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REC & PARKS
+ Tourney taking registrations
The 21st annual Plant City Optimist Club/Recreation & Parks Department Golf Classic is set for Saturday, Oct. 10, and the time to register is right now.
This year’s tournament will be held at Walden Lake Golf & Country Club. A four-person scramble with a shotgun start will begin at 1 p.m. Cash prizes will be given out, and there will also be a putting contest, two long drive and closest-to-pin holes, and a door prize raffle.
Proceeds from the tournament will benefit Plant City-area youth programs.
The cost to register is $75 per player, for teams of four, and sponsorship rates vary, starting at $100 per hole.
For more information call Walt Arnold at (813) 752-1602 or Jeb Hicks at (813) 659-1052.
TENNIS
+ Maggie Pate performing well
Local tennis player Maggie Pate is on fire this summer. Pate, 14, won four consecutive tournaments in 16-and-under play.
In July, she was chosen to play No. 1 on the USTA 14-and-under’s Florida team, during the Zonal Team Championships in Arlington, Texas. It was the last 14U tournament Pate plans to compete in, having moved up an age group for the competition.
VOLLEYBALL
+ Area recap
DURANT
The Lady Cougars kicked off the 2015 season with a 3-1 loss against Robinson Thursday, Aug. 27. Results for the Thursday, Sept. 3, game at Plant High were not available at press time.
The next match is Thursday, Sept. 10, at Lennard High, 2002 E. Shell Point Road, Ruskin.
PLANT CITY
On Tuesday, Sept. 1, Plant City picked up its first regular-season win with a 3-1 victory at Armwood. Results from the Thursday, Sept. 3, game at Spoto were not available at press time.
The Lady Raiders will host Riverview Tuesday, Sept. 8.
STRAWBERRY CREST
Like Plant City, Crest did get a preseason win — 2-0 against Riverview Monday, Aug. 17. Before beginning district play, a match is set against Armwood Tuesday, Sept. 8, at Armwood High, 12000 E. U.S. Highway 92, Seffner.
Crest and Plant City will kick of district play two days later at 1 Raider Place.
