Thursday's sports shorts 7/22/2004

Thursday, July 22, 2004
Jill Koslosky Whitney Jo Higgins of Nebraska City, Jessica Bretz of Fort Morgan, Colo., Paul Zowada of Lusk, Wyo., Matt Klima of Wauneta, Matt Dvorak of Wood River and Ryan Henry of Cozad prepare to tee off at the first NCTA Jr./Sr. Golf Tournament.

NCTA hosts first

Jr./Sr. golf tourney

CURTIS -- The Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture welcomed six golfers from three states to the first Jr./Sr. Golf Tournament.

NCTA coach Brad Jakubowski joined the competitors as they teed off at the Curtis Arrowhead Meadows Golf Course.

Golfers enjoyed a round of nine holes. Whitney Jo Higgins of Nebraska City won the women's division while Matt Klima of Wauneta shot the best round in the men's division.

The winners earned scholarships to attend NCTA.

Both Higgins and Klima are signed up to attend NCTA this fall.

For more information about the NCTA golf teams or its Sports Turf Program call 1-800-3CURTIS.

McCook YMCA

taking registrations

for fall sports season

The McCook YMCA is currently taking registration for the upcoming fall sports season.

There is volleyball for girls in grades 3-7 and flag football for boys in grades 1-7.

Registration will continue until July 30.

The cost for the program is $18 for members and $45 for program members.

Games will start on Saturday, Sept. 11.

For more information, call the YMCA at 345-6228.

McCook Optimist

Club golf scramble

slated for Aug. 1

The McCook Optimist Club's seventh annual Golf Scramble is slated for Sunday, Aug. 1 at McCook's Heritage Hills Goolf Course.

Registration is 8 a.m., followed by a shotgun start at 9 a.m.

The format is an 18-hole, four-person scramble. Both men and women are welcome to enter.

Cost is $240 per team and is limited to the first 36 teams.

A meal will be provided after each team's round. Mulligans are available.

There will be a hole-in-one contest, cash prozes, raffles, flight prizes and flag prizes.

Registrations should be mailed to McCook Optimist Club, P.O. Box 272, McCook, Neb., 69001.

For more information, call Leeland Shiers at (308) 345-6990.

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