BASEBALL

BASEBALL
Warren Recreation Association -- is accepting teams for the upcoming season. There will be men's, women's, coed and senior divisions. Play will begin in May. Call (330) 889-3233.
BB Rooners -- will hold a clinic featuring former major league player Sid Bream at Pleasant Valley Church in Niles. The skills clinic is for boys age 8-12 and the pitching clinic is for boys age 13-18. Call (724) 588-3621.
Columbiana Youth League -- will have a Night at the Races at the Leetonia American Legion on March 18. Call (330) 482-0237.
Brookfield Youth Little League Inc. -- baseball and softball registration for boys and girls ages 5 through 18 will be held at the Brookfield Fire Station today from 12 to 5 p.m.
Poker -- Texas Hold'em tournament, hosted by Poland Community Baseball, scheduled March 11 at Poland Knights of Columbus. Call (330) 757-8047 or (330) 757-0607.
Youngstown Class AA League -- the season starts in late May and has room for teams and players. Contact league director Bob Mingo at (330) 793-2303. Youngstown Metros, Roth Brothers, Buds-Deciccio's Construction, Penn Ohio and Gibson Governor Insurance have teams entered.
Bob Cene indoor facility -- is available for rental. There are three cages and a pitching mound. Call (330) 233-3354 or (330) 755-3210.
Youngstown Class B League -- and Youngstown Babe Ruth League needs teams, coaches and players in 18-under, 16-under, 15-under and 13 year old divisions. Call (330) 770-7157.
All Star Baseball Academy in Boardman -- is offering private instruction from former pro baseball player Jim Putko. Call (330) 726-9424.
Triple Play Baseball-Softball Training Center -- has openings for personal pitching or hitting instruction Monday through Sunday by appointment only. Call (724) 652-3210 or (724) 988-9440.
Triple Play Baseball-Softball Center -- is having tryouts for 12-under traveling team. Call (724) 652-3210.
Koch Construction/Line Drive -- is holding tryouts for the 16-younger, 17-younger and 18-younger travel teams. Call (330) 559-4459 or (330) 533-6837.
Pitching lessons -- by former White Sox pitcher Jack Kucek are available. Call (330) 533-9125.
Bats-n-balls -- has hitting lessons and private pitching lessons. Call (330) 360-6330.
Mink Financial -- has tryouts and winter workouts for the 18-under and the 16-under teams. Call (330) 398-1560.
Stark-Summit Baseball League -- is forming an 8-year-old coach-pitch division. SSBL is a USSSA-sanctioned travel baseball league and is accepting new teams for ages 9-18. Call (330) 499-3508.
Clarion University -- will hold a showcase clinic on March 5 for juniors and seniors. Instruction for pitchers is scheduled from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and for position players from noon-2 p.m. Call (814) 303-1651.
Wharmby Sports -- is holding tryouts for 13-year old Babe Ruth team. Call (330) 503-4504.
Newell's Sporting Goods -- of the Youngstown Little "b" League will hold tryouts for boys 15-16 at Pa-Ohio Auto Auction building (rear entrance). Call (330) 534-4431.
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.
Sluggers in Boardman -- will offer spring training camps for players ages 7-14 in March. Call (330) 549-7584.
Columbiana Youth Clinic -- for players age 6-14 will be held March 19 and 26. Call Matt Campbell at (330) 482-3818.
Crestview Association -- will have registration at the New Waterford Community Building on March 4 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. The March 11 registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. at the Crestview Middle School gym. Call (330) 207-0312 or (330) 482-5279.
BASKETBALL
The 11th -- Spring Fling basketball tournament for 4-6th grade boys and girls community team will be held in March. For more information call (330) 854-9702.
Battle in Barberton -- a tournament for boys and girls 4-12 will be held March 31-April 2. Call (330) 854-9702 weekdays 3-9 p.m.
Southington Athletic Boosters -- in conjunction with the Chalker Athletic Hall of Fame will hold an alumni basketball game on April 1 at the high school. Players interested in playing who graduated prior to 2000 call (330) 898-4919 or (330) 847-0235. A alumni girls game will start at 6 p.m. with a boys contest to follow.
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.
