+ Kendall Dawson named to USA team
Kendall Dawson got some great news last week.
The Plant City native learned that she had made the cut for the USA Baseball Women’s National Team on Thursday, and she’ll be the team’s catcher for its 2014 WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup run in September.
Dawson, one of 20 athletes selected after last week’s team trials, wrapped up team training activities yesterday and will head to Miyazaki, Japan, to compete from Sept. 1 to 7.
+ Register open for fishing derby
The Plant City Recreation and Parks Department’s semi-annual Youth Fishing Derby is less than a month away, and registration is open now.
Any Plant City kids, ages 5 to 15, are eligible to fish in the Sept. 20 derby. Anglers, divided into two age groups, can compete for the First Bass, First Catfish, Biggest Fish and Most Fish awards.
Registration may be done online at the city’s website, plantcitygov.com, and is open through Sept. 18.
For more information, or to sign on as an event sponsor, contact Deborah Haldane at (813) 659-4200, Ext.
4302.
+ City to hostsoftball tourney
The Rec and Parks Department is also thinking ahead to October, having just announced a women’s Halloween softball tournament.
Plant City will host the Halloween All-Night Classic (formerly known as the Cindy Shaw All-Night Halloween Tournament), and the department is expecting to bring in teams from around the Tampa Bay area and even out of state.
The tournament will be held Oct. 25, at the Randy L. Larson Four-Plex, 1500 South Park Road. Teams are required to pay a $300 entry fee and register by Friday, Oct. 17.
Registration is available online at teamsideline.com/plantcity.