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JUNE 29

BASEBALL -- Summer League: Cedar Ridge at Orange, Chapel Hill at East Chapel Hill, Northwest Guilford at Carrboro.

GOLF -- Sectional qualifying tournament for United States Golf Association's Senior Open, at the Governors Club. Admission is free for spectators.

JUNE 30

SOFTBALL -- Carrboro: Chapel Hill Air and Cliff'smarket meet in the championship game of Carrboro's summer Co-Rec League is scheduled (pending rain and lord knows what else) for Hank Anderson Comunnity Park, field No. 3, at 7 p.m. If both finalists have just one loss after that, a second game to decide the double-elimination tournament is scheduled to start at 8:10 p.m. The rain date is Thursday.

JULY 1

GOLF -- Qualifying tournament for the Carolinas Golf Association Amateur Championship, at the Governors Club. Admission is free for spectators.

SWIMMING -- Summer League meets: Chapel Hill Tennis Club-Stoneridge at Hollow Rock, Farm-Meadowmont YMCA at Heritage Hills-CH Community Center, Exchange-Sunset Creek at Southern Village-Governor's Club. Events start at 5 p.m.

TRACK -- Carolina Godiva Track Club Summer Series, 7 p.m., Belk Track on the UNC campus. This 'Long Night' meet includes a mile run, 200-meter dash, a one-mile race-walk, 800 meters and a 5K (3.1 miles). The suggested and always welcomed donation is $1. Contact: Charles Alden (919) 384-7698.

JULY 2

BASEBALL -- Summer League: Wakefield at Cedar Ridge. Chapel Hill at Wake Forest Rolesville. Granville Central at East Chapel Hill. Raleigh Independent at Northwest Guilford. Northern Durham at Orange. Sanderson at Carrboro. Panther Creek at East Wake.

JULY 4

ROAD RACE -- The annual Four on the Fourth is a four-mile road race through the wooded neighborhoods of Carrboro, stepping off at 8 a.m. on the morning of Independence Day at the start/finish area at McDougle School.

JULY 6

BASEBALL -- Summer League: Chapel Hill at Cedar Ridge. Northwest Guilford at East Chapel Hill. Carrboro at Orange. Northern Durham at Raleigh Independent. Panther Creek at Holly Springs.

JULY 7

BASEBALL -- Summer League: Cedar Ridge at Northwest Guilford. Chapel Hill at Orange. East Chapel Hill at Carrboro. Northern Durham at Wake Forest Rolesville. Apex at Panther Creek.

Swimming -- Summer League meets: Southern Village-Governor's Club at Chapel Hill Country Club-Ridgewood, Hollow Rock at Exchange-Sunset Creek, Heritage Hills-CH Community Center at Chapel Hill Tennis Club-Stoneridge. Events start at 5 p.m.

JULY 8

TRACK -- Carolina Godiva Track Club Summer Series, 7 p.m., Belk Track on the UNC campus. This 'Short Night' meet includes a 1,500m, 100, 1,500 walk, 400, 3K. The suggested and always welcomed donation is $1. Contact: Charles Alden (919) 384-7698.

JULY 9

BASEBALL -- Summer League: East Chapel Hill at Cedar Ridge. Carrboro at Chapel Hill. Orange at Northwest Guilford. Northern Durham at Granville Central. Broughton at Panther Creek.

JULY 11

CYCLING -- Ride for the Land: Triangle Land Conservancy will host its 4th annual 'Freewheeling Farmland Frolic' to encourage protection of the farms and forests of Chatham County. Online registration until July 9 is $30. Day-of-the event registration is $35 (if available. Registration is limited to 300 riders.) If you have any questions, contact Triangle Land Conservancy at (919) 833-3662, or email bschumann@triangleland.org/.

