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The McMinnville Parks and Recreation Department will hold a six-on-six volleyball tournament at the McMinnville Civic Center Feb. 19, starting at 4 p.m.
Entry fee is $80 per team with a maximum of seven players per team. Registration deadline is Feb. 11. Awards to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place teams will be given.
The tournament will be limited to first 10 teams. For more information call Jeff Anselmo at 473-1212.
Select Soccer
There will be an organization meeting for girls select soccer grades 6-8, January 20 at 7 p.m. at Pistole Park.
Titans Youth Football Monthly Meeting
The Warren County Titans Youth Football League will hold their first monthly meeting for 2005 on January 22 at 10 a.m. in the back banquet room at Shoney’s. The Titans organization invites anyone who would like to coach youth football, help with cheerleading program, or is interested in more information about the league to please attend.
MTSU baseball camp
MTSU head baseball coach Steve Peterson and the Blue Raider baseball team will hold the annual Show-Me baseball camp on Sunday, Feb. 13, at Reese Smith Field.
Also scheduled to appear at the camp will be former Blue Raiders and current professional baseball players Jason Maxwell (Tampa Bay Devil Rays), Bryan Peck (Colorado Rockies), Adam Larson (Chicago White Sox), Chad Cooper (Tampa Bay Devil Rays), Jerry Knox (Shreveport Sports), Brett Carroll (Florida Marlins), Chris Mobley (Florida Marlins), Jeremy Owens (Boston Red Sox) and John Williams (Minnesota Twins). All of these players will be available if schedules permit.
The camp runs from 1-5 p.m. and will include instructional sessions on hitting, pitching, infield play, outfield play and baserunning. Campers between the ages of 6 and 12 are invited to attend.
Campers should bring their own gloves and be ready to participate in drills and instruction as well as be prepared to listen and learn.
The cost to attend the camp is $70 for pre-registered participants and $80 for campers signing up on the day of the camp. The camp registration includes insurance and a camp T-shirt. Parents may attend free with a paid camper.
Camp registration will be held between noon and 1 p.m. in the lower level of Murphy Center. Pre-registration materials may be obtained by contacting Coach Peterson at MTSU Box 90, Murfreesboro, TN 37132; by calling 615/898-2450 or 2961; or by downloading the brochure on the baseball page at goblueraiders.com.
Young Men United Basketball Camp
If you’re interested in your child learning how to play basketball, you can bring them to the Bobby Ray Gym on Sunday evenings from 5:30-8 p.m. every week. The gym is strictly supervised, and everyone is welcome. Any age group and adults are also welcome. For more information contact Donald Crisp at 815-3993.
January Jam table tennis tourney
Sign up and start practicing now for McMinnville Parks and Recreation’s January Jam Table Tennis Tournament, to be held at the McMinnville Civic Center Saturday, Jan. 15, beginning at 9 a.m.
The entry fee is $8 per person for singles and $4 per person for doubles. Forms are available at the Civic Center.
The divisions are singles (mixed) and men’s doubles. The singles division will be divided into either competitive or recreational divisions. T-shirts will be given to the top three competitors in each division.
Registration is now open, so please register early. The deadline for registering is 5 p.m. on Jan. 12. For more information, come by or call the Civic Center at 473-1212.
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The Southern Standard’s “Sports Briefs” are provided as a courtesy, free of charge, to our readers who wish to publicize their sporting events (tournaments, camps, sign-ups, etc.)
“Sports Briefs” are printed in the Standard sports section at the discretion of the sports department, and only when space in the section allows. At times, events occuring in the distant future may be cut from an issue to conserve space.
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