Area calendar

Basketball

Youth league: The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department will offer a Girls Youth Basketball League for those in grades 3-12. The league will play in three divisions on Saturdays from Jan. 8 to mid-March. A rules meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. today at the Osage Community Centre. The registration deadline is Friday. Info: Amy Roth, 334-2859.

Men's league: The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department will offer a men's basketball league, scheduled to start Jan. 5. Registration ends Dec. 10 and a manager's meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Dec. 14 at the Osage Community Centre. The league will have five divisions for levels of competition, with games played Monday through Thursday nights and on weekends at the A.C. Brase Arena and the Osage Community Centre. Cost is $265 per team due by Dec. 10. Info: 335-5421.

Women's league: The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department is offering a women's basketball league, scheduled to start Jan. 13. The league will consist of one division with games played Thursday evenings at the Osage Community Centre. Cost is $201.60 per team. Registration deadline is Dec. 15. Info: Amy Roth at 334-2859.

Softball

Southeast winter clinics: Southeast Missouri State University will hold its annual winter softball clinics in Houck Field House for girls ages 8-18. The three sessions are: Pitching/Hitting, 1 to 4 p.m. Jan. 15 and Jan. 16; Pitching/Catching/Hitting, 9 a.m. to noon Feb. 5 and Feb. 6; Pitching/Hitting/Defense, 9 a.m. to noon Feb. 12 and 1 to 4 p.m. Feb. 13. Cost is $55 per session. Instructors will be Southeast coach Lana Richmond, her staff and players. Info: 986-6730, 651-2993, or e-mai:

jsoncini@semo.edu, lrichmond@semo.edu