Wednesday, December 11, 2013 LOCAL SPORTS The Virgin Islands Daily News 67 baseball fun days The jaycobie Blash Foundation in conjunction with the V.I. Tourism Department will present the Ballets 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.1. 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 CAHS 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 Jams 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 usvisoccettagmail.com. Ba„eic:!:ivi3iriefs 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). Adrianne 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://virginislandspace.org Zero Tolerance 9-12 Drug Free Basketball League Majikai Smith scored 10 points and Jourdyn Rawlins added nine as Nuff Respect defeated Mo Youths. 35-12, in the Zero Tolerance 9-12 Drug Free Basketball League on Saturday in the CAHS gym on St. Thomas. The league began on Friday and will continue this upcoming Friday beginning at 7:30 p.m. Also on Saturday: • J'wan Roberts scored seven point to lead Jah Youths to a 31-23 win over Come 2 Defend. Kyode Walters led C2D with eight points. • Jah Youths edged Mo Youths, 20- 19. Lesroy Nesbitt led Jah Youths with seven points, and Shequana James led Mo Youths with six points. • Aliyah Boston had a game-high 13 points to lead Nuff Respect past Come 2 Defend, 30-24. Teammate Terrell Lake added six points. Himoi Andrew and Kishard Callendar had seven points apiece for C2D. On Friday. Jah Youths opened the league with a 35-25 win over Null Respect. Jeremiah James led Jah Youths with 13 points, followed by J'wan Roberts with eight points. Nuff Respect was led by Jourdyn Rawlins with 11 points and Aliyah Boston with seven. Also. Kyode Walters scored eight Runners line up at the start of the St. Thomas Association of Roadrunners Jingle Bell Run on Sunday at Magens Bay. points to lead Come 2 Defend past Mo Youths, 25-9. Jakeel Isaac led Mo Youths with five points. VITFF Developmental/ All-Comers meet No. 1 The first V.I. Development All- Comers track meet of the year was held at the St. Croix Educational Complex track on Friday afternoon. Several meet records were set in the competition by Karen Dascent and Layla Browne. and age group records were set by Deanna Roumo. M Gilbert Scotland and Mikaela Smith. Full results are listed on page 62. Athletes are urged to register with the V.I. Track and Field Federation to establish eligibility to compete for the territory. They can do so by log- ging on to: http://virginislandstracka- ndfield.org. For more information, email isv@mf. iaaf.org, [email protected], or call 643-2557. Carlos Furniture Furnish It Fabulous CarlosFumitselJSVI .Corn Tutu Park Mall. STT Open Daily (340) 693-0016 Gov Employee Financing No Interest, Easy Financing Dairy ileAs Photo to( R. ALAN, NORM Aliyah Boston grabs a rebound in the Zero Tolerance 9-12 Basketball League. VI_DAILYNEWS/PAGES 1A671 112+10113 22:33 I SUPERIMPVI CYAN MAGENTA BLACK EFTA01242183