Neighbor Sports
Baseball
Travel tryout: The Hoffman Heat 13U travel baseball team scheduled a final tryout for the 2008 season from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at High Point Park (near MacArthur School), 1800 Chippendale Road, Hoffman Estates. Players cannot turn 14 years of age before May 1, 2008.
The Heat, which plays in the Mid Suburban Baseball League, will play 40 to 50 games next season in the area suburbs and are considering a trip to Cooperstown, N.Y., to play at the Baseball Hall of Fame tournament. Practices start in January and the season concludes by Aug. 1. The Heat closed out its 2007 season by winning the Old-Timers Athletic Club 12U Tournament in Racine, Wis.
For information and to register, call Jim Decker at (847) 302-7173.
Basketball
Boys tryouts: The Blazers will hold tryouts for the fifth- and sixth-grade AAU team from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at Bartlett High School, 701 Schick Road, Bartlett. Anyone unable to make the tryout, call Joe at (847) 531-8318.
Training camps: The Net Burners will hold camps for boys and girls in fourth to 10th grade. In the Paint: Post and Guard Training Camp will be held from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. Sept. 12 to Oct. 17. In the Ultimate Impact Training Camp, held from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Sept. 12 to Oct. 17, everything is covered including fundamentals, speed and agility and techniques. Both camps will take place at Palatine Birchwood Recreation Center, 435 W. Illinois St., Palatine. Those who sign up for two camps will receive a discount. Call Toron at (847) 791-5033 to sign up.
Swimming
Registration: The District 211 Swim Team Feeder Program is accepting registrations for its upcoming season, which begins Monday. 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 information or questions, call Coach Ed Richardson at (815) 788-5156 or Mauro D'Andrea at (847) 345-8667.
Volleyball
September tryouts: The Sports Academy-Northwest at 355 Hastings Drive, Buffalo Grove, will hold tryouts for the boys 2007-08 volleyball season at the following times.
• 15- and 16-year-olds (freshmen and sophomores) -- 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. today, 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Sept. 13, 9 to 11 a.m. Sept. 15, 9 to 11 a.m. Sept. 16 and 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Sept. 19.
There will be a parent meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. on Sept. 20.
• 17- and 18-year-olds (juniors and seniors) -- 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. today, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 13, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 15, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 16, and 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 19.
There will be a parent meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. Sept. 20.
The age definitions are:
• 18 and under (18U) -- Seniors born on or after Sept. 1, 1989, or players who were born on or after Sept. 1, 1988, and a high school student during some part of the academic year.
• 17 and under (17U) -- Juniors born on or after Sept. 1, 1990.
• 16 and under (16U) -- Sophomores born on or after Sept. 1, 1991.
• 15 and under (15U) -- Freshmen born on or after Sept. 1, 1992.
• 14 and under (14U) -- Eighth-graders born on or after Sept. 1, 1993.
• 13 and under (13U) -- Seventh-graders born on or after Sept. 1, 1994.
• 12 and under (12U) -- Sixth-graders born on or after Sept. 1, 1995.
Both the TSA tryout registration/waiver and the USAV tryout waiver and release must be completed by parent/guardian before tryouts.
For more information about TSA Club volleyball tryouts and the 2008 TSA Team USA travel program, call (847) 279-3934 or go to the Web site at www.tsanorthwest.com.