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Spring Hill Dixie League Baseball signups

SPRING HILL - Spring Hill Dixie Baseball will be holding registration for the upcoming spring season from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Saturday. Jan. 9; from 5:30-8 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan, 12; 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Sat. Jan. 16; and from 5:30-8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20. Registrations will be held in the baseball building at Anderson Snow Sports Complex.
Cost is $100 for the season and includes complete uniform, insurance, practices, games, and trophy at the end of the season. Registration is open to players, ages 4 1/2 through age 14. Players cannot turn 15 on or before April 30, 2010.
Please bring copy of birth certificate and player for sizing purposes.
For more information, contact Helen Keith at 797-4934 or e-mail her at greyhoundgrandma@yahoo.com.

Adult Soccer League registration

BROOKSVILLE - The Hernando Adult Soccer League, ages 30 and older, is accepting registration for the upcoming season. Registration forms can be downloaded from the league Web site at www.hernandoadultsoccer.com. 
Cost is $85 per player.
Forms are mailed P.O. Box 15335, Brooksville, FL 34601.
New and returning player registration will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 16 at the Anderson Snow Sports Complex pavilion.
For additional information, contact Alyson Kraft at 796-3630 or contact either Alyson or Tom Brooks via e-mail at alyson@hernandoadultsoccer.com or tom@hernandoadultsoccer.com
 
Adult Baseball League seeking players, teams
 
BROOKSVILLE - The Pasco-Hernando Area Senior Baseball League (PHASBL) is seeking players and teams for its spring season. The league is planning an 18-game schedule beginning Feb. 14. The league is comprised of players, ages 18 and older.
Discounts, of up to $100 are available for early registration.
To register or to get more information, contact Conrad at 683-1692, or visit conradbaseball@bellsouth.net.

HCRD seeks men's flag football teams

BROOKSVILLE - The Hernando County Recreation Department (HCRD) is seeking teams for its upcoming season.
All rosters and fees must be received by Monday, Jan. 4. The league starts Jan. 8.
Cost is $275 per team. All games played at either Veterans Memorial Park or Delta Woods Park.
For additional information, contact the HCRD office at 754-4031.

HYL baseball sets registration dates

BROOKSVILLE - Hernando Youth League (HYL) spring baseball registration must be done in person. Parents must bring a photo copy of their child's birth certificate to keep on file.
Spring ball registration fee is $65 for the first child and $60 for each additional child.
The registration fee must be paid and a copy of the birth certificate must be supplied during registration.
All signups will be held at the Ernie Wever Youth Park pavilions. Signups are set from 6-8 p.m. on Dec. 22.; from 10 a.m. until noon on Dec. 19; from 6-8 p.m. on Jan. 5, Jan. 12 and Jan. 19; from 6-8 p.m. on Jan. 7, Jan. 14 and Jan. 21; and from 10 a.m. until noon on Jan. 16 and Jan. 23.
For additional information, contact HYL's Brooksville Director Bruce Price at 352-797-7999 or online at bruce67price@hotmail.com.

Bombers 12-Under baseball team to hold tryouts

BROOKSVILLE - The Brooksville Bombers, a 12-Under traveling Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) baseball club, will be holding open tryouts for the spring 2010 season at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 19 at Anderson Snow Sports Complex fields. 
Players must be born on or after May 1, 1997 to be eligible.  There will be 2-3 available roster spots. 
The Brooksville Bombers are coming off a successful fall season going 20-9-1.
The team will begin play in late January and play a 40-game schedule, and will be going to Cooperstown, NY for a week-long tournament in the summer of 2010. 
For more information, contact John Hrobuchak at 352-238-9840 or email BrooksvilleBombers@tampabay.rr.com.

Spring Hill Youth Wrestling returns

SPRING HILL - Spring Hill Youth Wrestling season runs until March 18. Practices will be held Tuesday and Thursday nights at Springstead H.S. Grades K-3 will practice 6-7 p.m. Grades 4-8 will practice 7-8 p.m.
For more information, contact SHS Head Coach Swensen at 352-797-7010.

Game officials needed

BROOKSVILLE - The West Central Officials Association is looking for new and experienced football officials to work Pasco and Hernando County middle school, junior varsity and varsity contests for the 2010 season.
Tampa Bay Area Sports Officials are also seeking new and experienced flag and tackle football officials to work youth games in Hernando, Pasco and Hillsborough Counties for the 2010 flag and tackle seasons.
For more information with either association, contact Gary Stanley at 813-989-9387 or online at goldenwings57@yahoo.com.

Hernando Havoc seeks players

BROOKSVILLE - The Hernando Havoc, an under-11 travel ball baseball team, is looking for experienced players.
For a tryout, contact Steve DelGatto at 352-442-1750 or email at delgatto5@earthlink.net.
 
