USA Baseball's inaugural Women's Development Camp takes place this weekend at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary.
Details for that camp and camps in other sports, plus team tryouts, league registration, instruction and tournaments can be found in the Play! Recreational Sports Calendar below, an expanded version of the calendar that appears each Tuesday in the print edition Sports section.
The Southern Zone Age Group Swimming Championships, which start today at the Triangle Aquatic Center in Cary, are just one of the many recreational sports events you'll find listed below in the expanded version of the Play! recreational sports calendar.
Summer has barely started, but already it's time to think about fall, especially if you plan to play in a fall recreational sports league.
Deadlines already are approaching for some organizations, and leagues are filling fast.
Last season, UNC guards Reggie Bullock and Dexter Strickland both suffered severe knee injuries.
They are each progressing at different speeds, but it seems like both will be healthy when practice begins.
Bullock tore a lateral meniscus in his left knee, and had to undergo arthroscopic surgery to repair the damage. He has since been rehabbing, and although he is not back to 100 percent, UNC coach Roy Williams expects for him to be recover soon.
Twenty-two parent-child teams turned out to compete in the Triangle Tarheels Basketball Club’s Mother-Daughter, Father-Daughter Tournament at Youngsville Elementary School in Youngsville.
The double-elimination, two-on-two competition, a fundraiser for the nonprofit team, featured girls ages 9-17 competing with a parent or a mentor, Tarheels coach Ahmad Smalls said.
The Triangle Tarheels Basketball Club fifth-grade girls basketball team completed its AAU season with 30 wins and three losses and earned a place in the Amateur Athletic Union Division 1 National Tournament to be played June 26-July 1 in Hampton, Va.
"We're really excited about that," coach Amad Smalls said Monday night.
To help pay for trip expenses, the team, which place third in the state tournament to take one of four qualifying spots for nationals, is conducting fundraising activities, including mother-daughter and father-daughter tournaments this weekend, and accepting donations, Smalls said.
Upper Room Christian Academy junior is no longer committed to Louisville.
Jackson Simmons, a 6-foot-8 senior basketball standout at Smoky Mountain High, got an unusual telephone call on Wednesday night.
Academic achievements, extracurricular activities and strong essays have earned three young athletes Touchstone Energy Sports Camp scholarships to sharpen their basketball skills this summer.
The Raleigh Vipers, the Raleigh Rugby Football Club’s Division 1 men’s team, is trying to raise $3,000 to help with travel and lodging expenses when the team competes in the Division I playoffs in Boston, starting with an April 30 game against the Boston Irish Wolfhounds.
