Sports Section :: Page 103

• Football parent meeting

  By YS News StaffAugust 7, 2008

  All parents/guardians of prospective McKinney School and Yellow Springs High School football players are asked to attend a meeting with the coaches on Friday, Aug. 8, at 7 p.m., at the high school.

• Football coaches sought

  By YS News Staff

  The Miami Valley Warriors “semi-pro” football team has a few openings for football coaches. Previous coaching experience and football knowledge is preferred.

• Whistles, genetics, trophies, oh my!

  By Jimmy Chesire

  We start the evening and end the evening with a whistle. It’s a fascinating thing how so many of us love the sound of the athletic whistle, the clear-high-pitched, a train’s-a-coming blast of it.

• Harriers begin

  By YS News StaffJuly 31, 2008

  Yellow Springs High School and McKinney School cross country, a good sport for fitness, fun and the competition of friendly rivalries, will begin its fall season on Monday, Aug. 4.

• Teen volleyball practice

  By YS News Staff

  Yellow Springs High School and McKinney School will begin volleyball practice at Mills Lawn School on Monday, Aug. 4. Grades nine through 12 will have practice from 3:30 to 5:30 with grades seven and eight to practice from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

• Psychic or not, come to t-ball

  By Jimmy Chesire

  I ran into a couple of t-ball players Saturday at Docton’s Animal Clinic in Xenia, when I was picking up medicine for our new, 8-week-old puppy, Cody. Olivia Ling, 4, marched in the front door with her fabulous sister Eliana, 6, their mom Audrey, and their guinea pig in a box.

• Pirates win Minor League, tourney

  By YS News Staff

  The Pirates maintained their season-long lead during the final week of play to win the Minor League regular season championship with a 13–1 record. The team narrowly escaped a strong Reds team during the post-season tournament last week before going on to defeat the second-place Indians for the post-season crown.

• Football workouts begin

  By Susan GartnerJuly 24, 2008

  Yellow Springs High School and McKinney School football conditioning for the 2008 season will begin on Thursday, July 24, at 5 p.m., at the practice field located behind the high school. Players should wear tennis shoes, shorts and t-shirts.

• Indians follow Pirate lead in minors

  By YS News Staff

  While the Pirates still dominate league standings, the Indians have reclaimed second place by overtaking the Yankees to start the final week of the season.

• Meet our promising future at t-ball

  By Jimmy Chesire

  A couple of years back, Steffi Cooper, 8, was distressed about our races to the outfield and back at the beginning and ending of the evening. “Someone always loses,” she said.