Area sports digest 1/27/06

CAYSA registration begins Sunday

The Cape Area Youth Soccer Association spring soccer registration will take place Sunday and Feb. 5 from noon to 4 p.m. at Nearly Perfect Shoes in Cape Girardeau.

The registration fee is $30 for students in kindergarten through eighth grade, and $20 for pre-kindergarten (minimum age is 4, by March).

For more information, go to www.caysarecsoccer.org

Three-day soccer clinic set for February

An entry level soccer referee clinic will be offered in mid-February with three local associations sponsoring the three-day class.

The Cape Area Youth Soccer Association, the Jackson Area Optimist Soccer Association and the Southeast Missouri Soccer Referees Association are teaming up to put on the event.

Classes will be 6 to 10 p.m. Feb. 17, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 18 and 1 to 5 p.m. Feb. 19. River Eagle Distributing, at 2346 Rust Ave. in Cape Girardeau, will be the site.

The cost is $20 for the class. Also, a $25 fee is required to register for the U.S. Soccer Federation.

Participants must be at least 14 years of age.

The class is limited to the first 35 people to apply. For more information, contact Gene Pulley at 335-5901 or (573) 450-4524.

-- From staff reports