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 and girls grades 3-12. Cost is $25 per participant. Each player will receive an AAU membership and reversible jersey. Register online at www.pennohioathleticclub.com. Call (724) 813-7210.
Ohio Express Girls Club -- is forming a 14-under team. Call (330) 647-3260.
Girard -- will hold fifth and sixth grade boys and girls basketball tournaments the first three weekends in March. Call athletic director Joe Cappuzzello at (330) 545-5431, ext. 129 or (330) 565-5471.
Canal Fulton Athletic Club -- will have tryouts for their travel team. The youth tournament will be in March. Call (330) 854-9702 or go to www.varsityac.com.
Spring tournament -- for players in grades 4-12 is being formed. Go to www.varsityac.com.
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.
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.
Ohio Lakers AAU/Travel -- have open gyms on March 5th at Lisbon High School. The scheduled times are: 5th-6th boys and girls noon -1:30 p.m.; 7th-8th-9th boys 1:30-3:00; 7th-8th girls 3:00-4:30; 9th-11th girls 4:30-6:00; boys 10th-11th open gyms on March 12th. Call (330) 853-2312.
Adidas Academy -- is seeking boys and girls in grades 3-11. Call (877) the-hoop.
Air Attack -- will hold tryouts for boys and girls in grades 4-12. Call (330) 854-9702.
North American Youth -- tournament for boys and girls in grades 5-12 will be held April 7-9. Call 1-800-787-3265 or (440) 330-1660.
COACHING VACANCIES
Austintown Local Schools -- is accepting applications for a head coach in volleyball, boys soccer and girls golf. To apply call Joseph Nohra, Athletic Administrator, at (330) 797-3900 ext. 1069.
Liberty -- is looking for a head varsity volleyball coach and a junior high wrestling coach. Call George Gulgas at (330) 759-1986.
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 Athletic Director 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.
Ursuline High School -- seeks a girls varsity soccer coach. Interested persons should contact the Ursuline High athletic department at (330) 744-4563.
FLAG FOOTBALL
West Elementary Fields -- is where a 4-on-4 Spring Early Bird Tournament will be on April 8. The 4-on-4 league will begin April 15. A youth 4-on-4 league will start April 15, with three divisions for players ages 10-17 available. Call (330) 540-8451.
Eagle Heights Academy -- had an 8-on-8 league beginning April 16. Call (330) 540-8451.
National Flagfootball Assoc. -- has openings for adults and youth. Call (330) 544-4278.
GOLF
Two-man alternating league -- is forming. Call (330) 758-8895 or (330) 774-5845.
Camens Senior Golf League -- The annual business meeting will be held at the Mahoning Country Club on March 6 at 1 p.m. All-non-members are invited. Call Tom Kubic (330) 792-2242. Make checks payable to Tom Kubic.
SOCCER
Valley Sports in Struthers -- is where the Phoenix Soccer Club is holding its tryouts for spring outdoor play. 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 Joe DeMay at (330) 755-1661 or joedemay@vslsoccer.com
USSF licenses -- novice classes will be held at the Salem Memorial Building on March 4 from 8:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. A bridge class will run March 11. The re-certification class will be April 1. Call (330) 332-0860.
SOFTBALL
A Senior League -- will be forming through the Warren Recreation Association. The age requirement is over 45 years old. Teams will consist of 13-15 man rosters and will be picked with a draft format. Play will begin in June on Wednesdays at Packard Park in Warren. For more details call John at (330) 889-3233.
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.
Salem Memorial Building -- will be the site of an organizational meeting for the Salem women's league March 2 at 6 p.m. Call (330) 332-5512.
Austintown Girls League -- will hold registration today from noon to 4 p.m. at Wedgewood Bowling Lanes. Call (330) 799-0750.
Austintown Koch Field -- will have summer slow-pitch leagues for men and coed teams. Call (330) 820-2689.
Alliance Early Bird Tournament -- is set for April 1-2. Call (330) 823-2008.
TRACK AND FIELD
Greater Youngstown Track Officials Association -- will hold rules meetings at: 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.).
VOLLEYBALL
American tournament -- seeks a local director. Call (419) 786-9689.
Club Hollywood -- needs two seventh grade players. Call (330) 921-1331.