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Junior Challenger tennis event set

The next event in the Laguna Beach Junior Challengers Winter Series will be held Sunday at the Alta Laguna tennis courts.

Players can rack-up points in singles round-robin play by competing against a variety of players in shortened matches. The event is open to novice to advanced players ages eight-to-16 and the cost is $25 per player.

The tournament, presented by All Court Tennis, begins at 2 p.m. Sunday.

For more information, contact Julie Heussenstamm of the United States Tennis Professionals Assn. at (949) 933-4850, or at allcourttennis@hotmail.com. Entry forms also can be obtained at the Laguna Beach Community Services Dept.

Local tennis teams looking to fill roster

Laguna Beach Breakers Junior Team Tennis is seeking boys’ and girls’ players to compete on its 12-and-Under and 14-and-Under division teams during the spring season.

A player can be as young as eight to compete in the 12-and-Under division.

The spring season begins this month.

Junior Team Tennis is a co-ed league featuring singles and doubles play against teams of similar abilities throughout south Orange County.

For more information, contact Julie Heussenstamm, a United States Professional Tennis Assn. teaching pro at (949) 933-4850, or by e-mail at allcourttennis@hotmail.com. Please include name, birth date and playing experience of the player in the e-mail.

Volleyball clinic series under way

The Adam Johnson Volleyball Club Winter Clinic Series continues through April 14 at the Thurston Middle School gymnasium.

The cost is $160 per youth. Fees will be prorated if a player joins a session already in progress. Paper work will be available at the first session, or can be obtained online at ajvolleyball.com, listed under “club entrance.”

Due to the high volume of participants, second-, third-, fourth- and fifth-grade students must sign up on the appropriate clinic days. Each clinic is limited to 15 participants on a first come, first serve, basis. For information, e-mail adam.johnson@cox.net.

The clinics are designed to provide youth with the basic fundamental skills of indoor volleyball and give them “a great foundation to move forward in the sport and in life,” said Johnson, a former member of the United States National Team.

Four practice sessions are scheduled for the clinic. The clinic series schedule is as follows:

Girls and boys, second- and third-grades, 4-5:30 p.m. each Monday.

Girls and boys, fourth- and fifth-grades, 4-5:30 p.m. each Wednesday.

Girls and boys, sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grades, 5-6:30 p.m. each Friday.

Pop Warner Football accepts registration

South Coast Pop Warner Football and Cheer currently is accepting registration for its 2006 season.

The program, open to youth ages five-to-15, also is accepting applications for football head and assistant coaches. Prospective coaches need not have a child participating in the league.

South Coast Pop Warner Football is listed among the top 10-ranked programs in the state and is an official Positive Coaching Alliance Local Partner.

Visit the website, https://www.SCYF.com to sign up or download an application, or call (949) 465-6609.