Benefit golf classic to honor '75 Sox

Former Red Sox players Bob Montgomery and Rico Petrocelli will be on hand tomorrow morning in Danvers when Extra Innings and the Jimmy Fund host the 2d annual Golf Classic at the Ferncroft Country Club.

"If you like baseball and golf you're going to love this event," said Mark Andrews, vice president of franchise operations at Extra Innings.

Aside from the golf, part of the day will be dedicated to celebrating the legacy of the 1975 World Series team.

Then part of the day will be dedicated to Red Sox Nation fandom, most notably a golf-drive contest with cutouts of New York Yankee players as the targets. The World Series trophies from 2004 and 2007 will be on display. Proceeds for the event go to the Jimmy Fund, which helps fund research for children with cancer.

"With our outreach into New England and our business of developing young baseball and softball players, we have such a blast being involved in this event," said Andrews, son of former Red Sox second baseman Mike Andrews, chairman of the Jimmy Fund.

"We're looking forward to getting everyone out there again and seeing how much money we can raise." Golfers can register at extrainnings.us/golf.htm.

After a top-10 performance that earned her a spot on the all-star team at the East Zone Synchronized Swimming Championship earlier this month, Wenham's Madaleine Hines trekked to Binghamton, N.Y., for this weekend's national championships. She will compete in the 11-12 age group of the duet competition with Meghan Huston of Topsfield, in a second trip to nationals for both girls.

Two years ago, after undergoing Tommy John surgery on his right elbow, Trinity College pitcher Tim Kiely doubted whether he'd play the game again.

This spring, the Bantams assembled easily the best season in school history, a 45-1 record, a NESCAC title, and a Division 3 national crown, and the consensus among baseball writers is that the Bantams couldn't have done it without their gritty senior pitcher from Swampscott.

Kiely was one of two Bantams on the American Baseball Coaches Association Division 3 All-American first team. D3Baseball.com gave him the same honor.

The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and the New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association named Kiely the New England Pitcher of the Year in Division 3. He was voted the top pitcher in the NESCAC and ECAC.

Kiely set a school record with 11 wins, throwing seven complete games and two shutouts in the process, with a 1.48 ERA.