Sports Briefs
The second annual young men united golf tournament will be played Saturday, Sept. 22, at RiverWatch Golf Club. The four-person scramble will begin at 8:30. Entry fee is $70 per player, with white tees and mulligans available for $5 each and lunch provided after the round.
Prizes for the top three teams will be awarded, as well as closest-to-the-hole and longest drive awards and a $500 cash prize for a hole-in-one. To enter or for more information contact Charlie Boyd at (931) 212-6072 or the RiverWtch pro shop at (931) 761-8124.
August Heat tourney
An open men’s softball tournament will be played Saturday, Aug. 11, at the fairgrounds. Entry fee is $150, and the deadline to enter is Thursday, Aug. 9.
The 0-10 home run rule and other USSSA rules will be used, as well as a courtesy runner per inning and a 12-batter lineup. Teams must provide their own 44-47 core softballs, with any association’s stamp. First through third place and all-tourney awards will be given if 10 or more teams participate.
For more information contact Mary Roller at (931) 212-3223, 473-0010 or 473-8814.
WCMS softball tryouts
Warren County Middle School fastpitch softball coach Tessa Bouldin will hold tryouts for girls entering sixth through eighth grade at any county school July 23 and 24 from 4-6 p.m. each day. Possible make-up tryouts will be held on July 25.
Players are asked to register for tryouts July 23 at 3:30, and a parent or guardian must be present. The tryouts will be held at the Sam Martin Field in the Civic Center complex. for more information contact coach Bouldin at 931-273-6772.
Youth football sign-ups
The Unified Warren County Youth Football League (former JFL and Pioneer Traveling League) will hold registrations for football players and cheerleaders on July 7, 14, and 21 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the locker room behind the Bobby Ray Elementary School. Tryouts and team drafts will follow immediately after sign-ups on the 21st, which is the deadline for registration.
Eligible ages are any child turning 5 years old on or before July 31 and 12 years old on or before the same date. The fee is $40.00 for football with players furnishing a practice jersey (league will have used jerseys for $5), and $20.00 for cheerleaders plus the cost of a cheer outfit. Also a photocopy of their birth certificate will be required.
In addition, all adults who wish to serve as head and assistant coaches need to come by and fill out a registration form as well. They will be available on the same dates above. The league does want to inform all those interested that we will be sharing a schedule with the youth football program in White County which involves each team going to Sparta for one football game, with a playoff to follow at season’s end. For more information, please come by during sign-up dates, or call Pat Moran at 931-668-2304 or Bucky Hobbs at 931-507-8014.
Boys basketball camp
The Future Pioneer basketball camp will July 18-20 at WCHS. Upcoming first- through fourth-graders will be playing from 1-3 p.m. each day, and fifth- through eighth-graders will have camp from 8-11 in the morning. Grades are based on what grade the player will be in when school starts in August.
Cost is $35 to pre-register, and $40 on the first day of camp if the player did not attend last year’s camp. If they did go to last year’s camp, cost is $25 for early registration and $30 on the first day.
You can register early by sending your check (made out to Ryan Smith – Pioneer Basketball), plus the player’s name, grade (2007-08 school year), School he attends, birthday, parent/guardian name and phone number and player’s T-shirt size (youth s-m-l or adult s-m-l-xl). Send that information to: Ryan Smith, Warren County High School, 199 Pioneer Lane, McMinnville TN 37110.
Summer Tennis Camp
USPTR instructor and WCHS coach David Dunlap will be conducting a tennis camp July 23-27 at the McMinnville Civic Center courts at a cost of $80 ($10 late fee after May 20). The camp will have three sessions, ages 5-8 from 7:30-8:30 a.m., ages 9-11 from 9:30-10 a.m. and ages 12-18 from 10-11:30 a.m. You can pick up a registration form at the McMinnville Civic Center.
Centertown co-ed softball
An organizational meeting for the Centertown co-ed fall softball league will be held Sunday, Aug. 5, at 4 p.m. at the Centertown recreational park.
For more information call Gerald Curtis at (931) 273-9449 or Donnie Caldwell at either 668-2503 or 668-8198.
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