Exhibition basketball
game cancelled
The exhibition game between the Harlem Rockets Comedy Basketball team and the Emporia Dream Team that was supposed to take place on Oct. 17 has been cancelled.
Mid America
Youth Basketball
The Mid America Youth Basketball tournament schedule is now available for third through eighth grade boys and girls. More than 100 nationwide tournaments are available, and there are discounts for multi-tournament entries. Call (316) 284-0354 or visit www.mayb.com for tournament details.
Deadline for a tournament in El Dorado is Nov. 3. Deadline for tournaments in Topeka, Sterling and Riverside, Mo., is Nov. 10. Deadline for a tournament in Newton is Nov. 24.
Little Spartan Classic tournament
The deadline for the Little Spartan Classic youth basketball tournament, to be held Nov. 18-19, is Nov. 10.
The tournament will be at Emporia High School and is for boys and girls in grades third through eighth.
There is an entry fee of $175, which guarantees each participant four games.
For more information, contact Rick Bloomquist at 343-5102 or 341-2365, or send rosters and fees to Emporia High
School, 3302 West 18th, Emporia, Kansas 66801.
Council Grove
4th Annual Outdoor Youth Event
Area youth are invited to attend a free shotgun and archery shooting and safety clinic from Noon-5 p.m. on Oct. 21 at Council Grove Lake.
Controlled live-fire instruction and a computer hunting simulator will teach safe, responsible and fun shooting techniques.
The Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks (KDWP), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE), the Neosho Valley Chapter of Quail Unlimited (QU), the Kansas Wildlife Officers Association and the Morris County Hunter Education instructors are sponsoring this event, which will provide participants with an opportunity to enhance firearm and archery shooting and safety skills.
Participants will be provided safety and shooting instruction by certified shotgun and archery skills instructors.
All gear and supplies, including shotguns, shells, bows, arrows, targets and eye and ear protection will be provided by KDWP’s “Pass It On” and Hunter Education Programs.
Participants need only a desire to learn some valuable techniques and have fun! Teaching methods almost guarantee that students will be breaking shotgun targets by the end of the session.
Anyone between the ages of 10 and 16 may participate. Participants are required to pre-register for the event. Students are not required to have completed a hunter education course, but prior completion is preferred. The event will be at the COE managed area between Marina Cove and Neosho Park, approximately 1/4 mile west of the COE office at the west end of the dam. Check-in and a free lunch provided by QU, will be between Noon and 1 p.m. Instruction will then begin at 1 p.m. and will end at approximately 5 p.m.
Registration is required by October 16. Those interested in registering or learning more about this special event can contact Brent Konen, Council Grove Wildlife Area Manager, at (620) 767-5900.