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1. screening. Please call Mary Ann at 954-797-1146 to
SportsBeat #35 set up an appointment.
Youth Basketball
5 on 5 practices Registration for this program will begin Monday,
March 11th and will remain open until Sunday, May
There is limited practice space now that we have
12th. The program is open to boys and girls ages 5
begun games. Padre Field is available for practice on
through 15 and the following are the age divisions
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday evenings. PeeWee
and mandatory meetings for this season:
and Junior teams are allowed to practice at 6:00pm,
Atom teams at 6:50pm and Bantam and Senior
Parent Meetings/Players Ratings
Teams at 7:30pm on any of the above days. If your
**Smart Start 5-6 yr olds 5/18 9:00am
game is on Monday, your team SHOULD use
PeeWee 7-8 yr olds 5/18 10:15am
Tuesday as your practice day. If your game is on
Junior 9-10 yr olds 5/18 10:45am
Wednesday, you can either practice Thursday or
Bantam 11-12 yr olds 5/18 11:30am
Friday.
Senior 13-15yr olds 5/18 12:45pm
NEW***Summer Soccer*** **Smart Start: This is our new parent interactive
We have added a new Summer Soccer program for program to assist our younger participants in learning
boys and girls ages 5 through 12. We are going to the fundamentals of basketball in a structured, fun,
play modified 3 on 3 soccer where each team will learning environment. We are presently looking for
field 3 players on defense and 3 players on offense. one of our local elementary school coaches to teach
Players will NOT be allowed to cross midfield from this program. For additional information, please
their designated spot. At halftime, all the players that contact Mark at 954-327-3928.
were playing offense in the 1st half will be moved to
defense and defensive players will then move to NOTE: We have had complaints in our younger
offense. age divisions in regards to the lack of talented
officials. We have recently signed an agreement
Sign Up for Davie with SuperSports of Broward to assign all our
officials and I believe you will see a dramatic
Sports Alerts difference in the professionalism and experience
The Town of Davie Sports Division will now send
in all of our officiated sports.
out SPORTS ALERTS that you can receive via email
to notify you about field conditions, cancellations and
registration information. Girls Softball
If you would like to receive these SPORTS Thanks to a team from the Cooper City girls softball
ALERTS by email, go to our website, davie-fl.gov. program, we were able to add a 4th team to the 14 &
We look forward to keeping our sports program Under girls program and will be playing a total of 6
participants informed about all pertinent information. games against this team throughout the month of
For questions or concerns, please contact Mark April.
Dornacker at mdornacker@davie-fl.gov, or 954-327- Pitching Instruction
3928. Monday nights at 6:30pm, Cassie Famularo is giving
How to Subscribe: free pitching instruction to all the girls who are
After signing up to receive Sports Alerts (using the registered in our girls softball program. Anyone
form), you will receive an email confirmation in your interested in learning how to pitch is welcome to
incoming mailbox. To protect your privacy, you attend.
MUST reply to this email in order to receive
postings from the list. This is a receive-only list and Baseball/ Softball Photo Day
you may remove your name from it at any time by This Friday, April 5th, The Sports Section will begin
using this form. taking photos of all the teams in baseball and girls
softball. Your team will be issued a picture packet
Basketball Volunteers with a schedule of when your team is supposed to be
If you are planning on being one of our volunteer taking their photos. Please hand out the packets to
coaches in our basketball program, please make an the parents on your team, and make sure your team is
appointment to complete your live scan background on time. All photos are taken by the big trees just
north of the Pine Island Fitness Center.