Sports in brief . . .

Ashland Rotary to hold  annual golf tournament
The annual Ashland Rotary Club Four-Person Scramble will be held Saturday at Portage Hills Country Club.
 Registration is from 8-9 a.m. at the clubhouse, but pre-registration is encouraged. A shotgun start will get under way at 9 a.m. There will be divisions for both men and women, with cash prizes awarded to the low gross and net scores. The entry fee is $125 per team, with a minimum handicap of 40. In the event of rain, the tourney will be moved to Sunday.
A hole-in-one prize of a vehicle from Percy’s Auto Sales of Presque Isle will be up for grabs, while two round trip airline tickets to Boston are being donated by Colgan Air/U.S. Airways Express as closest to the pin prizes.
Contact PHCC at 435-8221 for more information or to pre-register.
PI Classic Bike Race
The Presque Isle Recreation and Parks Department will host the PI Classic bike race on Sunday, Aug. 5.
The race begins at 10 a.m. at the Presque Isle Indoor Pool, with registration beginning at 9 a.m.  This is a 22-mile race and is open to all cyclists ages 14 and older. There is a $15 registration fee.
Call 764-2545 for more information.
Kids mountain bike rides offered at NHC
Every Tuesday through Aug. 21, kids mountain bike rides will be held at the Nordic Heritage Center in Presque Isle. Bikers ages 8 and up are welcome. Call 762-6972 for more information.
Motorcycle poker run scheduled for Sunday
Organizers hope a Poker Run slated Sunday, July 22 will unite motorcycle enthusiasts throughout the County, and bring them together for a charitable cause.  While all motorcycles are invited to participate, the Fort Kent Knights of Columbus has extended an invitation to everybody with any form of transportation to take part in the event.
The poker run will take all participants for a journey through some of Maine’s most scenic routes within Aroostook County. Checkpoints will include: Fort Kent K of C Hall, Van Buren Irving, Fort Fairfield Irving, DOC’s Place in Presque Isle, and the Rest Area in Hedgehog Mountain on Route 11.
“One major change we incorporated this year for the poker run is to allow participants to start at any of the five locations,” stated K of C Inside Guard, Brian Dubois. “This year, they can start anywhere and finish in Fort Kent for the closing ceremony.”
The registration fee for all participants is $10. Proceeds from the event will benefit St. John Valley cancer survivors and their families.
For additional information or to register for the event, contact Dubois at 834-6431.
SAD 1 fall sports tryouts to begin soon
SAD 1 Athletic Director David Heald has announced tryout dates for high school and middle school fall sports teams.
Girls JV and varsity soccer tryouts will be held at the Johnson Athletic Complex from 4-6 p.m. beginning July 30. Boys JV and varsity tryouts will take place at the Johnson Athletic Complex from 6-8 p.m., also beginning July 30.
Golf tryouts get under way Aug. 13 at Presque Isle Country Club at 3 p.m. Girls and boys cross country tryouts will be held Aug. 13 at 3 p.m. at the high school, while fall cheering tryouts are scheduled at the PIHS upper gym from 4-6 p.m. on Aug. 13.
For the Presque Isle Middle School Wildcats blue and white teams, girls soccer tryouts are set to begin Aug. 7 at the Johnson Athletic Complex  from 1-3 p.m. Boys soccer tryouts will also begin Aug. 7 from 8-10 a.m. at the Johnson Athletic Complex. On Aug. 20, girls and boys cross country tryouts will take place at the Johnson Athletic Complex from 3-4 p.m.
For more information, call the athletic office at 764-6507.