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.
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.
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.
Youth soccer sign-ups
Final registration for the Warren County Youth Soccer League will be Friday, July 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.
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 July 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.
Pioneer Youth Football sign-ups
The Warren County Pioneer Youth Football League will continue to hold sign-ups each Saturday in July, at their locker room 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.
The league also has an opening for a head coach for a 7- and 8-year-old team. Anyone intrested should come by during sign-ups or call Pat and Rhonda Moran at 668-2304 for information.
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, for players in grades 3-8. Sessions will be from 5 p.m. 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.
YMU Adult Flag Football
Young Men United will be organizing an adult flag football league, to play in late summer and early fall. If your team is interested in playing, contact Robert Wood at 931-224-7445 or Phyllis K. Nowlin at 931-815-9770. Entry fee is $300 per team, and the deadline to enter is Aug. 10.
Tennis camp
Coach David Dunlap will provide tennis instruction at one final this summer. Entry fee is $75, with classes divided into three age groups. Ages 5-8 will have class from 10-11 a.m., while 9-11 year-olds will be from 11 a.m. until noon and 12-16 year-olds will be from noon-1 p.m.
The camp dates are July 31-Aug. 4. For more information call the Civic Center at 473-1212 or Dunlap at 473-6357.