Sports Briefs

The Linton Red fifth grade girls basketball team lost to Sullivan 21-14 Thursday night, slipping to 1-3.

Jorden Walters led the Lady Miners with six points. Taylor Thuis and Taylor Moore each scored four.

Sullivan also defeated Linton's sixth graders 26-15.

Pacing the Miners (4-2) was Shelsea Meurer with 14 points.

Carli Williams scored four points and Jackie Nash, Allie Foglesong, Emma Brewer and Maddie Robison each scored two points.

Miner Hall of Fame inductions

and alumni game set

The seventh class of the Linton-Stockton Baseball Hall of Fame will be inducted at Roy Herndon Field on Sunday, May 9.

The ceremony will take place on the field at 1 p.m. and will be followed by the alumni game and home run derby.

All fans are invited to attend the event.

The 2001 Miner baseball team that won the Class 2A Eastern Greene Sectional and were Southridge Regional runners-up will be inducted into the Miner Baseball Hall of Fame at that time.

Members of the team that are planning to attend are asked to call coach Bart Berns (812) 384-6408 and let him know that you plan to attend the event.

Crusherz 10U softball tryouts

The Bloomfield Crusherz organization is forming a new 10 & under softball team for the 2010 season.

Any girl in the Bloomfield or surrounding area who was age 10 or younger on Jan 1, 2010 is eligible.

Tryouts are set for 2 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 7 in the Bloomfield Junior High School gymnasium.

For more information, call Eric Moody at 875-3590 or e.j.moody@verizon.net.

Softball sign-ups

Sign-up for summer softball in Linton will be at the Linton Sporting Goods on the following Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. -- Feb. 20 and 27 and March 6.

Cost is $50 for each girl, $15 for the second girl in a family and $10 for each additional.

To be eligible, girls need to be between ages 4-18 as of Jan. 1, 2010.

Girls from surrounding areas are invited to sign-up. Participation in the fund raiser is required of each girl.

The final sign-up will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 10 at the East Shelter House. For more information, call Jeanette Beverstock at 847-7022.

WRV announcements

Anyone, past or present, that wears a letter jacket to Saturday's Owen Valley at White River Valley High School boys basketball game will be admitted for $2.

This also will be homecoming for the Wolverines. The junior varsity contest is set to tip off at 6 p.m.

The WRV vs Bloomfield freshmen boys basketball game will now start at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 17.

Shakamak Youth League electing managers

The Shakamak Youth League (baseball, softball, t-ball) will hold a meeting Wednesday, Feb. 10 at 7 p.m. to elect managers of teams for the upcoming 2010 spring season.

Interested individuals must be at least 18 years of age.

Voting on managers is done by the officers of the Shakamak Youth League.

If interested but cannot attend the meeting, call the league president, Chris Fougerousse at (812) 798-1835 so he can include your name for consideration of managing a team.

Shakamak Youth League player registrations

Player registration for baseball (ages 6-12), softball (ages 5-18) and co-ed T-ball (ages 3-4 for girls and 3-6 for boys) will be on the following Saturdays: Feb. 20, Feb. 27, March 6 and March 13 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Hanna Field in the upstairs meeting room in Jasonville.

Cost of registration is $40 plus fundraiser for the first child, $30 plus fundraiser for the second child in the same family and $25 plus fundraiser for the third child in the same family. Cost is free after the third child.

Parents can opt out of the fundraiser by paying an additional $20 per child.

These prices are for children ages 3-12, softball players ages 13-18 will cost $50 each with no fundraiser.

Players from out of town are welcomed to join the league as well.

If a parent cannot attend one of the four registration dates, please contact league player agent Mark Miller at 665-2300 daytime or 665-2168 evenings.

Pictures, results welcome

The Greene County Daily World encourages area sports youth coaches or parents and elementary and junior high school coaches to submit pictures of your teams for publication as well as your game results.

Pictures should include identification information about all players and coaches as well as any other info about the team's accomplishments.

Pictures can be e-mailed as pdfs to hargisbj@yahoo.com or to sportswriterrick@yahoo.com. Actual photos can be dropped off at 79 S. Main St., Linton, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Photos can be picked up after they are published.

Results, including first and last games and any information, can be sent to the same addresses.

For more information, call (812) 847-4487, ext 12.