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Locals compete in bench press competition

More than 70 men and women entered Max Muscle's second annual Bench Press Contest June 6 at Cuyahoga Falls High School gymnasium.

Justin Trotta of Cuyahoga Falls won the 30-39 age division and took the overall champion by lifting 470 pounds.

Other division winners were: Michael McNealis (50-plus), Ron Hardy (40-49), Joe Campbell (20-29), Marcus Hardy (teen) and Deb Roberson (women).

Dan Clayton, Summa Health & Wellness trainer and co-promoter for the event, declared the bench press contest a huge success.

"We almost doubled the number of sign-ups from our last event and thanks to Cuyahoga Falls High School, we were able to accommodate over 100 spectators," Clayton said.

During intermission, the audience was treated to a demonstration by Zahand's Martial Arts and a "knuckle" push-up contest.

Max Muscle Sports Nutrition provided custom designed T-shirts and trophies for the competitors. Fitness 19 donated the benches and provided free fitness passes.

Steve Kariotis of Max Muscle said that approximately $150 was donated to the Cuyahoga Falls Athletic Department.

Seawolves host tryouts

The Stow Seawolves 12-and-under baseball team will host tryouts for the spring 2010 season. The team seeks players who want to play competitive baseball. The Seawolves play teams from surrounding communities and participate in tournaments.

The tryouts are July 11 and 12 at 4 p.m. at Silver Springs field No. 1. An additional tryout will be July 18 and 19 at 4 p.m. at Silver Springs field No. 3. Players must be 12 years old or younger on April 30, 2010.

For more information, contact coach Phil Perretta at 330-322-6561.

Soccer camp
coming in July

HandsOnSoccer is scheduled to have several camps during the summer.

The director is former professional goalkeeper Otto Orf.

One of the camps is set to take place at Water Works Park July 3 to 10.

Half-day and full-day options are available for boys and girls, ages 4-18. The half-day camp is $125 and the full-day camp is $185.

Visit www.HandsOnSoccer.com for details and registration forms.

Golf outing set
in Twinsburg

The sixth annual Charity Golf Outing for Cleveland Latin American Missions is scheduled to take place July 10 at Gleneagles Golf Course in Twinsburg.

The shotgun start is set for 10 a.m. It benefits the "Shoes for School" program in El Salvador and The Orphan's Prayer in Honduras.

The cost is $95 per person or $360 for a group of four. The event includes golf, continental breakfast, lunch, dinner, beverages, games and prizes.

For details, contact Joyce Colovas at 440-552-9008 or jdcolovas@aol.com.

Football officiating class offered

In order to help alleviate the current shortage of football officials in the state of Ohio, the Summit Portage Officials Association offers football officiating training classes.

The classes require no prerequisites and take students through the steps needed to become a trained, licensed football official in Ohio.

These classes will feature licensed football officials as the instructors. The subjects covered will include football rules, play situations and on-field mechanics.

Also covered will be interfacing with players and coaches, professionalism and the philosophy and mental approach needed to cover challenging situations.

The classes are set to begin July 14 at 7 p.m. The classes are scheduled to take place at the Betty Jane Community Learning Center, 444 Darrow Rd., Akron.

Classes are set to continue at this location on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7 to 9 p.m. Anyone interested in attending this class or in need of further information can call Ed Markowski at 330-896-4365 or 330-212-7600.

The cost of the class is $90, which covers all books, testing materials and registration with the Ohio High School Athletic Association.

The final examination will be the National Federation Football Officials licensing examination.

Students also will be provided with the opportunity to be hired to officiate high school underclass football games during the subsequent season.