Sports scoop

LAR 35-older open gym

Lakes Area Recreation holds open gym on Sundays for 35-older from 7-9 p.m. at the Discovery Middle School gym, running to the middle of April.

Cost is $3 for adults.

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

FCA Thanksgiving

luncheon

The Alexandria Fellowship of Christian Athletes will hold its Thanksgiving luncheon on Wednesday, November 21 from 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. at Broadway Ballroom.

Alexandria’s Kristi Schabel will be the guest speaker at the event.

A free-will offering will be collected with donations going toward the cost of sending students to FCA summer camps.

Tiny Dribblers

basketball program

at LAR

Lakes Area Recreation will hold the Tiny Dribblers program for boys and girls in kindergarten as an introduction to the game of basketball.

The program will meet seven times at the Lincoln Elementary gym on Saturdays beginning on January 5 and running through February 16. Boys will meet from 9-9:45 a.m. and the girls will meet from 10-10:45 a.m.

Cost is $32 and includes a T-shirt.

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

Sportsmen’s swap meet

The United Way/Elks Lodge Sportsmen’s Swap Meet will be Saturday, December 1 from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. at the Alexandria Elks Lodge.

Cost of the table rental is $10. Bring unwanted golf, fishing, hunting and camping equipment to sell or swap.

Call the Elks Lodge at (320) 763-5670 or United Way at (320) 834-7800 for more information.

Snowmobile

safety class

Registration for the snowmobile safety class for students ages 11-15 is November 19-26 at Ollie’s Service, 1213 Broadway, Alexandria. Store hours are Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m.-3 p.m. You can pick up your class CD at registration.

Cost of the class is $10, with $5 going to District 206 and $5 being paid directly to the DNR after the class is completed.

The classroom portion of the instruction will be Thursday, November 29, at the Discovery Middle School cafeteria, with check-in from 5:30-6 p.m. and class runs from 6-9 p.m. Each participant must show proof that the CD is completed.

AYBC spaghetti

feed fundraiser

The Alexandria Youth Basketball Club (AYBC) is holding a fundraising spaghetti feed on Thursday, November 15 from 4:30-7:30 p.m. at the Alexandria Elks Lodge.

Montevideo youth

basketball tournament

There will be a youth basketball tournament in Montevideo for boys and girls in grades 5-7 on Saturday, March 23.

Entry deadline is March 8.

For further information, con-tact Amy Reidinger at areidinger@monte.k12.mn.us or call (320) 269-5026, extension 3262.

Turkey Day 5K walk/run

The Alexandria Area YMCA will hold its second annual Turkey Day 5K walk/run on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 22 at the YMCA.

The event is open to members and non-members. Check in and registration begins at 6:30 a.m., with an 8 a.m. race start.

The race begins and ends at the YMCA.

Participants who register before Monday, November 18 are guaranteed a YMCA Turkey Day 5K T-shirt.

Early bird registration is $20 and on the day of the race is $25.

Registration is available online at www.alexandriaymca.com or by calling (320) 834-9622.

Team Extreme Ice

Fishing tournaments

Lake Osakis will be the first stop of the Team Extreme Ice Fishing tournament on December 30. Action will continue on Lake Minnewaska in Glenwood on January 27, followed by Pelican Lake in Monticello on February 27, Clearwater Lake in St. Cloud on March 3, Round Lake in Brainerd on March 31 and Mille Lacs Lake in Garrison on April 7.

Action will run from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and there is a limit of 75 teams.

For more information, contact Gary Rehbein at (320) 217-5144 or gary.teamwildfish@gmail.com.

Frozen Ole Pond Hockey

The Frozen Ole Pond Hockey championships are set for January 11-13 in the Viking Plaza Mall parking lot next to D. Michael B’s.

There will be seven divisions, 336 skaters, 4,000 square feet of ice and three rinks where 105 games of hockey will be played.

Registration and sponsor information are available at D. Michael B’s or by e-mailing durkdmbs@gmail.com.

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