Sports Briefs

The Security Federal Savings Bank tennis tournament is scheduled for June 5-9 at the McMinnville Civic Center tennis courts. Entry fee is $15 per person for singles and $15 per person for doubles, except for members of MTA, whose fee is $10 per event. Men?s singles and Ladies singles, with A, B and C divisions. Junior divisions and men?s, Ladies and Mixed doubles divisions. Trophies for 1st and 2nd place and T-shirt will be given to each entrant. Deadline to enter is June 1. For more information and a registration form contact the Civic Center or David Dunlap at 473-6357.

WCHS Softball Tryouts

Coach David Upton will hold tryouts for the Lady Pioneer softball team on May 22 and 23 from 6-8 p.m. at the WCHS softball field. This tryout is for upcoming 9-12 graders and attendance is required for both sessions. Bring your glove, cleats and bat. Consent forms must be signed on first day of tryouts. For more information contact coach Upton at the WCHS, 668-5858.

Summer Tennis Camp

USPTR instructor and WCHS coach David Dunlap will be conducting two tennis camps, with the first being offered May 28-June 1 and the second running July 23-27. The camps will be held at the McMinnville Civic Center courts as a cost of $80 per week ($10 late fee after May 20). Each 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.

USSSA Boys Tournament

There will be a boys USSSA softall tournament on May 19 at the Centertown ballparks. There will be four divisions: boys 18-under, boys 16-under, boys 14-under, boys 12-under. Entry fee is $145 plus sanction fee of $8. For more information contact Gerald Curtis at 931-273-9449 or Ken Dalton at 615-478-1250 or 615-849-7415.

Lady Pioneer Basketball Camp

WCHS girls basketball coach Ann Eades and her staff, along with the Lady Pioneer basketball team, will hold their annual girls basketball camp for girls in grades 3-9 on June 18-21 in the WCHS gym. Cost of camp is $40 per camper or $30 for more than one camper per family.

This camp is designed to improve a player?s individual skills in both post and perimeter positions. Emphasis will be placed on post moves, dribbling, passing, rebounding, and various other individual skills needed to be a successful players. Also new to camp will be a Shoot Away to work on correct shooting form daily.

For more information contact coach Eades at 635-2047 or 668-5938. Early registration is encouraged, or can be done on the 18 from 7-8a.m.

May Madness Camps

The May Madness Boys Basketball Camp will be from May 14-18 for boys entering fifth through eighth grade. Instructors will teach the fundamentals of basketball each day at the WCMS gym from 3-5 p.m. The cost is $30, and includes a camp T-shirt. For more information call coach Monica Moore at 808-1375.

More WCMS camps/tryouts

? The WCMS girls soccer camp will be held May 14-15 at Pistole Park, from 3:45-5:30 each day.

??WCMS boys basketball tryouts for the fifth- and sixth-grade team will be May 21 and 22 at the WCMS gym from 3:30-5:30 each day.

WCMS Girls Soccer Tryouts

Tryouts for the Warren County Middle School girls soccer team will be May 14-15 from 3:45-5:30 p.m. at Pistole Park. The tryouts are for up coming 6-7-8 grade girls. There will be a parent meeting on May 17 in the WCMS cafeteria. For more information contact coach Alan Brownyard at WCMS.

NSA Bronco Buster

A Men?s D and E tournament will be played May 19 at the fairgrounds. Entry fee is $175, plus a $25 sanction fee if not already NSA sanctioned. Deadline to enter is May 17. NSA rules will apply, and NSA-stamped balls will be used. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd will be awarded if 10 or more teams enter.

Concessions and scorekeeping will be provided by the Boyd Broncos baseball team as a fundraising project. Contact Mary Roller at (931) 212-3223 or 473-0010 for more information.

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