Game Plan

Published 10:30 am Wednesday, January 7, 2015

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Church basketball at Kings Center

The Kings Empowerment Center will host a 5-on-5 youth church basketball league this winter. The league will have three age divisions for players in grades 6-12, and the registration fee is $150 per team.

Registration will continue until Jan. 21. Games begin Jan. 31 and continue until April 18.

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For information, call 601-634-4788 from noon to 7 p.m.

CFL team holding tryout camp

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League will hold a free agent tryout camp Jan. 24 at 1 p.m. at Smith-Wills Stadium in Jackson. The camp is open to all players who have exhausted their college eligibility or plan to leave school early. There is a $100 fee for the camp.

For more information, call Grant Worsley at 769-203-2108.

Chill in the Hills registration

Registration is now open for the 7th annual Chill in the Hills 10K run and 5K race walk. The event, which goes through downtown Vicksburg, is scheduled for Jan. 17 at 8:30 a.m. In addition to the individual run and race walk, there will be a two-person relay division and a 1-mile children’s fun run.

The registration fee is $30 for individual runners and walkers; $60 per two-person relay team; $20 for the 1-mile run; and a $120 team rate for up to five people.

For more information or to register, call 601-636-5703 or visit gracechristiancounselingcenter.com/Fundraiser.html.

Southern Miss baseball camp

The Southern Miss Winter Showcase baseball camp is Saturday at Pete Taylor Park in Hattiesburg. Registration begins at 11 a.m. and the camp at noon. The cost is $155.

The camp is designed for current high school and junior college players to receive instruction from Southern Miss and junior college coaches on defense, improving 60-yard dash times, and hitting.

Registration and camp information is available at southernmissbaseballcamps.com or by contacting USM assistant coach Clint Brown at 601-266-6542 or via email at clinton.brown@eagles.usm.edu.