Veterans fishing event coming to South Portland

The Veterans Appreciation Fishing Tournament, a fishing tournament and day of boating held in honor of the men and woman of the armed forces, will be held Saturday, July 28, at Port Harbor Marine in South Portland.

The 2009 inaugural event, and the 2010 and 2011 events involved more than 100 vets representing each military branch.

This year’s event will again feature a day-long fishing tournament through which veterans are given the opportunity to fish inshore or offshore, take in a harbor cruise or just come down for a cookout featuring their catch. During the cookout trophies will be awarded to the veterans with the best catches of the day. Port Harbor Marine has already recruited more than 20 people to volunteer their time and boats so far. Boaters from other marinas are welcome to sign up as captains, volunteering their time, tackle, boat, fuel and fishing expertise.

For more information, go to www.vetsaft.com or search for Veterans Appreciation Fishing Tournament on Facebook.

Westbrook to host soccer all-star game

The 22nd annual all-star invitational senior men’s/women’s soccer tournament will be held Tuesday, July 31, at Westbrook High School. Proceeds from the games will benefit Special Olympics Maine.

The men’s game will be held at 6 p.m. and the women’s game will follow at 8. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for students. The rain date is Aug. 2.

The teams are made up of some of Maine’s finest high school varsity players from 2011. They will represent the Western Maine conference and the Southern Maine Activities Association.

Ali Johnson of Cape Elizabeth will suit up for the WMC women’s team, while fellow Caper Tim Lavalle will play for the men’s team.

Emily Tolman and Haley Carignan, both of Scarborough, and Emily Masters of South Portland will play for the SMAA women’s team, while Andrew Jones of Scarborough and Akiba Davis, Nem Kaurin and Nate Fox, all of South Portland, will play for the SMAA men’s team.

Michael Kennedy of Greely and Todd Dominski of Waynflete will coach the WMC women’s team. Dan LaVallee of Cheverus and Kevin St. Jarre of Massabesic will coach the SMAA women’s team.

Andrew Higgins of Gray-New Gloucester and Brandon Salway of Waynflete will coach the WMC men’s team, while Colin Minte of Windham and Joel Costigan of Deering will be the coaches for the men’s SMAA team.

A concession stand will be open and all proceeds will benefit Special Olympics Maine.

For more information, call Mark Capano at 879-0489 or email him at [email protected].