Sports Bulletin Board: Oct. 19, 2011

Youth winter basketball league
Shelby County Parks & Rec is offering youth winter basketball leagues. Leagues will be K-2nd grade, 3rd-4th grades, 5th-6th grades, 7th-9ths. There will be a girls’ league for 3rd-5th grades. Cost is $65 per player. SIgn-ups end today. All games will be played on Saturday morning, except 7th-9th grade games on Thursday nights. Tryouts (all new players must tryout) will be Oct. 27 at Settles Gym. Tryout schedule is as follows: 3rd-4th grades 6 p.m.; 5th-6th grades 7 p.m.; 7th-9th grades 8 p.m.; girls’ league TBA. For more info call 633-5059 or visit www.shelbycountyparks.com.

High school winter volleyball league
Shelby County Parks & Rec is offering a Monday night girls’ volleyball league, for those in 5th-8th grades, this winter. Cost is $65 per player. Sign-ups end Oct. 30. There will be a coaches meeting at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 3 in the Athletics Office. Play begins Nov. 21. For more info call 633-5059 or visit www.shelbycountyparks.com.

Basketball sign-ups
Simpsonville Parks & Rec is offering youth winter coed basketball leagues. Registration began Oct. 10 and ends Nov. 12. League play begins after Jan. 2. Divisions and fees are as follows: Pee Wee (ages 4-K) $45; Instructional League (grades 1-2) $50; Youth (grades 3-4) $50; Youth (grades 5-6) $50; Youth (grades 7-8) $55; Youth (grades 9-12) $55. All participants in the instructional and youth leagues are required to attend the skills assessment on Nov. 12. For an application visit www.simpsonvilleparks.com or pick one up at City Hall. For more info call 722-8793. 

High school winter basketball league
Shelby County Parks & Rec is offering a Firiday high school basketball league, for those in 9th-12th grades, this winter. Cost is $50 per player. You can bring a team, or sign-up individually. Sign-ups start Oct. 1 and end Nov. 13. For more info call 633-5059 or visit www.shelbycountyparks.com.

SCHS sports passes available
Shelby County High School sports passes are now available. Passes are $175 for families, $75 for adults and $40 for SCHS students. Passes are good for all sports all year long. For more information contact SCHS Athletic Director Sally Zimmerman at 633-2344 or sally.zimmerman@shelby.kyschools.us.

Basketball & cheerleading signups
Marnel C. Moorman Sr. Family Life Center is having youth basketball and cheerleading signups Oct. 1-Dec. 3. Practice starts Dec. 12 and the first game of the season is Jan. 7. Divisions are 6-8, 9-11 & 12-14 for basketball and 6-8, 9-11 for cheerleading. Cost is $45. For more info call 633-5922 or visit www.claystreetbaptist.org.

Basketball & cheerleading signups
Registration is underway for the Highland Baptist Church Upward Basketball and Cheerleading league for boys and girls ages k-5 through 6th grade is underway. Early registration is $38 through Dec. 10.  Early registration for cheerleading is $42. After Dec. 10, the cost is an additional $10. You may obtain a registration form at the church website at www.highlandbaptistky.com, or by calling the church office at 633-3516 during the day, calling Rick Haven at 633-5848 in the evenings. The first evaluation day is Dec. 3. Practices and games begin in January.

Pre-registration available for September, October hunter ed courses
Obtaining a hunter education course completion card for yourself, or a youth in your family, is easy to overlook until it is too late for the start of hunting seasons. Hunter education courses are not required for children under the age of 12, although a child must be at least 9 years old to take the course. Those required to have a hunting license and born on or after Jan. 1, 1975 must carry a hunter education course completion card while hunting any species. This applies to Kentucky resident and non-resident hunters. Hunters may obtain a one-time temporary hunter education exemption permit, but it is good only for one year from the date of purchase. A hunter education course completion card is good for a lifetime. Hunter education courses are spread over 2-3 days. Training concludes with live range work. Online pre-registration is now available for hunter education courses in September and October. Pre-registration will help hunter education instructors anticipate the number of participants in these courses earlier. The instructors will also have contact information in case of an emergency course change or cancellation. To pre-register for a course, visit the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources’ homepage at fw.ky.gov and select the “Education and Outdoor Activities” tab. Click the the “Hunter Education” tab followed by “Hunter Education Class Schedule.” After selecting a course, the information page comes up and you’ll see a “Register online” link in blue. Hunter education courses are offered across Kentucky all year long. Those without computer access can call the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources for more information weekdays at 1-800-858-1549. A temporary hunter education exemption permit is available to all hunters for a fee of $5.The exemption permit is good for one year only and cannot be renewed. The permit is available online at the department’s website.