Sports news

Softball sign-ups

Registration for spring softball will begin Monday, Jan. 14. Forms can be found online at www.wildkatsoftball.org and in the offices at local schools. For more information, call Kathy Price at 892-1162 or 253-3775.

Wrestling sign-ups

The Columbia Falls Little Guy Wrestling Club will hold sign-ups on Saturday, Jan. 19, from 2:30 to 5 p.m. in the Columbia Falls High School gym foyer. The season will begin Feb. 11. Participants include boys and girls from pre-kindergarten through sixth grade. For more information, e-mail Beth Windauer @ schafer@cyberport.net.

Baseball practice

Columbia Falls Baseball will hold winter workouts beginning Feb. 11 at Ruder Elementary School on Mondays and Tuesdays for 8, 9 and 10-year-old players and Thursdays and Fridays for 11 and 12-year-old players from 6:30 to 8 p.m. A parent or guardian must accompany players at the first practice to sign insurance forms. Baseball sign-up forms will be available. For more information, call Jamie King at 253-1334.

Snow Joke run

The 34th annual Snow Joke Half Marathon race will take place in Seeley Lake on Feb. 23. The 13.1-mile race is sponsored by the Cheetah Herders Athletic Club and is USA Track and Field Montana’s 2012 half marathon championship race. Last year, 538 racers participated. For more information, visit online at www.cheetahherders.com.