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FORECAST:
Partly cloudy with a chance of thundershowers this weekend - High in the low 90s.

Partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms at night time this weekend - Low in the mid 60s


AGGIES & WARRIORS TO COMPETE IN SAME PASSING CAMP:
ONEONTA - Fairview and West Point are among the participants that will be in the Oneomta High School 7 on 7 passing camp next week.
It just happens that the two Cullman County schools are in the same pool with 16 teams involved in the quest to get in some valuable time with the passing offense and the passing defense as these camps have become a popular summer item for prep teams in recent years.
Fairview and West Point are in Pool C with Appalachian and Lafayette High School of Georgia, coached by former Russellville coach Perryy Swindall.
Pool A is Susan Moore, Guntesville, Springville and Hayden B team. Pool B has Pinson Valley, Hayden, Mortimer Jordan and Crossville. The group in Pool D is Albertville, Oneonta, Locust Fork and the LaGrange B team.
The games will begin Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. at Galbreath Stadium on the Oneonta campus. Each team will play three games in pool play with the tournament schedule to be Friday and Saturday.
Fairview and West Point will be playing its pool schedule Thursday. The Aggies will play Appalachian while the Warriors meet Lafayette at 2:30 p.m.
At 3:30 p.m., Fairview faces Lafayette and West Point takes on Appalachian. Then the Aggies and Warriors clash at 4:30 p.m.to finish out their round-robin format.
It will be West Point's first opportunity to experience work against opposition under new coach A.J. Lamar while Fairview has senior quarterback Trett Hardman back to run the spread formation for coach George Redding with the Aggies looking for a third consecutive winning program under his helm.


ATTENTION HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL & VOLLEYBALL COACHES:
July is a very busy month for these two sports with a series of team camps on the schedule. The Alabama High School Athletic Association allows football and volleyball teams seven days in the summer time to participate in team camps with football involved in 7 on 7 passing skills and volleyball getting in plenty of team competition at different sites around the immediate area.
Sportspage requests to area football and volleyball coaches to e-mail them a list of camps that they will be participating in during the month of July so Sportspage can cover them on certain days.
To send a list of assignments, e-mail the information to cullsportspage@yahoo.com.
Please include dates, sites and game times.


FLORIDA'S URBAN MEYER TO SPEAK AT ALL-STAR SPORTS WEEK:
HUNTSVILLE - Two-time college football national championship coach Urban Meyer of the University of Florida will be one of several key people that will be in attendance during the 13th edition of the Alabama High School All-Star Sports Week.
The sports week will take place in the Huntsville area July 13-17 with a series of All-Star games in the sports of baseball, soccer, softball, boys and girls' basketball and football.
Coaching clinics in all sports will be held that week inside the Von Braun Center.
Meyer will address the state football coaches and other guests too on July 16 from 10:00 a.m. until 11:15 a,m,. Other notibale football coaches that will be at '09 Sports Week include Alabama offensive coordinator Jim McElwain, Auburn defensive coach Ted Roof and Auburn offensive coordinator Gus Malzoln.


NEW TIDE HOOPS COACH TO ADDRESS STATE PREP COACHES:
HUNTSVILLE - In an opportunity to get more exposure for himself and his program, new University of Alabama basketball coach Anthony Grant will speak to the prep coaches during the 13th Alabama High School All-Star Sports Week.
Grant will be at the Von Braun Center on July 17 from 1:15 p.m. until 2:15 p.m. to provide the state coaches in varsity and junior varsity level his philsophy and the opportunity to come into the Southeastern Conference after coaching Virginia Commonwealth University in the Colonial Athletic Associaition to success for the past three years.
Grant is a former assistant coach to Billy Donovan at the University of Florida and a valuable recruiter in heloing the Gators win back-to-back national championships in 2005 & 2006.
Current Missouri and former UAB coach Mike Anderson will be at the clinic on July 16 from 3:15 until 4:15 p.m.
Basketball coaches in the NCAA this  year will not be able to attend the All-Star games scheduled for July 16 at the University of Alabama in Huntsville because of it being a "dead period" in regards to recruiting seniors for the class of 2010.


LOCAL SPORTING EVENTS COMING UP:

Friday:
USSSA Softball Tournament @ Field of Miracles 6:00 p.m.


Saturday:
USSSA Softball Tournament @ Field of Miracles 9:00 a.m.
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Monday:
Cullman Men's Open League Softball @ Heritage Park
6:00, 7:00, 8:00 & 9:00 p.m.


Tuesday:
Cullman Men's Church, Women's Church & Wiomen's Open Softball @ Heritage Park
6:30, 7:30 & 8:30 p.m.