Digest: Major Leaguers coming to Valley

The Coalition for a Boys & Girls Club in Carson Valley will host the first annual Go to Bat World Series party Oct. 21 at the Carson Valley Inn's Shannon Ball Room.

Scheduled to appear are a number of former and current Major League Baseball players, including former Douglas High standout Shawn Estes of the San Diego Padres.

Also slated to attend are Jeff Fassero (San Diego), Rich Aurilla, Royce Clayton and Brad Lesley of the Cincinnati Reds, Bill Mueller of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Bill North of the 1974 Oakland A's and Gary Bell of the Cleveland Indians World Series team.

Festivities will include a family autograph session scheduled from noon to 2 p.m. on Oct. 21 at CVIC Hall. 120 Louisville Slugger World Series Edition miniature bats will be available to purchase. The Major Leaguers will be on hand to sign autographs.

Dinner highlights will include stadium food stations, raffle and silent and live auctions.

Attendance at the evening's party is limited to adults only.

Tickets are $40 per person. Corporate sponsorships are available upon request.

Ticket purchase includes the chance to win a four-night Ensenada cruise for two.

Tickets may be purchased at Nevada State Bank, Edward Jones office locations, Carson Valley Accounting and the Carson Valley Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Authority.

All proceeds will benefit and help establish a Boys & Girls Club chapter in Carson Valley.

For more information, e-mail bgccarsonvalley@yahoo.com or call 781-5954.

Lil' Tiger workouts

The Douglas High School boys' basketball team will host an open gym workout for boys and girls grades three through nine at the Douglas High gym.

The workout runs from 8 to 10 a.m. on Oct. 21.

Cost is $20.

Instruction will be provided by the boys' basketball coaching staff and several of the Tiger basketball players will be on hand as counselors.

Registration will be taken at the door.

Teen basketball league

The Douglas County Parks & Recreation Department will begin taking registration for the new teen basketball league on Oct. 30.

Registration runs through Dec. 1 and the season will begin on Jan. 13.

Cost is $65 for ninth- through 12th-grade boys and girls and includes all equipment, official fees, awards and uniforms.

Each team requires a volunteer coach. The department is also continually looking for officials and scorekeepers as well as team sponsors to help reduce the cost to participants.

For more information, call J.P. Albert at 782-9828.

Elements conducting tryouts

The Elements Reloaded U11 and Elements UNited U14 and U16 soccer teams will hold open tryouts for the spring 2007 season Nov. 15 and 22 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at Stodick Park and Nov. 18 and 25 from 10 a.m. to noon at Stodick.

Tryouts are open to all girls between the ages of 9 to 15 interested in competitive level soccer.

For more information, or to discuss additional individual tryout dates, call Tony or Krissy Cormier at 265-8873 or 781-5813 (U14 and U16) or Fritz Schweigert at 265-7301. For U11, call Adrian Cobb at 265-6234 or Jeremy Rutherdale at 265-2959.

Youth basketball leagues

The Douglas County Parks & Recreation Department will begin taking registration Oct. 30 through Dec. 1 with the season beginning Jan. 13.

Cost is $60 for third- to sixth-grade coed and $65 for seventh- to eighth-grade boys and girls. The cost includes all equipment, official fees, awards and uniforms.

Each team requires a volunteer coach.

For more information, call J.P. Albert at 782-9828.

Douglas in-line roller hockey

The youth division of the Northern Nevada Inline Roller Hockey League is scheduled to begin in November 2006.

Club teams for varsity and junior varsity are being formed to represent the Douglas County area against teams from other schools in the region.

Students in seventh through 12th grade are invited to participate.

Contact Norman Lee at 265-1089 for more information. Any interested in sponsoring a player or team can feel free to call as well.

Old Guys Basketball

Men 35 and older interested in playing pickup basketball are invited to the basketball court in the Pastoral Center at St. Gall Catholic Church every Sunday at 4 p.m. and Wednesday at 7 p.m.

After teams are chosen, games go either full-court or half-court depending on how many show up. The sessions are strictly for fun and exercise.

Cost is $50, which is donated to the church for court upkeep. The sessions run from September to June.

For more information, contact John Parra at 265-3586.