Sports and Outdoors

 Lake Info

Normal Lake Level is 322.00 feet above Mean Sea Level.
Current level for Cedar Creek Lake is: 322.00
Water Temperature:
62 degrees - top
62 degrees - bottom

Chamber Red Hot ‘18’ golf
tourney slated
Monitor Staff Reports
KEMP–The Cedar Creek Lake Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting its annual Red Hot “18” golf tournament Monday, July 28, at the Cedar Creek Country Club.
Tri-County Ford is sponsoring a $50,000 hole-in-one shoot-out during the tournament.
A $400 cash prize will go to the teams posting the low gross score and the low net score, with plaques and prizes going to second- and third-place teams.
Fee for the four-man-scramble tournament is $60 per player, which includes a cart, breakfast donuts and coffee and lunch.
Check-in is 7:45 a.m. and players will tee off at 8:30 a.m.
Mulligans will be available ($20 for four), and players may buy a drive ($10 per team) or a spot on the green (also $10).
Prizes will be awarded for closest to the pin and longest drive for both male and female players.
Sponsors are needed for the tournament, with sponsorships open for lunch and greens ($500 each), beverage cart ($300) and individual holes/greens ($100).
For more information, contact event co-chairs Rick Brown and Judy Pierce at (903) 498-4017 or (214) 384-4050. Fax application forms to (903) 432-4311. Signup sheets are available at the chamber office, 604 S. Third (State Highway 198), Suite E, in Mabank, or call the chamber at (903) 887-3152.

Church league playoffs begin


Monitor Photos/Pearl Cantrell
ABOVE: Rob Ballard pitches for then-undefeated Prairieville Baptist Church
to the Legendary Baptist Church batter during the first round of the Cedar Creek
Christian Softball League playoffs June 14. BELOW: Christian Life Center Crushers
catcher Lynn Self (left) looks for the pop fly from First Baptist Church Gun Barrel
City Halos batter Chris Case June 14. League playoffs continue Saturday, June 21,
at the Gun Barrel City Park, weather permitting.