Here’s a rundown on some of the sports-related community events taking place in the North Whidbey area.

Sports physicals

The Oak Harbor Wildcat Booster Club’s annual sports physical night will be Thursday, May 27, from 5 until 7 p.m. at Wildcat-Memorial Stadium.

The Cost is $30 per athlete or $60 per family.

Students must be accompanied by parent and should bring tennis shoes.

The physical is for middle school and high school sports programs.

Local physicians volunteer their time and do an extensive physical.

Proceeds benefit Oak Harbor High School athletic programs.

For more information, call the Oak Harbor High School athletic office at 279-5708.

Boating safety course

The Deception Pass Sail and Power Squadron is offering a public boating safety course Saturday, May 22, at 9 a.m. at Catalina Park to equip inexperienced first mates for emergencies should the skipper become incapacitated.

The course will briefly cover vessel controls and maneuvering, rules of the road, tying up and anchoring and man-overboard procedures.

There will be demonstrations and exercises covering

basic knots, throwing rescue or docking lines and the use of flares, fire extinguishers and basic radio procedures.

Time permitting a brief cruise in Oak Harbor will be included.

The cost is $10 per person to cover materials.

Space is limited. For reservations, call John Hudson, 240-2517, or Claire Acord, 240-1235.

Adult volleyball

Adult recreational volleyball is being offered at the Coupeville Middle School gym from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. through July 19.

The fee is $30; register at swparks.org.

For more information, contact Heather Kortuem at hrkortuemn@hotmail.com.

Cheer tryouts

Cheerleading tryouts for the fall 2010 season will be May 17 through 19 from 2:45 to 5 p.m. in the Oak Harbor High School gym.

Anyone entering grades nine through 12 are eligible. Paperwork packets may be picked up in the main offices at North Whidbey and Oak Harbor middle schools and Oak Harbor Christian School, and in the athletic office at OHHS. Completed packets must be turned into the OHHS athletic office for approval prior to tryout day.

All attendees must have a current physical and must be passing all classes on the first day of tryouts.

For more information, contact the high school athletic office at 279-5708 or coach Robin Gohn at gohn1983@comcast.net.

Softball clinic

Oak Harbor High School softball players will be hosting their second annual softball clinic for all Whidbey Island girls ages 7-14 Saturday, May 15, at Hillcrest Elementary from 1 to 4:30 p.m.

The cost is $15 per player and includes a softball T-shirt.

The clinic will focus on throwing, hitting, pitching, catching and fielding mechanics, as well as team cheers.

For more information, contact coach Jessica Weikle at jweikle@ohsd.net.

Football tickets

Tickets for the East-West all-star football game in Everett Saturday, June 26 at 1 p.m. are now available.

The $7 tickets can be purchased through Oak Harbor’s Nick Rouser, who will be playing in the game. Contact Rouser at k.rouser@comcast.net.

Adult sailing class

Beginning adult sailing lessons will be offered on Tuesday and Thursday evenings 5:30 to 8 p.m. for three weeks starting May 25 at the Oak Harbor Marina as part of the Oak Harbor Youth Sailing program.

Participants (16 years or older) will learn how to sail on 14-foot Lido sailboats. They will also learn basics of rigging the boat, steering techniques, sailing rules, trimming sails, racing rules and boating safety. The cost of the three-week session is $200.

Registration is on a first come, first served basis. Interested adults can register by sending a check to OHYS, P.O. Box 2876, Oak Harbor.

Registration forms and class information can be downloaded by going to the Web site at www.ohyouthsailing.org. For more information, email kbskubi@whidbey.net.

Summer PE camp

Looking for fun activities to keep the kids busy this summer, then check out the Oak Harbor PE Summer Camp offered at Crescent Harbor Elementary July 19-23.

The camp is open to grades one through five and will run from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. each day.

For more information, visit the camp Web site at www.pesummercamps.org. For other information, email pesc@pesummercamps.org or Justin Ronning at jronning@ohsd.net.

Summer hoop camp

The Wildcat Summer Hoop Camp for boys is now taking registrations.

The basketball camp at Oak Harbor High School will run June 22-24 and July 6-8 from noon to 1 p.m. each day. The cost is $40 for all six days.

Information about the girls summer camp will be released soon.

For more information or to get registration forms, contact Justin Ronning at jronning@ohsd.net or Mike Washington at mwashington@ohsd.net.

