Sports news

Softball sign-ups

The Columbia Falls Youth Softball Association will take late softball registrations if roster size allows through March 19. A $10 late fee applies. Forms can be found online at www.wildkatsoftball.org. A coaches meeting will be held at the Glacier Discovery Center on Monday, March 26, at 7 p.m. Practices will begin the week of April 9. Field maintenance day will take place at the Columbia Falls High School fields on Sunday, April 15, from noon to 4 p.m. Volunteers are asked to bring rakes, gloves and wheelbarrows. Anyone with softball items to donate and/or recycle can drop them off at All About Memories, next to Gil’s Furniture on Highway 40. Balls, bats, cleats and softball gloves will be given to children in need. For more information, contact Kathy Price 892-1162 or 253-3775.

Baseball sign-ups

Only two weeks remain to sign up for the 2012 baseball season. Sign-up forms can be found at schools or online at http://cfbb.baberuthonline.com or done at Glacier Gateway Elementary School from 1 to 5:30 p.m. Sign-ups must be postmarked by March 23. Late sign-ups will go on a waiting list. For more information, call Trevor Kjensrud at 471-5045 or Jamie King at 253-1334. Skills assessments will be held at Glacier Gateway on Sunday, March 25, with the Minor Division from 1 to 3 p.m. and the Major Division from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Deadline to sponsor a team or banner is March 25. Contact Kjensrud for more information.

Soccer academy

The Montana Flathead Rapids has teamed up with the Glacier United Soccer Club to host its third annual eight-week youth soccer academy on April 17 through June 5. Training sessions will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Smith Fields in Whitefish. Registration deadline is April 6.