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Neighbor sports--upcoming

Wrestling

Grapplers registration: The Kane County Grapplers will begin registration for its 2007-08 wrestling season from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Elgin High School, 1475 Larkin Ave., Elgin, and South Elgin High School, 760 E. Main St. It also will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday in the lobby of The Centre of Elgin, 100 Symphony Way, and in the South Room of the Bartlett Public Library, 800 S. Bartlett Road.

Other registration dates include: 1 to 4 p.m. Oct. 7 in the South Room of the Bartlett Public Library, 800 S. Bartlett Road; 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 20 at Elgin High School, 1475 Larkin Ave., Elgin, and South Elgin High School, 760 E. Main St.; and 1 to 4 p.m. Oct. 21 in the lobby of The Centre of Elgin, 100 Symphony Way.

The season will be November through March. Bring a copy of the birth certificate and checks to cover fees. Registration is $125. Forms will need to be filled out at time of registration. A part of the IKWF Illinois Kids Wrestling Federation, it is a program for kindergarten through eighth grade who want to learn wrestling skills through a fun and competitive program. They have scheduled weekday practices and attend tournaments on the weekends. For details, call Dan Easter at (847) 697-8131 or e-mail daneaster@sbcglobal.net.

Volleyball

Fall camps: Sky High Volleyball will hold "Volleykids," a fall camp for those in fourth to eighth grade on Sunday evenings from Oct. 7 to Dec. 16 at the following locations.

• Sixth to eighth grades: 7 to 8:30 p.m., Libertyville, and 6 to 7:30 p.m., Prairie Stone

• Fourth to eighth grade: 6 to 7:30 p.m., Crystal Lake.

The cost is $120 per athlete for the 10-week sessions, which includes 15 hours of instruction. Athletes are split into separate groups based on ability and receive a complimentary T-shirt. Sky High provides all the coaches. Each week athletes receive one hour of on-court instruction and 30 minutes of game-like situations.

Sky High Athletic Center is at 220 Exchange Drive, Suite F, Crystal Lake; Libertyville Sports Complex, 1950 N. Route 45, Libertyville; and Prairie Stone Sports and Wellness Center, 5050 Sedge Blvd., Hoffman Estates.

To register, call Sky High at (815) 356-0006 or register online on the Web site at www.skyhighvolleyball.org.

Baseball

CDBL travel team tryouts: The Central District Baseball League will hold tryouts for the 11-U, 13-U and 14-U Travel Teams in September.

Tryouts for the 11-U Travel Team will be at 1 p.m. Sept. 23 at Plato Field No. 1. This is for players who will not turn age 12 prior to April 1, 2008.

The tryouts for the 13-U Travel Team will be at 2 p.m. Sept. 23 at Stonecrest Field No. 3. This is for 13-U players who will not turn age 14 prior to April 1, 2008.

The tryouts for 14-U Travel Team will be at 4 p.m. Sept. 23 at Stonecrest Field No. 3. This is for 14-U players who will not turn age 15 prior to April 1, 2008.

For information, call Ed Zasada, CDBL travel team coordinator, at (847) 464-4340 or e-mail to edzasada@earthlink.net

Players should wear standard baseball practice attire and bring their own equipment, including bats, gloves, etc. Tryout results will be posted on www.cdbaseball.org.

To submit your sports events, e-mail to youthsports@dailyherald.com or fax to (847) 608-0987.