Game Plan
Published 10:25 am Wednesday, April 22, 2015
The Vicksburg Post welcomes your items for the Game Plan. Submit items by email sports@vicksburgpost.com for publication Wednesday or Sunday. Be sure to include your name and phone number.
Bubba Mims golf tournament
Porters Chapel Academy will host the 11th annual Bubba Mims Memorial Golf Classic April 29 at Vicksburg Country Club. The event is a four-man scramble and will begin with lunch at 11 a.m. followed by a shotgun start at 1 p.m.
The entry fee is $90 per player and includes cart, beverages and lunch. A hole-in-one prize of a new vehicle from George Carr will be available, along with prizes for cloest to the hole and longest drive.
Hole sponsorships are available for $100, and tournament sponsorships for $395. All proceeds benefit Porters Chapel Academy.
For more information, call Mark Buys at 601-636-3752; Kim Arias at 601-831-4728; Kim Kittrell at 601-415-5586; or Steve Caldwell at 601-636-8692.
Titleist golf demo at Clear Creek
Titleist Golf will hold a demo day Saturday at the Clear Creek Golf Course driving range from 12 to 4 p.m. It is open to the public.
For information, call 601-638-9395.
Play 2 Wynn basketball camp
Former Vicksburg High star Donna Brown-Wynn will host her 13th annual Play 2 Wynn basketball camp June 1-5 at Vicksburg High School. The camp runs from 9 a.m. to noon each day, and is for boys and girls ages 6-17. The cost is $75 per person. Players of all skill levels are welcome.
Brown is a former VHS and Mississippi State star who went on to coach at Mississippi State, Belmont University and Tennessee State. For information, call Donna Brown at 615-974-4015 or email her at dbrownwynn@gmail.com.
Warren Central volleyball tryouts
Tryouts for the 2015 Warren Central girls varsity volleyball team are scheduled for April 30 and May 1. The tryouts will be held in Gym A at 4 p.m. each day, and are for players who will be entering grades 7-12 in the fall.
All players must have had a physical prior to the tryouts. Free physicals will be conducted Saturday at 8 a.m. at Warren Central High School.
For information, call coach Matt Gullett at 601-529-3312.
Warren Central boys soccer tryouts
Tryouts for Warren Central’s varsity boys soccer team will be held May 11 and 12, on the practice field adjacent to Mississippi 27. All participants must wear shin guards, have a current physical and a completed parental consent form. Players can sign up on the front soccer field May 7 and 8 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. For more information, call coach Greg Head at 601-631-1257.
American Red Cross Learn to Swim class
Registration for the American Red Cross “Learn to Swim” program will be held May 13-15 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. each day, and May 16 from 10 a.m. to noon at City Pool.
The cost of each two-week session is $12, and classes are held Monday through Friday. All participants must be at least 5 years old at the beginning of the course.
The sessions will run from June 1-12, June 22-July 3, and July 13-24. Three classes, at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., and 5:45 p.m., will be held each day. Adult and preschool classes are at 5:45 p.m. only.
For information, call 601-634-4516.
Hinds CC football camps
The Hinds Community College football program will host a 7-on-7 camp, as well as a camp for offensive and defensive linemen on the Raymond campus in June.
The linemen camp is June 22-24. Registration begins at noon on June 22. The cost of the camp is $150 for those registered by June 1, or $175 after that date.
The 7-on-7 camp is a one-day session on June 25. beginning at 8:30 a.m. The cost of the camp is $200 for a team of 20 players, plus $25 for each additional player.
To get an application visit hindsccsports.com. For more information, contact Brian Oakes at 601-857-3554, or by email at brian.oakes@hindscc.edu.
Wetlands Junior Golf Classic
The Arrowhead Junior Golf Tour’s Wetlands Junior Golf Classic is scheduled for April 25-26 at The Wetlands Golf Course in Lafayette, La. The two-day, 36-hole tournament is open to golfers ages 11-18. The entry fee is $185. For information, visit arrowheadjgt.com or call 985-630-3066.