North Whidbey Little League

North Whidbey Little League is looking for baseball players ages 16 to 18 to form a Big League team. 

There is a team in Burlington that has formed who would like someone local to play.  NWLL needs coaches as well for the team.  Please call 360-679-1522 for more information.  Look for the application at eteamz.com/NWLLOH.

Scholarship

John Fisken, operator of the Oak Harbor Sports Report, is sponsoring a scholarship to be given to an Oak Harbor High School senior athlete.

The scholarship will be awarded to a deserving athlete who has played at least two sports all four years of high school and maintained a 3.0 or higher grade point average.

Fisken said he would like to honor a student-athlete who plays for “the love of the sport” and not necessarily one who is talented enough to get a college athletic scholarship.

Students interested in applying for the scholarship can contact Chandra Mays in the counseling center at Oak Harbor High School.

Fisken’s Oak Harbor Sports Report, which can be found at oakharborsports.blogspot.com, features information about Oak Harbor youth, middle school and high school athletics. He places an emphasis on those players who don’t often receive publicity: varsity bench players, JV and freshman team members and youth sports participants.

Besides writing the Sports Report, Fisken takes thousands of photographs a year of local sporting events and posts them on his site. Profits from the sale of these photographs will fund the scholarship.

Soccer tournament

The Fort Nugent fields will be home to Oak Harbor’s sixth Annual Rock On! 3v3 Soccer Tournament Memorial Day weekend.

North Whidbey Soccer Club is hosting this event and expects up to 100 teams to participate.

Spokesman River Powers said, “The 3v3 soccer game is one of the fastest and most exciting games around, providing plenty of action for the athlete as well as the spectator.”

Each game consists of two 12-minute halves with no stoppages of play (subs on the fly). The playing field is 30 yards wide by 40 yards long with a no-play zone in front of the goal instead of a goalie.

In addition to the thrilling 3v3 competition, the Rock On! will also offer the fast-moving game of Goalie Wars. Goalie Wars is played by two players on a short field, each trying to score as many goals as possible upon the opposing player while simultaneously defending his/her own goal.

The game is played in two- or three-minute halves (depending on the age group) with a one-minute half-time. Goalies attempt to score by punting, throwing, kicking, drop kicking, heading or rolling the ball.

Registration in the Rock On! 3v3 Soccer Tournament is open to age divisions U8 through U18. For their $125 registration fee, teams are guaranteed three games and generous goodies bags for each player. The registration deadline is May 20.

For additional information, check out the North Whidbey Soccer Club Web site (nwhidbeysoccer.org), or contact the tournament directors: River Powers at riverpowers@yahoo.com/360-929-2097, or Lori Stewart at loristew@verizon.net/360-679-4799.

The North Whidbey Soccer Club is also providing a limited number of free vendor spots for youth athletic teams and youth clubs who are interested in conducting fundraising for their organization during the tournament. Contact Stewart for information.

Whidbey Island Running Club

The Whidbey Island Running Club, sponsored by the North Whidbey Park and Recreation Department, is looking for interested runners to train for the spring/summer track season of the USA Track and Field Junior Olympics.

Interested participants can contact the John Vanderzicht Memorial Pool at 675-7665 or head coach Catie Rodeheffer at 279-2196 to get information on practice times and locations.

Interested parties can also visit team practices Mondays and Fridays from 4 to 5 p.m. at Fort Nugent Park. The first two practices are free.

North Whidbey Aquatic Club

The North Whidbey Aquatic Club (NWAC) is a competitive swimming program of the North Whidbey Park and Recreation District. It includes swimmers of all abilities and ages from 6 through college. Tryouts occur Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at the city pool from 4:45 to 5:30 p.m. New swimmers should be able to swim a length of the pool in freestyle and backstroke. The first two weeks are free. For more information, please call the pool (765-7665) to speak with Head Coach Neil Romney or view the team’s Web site at www.teamunify.com/pnswznwac.

Whidbey News-Times sports photos found on line

Sports photographs taken by Jim Woolbright for the Whidbey News-Times are available online for everyone to view and download.

Woolbright’s photos can be found at gallery.me.com/jameswoolbright.

Woolbright generally takes over 100 photographs of the events he attends and would like everyone to have access. He said, “I am a sort of give-the-families-what-they-want kind of guy.”