals will be stressed.

The clinic will begin on June 20 and run for two weeks, Monday through Thursday, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Cost for the clinic will be $30. Please register by calling John Hesler at 782-3948 or Alicia Pelletier at 577-5764.

Auburn Legion baseball tryouts

AUBURN — William J. Rogers Post 153 (formally New Auburn Legion) will hold a second American Legion baseball tryout at 5 p.m. Sunday, June 12 at Pettengill Park. The team is open to all Auburn residents born in or after 1992. For more information, contact Larry Gordon at 576-7256 or e-mail [email protected].

Leavitt Fathers Day 5K

TURNER — The Leavitt Area High School Cross Country Father’s Day 5K Trail Run and Walk is Sunday, June 19, 9 a.m., at the school. Race day registration begins at 7:30 a.m. Prior to race day, register through Active.com. Cost is $15 prior to race day; $20 on race day; kids 10 and under $10.

The race is run on trails and over fields — a central Maine alternative to big city runs on pavement. There will be age group prizes; a special raffle for father/child combinations; and race singlets to the first 100 entrants. Race sponsors are Northeast Insurance, Evergreen Subaru, Bangor Savings, Healthy Androscoggin, and Linnell Choate & Webber, with additional support from Road ID. Look for us also on Facebook, Coolrunning, and the Maine Track Club. This event will help the Leavitt cross country and track teams purchase a much-needed shelter for away races.

Special Olympics this weekend

ORONO — The 43rd annual Special Olympics Maine State Summer Games are fast approaching. Nearly 1,400 athletes, ages 8 to 88, have been training, planning, and now packing for this exciting event. They will represent close to 130 teams from Kittery to Presque Isle and will compete in a variety of Olympic Style sports at the University of Maine from June 9 to 12.

Competition will begin on Thursday at 9 a.m. with Bowling and Unified Bowling. (Unified events bring together athletes with intellectual disabilities and those without for an opportunity to compete together on the same team.) On Friday the excitement continues with time trials, bocce competitions and relays.

Friday promises to be a fun-filled night with the annual parade at  6 p.m., followed by opening ceremonies. On Saturday morning, track and field events begin at 8:30 a.m. and run until approximately 3:30 p.m. In addition to the competition, athletes will be treated to an Olympic village full of games and entertainment. Saturday night includes the annual Victory Dance in the field house. On Sunday morning, events conclude with walk and mile run finals and closing ceremonies.

Special Olympics is a year round athletic training and competition program for persons with intellectual disabilities of all ages. In Maine, there are more than 3,300 athletes who participate in the program.

Benefit hockey tourney

AUBURN — Subway restaurants will sponsor the second-annual Celebration of Courage Hockey Tournament at Ingersoll Arena in Auburn on Saturday, June 11 from 10:45 a.m. to 8 p.m.

This event will benefit Kylee Gendron of Lewiston, who has been battling cancer for over two years. Subway will donate 480 subs for participants and anyone who comes to support the cause on Saturday.

“We are proud to be sponsoring the upcoming Celebration of Courage Hockey Tournament,” said Dave Grendall, a Lewiston Subway Franchisee. “Cancer affects almost everyone in one way or another, and we are honored that we can help support Kylee by providing subs to those supporting her cause.”

This event was created by Taylor-Paige Harrison, President of Brighter Future Events Inc. She came up with the idea for the Celebration of Courage Hockey Tournament after playing on a hockey team with Gendron. After only three weeks of planning the event, she had raised thousands of dollars and is constantly looking for more ways to support the fight against cancer.

“Kylee and I are friends. I can’t express how much she has changed my life and how much she has taught my family and I,” said Harrison. “Kylee has a strength that I cannot begin to understand, but I do know that I admire it and strive for her strength.”

Brighter Future Events Inc. also runs a program called Streak for Cancer, another event that is being utilized to help raise money for Gendron. Harrison will be putting pink tinsel in supporters’ hair at Ingersoll Arena on June 11 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. It costs $15, and all proceeds go to support Gendron’s fight.

For more information about the Celebration of Courage Hockey Tournament, please visit http://www.facebook.com/celebratecourage.