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Show I Youth activities ffl The Pleasant Grove City j Recreation held its second clinic for y the Elementary Boys Basketball ' program. During the four weeks prior to the beginning of the boys league the il recreation department is holding clinics to help the boys learn the rules ; and go through the basics of the ... game. The program is recreation oriented Sjand for that purpose they are not ): 'pushing winning. The department I wan's the boys to learn that it is just as important to be a good loser as a j winner and that if they' have played J hard and done all they could they ;; have done a great job. They would jhope that the boys would learn to .iwork together and have the desire to ,help one another as they grow in the "program. The boys seem excited to Uget under way and in January they J.will start their league play. A The elementary girls cheerleading 1 has also been going on for two weeks and doing very well. These young ladies will come and support these young men when they play their games. The Recreation Department will be sponsoring a Friendship Basketball tournament for the 4th grade, 5th grade and 6th grades. The boys in these grades can make up their own team with other 4th grade, 5th grade or 6th grade boys from the community. com-munity. The 4th grade teams will play on the 23rd of December at 9 a.m. The 5th grade teams will play at 10 a.m. and the 6th grade teams will play at 11. The tournament will run throughout the day and the Championship games will be played later that day. This is a one day tournament and they would like to invite any boys in these grades to come into the Recreation Center and sign up. All entries must be in not later than December 21 at 5 p.m. to make up schedules and brackets. |