CYCLING -- Duke MM Ride 50K & 100K: road bike rides start outside Cameron Indoor Stadium on the Duke campus and roill through rural Durham and Orange Counties. Both routes go west through Duke Forest. The 100 K route continues deep into rural Orange County before returning to Duke. The terrain is typical for the Piedmont area of North Carolina -- through forests and farms, with short but frequent rolling hills. Both rides will begin at 8 am.. Both routes will stay open until 3 pm. There will be rest stops and SAG vans throughout the routes. The registration fee ($30 in advance, or $40 after July 1) helps support the families and patients undergoing treatment at the Multiple Myeloma Center at Duke as well as to support research against this disease.For more information, see /www.dukemultiplemyelomabikeride.com/ or email dukemmmetric@gmail.com.

JR. TENNIS -- Southern Open: The USTA's annual Boys & Girls Southern Open 18s tournament, both singles and doubles, (clay court), return to the Chapel Hill Tennis Club, with play continuing every day through July 17.

JULY 12

WACKY RELAY DAY -- Charity event to raise money for local health causes, starting at 9 a.m. at UNC's Koury Natatorium.

JULY 13

BASEBALL -- Summer League: Cedar Ridge at Carrboro. Chapel Hill at Northwest Guilford. Orange at East Chapel Hill. Northern Durham at Wakefield. Cary at Panther Creek.

JULY 14

BASEBALL -- Summer League: Orange at Cedar Ridge. East Chapel Hill at Chapel Hill. Carrboro at Northwest Guilford. Northern Durham at Sanderson. Cardinal Gibbons at Panther Creek.

JULY 16

BASEBALL -- Summer League: Cedar Ridge at Wake Forest Rolesville. Granville Central at Chapel Hill. Raleigh Independent at East Chapel Hill. Northern Durham at Northwest Guilford. Sanderson at Orange. Carrboro at Wakefield. Knightdale at Panther Creek.

SWIMMING -- N.C. Age Group Championships, at Cary Aquatic Center, July 16-19.

JULY 17

GOLF -- Swing for Hope: Funds from this tournament will help support the families who stay at the Ronald McDonald House in Durham. Breakfast and lunch are included. Costs $60. Shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. at Hillandale Golf Course. For more information, call Hillandale at (919) 286-9309.

JR. TENNIS -- Southern Open: Championship rounds of the USTA Southern Open 18s, at the Chapel Hill Tennis Club.

JULY 18

CYCLING -- Bull Moon Ride: Wool E. Bull sets cyclists of on this 17-mile group ride past downtown Durham sites and Duke Chapel as the sun sets and then back on the American Tobacco Trail to Durham Bulls Athletic Park as the moon rises. Proceeds benefit Habitat for Humanity. Check-in at 7:30 p.m. at the DBAP, ride sets off at 8:30 p.m. For more information, see www.durhamhabitat.org/bike/ or call the DBAP at (919) 682-0516.

SWIMMING -- Summer League: Championship Meet, at Koury Natatorium. Junior swimmers start at 8 a.m.; senior swimmers' events start after noon break.

Contact The Chapel Hill News Sports Department at chnsports@nando.com.

JULY 20

BASEBALL -- Summer League: Granville Central at Cedar Ridge. Chapel Hill at Raleigh Independent. Northern Durham at East Chapel Hill. Sanderson at Northwest Guilford. Wakefield at Orange. Wake Forest Rolesville at Carrboro. Panther Creek at Smithfield-Selma. (Regular season ends.).

REC -- Softball: (tentative) end of the regular season for Chapel Hill Parks & Recreation's Adult Softball League.

JULY 21-25

BASEBALL -- Central Carolina Scholastic Summer League Tournament.

JULY 29

TRACK -- Midsummer Madness. A highlight of the Godiva Track Club Summer Series, 'Madness' always includes special events, this year featuring a 1K race and a ultra special 5+7+5 "Haiku Wrath" Run (17 laps or about 4 1/4 miles). Everything starts at 7 p.m., Belk Track on the UNC campus.

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