Sports scoop

Hole-in-one

Dotty Tabor of Alexandria recorded a hole-in-one at Nordic Trails Golf Course on July 30.

Tabor, playing with Rod Tabor and Bob and Marlene Ritlinger, aced the 95-yard No. 6 using an 8-iron.

Football spaghetti fundraiser

The Elks Lodge in Alexandria is holding a spaghetti dinner fundraiser for the Jefferson High School football team on Monday, August 13 from 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Free-will donations will be accepted.

Cardinal cross country practice

Cardinal cross country practice will begin Monday, August 13, running from 8-10 a.m.

All runners must pick up forms at the main office at Jefferson High School. Forms must be completed and activity fees paid prior to August 13.

For those in 9th grade, forms should be turned in at Discovery Middle School.

All sophomores, as well as all first time athletic team members, must also have a completed physical in order to practice.

A season schedule is available online with start times and transportation information.

There will be a parent meeting on August 9 at 7 p.m., and on August 22, there will be a team training camp at Pillager.

Vining 5K/10K runs

The 6th annual Vining Watermelon Day “Run for the Melon” 5K/10K runs will be held Saturday, August 18.

Registration begins at 7 a.m. and the race begins at 8 a.m. at the intersection of Highway 210 and 457th Avenue in Vining.

For more information, visit www.runforthemelon.com.

Special Olympics Young Athletes program

The Special Olympics Minnesota’s Young Athlete program will be offering classes for 2 to 7-year-old children.

The program will meet from 4-5 p.m. each Tuesday from September 11 through October 23 at Lakes Area Recreation in Alexandria.

A goal of the Young Athletes program is to welcome family members of children with intellectual disabilities into the Special Olympics network of support.

For more information or to register, contact Emily Reckinger at emily.rekinger@somn.org or call (612) 604-1274.

The program is sponsored by the Windmill Project and is free.

Alexandria 3-on-3 basketball league

There will be an Alexandria 3-on-3 basketball league beginning September 16 at Discovery Middle School for boys and girls in grades 4-12.

This is a non-coached league and players form their own teams and will play two 20-minute contests per night along with an end-of-league tournament.

Registration for the league must be completed by September 6, and teams must register in their entirety, not as individual players. Registration for divisions will be based on the age of the oldest player, unless a team chooses to play up.

This league benefits the Alexandria Youth Basketball Club.

For more information or to register, visit www.midwest3on3.com.

Fall dance team

There will be a fall dance team program for girls in grades 7-12 that will serve as a starting point for dancers who are either interested or are a part of the winter competitive Cardinal dance team.

Participants will learn one dance routine, work on basic jazz technique, kick technique, endurance and stretching as they work toward one performance at a Cardinal football game.

No tryouts are necessary. The team will be instructed by Felicia VanIperen.

For more information or to register, call Lakes Area Recreation at (320) 762-2868.

YMCA youth flag football

the Alexandria Area YMCA is offering a fall youth flag football league for boys and girls ages four through 4th grade. The program begins on Saturday, August 18, and ends on Saturday, October 6.

YMCA Flag Football is held at the Discovery Middle School outdoor fields.

This program stresses the basic fundamentals of football, and applies them in game situations. All flag football participants will receive a T-shirt and an award. Parent volunteer coaches are needed. See times and registration information online at www.alexandriaymca.com.

Grades 3-4 meet from 8:45-9:45 a.m.; grades 1-2 from 10-11 a.m. and pre-kindergarten to kindergarten from 11:15 a.m.-noon.

Silverstreak Classic golf tournament

Saturday, August 18 will be the 13th annual Silverstreak Classic at the Osakis Country Club.

Cost is $40 for members and $50 for non-members. Price includes 18 holes of golf, door prize opportunities and a buffet at the Osakis Country Club.

All proceeds go to the Osakis High School athletic programs.

Golfers can register individually, or in twosomes or foursomes. Golfers that don’t register as a part of a foursome will be randomly placed to complete foursomes.

The tournament is open to the first 72 paid entrants.

Call Brad Hoffarth at (320) 491-7262 with questions.

