Sign-ups for the Ute Football Conference will be held on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., July 17 from 5-8 p.m. and July 19 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Deseret Peak Complex north of the swimming pool. Cost is $165. Players can also sign up at utefootball.com. New players need to bring a birth certificate.
Grantsville Ute Conference
Sign-ups for Grantsville Ute Football Conference will be held July 19 at Grantsville High School from 10 a.m. until noon. There will also be a sign-up time at the Stansbury Park Community Center on Saturday from 10 a.m. until noon.
Sports Medicine Golf Classic
The third annual High School Sports Medicine Golf Classic will be held July 18 at The Links at Overlake with an 8 a.m. start. All money raised from the event will go to the sports programs at Grantsville and Tooele high schools. Mountain Land Physical Therapy needs businesses to sponsor holes for the tournament and golfers also need to sign up to participate. The tournament raised $5,000 last year. Sponsorship of the event is $1,000 and hole sponsorships are $100 each. The tournament will be a four-person scramble with a cost of $50 per golfer. For more information contact Matt Murray 841-7282.
Oquirrh Hills junior golf
Oquirrh Hills Golf Course is offering a wide variety of Junior Golf programs this summer for boys and girls ages 8-17. For beginner and intermediate golfers there will be two week-long clinics this summer. The cost is $40 for one session or $70 for each session. For the more advanced players there will be a Junior Golf Camp on July 31 and August 7. The cost for the Camp is $75. New this year is the Junior Golf League. The League will be held on Tuesday mornings and will begin on June 24. There is a $20 registration fee for the league, and a $5 fee for each Tuesday that you participate. All youth involved in these programs will receive a junior golf shirt and be invited to participate in the Junior Golf day on Aug. 14. For more information or to sign up for the Junior Golf Program, contact Oquirrh Hills Golf Course, 1255 E. Vine St., 882-4220.
Charity golf tournament
The Wal-Mart Transportation department is sponsoring a golf tournament for the Children’s Miracle Network. The event is a four person scramble with a shot gun start at 8:30 a.m. on August 8 at the Stansbury Park Golf Course. The cost is $50 per person, proceeds go to Children’s Primary Hospital. Please contact Angela at 884-5115 or Steve at 884-5113 to sign up.
Grantsville golf
Tryouts for the Grantsville High School boys golf team will be held on August 4 at Overlake Golf Course. For any further questions call Jimmy Arellano, 224-2752.
Tooele golf
Tryouts for the Tooele High School boys golf team will be held August 4 at Overlake Golf Course. For any further questions call Fred Killpack at 884-0434 or 830-1258.
Event earns $30,000
Racing 2 Save Lives, an organization that brings together motorcyclists to help raise funds for children’s charities, wrapped up its season-opening event at Miller Motorsports Park over the weekend of July 3-6 by donating net proceeds of $30,000 to charity.More than 150 riders took part in the four-day event, during which, in exchange for a minimum donation, they were able to ride their bikes on MMP’s world-class race track without the pressure of competition. The average donation per rider was nearly $300 which, after expenses, netted $30,000 for charities including the Make-A-Wish Foundations of Utah and Colorado, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and Larry H. Miller Charities.
Fishing report
Officer Troy Hammond reports anglers are having fair to good fishing success at Grantsville, Settlement Canyon and Vernon reservoirs this week. Vernon Reservoir is low.
Home run derby
The Pacific Coast League announced Wednesday that Salt Lake Bees infielder and 2008 PCL All-Star Matt Brown has been selected to participate in the 2008 Triple-A Home Run Derby on Monday, as part of the three-day All-Star festivities. Top sluggers from the International League and PCL will compete in three rounds of hitting at Louisville Slugger Field.Brown, a native of Bellevue, Wash., has appeared in 79 games for the Bees this season, batting .330 and leading the team in runs scored (65), home runs (18), and doubles (28).


