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Senior 3-on-3 basketball Monday

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By DALE STUBBLEFIELD Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard

Senior 3-on-3 basketball Monday
Members of the McMinnville Bulldogs winning medals in last year?s event are, from left, Bev Schwind, Blanche Cook, JoAn Cantrell, Carolyn Lance, Betty Eaton (deceased), Jo Robinson and JoDean Ward. Not pictured is Wanda Shanks. The district tournament in the Senior Games? 3-on-3 basketball competition is scheduled for Monday at the Civic Center.

On Monday the McMinnville Parks and Recreation Department will be hosting the Senior 3-on-3 basketball games, starting at 9:30 at the Civic center.

This will be a preliminary event to the State Senior Olympic Games, which will be held at Franklin in July. The Tennessee Senior Olympic Games are special events for seniors aged 50 and up.

McMinnville will be represented with a team with players ranging from 70 to 75 years old. They will be playing against a 65-69 age group from Cookeville and a 55-59 age group made up of players from both Crossville and Cookeville.

In 2005 these three teams won Bronze and Gold medals at the Senior Olympics. This year the teams hope to qualify for the 2007 National Senior Games, to be played in Louisville.

Only the Gold and Silver medalists from the State Olympic Games will qualify for the National Senior Games.

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