BASEBALL

BASEBALL
Youngstown Class B League -- and Youngstown Babe Ruth League needs teams, coaches and players in 18 and under, 16 and under, 15 and under and 13 year old divisions. Call (330) 770-7157.
Wharmby Sports -- are holding tryouts for 13-year old Babe Ruth team. Call (330) 503-4504.
Mahoning Valley Venom -- has tryouts for 12-year-old travel team. Call (330) 518-4025.
Gibson Field League -- will be the site of a baseball league for boys age 5-18 and a softball league for girls age 5-16. Call (330) 270-5720 or (330) 398-5772.
Boardman Community Baseball -- has player registration for children ages 5-17 who live within the boundaries of Boardman Local School District. Registration is required even if the child played previously. Parents may register players online at www.boardmanbaseball.com. Registration deadline is March 1. Call (330) 758-2123.
Struthers League -- will hold registration at St. Nicholas Church basement hall on Feb. 18-19 from 1-5 p.m. Call (330) 755-6949 or go to www.struthersbaseball.com.
BASKETBALL
Ohio Express Girls Basketball Club -- will be fielding an eighth-grade team in the Warren/Youngstown area. Tournaments will be played in Ohio and Pennsylvania from March-May. Practice will begin March 7. Call (330) 647-3260.
United High in Hanoverton -- is where the Fifth United Hoop Classic will be starting March 6. A double-elimination tournament, it will have five divisions for fifth and sixth grade boys and girls and fourth grade boys. Entry is $85. Deadline for entries is Feb. 24. Call (330) 222-2364 after 5:30 p.m.
Poland High School -- is seeking an opponent for the girls varsity basketball team. Call (330) 757-7021.
International Basketball League -- seeks officials for the 2006 season. Call 1-866-IBL-GAME.
Full court three-on-three league -- is forming. Call (330) 758-8895.
Sharon High -- is where AAU tryouts by the Penn-Ohio Athletic Club will hold AAU basketball tryouts on March 5 for boys in grades 7-12 and girls in grades 8-12. Cost is $25 per participant. Registration may be made online at www.pennohioathleticclub.com or by calling (724) 813-7210.
Ohio Express Girls Club -- is forming a 14-under team. Call (330) 647-3260.
Springfield High --will hold its annual fifth and sixth grade boys and girls basketball tournaments on Feb. 18-19, Feb. 25-26 and March 4-5. Call (330) 881-7546 or e-mail gotigers1@cs.com.
Girard -- will hold fifth and sixth grade boys and girls basketball tournaments the first three weekends in March. Call (330) 545-5431, ext. 129 or (330) 565-5471.
Canal Fulton Athletic Club -- will have tryouts for the Air Attack travel team. Their tournament for boys and girls in grades 3-6 will run in early March. Call (330) 854-9702.
Y-town classic -- AAU tournament will be held at YSU on April 28-30. Call (330) 372-6902 or (330) 307-6944.
Mahoning Valley Eagles -- will have AAU tryouts at Warren JFK High School on March 19. Call (330) 856-2756, (330) 502-4726, (330) 448-8496 or (330) 716-1601.
Newton Falls -- tournament for girls in grades 5-6 will run Feb. 25-26 and March 4-5. Call (330) 872-7667.
Drill-4-Skill -- will hold a pool play tournament for boys and girls in grades 4-10 at Slippery Rock Univ. and LaRoche College March 22-26 and March 29-April 2. Call (724) 843-6320.
Wilmington High -- is where Pittsburgh Lady Galaxy will hold tryouts on Feb. 18 from noon-2 p.m. Call (724) 964-1062.
COACHING VACANCIES
Brookfield High School -- seeks varsity and JV softball coaches, varsity and JV baseball coaches and varsity and assistant track coaches. Call (330) 448-0752.
Girard High School --seeks a boys and girls head cross country coach. Apply to AD Joe Cappuzzello, Girard High School, 31 North Ward Ave., Girard, OH, 44420.
Cardinal Mooney High -- is seeking a head girls soccer coach and a head boys and girls cross country coach. Send resumes to Don Bucci, athletic director, Cardinal Mooney High, 2545 Erie St., Youngstown, Ohio 44507.
FOOTBALL
Valley Sports in Struthers -- is where Steel Valley Hardhats will hold semi-pro tryouts at on Feb. 23 at 8 a.m. Call (330) 559-8050.
FLAG FOOTBALL
Eagle Heights Academy -- had an 8-on-8 league beginning April 16. Call (330) 540-8451.
National Flagfootball Assoc. -- has openings. Call (330) 652-6750.
GOLF
Two-man alternating league -- is forming. Call (330) 758-8895 or (330) 774-5845.
SOCCER
Valley Sports in Struthers -- is where Phoenix Soccer Club will hold tryouts for spring outdoor play from Feb. 13-28. Phoenix fields teams in these age groups: U-10 boys, U-11 boys and girls, U-12 boys and girls, U-13 boys and girls, U-14 boys and girls, U-15 boys and girls, U-16 boys and girls, and U-17/18 boys and girls. Call (330) 755-1661 or e-mail joedemay@vslsoccer.com
SOFTBALL
Canfield Baseball Club -- seeks a fastpitch instructor. Call (330) 533-2051.
Bats-n-balls -- The 12-under group also needs a pitcher and utility player. Call (330) 360-6330.
Ohio Stars -- 18-u traveling softball team needs one pitcher and two position players. Call (330) 793-2030.
Westminster College -- has pitching and skills clinics for players age 6-18 on Feb. 25 at the college fieldhouse. Call (724) 946-7319.
Salem Memorial Building -- will be the site of an organizational meeting for the Salem men's league on Feb. 16 at 6 p.m. The Salem women's league will meet there March 2 at 6 p.m. Call (330) 332-5512.
Austintown Koch Field -- will have summer slow-pitch leagues for men and coed teams. Call (330) 820-2689.
TRACK AND FIELD
Greater Youngstown Track Officials Association -- will hold rules meetings at: Boardman High (Feb. 23, 7 p.m.); Fitch High (March 9, 7 p.m.); Salem High (March 16, 7 p.m.); Boardman High (March 23, 7 p.m.); and Fitch High (March 26, 2 p.m.).
UMPIRES
Trumbull Interscholastic Association -- has softball and baseball classes starting Feb. 15. Call (330) 898-7679 or (330) 856-4947.
Canfield High School -- is where classes will be for anyone interested in becoming an OHSAA high school umpire (baseball or softball). Call (330) 502-6665 or (330) 792-6787. Classes will begin during the second week of February.
Stevens Park Scout Cabin in Niles -- is where an OHSAA baseball and softball umpiring permit class will be offered on Feb. 19 at 6 p.m. Call (330) 219-3591.
VACANCIES
Northeastern Athletic Conference -- seeks a commissioner and an assignor of officials. Apply by letter to Nick Roberts, Chalker High School, 4432 St. Route 305, Southington, 44470.