The Huntsville Item
HUNTSVILLE —
Golfers in the Huntsville area can help the football programs at both Sam Houston State and Stephen F. Austin, two longtime rivals that soon will be adding new excitement to their annual “Battle of the Piney Woods” when they kick off this fall at Reliant Stadium in Houston.
Before the Bearkats and Lumberjacks clash, two golf tournaments are scheduled — one which goes toward a football scholarship fund at Stephen F. Austin named for former Huntsville High School star Cally Belcher, and the other that boosts the Bearkats’ football budget.
Next week, the sixth annual golf tournament for the Cally Belcher Football Memorial Scholarship Fund, conducted by friends, family and the Stephen F. Austin Alumni Association, will be held at Blaketree National Golf Club in Montgomery.
The tournament is scheduled for June 25 with a 2 p.m. shotgun start. Check-in will be at 1 p.m.
There will also be a dinner, charity raffle and auction. The featured raffle item is a rifle with Leupold scope, as well as four sideline passes for the “Battle of the Piney Woods” between and Sam Houston State and SFA at Reliant Stadium. Tickets for the raffle will be available at the tournament.
The Belcher Memorial Scholarship is awarded each year to a deserving SFA football player.
Belcher was a 1990 graduate of Huntsville High School and a standout Hornet football player. He attended SFA and played for the Lumberjacks from 1990 to ’94. He died from a head injury sustained in spring practice in March of 1994.
Register for the Cally Belcher golf tournament online at www.sfaalumni.com/event/belchergolf or by phone at (936) 468-3407. For more information, contact Chad Kelly at ctkelly@earthlink.net
Additionally, the Sam Houston State football team is now accepting entries for the 2010 Paul Vilardi Memorial Kat Pack Golf Classic. The Classic will be held July 23 at Raven Nest Golf Club in Huntsville.
“This golf tournament is one of the major fundraisers for our football program,” Bearkats head coach Willie Fritz said. “Our goal is to win a Southland Conference championship, and with your help, we can reach that goal.”
Format for the Vilardi Memorial Kat Pack Classic is a four-person scramble with prizes being awarded to the top three teams. There will also be prizes given for on-the-course contests.
Vilardi Classic sponsorships are available for $1,500 and include four entrees plus the company name post all around the course. Hole sponsorships are $100 with company name displayed on a single hole.
For more information, call Fritz at (936) 294-3526 or email him at wef004@shsu.edu.
