Area sports calendar 12/23/04

Baseball

Lessons available: Southern Premier Sports is accepting registrations for individual and team lessons to be offered in January. Registration also is being accepted for baseball hitting and pitching camps Jan. 13 and Jan. 15. Info: Jim, (800) 593-5454 or (618) 435-4314.

Soccer

JAOSA registration: The Jackson Area Optimists Soccer Association will have a registration session 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 5 at Main Street Fitness in Jackson and another 5:30 to 8 p.m. Feb. 8 at Nearly Perfect Shoes in Jackson. The fee is $35, and the league is open to those in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade.

Softball

Southeast winter clinics: Southeast Missouri State University will offer its annual winter softball clinics in Houck Field House for girls ages 8 through 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-mail: jsoncini@semo.edu, lrichmond@semo.edu.

Lessons available: Southern Premier Sports is accepting registrations for individual and team lessons to be offered in January. Registration also is being accepted for softball hitting camp Jan. 26 and Jan. 29. Info: Jim (800) 593-5454 or (618) 435-4314.

Volleyball

Coed tournament: The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation's eighth annual Osage Invitational Coed Volleyball Tournament is scheduled for Feb. 13. The event is a 6-on-6 format with three males and three females on the court at all times. Pool play will be followed by a single-elimination bracket for the top two teams from each pool. Entry fee is $52.50 per team by noon on the registration deadline, Feb. 10. Tournament will be played at the Osage Community Centre with check-in at 9 a.m. and games beginning at 10 a.m. Info: Michelle Fitzgerald, 335-5421.

Fundamentals class: The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department will team up with the Southeast Missouri State University women's volleyball team for the Fundamentals of Volleyball Class 9-11 a.m. Jan. 29 at the Osage Community Centre. The class is open to boys and girls ages 7 to 12. Cost is $10.50 per person. Registration deadline 5 p.m. Jan. 24.

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