Ox Cart Days co-ed softball tournament

Crookston Parks and Rec and the Crookston Dawn to Dusk Lions will be sponsoring a co-ed softball tournament Saturday, August 18, during the Ox Cart Days festivities.

The tournament will be held at Highland Park and concessions will be available.

First pitch will be at 9 a.m. Registration fee is $175 with an $800 payout going to the first three places based on 10 teams. The tournament is MSF sanctioned.

To register and obtain rules, contact Bernadette at (218) 280-3727 or b.mot@hotmail.com by August 15.

Go to www.vistcrookston.com for calendar of that weekend’s events.

Strike Out Illiteracy

The Echo Press’ annual Strike out Illiteracy bowling tournament is set for Tuesday, September 18 at the Garden Center Lanes in Alexandria.

Proceeds will go to the Newspapers in Education program, which provides newspapers and educational activities to area teachers for use in their classrooms.

Cost is $140 per team. There are also lane sponsorships for $100 and classroom sponsorships for $160.

For more information, or to join the effort to promote literacy in schools, contact Lynn or Elaine at (320) 763-3133.

Coaches needed

District 206 has openings for coaches for the following programs: Discovery Middle School strength program, DMS football, DMS soccer and DMS tennis.

Those interested should contact Dave Hartmann at (320) 762-7754 or go to the District 206 website to apply.

5th-6th grade tackle football

Registration is open for Lakes Area Recreation tackle football for grades 5-6.

The program will meet Saturdays September 8-October 13 with grade 5 at 9:15 a.m. and grade 6 at 10:45 a.m. at Citizen’s Field behind Jefferson High School.

Practices will begin the week of August 27. There will be a parent meeting on Tuesday, August 21 at 6:30 p.m. in the Lakes Area Recreation gym.

Cost is $70 and includes a reversible jersey.

Registration deadline is August 17 and is limited to 80 players for each grade.

For more information, call LAR at (320) 762-2868.

3rd-4th grade flag football

Lakes Area Recreation has opened registration for flag football for grades 3-4.

The program will meet Saturdays September 8-October 13 at Citizen’s Field behind Jefferson High School at 8 a.m.

Cost is $47 and includes a T-shirt.

For more information, call LAR at (320) 762-2868.

1st-2nd grade flag football

Lakes Area Recreation has opened registration for flag football for grades 1-2.

The program will meet Saturdays September 8-October 13 at Citizen’s Field behind Jefferson High School at 9 a.m.

Cost is $47 and includes a T-shirt.

For more information, call LAR at (320) 762-2868.

Girls’ swim practice

Practice for the Cardinal girls’ swimming and diving team will be Monday-Friday, beginning August 13 from 8-10:30 a.m. for varsity athletes.

Varsity diving practice begins Monday, August 13, running from 9-10:30 a.m. Junior high divers are welcome at this time.

Junior high swimming practice for grades 7-8 will begin Monday, August 27 and runs from 10:30 a.m.-noon.

An all-sports mass meeting for all varsity/junior varsity participants and their parents will be held Thursday, August 9 at 7 p.m. in the Jefferson High School gym.

A varsity parent/athlete swim team meeting will follow at 7:45 p.m. at JHS.

Before any athlete can practice, eligibility forms must be picked up, completed and returned to the school each athlete attends, along with a paid participation fee.

Athletic screens and physicals must be updated every third year.

Minnesota High School Hall of Fame seeks nominees

The Minnesota High School Basketball Hall of Fame, a new venture featuring some of the most prominent names in Minnesota High School basketball, is seeking nominations for its inaugural class of inductees.

Basketball fans may submit nominations to Bill Bentson (webentson22@yahoo.com), Ron Haggstrom (rhaggstrom@yahoo.com) or Kevin Anderson (kja8067@gmail.com).

Teams and players are subject to a waiting period of 10 years, while coaches and other contributors must have a career consisting of at least 15 years.

Harvest Duathlon

The second annual Harvest Duathlon is set for Saturday, September 1 in Alexandria.

In addition, there will be a kids’ race for children 10 and younger August 31.

For more information or to register, visit www.harvestduathlon.com.

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