Game Plan
Published 7:00 am Sunday, October 15, 2017
- Porter’s Chapel Academy seniors Annabeth Miller, left, and Sabrina Embry played in the MAIS fast-pitch softball all-star game on Wednesday. Miller went 2-for-2 with an RBI to lead the Blue Team to a 4-2 win over Embry’s White Team. (Submitted to The Vicksburg Post)
Spooky Sprint 5K
The Spooky Sprint 5K and Halloween Carnival is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 28 in downtown Vicksburg. The event will begin at 8 a.m. at Bancorp South, 820 South Street, and runners and walkers are encouraged to wear Halloween costumes. The registration fee is $35 for the 5K, or $20 for the 1-mile fun run.
Online registration is available at spookysprint5k.webconnex.com/registration17 or at Vicksburg Catholic School.
Pre-race packet pick up and late registration will be open from 5 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 27 at the St. Francis Xavier Elementary School main office, or Oct. 28 from 6:45 to 7:30 a.m. at Bancorp South.
Hinds CC golf tourney
Hinds Community College’s Warren-Claiborne County Alumni Chapter will host the Clyde Donnell and Othel Mendrop Memorial Golf Tournament Oct. 18 at Clear Creek Golf Course in Bovina.
The tournament is a four-person scramble, and will begin with a shotgun start at 1 p.m. Registration begins at 12:30. Prizes will be awarded to the winning team, as well as for closest to the hole and longest drive.
The registration fee is $75 per player and includes green fee, cart, hamburger dinner and refreshments. Hole sponsorships are available for $100, and team sponsorships for $300.
To register or for more information, call HCC alumni coordinator Libby Posey at 601-857-3350, or Clear Creek Golf Course at 601-638-9395.
Disc Hoops exhibition
The Vicksburg Warriors will host an exhibition showcasing the sport of disc hoops — a combination of basketball and ultimate frisbee — at the Purks YMCA Tuesday at 6:45 p.m. There is no charge to participate.
Teams for the four-on-four games will be formed on site and can be same or mixed gender. Substitutes are also allowed.
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