Rain hampered much of the Bulldog baseball team’s late-season games last week, but allowed Yellow Springs a 7–6 win against Troy Christian on Monday, May 5, to make up for a 5–0 loss to the same team the preceding Thursday, May 1.

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Yellow Springs Soccer Inc. (YSSI) will host summer soccer camps during the week of June 16–20 for kids in Yellow Springs and surrounding areas. This will be the third year for these locally held soccer camps.

The Sea Dogs will sponsor a competitive swimming stroke clinic from 6–7 p.m., on Monday and Wednesday evenings beginning Monday, May 5, with the last session on Wednesday, June 4. The clinic will be staffed by Sea Dogs coaches, parents, and volunteers.

Registration for the 2008 Yellow Springs Minor League Youth Baseball Program will take place on Saturday and Sunday, May 3 and 4, from 1 to 3 p.m. at Gaunt Park. Boys and girls ages 7 to 11 are eligible to participate as long as they won’t turn 12 before July 31.

The Yellow Springs High School baseball team will host its annual alumni game on Monday, May 12, at 6 p.m. at Gaunt Park.

The Bulldogs kicked up an exciting week on the diamond last week, taking down Emmanuel Christian 10–3 on Tuesday, April 22, and making a valiant effort the following Thursday at home against league leader Dayton Christian, who beat the ’Dogs 10–1. Saturday’s games at Fairborn were rained out.

Richard Quinn Praeger, formerly of New York City, Paris and San Francisco, died on April 22, in Yellow Springs, where he resided since 2006. He was 83.