Youth basketball tourney, TRYSA fall soccer
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Youth basketball tourney
The Prime Time youth basketball team will hold a 3-on-3 tournament Saturday at the Emporia Recreation Center to raise money for travel and hotel expenses for the MAYB national tournament. The 3-on-3 tourney will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cost is $10 per person or $30 for a team of four. For more information, contact Earl Williams at 481-9622 or freedom@cadvantage.com. Donations are being accepted at www.wewillgraduate.com
TRYSA fall soccer
Registration is being accepted through July 27 for the TRYSA fall recreational soccer season. Registration is available for all children ages 4 to 14 (must be 4 by Aug. 1). Games will begin Aug 22nd. The cost is $45 per player. You can download a registration form from www.trysasoccer.org or come to the TRYSA soccer complex on July 26th from 1 to 3 p.m. and sign up. For questions, call TRYSA at 343-6970.
Twisters tryouts
The Emporia Twisters U-12 soccer team will hold open tryouts on Monday and Tuesday. The Twisters play league games in Manhattan and Topeka. For more information, contact Dave Harding at 366-0505 or at dave.harding@cableone.biz, or Scott O’Mara at 794-3889 or somara@stutler.net.
ERC summer programs
The Emporia Recreation Commission’s summer programs include the following activities with upcoming registration deadlines:
• Fifth- and sixth-grade tackle football league, eight-game season. Practice begins week of Aug. 10, games begin Sept. 5. Registration fee $60 for residents, $75 for nonresidents. Registration deadline Friday.
• Youth tennis instruction, session three, begins Monday and runs through Aug. 12. Instructor is Emporia State tennis coach John Cayton. Registration deadline Friday. Fee is $32 for 5- to 6-year-old age group; $40 for age groups 7-8 and 9-10; and $55 for age groups 11-13 and 14-18. If you have questions, contact Cayton at 340-8047.
For more information on these activities, you may contact the ERC at 340-6300.
Eisenhower tennis tournaments
The Eisenhower Junior Open Classic tennis tournament is a USTA-sanctioned tourney scheduled for Aug. 6-7 in Abilene. Age groups include U-12, U-14 and U-18 in both singles and doubles. On Aug. 8-9, the Eisenhower Classic tournament will be held; divisions include 3.5 and 4.5, with open singles, doubles and open mixed doubles.
Entry fees for both tournaments are $13 for singles and $16 per pair for doubles. The registration deadline is Aug. 3. Checks should be made payable to Abilene Parks & Recreation. Mail to 1020 N.W. 8th St., Abilene, KS 67410. If you have any questions, call (785) 263-7266 or e-mail to recsupv@abilenecityhall.com.
Allen football camp
Shawn Read’s “No Can’ts Camp” will work on football skills with students in third through eighth grades. The camp, from 5-7 p.m. Aug. 4 to 6 in Allen, costs $25, which includes a T-shirt.
Registration is requested by July 29 to guarantee the correct size shirt. To register, e-mail name, contact information and shirt size to jread@amfam.com or call (620) 528-3417 and leave the information on the answering machine.
Football P.A. announcers clinic
The National Association of Sports Public Address Announcers will conduct a clinic for football public address announcers on Saturday, Aug. 1 in Topeka.
The clinic will run from 9 a.m. to noon at Capitol Federal Natatorium at Hummer Sports Park. It will be for announcers of junior high/middle school games, high school games, college games and youth football. The clinician will be Dan Roberts, stadium announcer for the Kansas City Chiefs. High school and college students who are announcing, or want to do so, are encouraged to register.
In addition to the do’s and don’ts of announcing, the clinic will cover the P.A. announcer’s role in promoting sportsmanship and dealing with emergency situations. To obtain information about the clinic and to register, go to http://www.naspaa.net or call (816) 305-6293.
Twilight 5,000
The Twilight 5,000 Road Race and Fitness Run/Walk is August 15 at 7:45 p.m. at the Flinthills Mall in Emporia. The race is sponsored by the Emporia State cross country team. Entry fee is $12 for anyone who registers before August 8 and $16 for anyone who registers after.
Participants will receive a T-shirt. Sizes are only guaranteed for those who register before August 8. The top three winners in each class (men and women) will receive Adidas apparel. For more information, call ESU cross country coach Dave Harris at 341-5938, or e-mail Harris at dharris@emporia.edu.
Youth/handicap deer hunt
The Riley County Fish and Game Association, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks and the Tuttle Creek Lake Corps of Engineers are seeking participants for the seventh annual youth/handicap assisted deer hunt on Sept. 12-13.
The hunt is open to youths 11-16 years old or anyone with a certified disability. Participants will need a Kansas hunting license, a deer permit and, if required by law, must also have taken an approved hunter education course. Rifles and ammunition for the hunt can be provided if participants do not have them. All participants will be required to attend a firearm safety presentation and sight-in at the Fancy Creek Ridge at 4 p.m. on Aug. 30.
Applications will be accepted through Aug. 3. For more information or for an application, contact Steve Prockish of the Tuttle Creek Lake Corps of Engineers at (785) 539-8511, ext. 3167, or e-mail to Stephen.E.Prockish@usace.army.mil.
• Sports Shorts run each week on Thursday. If you have a sports-related announcement that you would like to see in Sports Shorts, e-mail your announcement to sports@emporiagazette.com or fax it to 342-8108 attn: sports. Please include how long you would like your announcement to run.