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...Numbers are up slightly in both softball and baseball among nine different leagues in the city.More than 3,800 baseball players and 1,375 softball players signed up last month to participate.

Ages vary from 5-18."As long as those numbers hold steady, we are doing well," Card said.The Miracle League roster also grew this year, and the number of physically and mentally challenged participants is expected to increase as the season continues."The league has really grown, going from about two or three teams to six this year," Card said.

"They expect that number to go up since they take sign ups all through the season."Tri-county leagues report similar growth.

Prattville Dixie Youth Baseball is up from last year, according to league representative David Mills."We've returned to the numbers we had from a couple of years ago," Mills said.

"We've added teams in some of the leagues.

We've got somewhere between 800-850 participating."Saturday's ceremonies at Riverwalk will be simila...

NAS Fallon service men and women asked to fill roles to provide ... (travel news)

..."It smoothed out while I was there and with the training." Reality setting in at NSAWCThe effect of the Navy's individual augmentation program goes beyond the individual service members who are called upon to essentially put their lives, both professional and personal, on hold for an extended period of time."Reality is hitting and morale is decreasing because these guys are not used to manpower cuts and taking it out-of-hide because in sea commands, they've never had to deal with this," Olson said.By the time aviators get assigned to NSAWC, they have spent much of their career assigned to squadrons which are deployed on ships at sea.Ships at sea, in general, have top priority when it comes to filling jobs and positions.

If there is a need for a certain job to be filled at sea, the Navy will ...

Are you ready for some football? Australian rules ^ (travel news)

...Good for them, but not good for Salisbury resident and team member Mick Dunne, who has to commute more than two hours to take part in these games.Dunne has played with the Eagles for five years and wants to give people in Salisbury a chance to learn the game, and if all goes well, form a METRO team of their own here on the Eastern Shore, as part of the Eagles Club."I basically want to let people know that there's an opportunity to get out there and learn about another sport," Dunne said.Dunne makes the drive across the bridge almost every weekend, but can't go to team training sessions, which take place every week, sometimes twice a week.Ideally, Dunne would like to get a group of 15 athletes together here to make up his own ME...

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Dixie Youth ready to open (travel news)

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