SSA registration continues

Registration for the 2017-18 Starkville Soccer Association season is now open.

There are changes in our recreation program for the upcoming year. The rec soccer season will consist of a fall only season. There will be a 12-game schedule beginning with practice starting the week of August 28. Games will begin the week of Sept. 18. The rec season will conclude on Saturday, Nov. 18. Games will be played on four Saturdays throughout the season.

SSA will have its 40th year anniversary celebration on Saturday, Sept. 23 with a day of soccer and events for all our soccer programs.

The other tentative Saturdays for games is Sept. 30 and Oct. 28. There will not be any games or practices scheduled during schools’ fall break or on Halloween.

SSA believes the kids need more practice time throughout the season. In the past there have been only practices before the season started. This year more practice days will be implemented throughout the season. To help out coaches, coach Phil Rose has planned to have a couple of coaching clinics for rec coaches throughout the season. The same playing/practices days will continue as in the past. Girls will be on Monday/Thursday and boys will be on Tuesday/ Thursday.

For those interesting in playing soccer in the spring, players will still have the opportunity for spring soccer. Rec soccer academy will be introduced for the spring. This program will be run similar to IFC academy that exists now. The format will be training as a group the first part of practice then breaking into teams to play games to finish the training session. There is no tournament travel involved with the rec academy. There will be a small fee for those that choose to participate in the rec academy. The fee will cover the price of the rec academy training t shirt.

The members of SSA are excited about the changes that are going to take place in the rec program this year.

Registration is now open. Please login to your account at starkvillesoccer.com now to registrar for a discounted price until August 1.

Jeff Anthony Chris Pulliam Casey Skelton Allan Smith

Lawson Graves Marcus Hendrix Trey Schillings Brantley Berkery Micah Buckner Brennan Frazier Andrew Jenkins Jack Johnson Garrett Kosko Ty Marconi Barret Peaster Joseph Portera Canon Mullen Christian Riekhof Donald Walker

Age 7 Players

Will Dalton Jack Dodds Ethan Fisher Thomas Graves Marcus Hendrix II Isaiah Kemp Whitten Miller Jack Northcutt Jack Pounds Taj Prater Rhett Schillings Kaden Wilson

Coaches Age 8 American

Players Coaches

Thomas Berkery Brandon Frazier Brantley Johnson Brian Portera

Age 8 National

Players

Ben Lyle Larkin Perry Parker Simpson Si Thomas

Today

HORSE RACING 3 p.m.

FS2 — Saratoga Live, at Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

MLB BASEBALL Noon

MLB — Regional coverage, Cincinnati at N.Y. Yankees OR Baltimore at Tampa Bay (noon)

3 p.m.

MLB — Regional coverage, Boston at Seattle (joined in progress) OR Atlanta at Arizona (3:30 p.m.)

7 p.m.

ESPN — Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox

10 p.m.

MLB — Regional coverage, Minnesota at L.A. Dodgers OR N.Y. Mets at San Diego (games joined in progress)

SOCCER 6:30 p.m.

ESPN2 — International Champions Cup, FC Barcelona vs. Manchester United, at Landover, Md.

8 p.m.

ESPNEWS — International Champions Cup, Paris Saint-Germain vs. Juventus, at Miami

8:30 p.m.

ESPN2 — International Champions Cup, Paris Saint-Germain vs. Juventus, at Miami

8:30 p.m.

FS1 — CONCACAF Gold Cup, final, United States vs. Jamaica, at Santa Clara, Calif.

10:30 p.m.

ESPN — International Champions Cup, Manchester City vs. Real Madrid, at Los Angeles

SWIMMING 10:30 a.m.

NBCSN — FINA World Aquatics Championships, semifinals and finals, at Budapest, Hungary