Sports Briefs

There will be a fund raiser softball tournament for the Warren County Church League on July 28 at the McMinnville fairgrounds. Cost to enter is $160 and deadline is July 25. For more information contact Terry Beard at 815-3253 or 473-3530.

YMU golf tourney

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.

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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