Area Sports BriefsDunes Volleyball Holding Tryouts
ROLLING PRAIRIE – Dunes Volleyball Club will be holding tryouts for teams to compete at the local, semi-travel and national levels later this month at several locations. Players will compete in a group based on a player’s age as of Sept. 1, 2018.
Ages 10-13 tryouts will be held 2-4:30 p.m. Eastern time Sunday and 1-3:30 p.m. Oct. 22 at the Dunes Operations Center in Rolling Prairie. Players ages 14-15 will try out 4-6:30 p.m. Sunday and 3-5:30 p.m. Oct. 22 at the DOC.
Players ages 16-18 will have tryouts 4-6:30 p.m. Sunday and 11-1:30 p.m. Oct. 22 in Rolling Prairie.
Tryouts will also be held at Goshen College on Sunday. Players 12-14 years old are from 10-11:30 a.m. and 15-18 year-olds from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
It’s recommended players try out at the location they wish to practice. Athletes trying for the national or semi-travel teams should plan to attend two tryouts. There is a one-time $50 tryout fee.
For more information or to register for tryouts visit www.dunes.org.
Valley Fall Athletic Awards Oct. 30
AKRON – Tippecanoe Valley will present its fall athletic awards, except for football, at 7 p.m. Oct. 30 in the high school commons. Football awards will be presented at a later date. Refreshments will be served, and the public is invited to attend.
Tiger Booster Club Selling Ads
The Warsaw High School Adult Tiger Booster Club is currently soliciting for ads for the upcoming winter sports program.
Businesses and firms who have advertised in the past were contacted by mail. Anyone else interested in advertising in the program should contact Marlin J. Carr at 574-267-5858 by Nov. 1. In addition, club membership forms have also been mailed to all previous booster club members. For renewal of memberships or to join the club, contact Cheryl Lacheta at 574-372-3605. The Adult Tiger Booster Club supports all sports programs at Warsaw Community High School.
Homes For Haiti Run Oct. 28
ALBION – The Homes For Haiti Trail Run, featuring a 5K run/walk and 10K run, will be held Oct. 28 at Bear Lake Camp.
The course is asphalt and dirt, and will go to the Merry Lea Environmental Center before retuning to the camp.
Registration is $20 and includes a T-shirt if the entry is received by Oct. 15. Race-day registration is available, but the shirt cannot be guaranteed.
For more information contact Tina Vandersaul at tinavandersaul@gmail.com or 260-229-8494. Entry fees can be mailed, with checks payable to Homes 4 Haiti, to Tom Craig, 6504 W. 3100 S, Silver Lake, IN 46982.
Wildcats Hoops Fundraiser Nov. 4
SOUTH WHITLEY – Whitko’s boys basketball team will host a fundraiser breakfast from 7:30-10:30 a.m. Nov. 4 at the AMVETS building, 234 S. State St. in South Whitley.
Tickets are $5 each, and a family of five or more is $20. Children 5 and under are free. Tickets are available from any Whitko boys basketball player, manager or coach, and will also be sold at the door.
