Register now for sports field day

Local young athletes and sports fans have the chance to spend a day with three of their favorite U.Va. coaches on Oct. 12 for “Taste of the Game,” a program that raises money to relieve childhood hunger in the Charlottesville area. The field day is a joint venture of Share Our Strength, a national organization dedicated to fighting poverty, and U.Va. athletics.

Coaches from baseball, golf, soccer, tennis, basketball, lacrosse, swimming and volleyball will give coaching sessions from 1 to 4 p.m. outside Memorial Gymnasium. A picnic dinner afterwards, event T-shirt and free youth ticket to the Troy State vs. U.Va. football game are included for the ticket price of $20 for youth, plus an additional $5 for accompanying parent. Rain site: The Cage behind University Hall. To purchase tickets, visit the U.Va. athletic ticket office at Bryant Hall from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Mon.-Fri., or register online at www.tasteofthegame.org.