Senior softball teams to hold Ferndale tournament

Sep. 3, 2008 (McClatchy-Tribune Regional News delivered by Newstex) -- Three senior softball teams representing Yeager's Sporting Goods will host a 20-team tournament this weekend at Conoco Field in Ferndale.

Yeager's will have teams for players 50 and over, 55 and over and 60 and over, according to Terry Torgerson, one of the event organizers and a Yeager's player.

There will also be a bracket for teams with players 65 and over, Torgerson said. Round-robin play begins Saturday, Sept. 6, at 8 a.m.; teams will be grouped for play Sunday based on they do on Saturday.

Teams from Kelowna, B.C., Seattle, Bremerton, Tacoma and elsewhere will be competing, Torgerson said. There will be a break in the tournament to honor Frank Uhrig, owner of Yeager's who has sponsored softball teams for 25 years.

JORGENSEN FIRST AT PRO-AM

Chris Jorgensen of Sealinks Golf Course on Birch Bay took first place Aug. 21 in the 2nd Annual Windermere Pro-Am Golf Classic played at Bellingham Golf and Country Club.

The tournament was sponsored by St. Joseph Hospital Foundation and Whatcom Hospice Foundation. With more golf teams than ever before, the foundations were able to gross over $110,000.

The funds raised enable Whatcom Hospice to offer services to terminally ill patients and their families above and beyond those paid for by Medicare and other insurers. The funds also support the hospital's foundation's programs that support Charity Care, the Center for Senior Health, Adult Day Health, health care for underprivileged infants and children, the purchase of new technology, updated medical equipment and much more.

LOCAL PLAYERS PLAY IN ALL-STAR GAME

Several local baseball players participated in the American Legion 2008 All-Star Game on July 20 at Skagit Valley Dream Field in Mount Vernon.

Local players on the American League roster included Matthew Cottingham (Squalicum High School), Jeff Frost (Ferndale), Jacob Hoffman (Ferndale), Philip Lange (Ferndale), Adam Lewis (Lynden), Aaron Mattox (Lynden), Andrew Murry (Squalicum), Anthony Pitsch (Sehome) and Zach Slesk (Meridian).

On the National League roster, players included Elijah Christie (Bellingham), Max Hannah (Ferndale), Taylor Harrison (Merdian), Marcus Inge (Squalicum), Tanner Krysinski (Bellingham) and BoDean Norris (Meridian).

LAST CHANCE TO ENTER SCRAMBLE TOURNAMENT

There are still spots available for the Take It Deep 5-Man Scramble that will be played today at North Bellingham Golf Course.

The cost is $65 per player, $60 per GHIN handicap member, $55 for a social or limited member, and $35 for an unlimited member or PGA professional, according to Nathan Vickers, PGA head professional at North Bellingham.

The format is 5-man scramble on a shortened course. All par-5 holes will be reachable in two shots, and seven of the par-4 holes will be reachable in one shot.

Each player will be required to count two drives, and 10 percent of the combined team handicap will be used.

There is a guaranteed minimum first-place payout of $500 for gross and net divisions.

Allen second at women's PNGA tournament: Catherine Allen of Bellingham shot 76-73-140 to finish second in the women's amateur division of the 11th Pacific Northwest Golf Association Women's Amateur Public Links, which concluded Sunday Hangman Valley Golf Course in Spokane.

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