Sports Briefs
The McMinnville Parks and Recreation Department is now organizing an indoor adult soccer league. Games will be played on Friday nights, starting Jan. 7. The league will be open to both men and women, 16 years old and older. The cost to play is $20 per person for city residents and $25 for non-city residents. Both individuals and teams may sign up. Individuals who sign up and don’t have a specific team will be assigned a team. Teams that register as a team will carry no more than six players on their roster. Registration will be taken now through Wednesday, Dec. 22, at the front desk of the McMinnville Civic Center. For more information contact Jeff Anselmo at 473-1212.
Young Men United Basketball Camp
If you’re interested in your child learning how to play basketball, you can bring them to the Bobby Ray Gym on Sunday evenings from 5:30-8 p.m. every week. The gym is strictly supervised, and everyone is welcome. Any age group and adults are also welcome. For more information contact Donald Crisp at 815-3993.
Winter 3-on-3 hoops league
The McMinnville Parks and Recreation Department is now organizing the 2005 Winter 3-on-3 Basketball League. There will be no team registration fees as in the past. This year, each player will have to pay $2 each night they come in to play. Also, each non-city residents will still have to pay a one-time $5 fee.
Each team will be allowed to have up to five players on its roster. The league will start Tuesday, Jan. 11, and run through mid-March. Each team will play two games per night and game nights will be held on Tuesdays starting at 6 p.m.
Team captains can pick up team information packets at the front desk of the Civic Center. All team rosters need to be turned in to the Civic Center by Wednesday, Jan. 5. For questions or more information contact Jeff Anselmo at 473-1212.
January Jam table tennis tourney
Sign up and start practicing now for McMinnville Parks and Recreation’s January Jam Table Tennis Tournament, to be held at the McMinnville Civic Center Saturday, Jan. 15, beginning at 9 a.m.
The entry fee is $8 per person for singles and $4 per person for doubles. Forms are available at the Civic Center.
The divisions are singles (mixed) and men’s doubles. The singles division will be divided into either competitive or recreational divisions. T-shirts will be given to the top three competitors in each division.
Registration is now open, so please register early. The deadline for registering is 5 p.m. on Jan. 12. For more information, come by or call the Civic Center at 473-1212.
Girls Select Soccer
Any girls in grades 6-8 who would like to play on a traveling soccer team this spring should contact coach Alan Brownyard at 668-2599.
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The Southern Standard’s “Sports Briefs” are provided as a courtesy, free of charge, to our readers who wish to publicize their sporting events (tournaments, camps, sign-ups, etc.)
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