Community Sports

The sign-up date for youth softball (ages 7 to 12) is May 23. The cost is $45. The registration deadline for T-Ball (5- and 6-year-olds) is May 30 at a cost of $45. Colorado Association of Recreational Athletics tennis program participants need to sign up by May 26. The fee is $65 for the summer. Youth tennis lessons continue through the summer in two-week intervals. The cost is $40 per session. And the deadline for the CARA track program (4- to 14-year-olds) is May 26. The fee is $40. Call 303-655-2200.

    Commerce City’s Colorado Rockies Skills Challenge will be at 9 a.m. June 15 at Ingram Field in Pioneer Park, 5902 Holly St.     It’s a baseball competition that allows boys and girls 6 to 13 years of age to showcase talents in base running, batting and throwing. Scores are based on speed, distance and accuracy.     Top scorers advance to a sectional competition. Top sectional scores advance to the state championship later this summer at Coors Field in Denver.

    Saturday is the day for the first-ever Carbon Valley Half Marathon.     It starts at 8 a.m. at Central Park in Firestone. The event is a benefit for autism research through Children’s Hospital in Aurora.     Runners have been asked to raise money for the cause. The suggested amount is $25.     Registration is available. The event also includes live entertainment and 40 vendors on site from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Visit www.cvhalfmarathon.org.  

A soccer coaches clinic -- players are welcome, too -- is set for 6 p.m., April 29, at the Water Tower soccer fields, East 42nd Avenue and Bridge Street. It's free. Call 303-655-2200.