Sports Briefs

The Centertown co-ed league will be holding a meeting to discuss their fall league

USSSA tourney

A USSSA softball tournament for men?s Class D and E teams will be held at the Warren County fairgrounds on Sept. 2. Entry fee is $175, plus a $25 sanction fee. Teams must provide their own 44 or 47 core, USSSA-stamped softballs, which will be available for purchase at the tournament.

The home run limit will be three, with additional homers counting as an out. Deadline to enter is Wednesday, Aug. 30, at 10 p.m.

For more information call Terry Beard at either (931) 815-3253 or 473-3530.

Troy Jones Memorial Golf Tournament

On August 26 at the Reserve at Collins River a four-man scramble will be held in honor of the late Troy Jones. All profits will go to a scholarship fund to a graduating senior planning a career in education.

Cost is $75 per person, which includes lunch. The field is limited to 14 teams in the 8 a.m. bracket and 14 teams in the 1 p.m. bracket. Cash prizes to the top four teams, hole-in-one prize, closest to pin and mulligans will be sold, and door prizes will be given away. Driving range will be open. For more informmation call the Reserve at Collins River at 931-668-7749.

Pioneer season tickets

Reserved-seat season tickets for WCHS football are now available from George Smartt. Cost is $5 per game, and tickets must be ordered prior to the first Pioneer home game, which is scheduled for Sept. 1.

Reserved parking passes are also available for $5 per game.

Last year?s season ticket holders had until Aug. 20 to keep their present seats. For more information, contact Smartt at 66-4891.

Jake?s Day

The Ben Lomand Longbeards, the local chapter of the National Wildlife Turkey Federation, will be holding Jake?s Day, (Juvenilies Acquiring Knowledge Ethics and Sportsmanship) on Aug. 26, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. The day will feature fishing, skeet and trap shooting, .22 rifle, archery and BB guns. Prizes will be given away and food and drinks will be provided. To get there take Highway 55 towards Manchester. Take a left pass the David Bryant Livestock Barn and follow signs. For more information contact Joe Shelton at 607-1194, Tim Gallagher 259-1022, John Robinson 607-7564 or Tim Crouch 607-0635.

Private tennis lessons

Beginning Aug. 14, Warren County tennis coach David Dunlap will be offering tennis lessons for youth and adult players. Youth lessons will be Monday through Thursday at 3:30 p.m., with adult lessons to follow at 5:30 on Mondays and Wednesdays. Anyone interested in lessons can contact coach Dunlap at 473-6357.

Church league fundraiser

The Warren County Church Softball League will hold a fundraiser tourney at the fairgrounds on Saturday, Aug. 26 for men?s D and E class and women?s D class teams. The 0-2-4-6-8 home run rule will be used, followed by an out. With 10 teams or more, first place will receive a 28 oz combat B1. Entry fee is $160, and deadline to enter is Wednesday, Aug. 23, at 10 p.m. For more information, call Terry Beard at 931-815-3253 or 931-473-3530.

Eagle Shootout golf tourney

The 3rd annual Eagle Shootout Golf Tournament will be played at Fall Creek Falls on Sept. 23. All money raised goes to support the Van Buren County boys and girls basketball teams.

Entry fee for the four-player scramble is $50 per player, and includes green fees, cart and free range balls. Tee times begin at 8:40 a.m., and go off every eight minutes. Tee times are given on a first-come, first-served basis.

Awards for the top three teams, as well as two closest-to-the-pin contests, two longest drives and a putting contests will be up for grabs.

Please try to reserve your tee time by Thursday, Sept. 21. For more information contact coach Dustin Sullivan at (931) 946-2442, ext. 6, or either (931) 273-9239 or 946-2088.

?Hit Me? dodgeball tournament

The McMinnville Parks and Recreation Department will be hosting its first-ever dodgeball tournametn on Saturday, Sept. 30. They will be offereing a junior division (ages 12-15) and an adult co-ed division (16 and over). Registrations will be accepted until Sept. 16, 2006, and pre-registration is required.

Cost is $8 per person, wth 6-8 players per team. Participants can register as a team, or as individuals who will be assigned to a team. Each team must have at least six players, and registration forms are available at the Civic Center. For more information call Jen at 473-1212.

Young Men United golf tournament

Young Men United will hold a four-man scramble on Sept. 23 at RiverWatch golf course in Smithville. Entry fee is $70 per person, which includes tournament round with cart. Lunch, two closest-to-the-hole prizes and longest drive prize will be provided. Deadline to enter is Sept. 10. For more information or to enter contact Wayne Wolford at (931) 212-6609, Charlie Boyd at 212-6072 or contact the RiverWatch pro shop at (931) 761-8124.

?Pioneer Pride Club?

The Pioneer football program is currently accepting memberships for the 2006 ?Pioneer Pride Club,? a booster organization formed last year which offers several benefits to members.

The club is open to any fan or group of fans, at a cost of $150. Money raised from the club fees goes directly to the football program, and it used for equipment, field supplies and any other needs that arise during the year.

For their donation, club members will receive a pair of season tickets, a parking pass close to the main gate, their name in the football program and announced during games, two ?Pioneer Pride? caps, and a halftime meal of two hot dogs, chips and drinks to be served in the booster club booth at each of the team’s five home games.

Anyone interested in joining the Pioneer Pride Club may send their payment ? along with their name, address and number of packages ordered ? to 199 Pioneer Lane, c/o Pioneer Pride Football. For more information, contact Madewell at 668-5905, or send an e-mail to [email protected].

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 6 p.m.

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