Game Plan
Published 10:30 am Wednesday, November 12, 2014
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Adult basketball registration
Registration for the Vicksburg Parks and Recreation Department’s adult men’s and women’s basketball leagues is now open and will continue until Dec. 17. Games will begin on Jan. 12.
The registration fee is $125 per team, plus an extra $10 fee for each non-city resident. Team fees will not exceed $175. Registration packets can be picked up at the Parks and Rec offices at 100 Army Navy Drive, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each weekday.
There will be a mandatory coaches meeting on Dec. 29. For more information, call Parks and Recreation Department director Joseph Graves at 601-634-4514.
MSU drop-down pitching camp
Mississippi State will host its drop-down pitching camp Dec. 13 in Starkville. The camp will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and is designed to provide intensive instruction on all aspects of drop-down pitching for players in high school and junior college. The instructors will be MSU pitching coach Butch Thompson and former major leaguers Chad Bradford and Scott Sullivan.
The cost of the one-day camp is $200. Players can sign up at hailstate.com/camps, and registration will begin at 8 a.m. the day of the camp.
For more information, email Thompson at BThompson@athletics.msstate.edu.
Southern Miss baseball camps
Southern Miss will host its Fall Showcase baseball camp on Nov. 22 at Pete Taylor Park in Hattiesburg. The camp is designed to allow current high school and junior college players a chance to showcase their abilities and receive instruction from current Southern Miss coaches, junior college coaches, and other schools.
Registration starts at 11 a.m., and the camp at noon. The registration fee is $155 per camper.
For more information, visit southernmissbaseballcamps.com, call USM assistant baseball coach Clint Brown at 601-266-6542, or email him at Clinton.Brown@eagles.usm.edu.
Blues Marathon needs volunteers
The Mississippi Blues Marathon, the state’s largest road race, is looking for volunteers to assist with race operations.
Volunteers are needed to assist with check-in on Jan. 9 and the race in Jackson on Jan. 10. Volunteer responsibilities include everything from assisting with registration at the Jackson Convention Center to helping direct runners around the race route and manning water stations.
Volunteer registration is available at msbluesmarathon.com.
For more information on volunteering or the race, call 601-624-7882 or email info@bluesmarathon.com.