Area sports calendar 7/8/04

Baseball

Coach pitch tournament: A tournament for baseball teams with 8-year olds is scheduled for July 23-25 in Cape Girardeau. Coaches will pitch in the tournament. Registration deadline is July 18. Info: Robin McKinley, 332-8927.

Basketball

Youth tournament: Heartland Pride Sports and the Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation are hosting the inaugural Mid America Youth Basketball Tournament July 30 to Aug. 1. The event is for boys and girls in grades 4-12. Entry deadline Friday. For info: 335-4269 or heartlandpridesports.org.

Jackson camps: The Jackson Indian basketball camps will offer a shooting camp for grades 4-7 9 a.m.-noon July 19-23 at the multipurpose gym. Info: Darrin Scott, 204-0171.

Tigers basketball camp: Central High School will host several boys basketball camps in July for those entering grades 3-9 as well as a Little Dribblers camp for boys and girls entering grades 1-3. The cost is $35 for each camp on advance registration with discounts for multiple siblings. Offerings include: Tiger Basketball Camp, July 19-22 (10 a.m.-noon for grades 3-6, and 1-3 p.m. for grades 7-9); High Intensity Shooting Camp, July 26-29 (9-11 a.m. for grades 4-6, and noon-2 p.m. for grades 7-9); Little Dribblers Camp, July 26-29 (2:30-4:30 p.m. for grades 1-3). Info: 335-8467.

Football

Central summer camps: Central High School will offer a team camp for athletes entering grades 9-12 on July 26-29, with 6-8 p.m. sessions at the high school ($10 fee). Info: 334-8091.

Scott City summer camps: Scott City will offer a specialty and team camps for Scott City athletes entering grades 9-12 who intend to play football. Sessions are Monday through Wednesday and July 19-23 at Scott City High School. Week one sessions are 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. and will focus on individual skills. Week two sessions are 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and will focus on team aspects. There is no cost. Info: coach Terry Flanigan, 264-2138.

Golf

Tribal Council scramble: Jackson High School's booster club, the Tribal Council, presents its 12th annual Four-Man Scramble Golf Tournament on July 30 at Bent Creek. Lunch precedes a 1 p.m. shotgun start. Entry fee is $75 per person. Info: 243-5168 or 334-2463.

Four-person scramble: Sixth annual Retired Senior Volunteer Program Golf Tournament will take place July 16 at Cape Jaycee Municipal Golf Course. Format is a four-person scramble. Entry fee: $60 per person or $240 per team. Lunch at noon and 1 p.m. shotgun start. Info: Tina Dohogne, 335-7555.

Miscellaneous

Indian Insider Kick Off Party: The third annual event, a fundraiser for Southeast Missouri State University's football program, will be Aug. 21, beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the A.C. Brase Arena Building in Cape Girardeau. A limited amount of tickets are on sale now for this semi-formal occasion. The cost of one ticket is $100 or $150 per couple. Sigma Phi Epsilon will be providing valet parking and free shuttle service. Info: Susie Dodd, 335-3025, or Laurel Adkisson, 334-1095.

Running

Capaha Classic: The 17th annual Capaha Classic 5-kilometer run and children's one-mile run will be Saturday beginning at Capaha Park. The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department sponsors the event with Kidd's and Pepsi. Registration is 7-7:45 a.m. on race day. Fees are $7.85 for preregistered runners and $9.05 on the day of the race. Info: 335-5421.

Soccer

Southeast camps: The Southeast Missouri State University Soccer Camps include the following sessions: residential camp (coed, ages 10-17), July 29-Aug. 1 with training sessions at Houck Stadium, fees $125 to $200; mini academy (ages 5-11), Aug. 4-6 at Houck Stadium, $40 fee; CAYSA Soccer Camp presented by Southeast coaching staff (ages 5-11), Aug. 9-11 at Shawnee Park complex ($40). Brochures for campus camps available at gosoutheast.collegesports.com; brochure for CAYSA camp at caysasoccer.org. Info: Southeast coach Heather Nelson, 986-6013.

Jackson club tryouts: The Jackson United Soccer Club will have tryouts for boys under-9, under-10, under-11, under-12 and under-13 teams and girls under-9, under-10, under-11 and under-12 teams at the Jackson High School soccer field. Tryouts for boys will be Saturday and July 17. Tryouts for girls will be Sunday and July 18. Each session begins at 6 p.m. Info: Jack Knowlan, 243-7777, or Jack Litzelfelner, 204-7509.

Southeast club tryouts: The Southeast Missouri Soccer Club will have tryouts beginning Saturday and continuing next week at Shawnee Park Soccer Complex Field No. 12. Info: Under-9 boys, Herb Wademeister, 339-2095, or Charles Groshong, 335-3426; under-10 boys Blue, Mike Scott, 335-0580; under-11 boys Lightning, Adrian Toole, 651-8643; under-12 boys Vipers, Kevin Buelow, 334-9217; under-14 boys Warriors, Tom Viers, 335-8680; high school boys, Paul Nelson, 332-1947, or Wedemeier; under-10 girls Quake, Dayna Powell, 334-8325; under-11 girls Crush, Jeff King, 471-3399 or 472-6394; under-13 girls Sharpshooters, Jan Ruopp, 335-3398; under-14 girls Sweepers, Tim Plieman, 651-6628; high school girls training team, Justin McMullen, 332-9871. For any other information, call Nelson or McMullen.

CAYSA registration: The Cape Area Youth Soccer Association will conduct registration noon-5 p.m. July 18 and July 25 at Westfield Shoppingtown West Park. Forms available at Howard's Sporting Goods and Nearly Perfect Shoes. Teams will be formed and parents notified the week of Aug. 19. Fees for fall are $18 for prekindergarten and $28 for players in grades K-8. Registration ends July 30. Info: Marty and Denise Hendershott, 794-2435, or Eric Goeckeler, 332-0899.

Softball

Coed tournament: A one-day, coed slow-pitch softball tournament is scheduled for July 24. The entry deadline is July 22 and the entry fee is $125 per team. ASA coed rules apply, ASA-approved bats and balls can be 44 or 47 core. Five home run limit. Info: Karen, 579-6428, or Matt, 450-5306.

Men's slow-pitch tournament: An NSA men's slow-pitch softball qualifier tournament will be played Saturday at the Shawnee Park Sports Complex. The tournament is open to all classifications. Teams must be NSA registered. Entry fee is $160. Info: Kaed or Michelle, 334-2523 or 335-5421.

Tennis

CATA programs: The Cape Area Tennis Association will offer a number of events this summer: Saturday morning social doubles play, which has started, at Central High School ($1 playing fee); and the Cape Tennis Training Camp, July 26-29, for girls who plan to try out for their high schools' girls teams ($55). Info: Donna Ryan, 243-6246.

Volleyball

Summer camps: Central High School offers a volleyball camp July 26-30 for students entering grades 7-12. Info: 335-8467.

Sand tournament: The third annual 4-on-4 Sand Blast Volleyball Tournament, presented by the Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department, will be July 25 at the Arena Park Sand Courts. The coed tournament has a $63 entry fee and requires each team to have at least one female player on the court at all times. Pool play will be followed by a single-elimination format. Check-in is 9 a.m. and the tournament begins at 10 a.m. Cash prizes for first through third place. Registration deadline is noon Friday. Info: Amy Roth at 334-2859 or aroth@cityofcapegirardeau.org.

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