Wednesday, December 11, 2013 LOCAL SPORTS The Virgin Islands Daily News 67
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 LOCAL SPORTS The Virgin Islands Daily News 67
Local Briefs
Bailers in the V.I.
baseball fun days
The jaycobie Blash Foundation in
conjunction with the V.I. Tourism
Department will present the Bailers
in the V.I. baseball fun days. The
events will feature fun and baseball
instrustion form minor and major
league baseball players. Day 1 is
Thursday at 4 p.m. at Lionel Roberts
Stadium on St. Thomas. when chil-
dren ages 13 and up are the focus. At
4 p.m. Friday, events move to Emile
Griffith Ballpark on St. Thomas,
where the focus will be on children
ages 9 to 12. On Saturday, St. Croix
Little Leaguers will be featured at 10
a.m. at D.C. Canegata Ballpark. Food
and drinks will be on sale.
St. Croix Metric Mile
ST. CROIX — The St. Croix
Metric Mile Road Race will be held
at 5 p.m. Saturday. Registration
will begin at 4 p.m. at Anally Farms
in Upper Love. The distance for the
race is 1,500 meters and will start
at St. John's Episcopal Church and
finish at the Agriculture Fair
Grounds. Awards will be presented
to the top five male and female fin-
ishers and top boys and girls 13 and
under.
For information, contact the V.I.
Pace Runners at 643-2557 or logon
to: http://virginislandspace.org.
Tackle football camp regis-
tration
ST. THOMAS — Registration for
the V.I. Youth Tackle Football Camp
is at 10 a.m. on Saturday and Dec.
21 at the CARS field. The camp is
open to all youths in grades 5 to 9
interested in learning how to play
tackle football. For more informa-
tion or to register, call Francisco
Janis at 244-8591.
Froggy Johnson Basketball
Tournament
ST. THOMAS — Rosters are
available for the seventh annual
Ralph "Froggy" Johnson 13-16
Double Elimination Basketball
Tournament scheduled for Dec. 20-
23 at Alvin McBean Complex. The
first eight teams to register will be
eligible. Entrance fee is $10 per
player, and entry deadline is
Saturday. To pick up a roster or for
more information. call Albelto
Roberts at 777-3373.
Women's soccer league
ST. THOMAS —The U.S. Virgin
Islands Soccer Association's St.
Thomas Women's Soccer League
takes place at the UVI soccer field
every Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m. Any
women interested in learning to play
soccer are invited.
For details, call the USVI Soccer
Association office at 719-9707 or
email usvisoccerftmail.com. Thompson wins STAR Jingle Bell Run By KEMP CALLWOOD
Daily News Staff
Michael Thompson completed the
3-mile course at Magens Bay in 18
minutes and 33 seconds to win the
St. Thomas Association of
Roadrunners' annual Jingle Bell
Run on Sunday.
Brad Kappel was second overall in
20:23, followed by Jack Hullings in
21:17, Michael Sheesley in 23:25
and Steven LaPlace in 23:34. Ali
Slimming (25:45), Tegan Kappel
(26:58), Adrienne Baird (27:04) and
Christine Sheehan (27:47) round out
the top 10.
St. Croix's annual Cane Bay 5-
mile Jingle Bell Run will be held at
7 a.m. on Dec. 21. The run will
start and finish at Cane Bay Beach
on Northshore Road, and it will run
along the shore to Renaissance
Carambola Resort and back.
Awards include a special Jan
Mitchell armament / medal to the
top 20 finishers, 10 turkeys — two
turkeys to the top male and female
finishers, two turkeys to the best
costumed male and female and raf-
fle of the remaining six turkeys to
the participants.
Full race results are on page
62. For information. logon to:
http irginislandspace.org
Zero Tolerance 9-12
Drug Free Basketball League Runners line up at the start of the St. Thomas Association of Roadrunners Jingle Bell Run on Sunday at Magens Bay.
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