Neighbor Sports
Baseball
Classic winner: Tri-Cities won the 12-year-old age division in the Sixth Annual Bartlett Summer Classic held at Ruzicka field in Bartlett. Tri-Cities won the championship game 11-6 against Bartlett American. Three of Tri-Cities' five tournament wins were walk-off home runs.
Bulldog tryouts: Bulldog Baseball will hold tryouts for the 2008 season on Sept. 9 at Redmond Recreational Complex in Bensenville at the following times: 10U, 1 p.m.; 11U, 2 p.m.; 12U, 3 p.m.; 13U, 4 p.m. and 14U, 5 p.m. For more information, contact Levon Deirmenjian at (630) 514-4131 or deirm@aol.com.
Basketball
Girls clinic: Girls interested in playing basketball this winter for the Conant High School feeder program is welcome to attend a free basketball clinic from 1 to 3 p.m. Sept. 8 at Conant High School, 700 E. Cougar Trail, Hoffman Estates. Dan Travers, head coach for girls varsity basketball at Conant will conduct the clinic, assisted by coaches of the feeder program.
The clinic is open to all fifth-, sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade girls residing in the Conant High School area. Tryouts will be held later in September and October.
For more information, contact Tom Bauch at topa3@aol.com or call (847) 352-8050.
3-on-3 tourney: Prospect High School Athletic Boosters will sponsor its annual preseason 3-on-3 basketball tournament Oct. 14 at Prospect High School, 801 W. Kensington Road, Mount Prospect.
The tournament is open to boys and girls in fourth through 12th grade. There will be separate brackets for each age group, except for high school juniors and seniors who will be combined.
The entry fee of $100 per team guarantees a minimum of three games. All proceeds benefit Prospect Athletic Boosters. For more information or for a registration form, contact Lori Frasco at (847) 670-7811, Bill Reed at (847) 272-6010 or visit the Web site www.prospectknights.com.
Teams forming: Next Level Basketball Academy, located in the Schaumburg and Hoffman Estates area, is now forming fall and winter basketball teams for boys in fifth to 10th grade. The fall season begins in September and the winter season starts the second week in November. For more information, call (847) 508-2721 or send an e-mail to nlba1@yahoo.com.
Softball
Players wanted: The Mid-Suburban Panthers 16U Fastpitch Softball team seeks players to fill its roster. There will be fall weekend workouts, games on Sundays with available players and winter workouts on Sunday nights.
Occasional dome ball games will be held Saturday nights against top area teams from mid-November until the end of February. A full tournament schedule of National Qualifiers starts in mid-June, followed by the "A" level Nationals at the end of the season.
For more information, call coach Jeff Balcer at (847) 952-2696.
Swimming
Registration: The District 211 Swim Team Feeder Program is accepting registrations for the season beginning Sept. 10. Anyone entering or currently in fifth- through eighth-grade and living within the District 211 High School boundaries is eligible. No tryouts are required and everyone is welcome. For registration or more information, call coach Ed Richardson at (815) 788-5156 or Mauro D'Andrea at (847) 345-8667.
Alligator registration: The Arlington Alligators Swim Team registration will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 11 in the front main entrance hallway of St. Viator High School 1213 East Oakton St., Arlington Heights. Mail-in registration is currently being taken. The Alligators is a member of USA Swimming with athletes from all over the Northwest suburbs. The team is open to swimmers ages 5 and older who can swim 25 yards of both freestyle and backstroke efficiently.
Through the use of a progressive program, all swimmers whether novice or advanced receive coaching and training. Coaches are USA Swimming and ASCA certified with years of swimming experience. The team is under the direction of Head Coach Mary Ruffin. Last season more than one-third of the swimmers qualified for local, state and national championship meets.
For more information, call (847) 749-4900 or visit www.arlingtonaligators.org.
Volleyball
Coaches wanted: Sky High Volleyball, a not-for-profit corporation, seeks coaches with experience to train boys and/or girls teams.
The boys teams are located in Libertyville, and the girls teams are located in three locations, including Crystal Lake, Libertyville and Hoffman Estates. Convenient schedules and some benefits are offered. Ongoing training is provided to the coaching staff.
For more information, contact Director Scott Harris at (815) 356-0006 or at skyhighvb@aol.com.