Game Plan
Published 10:18 pm Saturday, December 5, 2015
WC archery tryouts
Tryouts for Warren Central’s archery team will be held Monday through Wednesday in Gym B, at 4:30 p.m. each day. Students will need to be present all three days and must have a current physical to try out. Sign up sheets will be outside Coach Matt Brewer’s room 503, and Coach Stanton’s Room 304. Students must wear comfortable clothes and closed-toed shoes. No other equipment is necessary.
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 more information, call Joseph Graves at 601-634-4514.
Primitive weapon season
The primitive weapon hunting season for deer is open statewide in Mississippi until Dec. 15. Antlerless deer and zone-legal bucks are eligibile for harvest.
“Primitive firearms,” for the purpose of hunting deer, are defined as single or double barrelled muzzle-loading rifles of at least .38 caliber; or single-shot, breech-loading, metallic cartridge (.35 caliber or larger) and replicas, reproductions, or reintroductions of those type rifles with an exposed hammer; or single or double barreled muzzle-loading shotguns, with single ball or slug. All muzzle-loading primitive firearms must use black powder or a black powder substitute with percussion caps, No. 209 shotgun primers, or flintlock ignition.
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.
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 the Mississippi State coaching staff and will be held at the Palmeiro Center indoor facility and Dudy Noble Field. The cost 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, visit HailState.com/baseballcamps.
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