Game Plan

Published 10:25 am Wednesday, March 18, 2015

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Adult softball registration open

Registration for the Vicksburg Parks and Recreation Department’s adult softball league is open until April 13. There are men’s and women’s leagues avaialble.

The registration fee is $175 per team, plus $10 for each Warren County resident who does not live inside the city limits, and $20 for residents of Claiborne, Sharkey and Issaquena counties. Registration packets can be picked up at the Parks and Rec office at 100 Army Navy Drive.

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There will be a mandatory coaches meeting April 8 at 6:30 p.m. at the Parks and Rec office. For more information, call 601-634-4514.

Umpires, scorekeepers needed by city

The Vicksburg Parks and Recreation Department is in need of umpires and scorekeepers for the 2015 youth baseball season. For more information, call Joseph Graves at 601-634-4514.

ASA umpire meeting at Parks and Rec

A mandatory meeting for all prospective softball umpires in the Vicksburg Parks and Recreation Department leagues will be held tonight at 6:30 at the Parks and Rec office at 100 Army Navy Drive.

All umpires wishing to work in the 2015 season must attend this meeting.

For more information, call Joseph Graves at 601-634-4514.

YMCA Tee Ball registration

Registration for the Vicksburg YMCA’s Tee Ball program is now under way. Tee Ball is for boys and girls ages 4-6 and is intended as a beginners’ baseball league. The six-week program will be held at the Purks YMCA Field.

Registration will continue until April 4 and the season begins April 14. Space is limited. For more information, call 601-638-1071.

Lifeguard class offered at YMCA

The Vicksburg YMCA will hold an American Red Cross lifeguard training class beginning April 6. The two-week course will be held from 6 to 8:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and will be taught by veteran American Red Cross instructors Susan and Bob Athow and Sylvia Gurtowski.

Interested candidates must be at least 15 years old and complete a 300-yard swim and a strength and fitness test prior to class in order to qualify. Cost of the class is $100 for YMCA members and $115 for non-members.

Registration is open at the Purks YMCA. For more details please call 601-638-1071 or City Pool at 601-634-4516.

Hinds CC soccer recruiting camp

The Hinds Community College women’s soccer program will host a recruiting camp on May 30. The camp is for rishing female high school seniors and will be held on the Raymond campus beginning at 10 a.m.

The cost of the camp is $30. For more information call Marcille McLendon at 601-857-3331.