Learn to scuba
    
SPRING HILL - Learn to scuba at the Hernando County Family YMCA. Classes began Dec. 1 and run Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6-9:30 p.m.
This course includes six class and pool sessions for ages 12 and older in good physical health and comfortable in and under the water.
There will also be classes from 8:30 a.m-4:30 p.m. for ages 10 and older, plus open water dives on Thursday and Friday in the Gulf of Mexico or Rainbow River at $20 per day.
Upon completion of the classes persons will be certified as Open Water Scuba Diver, recognized worldwide.
The cost is $120 for YMCA members and $140 for non-members, plus $60 for use of scuba equipment.
Personal equipment, mask, fins and snorkel are not included, but can be purchased at a discount from instructors: Jack Farrell at 727-861-3483 or 800-633-1633 and Mark Butler at 352-214-1171, who are YMCA, PADI and NAUI instructors.
For additional information, contact Olivia Matles at the YMCA at 352-688-9622. 

Brooksville Bulldogs seeking players

BROOKSVILLE - The Brooksville Bulldogs, who sponsors 11-year-old and 12-year-old Amateur Athletic Union (AAU)/USSSA baseball teams, is seeking a few quality baseball players to round out their spring roster.
For information on the teams and tryout dates contact Bruce Price at 1-813-714-1054 or by e-mail at bruce67price@hotmail.com.

Bombers seek additional players

BROOKSVILLE - The Brooksville Bombers Under-11 travel ball team is seeking a few more players for its spring program. The Bombers are an Under-11 Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) team based out of Hernando County.
Players interested should contact Coach Shawn Laferty at 813-267-8530 or contact him online at claferty5@yahoo.com.

Weeki Wachee Preserve to increase access to Spring Hill lakes

SPRING HILL - The Tarpon Coast Fly Fishers (TCFF) and the Land Use Protection Manager, Will Miller, announce that the Weeki Wachee Preserve will now be open two Saturdays per month to vehicle traffic accessed from Osawaw Road in Spring Hill. The gate will be open to allow boat trailer access on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month.
The TCFF is forming a local group of volunteers to assist in managing these lakes to help the land Resources Department. Interested parties in improving the fisheries in the area should contact Roger Maler at rmaler@comcast.net or Kim Devary at 796-7211, Ext. 4458.
The TCFF is a new charter club of Federation of Fly Fishers promoting fly fishing in all waters of all fish species.

Little Buddies basketball program

BROOKSVILLE - The Jerome Brown Center, 99 Jerome Brown Place, is hosting a Little Buddies basketball program, designed to help parents work one on one with their children while teaching them the basics of basketball.
The program is for children, ages 3-8, and begins Jan. 14 and runs for six weeks.
The cost is $50 per child for six weeks and a T-Shirt is included.

Registration open for 24th National Veterans Golden Age Games

DES MOINES, IOWA - Registration is underway for the 24th National Veterans Golden Age Games, coming to Des Moines, Iowa for the first time this May. This is an excellent opportunity for local veterans to compete in sports and recreation events with veterans from across the nation. 
Competition will be held May 27-31, 2010 at the Iowa Events Center. Registration ends Feb. 15, 2010. 
To register, call 1-877-806-8424 or e-mail NVGAG.2010@va.gov or visit the games' Web site at www.veteransgoldenagegames.va.gov to learn more about the games. All veterans registered for care at any Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facility are eligible to compete.
The Golden Age Games is the Nation's largest annual senior sports event for military veterans age 55 and older in the world and began as a way of providing therapeutic recreation to older veterans. Today the games are serious sports competitions for those wishing to aspire to a higher level by competing in the 2011 National Senior Games or other competitions.

124th Silver Spurs Rodeo set Feb. 19-21

KISSIMMEE - Hundreds of the top rodeo professionals are gearing up for the 124th Silver Spurs Rodeo of Champions, Feb. 19-21 at the Silver Spurs Arena at Osceola Heritage Park.
All of the traditional rodeo events will get underway on Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. It's the original extreme sport that will keep fans on the edge of their seats. Events such as bull riding, steer wrestling, saddle bronc riding, bareback riding and barrel racing, along with crowd-pleasing cowboy clowns, will all take place.
Seats are still available for all three rodeo events, ticket prices are $15 per person, children 10 and under are free when accompanied by a paying adult. For advance tickets, call 407-67RODEO or visit online at www.silverspursrodeo.com.
During Friday night's performance, the Silver Spurs will give support to cancer research through a program designated by the PRCA (Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association) called "Tough Enough to Wear Pink". Rodeo fans and participants are encouraged to wear PINK to show their support, a portion of the evening's proceeds will benefit cancer research.
For additional information on the Silver Spurs Rodeo of Champions, call 407-67-RODEO.