Neighbor Sports

Baggo

Baggo signup: The Wheeling Park District Adult Baggo League begins at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 31 and continues for eight weeks through March 20. The fee for Baggo is $20 per team. This session, the league will move to the Gable Grill at Chevy Chase Country Club on Milwaukee Avenue in Wheeling.

Anyone 18 years and over may sign up for the league in teams of two. The game of baggo involves throwing the bean bag through a hole in a wooden board to score three points or on the surface for one point. The first team to 21 wins. Refreshments are available for purchase starting at 5:30 p.m. at the Gable Grill bar.

Register at the Guest Service Desk at the Community Recreation Center, 333 W. Dundee Road, Wheeling, or at www.wheelingparkdistgrict.com.

Baseball

New players wanted: The Chicago North Men's Senior Baseball League is seeking new players for the upcoming 2008 season. The league plays baseball using MLB rules. There are four age divisions: 25 and over, 35 and over, 45 and over, and 55 and over. The season runs from May to September with between 25 and 30 games played at fields in Des Plaines, Northbrook and Bensenville.

The signup deadline is Feb. 28. A league-wide new player evaluation session will be held at 1 p.m. March 1. The cost per player is approximately $300 for the season. For information or to sign up, contact Mike Bryskier at (773) 592-1575 or cnmsblppd@comcast. For more information, visit playbaseballagain.com.

Football/cheer

Pop Warner registration: Hoffman Estates Hawks Youth Football and Cheer will hold early registration from 9 a.m. to noon Feb. 9 at Eisenhower Junior High School, 800 Hassell Road.

Hoffman Estates has the only Pop Warner Little Scholars program in the area, and players from all Northwest suburban towns are welcome. Pop Warner is the largest youth football and cheer organization in the country. For information, go to www.popwarner.com.

There are several levels of tackle football and cheer based on experience for ages 5 to 14. Flag football is also offered for youngsters 5 to 8 who don't want to play tackle football. The program accepts all players regardless of tumbling skills or football experience.

Hoffman Estates is also forming Challenger program flag and cheer teams for 5- to 14-year-olds with disabilities so they can experience everything Pop Warner offers. The Challenger program is a part of the Pop Warner program, and several towns in the Chicagoland conference will have teams.

The Chicagoland Pop Warner conference champions of football and cheer will qualify for the Mid-America regional championships made up of an 11-state region. The region winners travel to Disneyworld for the Pop Warner Superbowl seen on ESPN.

For more information, e-mail hawkpres@comcast.net or go to the Web site at www.hoffmanhawks.org for online registration.

Hockey

Patriots vs. Wildkits: The Stevenson Patriots traveled to Evanston to take on the Wildkits in a JV Metro North hockey match. The Wildkits bottled Stevenson up for the better part of two periods. Stevenson did score first however. After a scoreless opening frame, Ricky Razdolsky got a goal when he sent a shot from the right boards about 40 feet from the net into the goal half a minute into the second period.

For most of the rest of the period that was the only score, as goalie Mitch Levinson bailed Stevenson out several times with clutch saves. But with 5 minutes to play, Evanston's hustle resulted in a breakaway goal for the Wildkits, tying the game at 1-1. Then with just under 2 minutes to play, Jake Gould got a loose puck, carried it through one Evanston player and all the way across the blue line to about 30 feet from the net. His shot on goal was blocked, but Brad Levinson picked up the loose puck and tipped it the required foot or two into the net to give Stevenson the lead.

One minute later, Justin One made a pass from the goal line extended right onto Gordon Ochi's blade 10 feet in front of the net. Ochi shot the puck just over the goalie's shoulder pad and into the goal. Then, a few minutes into the third period, Jonathan Gil combined with Justin Krupp allowing Krupp to skate in alone and score with a backhander. The final result was a 4-1 victory for Stevenson.

Poms

Poms clinic: Girls in kindergarten through eighth grade are welcome to attend the Poms Clinic, dance with the Prospect Poms and perform at halftime during the Jan. 26 basketball game. Registration is at 11 a.m. and the clinic will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 26 in the cafeteria at Prospect High School. Registration is $30 per girl. The clinic includes a T-shirt, drink and snack. All girls will perform a dance routine at halftime of the boys' varsity game which begins at 6 p.m. Girls need to arrive at 5:45 p.m.

Checks made payable to Prospect High School should be sent to the school at 801 W. Kensington Road, Mount Prospect, IL 60056. For information, call Mrs. Fleaka at (847) 550-9931.