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UPCOMING EVENTS

July 20-27

• Junior District Baseball Tournament - Weekday games will begin at 6 p.m. at Adair Kennedy Baseball Field. Tournament includes teams from Ketchikan, Sitka and Juneau. A bracket is forthcoming.

July 30-Aug. 1

• State Baseball Tournament - Adair Kennedy Baseball Field. A bracket is forthcoming.

Aug. 1

• The Douglas Island Half Marathon and Frank Maier Marathon will be held Saturday, Aug. 1. The TAC certified 26.2-mile marathon will begin at 7 a.m., and the 13-mile half marathon will begin at 9 a.m. at Sandy Beach in Savikko Park.

Early starts for each race are one hour before. Preregistrater at JRC/The Alaska Club, Nugget Alaska Outfitters, Foggy Mountain Shop, Pavitt's Health and Fitness or online at www.active.com by 5 p.m. Wednesday, or on race day a half hour prior to the start of the race. Aid stations every 2.5 miles.

Custom Awards to the top 24 finishers, medals for all finishers, and T-shirts and free barbecue to all participants.

Runners must be 14 and above for the half marathon, and 19 and above for the marathon.

Volunteers are needed. Call 209-3635 for more information, or go to www.southeastroadrunners.org

Thursday, Aug. 6

• Juneau Parks & Recreation men's and women's volleyball sign-ups - Team registration will be held Thursday, Aug. 6, at 5:15 p.m. in the Juneau Assembly Chambers in the Municipal Building. Late registration will be Friday, Aug. 7, at the Parks & Rec office. League play begins Aug. 31. Team manager packets are available at the Parks & Rec office, located on the second floor of the Municipal Building, room 218. Visit www.juneau.org/parkrec/adult/mwvolleyball.php for more information, or call 586-5226.

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ANNOUNCEMENT

• JDHS cross country will begin practice on Aug. 3. All interested kids should go to the JDHS main gym at 3:30 p.m. Physicals are required to practice. Contact Mary Ellefson at 586-1692 for more information.

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ONGOING

• JDHS volleyball open gym - Mondays and Fridays, July 13-Aug. 7, at the JDHS auxiliary gym from 6-8 p.m.

• Juneau Parks & Recreation flag football registration. Every Saturday at 4 p.m. at the turf field near JDHS. Youths of all ages are welcome, and registration is free. Call 586-2635 after 11 a.m. for more information.

• The Juneau Youth Football League is looking for volunteers for a variety of tasks: fundraising, field photographer, Web master and more. If you can spare a little time and would like to help out the kids, call Scott Jensen at 209-4644.

• Sports in Juneau is a service provided by the Juneau Empire to provide information on upcoming sports and outdoors events in Juneau. It runs when space is available and event notices should arrive at least one week before they are scheduled to take place. All press releases must include a contact name and a phone number that can be released to the public. To submit an item to Sports in Juneau, please fax the info to 586-3028 or e-mail it to sports@juneauempire.com. Put the words "Sports in Juneau" in the subject line