Sports Briefs

A men?s and women?s softball tournament to raise money for Camp Heal-a-Heart will be played at the Warren County Fairgrounds Saturday, July 22.

Teams in classes D and E will be competing, with a 0-2-4-6-8 home run limit. First- through third-place will be awarded in both tourneys, provided the women?s bracket has five teams or more.

In the men?s tourney, an MVP and 10 all-tournament awards will also be given if the field includes 10 or more team. First place will receive a 28-ounce Combat B1 bat.

One courtesy runner per inning may be used, and teams must furnish their own 44 or 47 core balls, which will be sold at the tourney. Door prizes will also be given away, and a fundraising bake sale will be held.

Entry fee is $150, and the deadline to enter is Wednesday, July 19, at 10 p.m. For more information call Terry Beard at either 815-3253 or 473-3530 or Dewayne Summers at 409-9367.

Camp Heal-a-Heart is a ministry of Healing Hearts of TN., Inc., a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization.

Co-ed tourney in Dunlap

A co-ed softball tournament will be held Saturday, July 22, 2006 at the Dunlap Recreation Park. Entry fee is $110 per team. There will be a 5 home run limit and .47 core softballs will be used. Teams must consist of 7 men and 3 women. A home run derby will be held at a cost of $5 per 10 pitches.

Proceeds from the tournament will be used to help girls on a 7- and 8-year-old softball team go to the World Series in Pigeon Forge. Contact Del at 827-7180 or 447-8107 for more information.

Centertown USSSA Invitational

A tournament for women?s Class C and D softball teams will be held at Centertown Saturday, July 15. Entry fee is $180, plus a $20 sanction fee. Teams must furnish their own USSSA-stamped softballs.

First- through third-place awards will be given, along with an MVP award and 10 all-tourney honors if 10 or more teams enter.

Deadline to enter is July 12 at 8 p.m. For more information call Gerald Curtis at 273-8943.

WSA men?s tourney

The WSA will hold a men?s Class E tournament Saturday, July 15, at the fairgrounds. The field will be limited to 14 teams.

Entry fee is $170, plus a $30 sanction fee if teams aren?t already WSA sanctioned. Teams must also provide their own WSA-approved Optic Trump 44 core .400 compression softballs, which will be available for purchase at the tournament.

Two home runs will be allowed, with a progressive run penalty following. First- through fourth-place will be awarded, as well as MVP, Golden Glove and All-Tournament awards.

One team in the field will be chosen at random to play for free. Registration deadline is July 13, and you may register by calling Mary Roller at 212-3223 or Mark Ogletree at either 319-1444 or 823-6230.

Fall co-ed league

Anyone interested in having a team in the 2006 Fall co-ed league needs to call Terry Beard at 931-815-3253 or 931-473-3530.

The first 14 teams will be accepted, and the league will play at the fairgrounds. Deadline to enter is Monday, July 24. Entry fee will be based on the number of teams and the league will start the first week of August.

Youth soccer camp

Warren County Youth Soccer, along with the WCHS girls soccer team, will be holding an instructional youth soccer camp Aug. 7, 8 and 10 from 5-7 p.m. each night. The camp registration fee will be $45, and will include a camp T-shirt.

Players 4 years of age and older are invited to attend. WCHs girls coach Keith Hamilton and WCMS girls coach Alan Brownyard will be conducting the camp.

Anyone interested may sign up at the July 13-15 soccer registration, or call Matt at 474-9168.

Pioneer football booster meeting

The high school football booster club will hold a brief meeting on July 11 at 6:30 p.m. at the weight room entrance at the WCHS. The main item on the agenda will be planning for the fall football camp, which will start on July 31. The booster club is responsible for the preparation and serving of the players meals and will need as many volunteers as possible to help. All freshman and varsity parents are requested to attend this meeting.

WCMS softball tryouts

Warren County Middle School coach Tessa Bouldin will hold tryouts on July 17 and 18 at the Warren County High School softball field. On Monday, sign-up will be from 4-4:30 p.m. and tryouts will run from 5-7 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday. You must have a parent present to sign up. For more information contact coach Bouldin at 931-273-6772.

WCMS 6th-grade basketball

Tryouts for the WCMS sixth-grade basketball team will be held July 20-21 at the WCMS gym at 4-6 p.m. each day. Contact coach Bouldin for more information at 273-6772.

Tennis, anyone?

Everyone is invited to the McMinnville Civic Center tennis courts every Sunday and Thursday evening, weather permitting for an evening of tennis, starting at 6p.m.

WCJFL sign-ups

The Warren County Junior Football League will hold sign-ups for the 2006 season on the following dates: July 8,15 and 22 from 9-1 at the Civic Center. The last sign-up day will be July 29, from 9-1 at Warren County Middle School locker room. The fee this year is $40 for football and cheerleading. The league is for kids ages 5-12.

For more information contact Bucky Hobbs at 507-8014.

Youth soccer sign-ups

Final registration for the Warren County Youth Soccer League will be Thursday and Friday, July 13-14, from 5:30 until 8 p.m. and Saturday, July 15, from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the McMinnville Civic Center. Sign-up fee will be $45.

The fee will include a full uniform, and players ages 4-16 are eligible to play.

Turning Two Baseball Camp

WCMS baseball coach Brent Whitlock will be holding his Turning Two baseball camp on July 10-12 from 8:30 a.m. until noon. Cost is $75, which includes a camp T-shirt for ages 7 years and up. For more information contact coach Whitlock at 939-3875.

Pioneer Youth Football sign-ups

The Warren County Pioneer Youth Football League will continue to hold sign-ups each Saturday in July, at their field behind Bobby Ray Elementary School. Sign-ups are from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m., and cost is $40 for both football and cheerleading. Eligible ages are from 5-12 years old.

Anyone interested in helping coach is also encouraged to come by sign-ups or call 668-2304 for more information.

Future Pioneer basketball camp

WCHS head coach Ryan Smith and his staff will hold the Future Pioneer Basketball Camp July 10-12 at the McMinnville Civic Center.

The camp was originally scheduled for the WCHS gym, but was moved to the civic center because of renovations currently being completed on the Dalton Gym floor.

The camp is divided into two age groups, with players placed in those groups based on the grade they will be in for the 2006-2007 school year.

Players in the grade 1-4 group will have camp each day from 1-3 p.m. each day, while those in the grade 5-8 group will have the early sesson, from 8 a.m. until 11 a.m.

?Early Bird? registration is available for $35, and increases to $40 if you wait until the first day of camp to register. To preregister, send your child?s name, grade (06-07 school year), school, birth date, parent/guardian name, phone number, and T-shirt size (youth S-M-L or adult S-M-L-XL) to ?WCHS, attn. Boy?s Basketball, 199 Pioneer Lane, McMinnville TN 37110.? Make checks payable to WCHS.

For more information, contact Smith at 668-5936.

Rotary Golf Tournament

The 20th annual Rotary Golf Tournament will be held August 5 at the McMinnville Country. Cost is $75 per player and you may contact Tommy Crouch at 473-4338, Gene Maxwell at 668-5151 or golf pro Hank Patton at the McMinnville Country Club for more information.

WWJD Basketball Camp

The Fourth Annual WWJD Basketball Camp will be held at the Westwood Church gym this summer. Cost is $40.

The final week of sessions will be July 24, 25, 27 and 28, with age groups for those sessions to be announced. Sessions will be from 5:30 to 8:30 each night.

For more information, call coach Al Wells at 607-1334 or Tim Jennings at either 607-0392 or 668-2392.