Recreation calendar

Baseball

Sign up: Fall wood-bat league starts Sept. 11 and runs through mid-October. Divisions will be 8-9, 10-11 and 12-13-year-olds. It will be a 10-game season. Cost is $45 if you were in Little League and $55 if you were not. Register by Aug. 10. Info: (509)465-0724 or www.spokanenorthlittleleague.org.

Basketball

Sign up: Adult basketball leagues for men and women this fall at Sports USA Complex. Starts Sept. 13 and runs through Nov. 19. Also, ladies over-40 clinic on Sept. 10, 5-8 p.m. Info: Stacy (509) 232-2822.

Cycling

July-August: Spokane Bicycle Club rides offered daily throughout week. Contact Sally Phillips (509) 448-6271 or Steve Sauser (509) 922-7249 for more information on location and times. You can also call the ride hotline at 325-1171 or go to www.spokanebicycleclub.org for more information.

Dodgeball

July 17: Dodgeball day at Sports USA from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. League starts Sept. 28. Info: Lance (509)232-2822.

Fishing

July 15: Learn how to fly fish the Spokane River in the summer at Blue Dun Flyfishing Outfitters from 4:30-6 p.m.

Football

July 30: Free Vandals football clinic for ages 6 to 13, 5 p.m.-7 p.m., with University of Idaho head coach Nick Holt and his staff. Free hot dogs and sodas after clinic.

Golf

Sign up: SPRC junior golf tournaments. July 19, Downriver, 7:30 a.m.; July 26, Esmeralda, 1:30 p.m.; Aug. 10, Qualchan, 7:30 a.m.; Aug. 30, Indian Canyon, 1:30 p.m. Cost of $20 includes green fees, balls, tees, lunch and prizes. Indian Canyon costs $45. Info or registration: 625-6200.

Hiking

Aug. 5: “Hike the Canyons in Southern Utah,” slide program by James Kimball, 7 p.m., at REI, 1125 N. Monroe. Kimball, REI’s manager, will focus on canyon hikes featuring Indian ruins, petroglyphs, and pictographs in areas such as Cedar Mesa, with hikes in Owl canyon, Fish Canyon, and Grand Gulch in Moab region.

Lawn bowling

Sign up: Lawn bowling six days a week through October just south of Witter Pool on Mission. Monday, Wednesday and Friday bowling is at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday play begins at 10:30 a.m.

Nature

July 20: Join wildlife biologist and bat expert Sandy Rancourt for an illustrated presentation on the Bats of Turnbull at 8 p.m. in the Environmental Education Center at Refuge headquarters.

Softball

July 24-25: Colville Challenge Men’s figure-8 modified fast-pitch tournament. Three games guaranteed. Cost is $185 for teams registered by July 20. Info: 869-0252.

Sign up: SPRC Fall Softball season starts Aug. 29 and ends Oct. 17. Team fee of $340. Info: 477-4730 or www.spokanecounty.org/parks/data/recreation.asp.

Swimming

Sign up: Improve your swimming stroke and technique. Spokane Masters Swim and Tri open to all levels. Must be over 18. Coach available. Swim schedule, until Aug. 29, is Sunday 2-3:30 p.m., Monday and Wednesday 7-8:30 p.m. at Witter pool. Info: 448-1548.

Submit listings at least two weeks in advance of event or entry deadline to: Recreation Calendar, The Spokesman-Review Sports Dept., P.O. Box 2160, Spokane, WA 99210. Items are limited to two weeks of publication.