Youth Basketball Registration
The City of Fillmore Recreation Department will be conducting Youth Basketball registration for boys and girls grades 1-9. Registration will be accepted at the recreation department beginning Monday, October 6, 2008 and continuing through Friday, November 7, 2008 between 8:00AM-5:00PM. League play is scheduled to begin Saturday, December 6, 2008 and continue through the end of February 2009. Cost for registration is $50 (price includes picture package and a trophy). For additional information please contact the recreation Department, 524-1500 ex#216.

Youth Basketball Coaches Needed
The City of Fillmore Recreation Department and the Youth Basketball Program is looking for interested persons willing to coach a youth basketball team. The league will begin Saturday, December 6, 2008 and continue through the end of February, 2009 (approx. 10 weeks). Coaches are needed for all divisions. If you are interested in coaching a boys or girls basketball team please contact Annette Cardona, 524-1500 ex216.

Youth Basketball Referees Needed
The City of Fillmore Recreation Department and the Youth Basketball Program is looking for interested persons willing to referee youth basketball. The league will begin Saturday, December 6, 2008 and continue through the end of February, 2009. (approx 10 weeks). Referees are needed for all divisions. If you are interested in refereeing boys and girls basketball please contact Annette Cardona, 524-1500 ex216.

Night Football Practice.
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Night Football Practice.
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Night Football Practice.
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The Fillmore High School Football season opens this Friday night at home against Channel Islands High School. On behalf of the Fillmore High School students and staff I would like to invite you and your family to join us. Ticket prices are $7.00 for adults, Middle School students and younger $4.00 (if accompanied by an adult), and ALL Children without an adult $4.00.

Please remind your son/daughter that if they come to the game they are required to sit in the bleachers to watch the game. Students will not be allowed to loiter behind the bleachers or near the snack bar area. Students who do not comply will be asked to leave and will not be allowed to return to other games this year.

Other home games this year:

September 12 - Village Christian
September 19 - Bishop Diego
September 26 - Kilpatrick (Homecoming)
October 31 - Santa Paula
November 17 - Grace Brethren

Junior Varsity games begin at 4:30; Varsity games begin at 7:30

We are very excited about the opening of our new football stadium, and we hope to see you there. Go FLASHES!

Two Ventura County shooters have reason to celebrate after their strong showing in the Steel Challenge World Speed Shooting Championships held this past weekend in Piru, California. Taran Butler of Simi Valley won the title of world’s fastest in the Enhanced Service Pistol and Shotgun matches while also claiming a fourth place finish in the Rimfire Rifle event. In the Custom Defensive Pistol match nobody was faster than JT Tedder of Moorpark who also placed third in the Iron Sighted Revolver match.
Butler shot the Enhanced Service Pistol match in a winning time of 119.63 seconds, the Shotgun match in 20.25 seconds and the Rimfire Rifle match in 30.89. Tedder outpaced the competition in Custom Defensive Pistol with a time of 137.38 and shot a time of 128.52 in the Iron Sighted Revolver competition.
More than 200 top competition shooters from 19 states and 4 foreign countries competed for a share of the $350,000 in cash and prizes at the Steel Challenge which is the premier event in the sport of Speed Shooting.
About the SCSA: The Steel Challenge Shooting Association (SCSA) is the governing body of the sport of Speed Shooting and organizer of the Steel Challenge World Speed Shooting Championships. To learn more about the Steel Challenge Shooting Association and the Steel Challenge visit their Web site at www.steelchallenge.com. There you will find diagrams of the stages of fire, complete listing of the 2007 results, a list of past champions, world record times and more.

A big “Thank You” to Curtis Cole for all of the hard work and determination he showed the boys this past couple of weeks in camp. We appreciate all the training and pointers you gave them to help with this coming football season. The boys and parents are very fortunate to have a young man who is willing to take the time out of his schedule during his summer break and teach these boys the fundamentals of football and to whip them into shape. You are a wonderful young man and we wish you nothing but the best this year at ASU.

Taylor Brown, 10, of Fillmore, CA placed 2nd in her respective age group at the Aquafina Major League Baseball Pitch, Hit & Run National Finals at Yankee Stadium. The competition took place on Monday, July 14, as part of Gatorade All-Star Workout Day.

Brown, representing the Los Angeles Dodgers, was the Fillmore Girls Softball Local Competition Champion before prevailing at the Southern California Super Regional in Bellflower. A 4’3” second basemen for the Fillmore All-Stars, Taylor used her base running ability to post the fastest 9/10 year old Super Regional time of the 2008 season.

All 24 National Finalist participants attended the Major League Baseball Brunch at the historic Waldorf Astoria hotel as well as attended DHL All-Star Fan Fest. Participants also took part in shagging fly balls in the outfield during the State Farm Home Run Derby on Monday night.
Pitch, Hit & Run is the official skills competition of Major League Baseball. This grassroots program is in its 12th consecutive year of existence and is designed to provide youth across North America with an integrated competition that recognizes individual excellence in core baseball skills. Children compete in four age groups: 7/8, 9/10, 11/12, 13/14, and have the chance to advance through multiple levels of competition.

The PHR program has produced multiple 1st round draft picks, most recently, Eric Hosmer of Plantation, FL. Hosmer was drafted third overall, by the Kansas City Royals in the 2008 First-Year Player Draft. Christopher Parmalee, of Chino Hills, Calif., was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the first round of the 2006 MLB Player Draft, and in 2003, the Chicago Cubs drafted Ryan Harvey, of Dunedin, Fla., as the sixth overall pick.