Neighbor Sports

Baseball

Tryouts: The 13-year-old 2008 Streamwood Bulldogs tryouts will be from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday and 10 a.m. to noon Sunday at Rahlff's Woods, Field No. 3, 1400 S. Park Ave. No player can turn 14 before May 1, 2008. Streamwood residency not a requirement. For more information, call Coach Ross at (630) 235-9228 or e-mail 11mustang@comcast.net.

Basketball

Wildcats season ends: The Illinois Wildcats 12U Boys Basketball team returned from the AAU National tournament in Hampton, Va., capping off another successful season.

The Wildcats qualified for nationals for the fourth year in a row after placing third in the state tournament. This year's national tournament featured 118 teams from around the country, and the local team finished in the round of 32 (27th), which was a great achievement for the boys. The Wildcat team is represented by players from Bartlett, Elgin, St Charles, Geneva, Naperville, Oswego, Aurora and Chicago.

If you've got a player going into the seventh grade, contact Coach Larry Whitaker at L.Whitaker@comcast.net for tryout information. Tryouts will be held in late September.

Softball

Panther tryouts: Due to rain, the Mid-Suburban Panthers Girls Fastpitch Softball teams will hold tryouts for the 2007-08 season on Sunday, rain or shine, at Wheeling High School varsity fields, Elmhurst and Hintz roads, Wheeling.

Tryouts for the 12U to 14U team will be from 10 a.m. to noon, and 16U to 18U from 12:15 to 2:45 p.m.

In case of rain, tryouts will take place in the field house adjacent to the varsity field. There are no residency requirements.

For more information, call Jim Neubert at (847) 359-5548, or send an e-mail to neub48@comcast.net.