Game Plan
Published 10:06 am Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Mississippi-Louisiana Bowl
The Vicksburg-Warren Flag Football Association will host the annual Mississippi-Louisiana Bowl Classic Saturday at noon at the Vicksburg Junior High football field on Baldwin Ferry Road.
The event will feature adult flag football games between the Vicksburg Street Stars, Vicksburg Bull-Dawgs and Louisiana Soldiers, but there are also a number of activities for children.
The Vicksburg Packers and Hammond Vipers will play a 12-year-olds’ tackle football game, and a punt-pass-kick competition will be open for boys and girls ages 9-12.
Admission is $1. For more information, call James Judge at 601-415-4500.
Adult basketball league
Registration for the City of Vicksburg’s adult men’s and women’s basketball league will continue through Dec. 28. Registration packets can be picked up at the Jackson Street Community Center or the Parks and Recreation offices at 100 Army-Navy Drive. Games begin Jan. 11.
The registration fee is $125 per team, plus a $10 fee for non-city residents. Team fees will not exceed $175. There will be a mandatory coaches meeting Dec. 30 at 6:30 p.m. at the Parks and Recreation office. For information, call 601-634-4514.
River City Showcase
Triumph Ministries will host the inaugural River City Showcase basketball tournament April 9, 2016 at Vicksburg High School. The event will feature senior players from more than 20 area high schools. For more information, visit TMIVicksburg.weebly.com.
Fall tennis program
The City of Vicksburg’s youth fall tennis program is under way at the Halls Ferry Park courts. The program will run Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, from 5 to 6 p.m., and is free. For more information, call Rick Shields at 601-618-4757.
MSU baseball camps
Registration is now open for the Mississippi State Winter Baseball Camps, a series of six camps scheduled for January at the school’s Starkville campus.
The first two sessions are scheduled for Jan. 9 and 10 and are for players in grades 1-8. Sessions three and four, set for Jan. 16 and 17, are for high school players. Session five (Jan. 22-23) and session six (Jan. 23-24) are father-son camps for children in grades 1-6.
The camps will be directed by Mississippi State coach John Cohen and his staff, and will be held at the Palmeiro Center indoor facility and Dudy Noble Field. The cost of each session is $125, or $225 for the two-session set for sessions 1-4. The cost of sessions five and six is $99 per child, or $175 for a father and two sons.
For more information or to register, visit HailState.com/baseballcamps, call Will Coggin at the Mississippi State University baseball office at 662-325-3597, or email him at WCoggin@athletics.msstate.edu.
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