The Shelby County Branch of the Birmingham YMCA is currently registering for the spring season of youth soccer. League is open to boys and girls ages 3-12.

Registration fees are $55 for YMCA members and $80 for non-members plus a $15 uniform fee for both.

Deadline to register is February 9, 2003. For more information contact Brian Crumpton at 664-9622.

Youth Volleyball

The Shelby County Branch of the Birmingham YMCA is currently registering for the spring season of youth volleyball. League is open to girls ages 9-12.

Registration fees are $52 for YMCA members and $77 for non-members.

Deadline to register is February 9, 2003. For more information contact Brian Crumpton at 664-9622.

Youth Cheerleading

The Shelby County Branch of the Birmingham YMCA is currently registering for the spring season of youth cheerleading.

League is open to girls ages 4-12. Registration fees are $52 for YMCA members and $77 for non-members.

Deadline to register is February 9, 2003. For more information contact Brian Crumpton at 664-9622.

Adult Basketball

The Shelby County Branch of the Birmingham YMCA is currently registering for the spring season of adult basketball. Registration fees are $500 per team. League play is on Sunday afternoons.

For more information contact Brian Crumpton at 664-9622.

Youth Football

A Columbiana Youth Football League meeting will be held Tuesday, Jan. 21 at 6 p.m. at the Shelby County High School Field House.

Basketball Camp

Applications are being evaluated for the Ten Star All Star Summer Basketball Camp. The camp is by invitation only. Boys and girls ages 10-19 are eligible to apply.

Past participants include Michael Jordan, Tim Duncan, Vince Crater, Jerry Stackhouse, Grant Hill and Antwan Jamison. Players from 50 states and 8 foreign countries attended the 2002 camp.

College basketball scholarships are possible for players selected to the All-American Team.

Camp locations include: Atlanta, Thousand Oaks, Calif., Babson Park, Fla., Dubuque, Iowa, Champaign, Ill., Macomb, Ill., Greencastle, Ind., Atchison, Kan., Owensboro, Ky., Amherst, Mass., Hillsdale, Mich., St. Paul., Minn., Hickory, N.C., Hamilton, Nyy., Bluffton, Ohio, Lock Haven, Penn., Lebanon, Tenn., Commerce, Texas, Blacksburg, Va., Olympia, Wash.

For a free brochure, call (704) 373-0873 anytime.

Lead-Off Banquet

The Shelby County High School Baseball first annual Lead-Off Banquet will be held Tuesday, Feb. 4 at 6 p.m. at the Alabama 4-H Center.

Guest speaker will be UAB head basketball coach Larry Giangrosso.

He will be joined by professional players Dax Norris, Jarrod Kingrey, Justin Carter and Derrick Lewis.

For ticket information call coach Lee Hall at 682-6603.

Baseball, Softball Registration

Registration for the MYAA Youth Boys Baseball and Girls Softball for ages 4-14 will be: Saturday, Jan. 25 from 9 a.m.- 2 p.m.; Thursday, Jan. 30 from 6-8 p.m.; and Saturday, Feb. 1 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Location is Stephens Park in Montevallo.

Please bring a copy of the child’s birth certificate. Cost is boys: $100, second boy, $180 and third boy, $240; girls: $95, second girl, $175 and third girl $235.

Fourth child is free.

For information, call Susan Michael at 220-7941.

Softball Registration

Softball registration for the 2003 season will be: Jan. 31, 6-8 p.m.; Feb. 1, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. and Feb. 8, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Columbiana softball field.

For questions, call Deborah Culpepper at 669-3276.

Dixie Youth Baseball Registration

Registration for the 2003 Calera Dixie Youth Baseball season for ages 4-12 will be Saturday, Jan. 25 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 1 from 10-a.m.-2 p.m. at Oliver Park in Calera at Field No. 1 in the press box (behind the high school football field