Sign ups for winter sports will begin this week with registration sites at various locations including Huffman Park, Mountain View Elementary School, and Dick's Sporting Goods over the next several Tuesdays and Saturdays.

You may also register your child online for fall sports by clicking on the link for online registration in the right hand corner of the page or on the tab to the left.

For winter we offer the following sports:

Basketball

We offer coed basketball for 4-6 year olds and 7-8 year olds.  We also offer boys basketball for 9-10 year olds, 11-12 year olds, and 13-18 year olds.  Our girls basketball is now based on grade level and we will be offering girls basketball for grades 3-5 and grades 6-8.  Games will be played at Mountain View Elementary School, Blackburn Elementary School, and Banoak Elementary School.  All skill evaluations except for the 13-18 year old boys will be on Saturday, November 8 at Mountain View Elementary School.  The skill evaluations for the 13-18 year old boys will be announced at a later date.

Cheerleading

Cheerleading will be offered for girls K-6th grade.  Returning cheerleaders from the fall who already have a cheerleading uniform will be offered a discounted registration of $35.00.  An informational meeting for winter cheerleading will be announced at a later date.

Indoor Soccer

Indoor soccer will be played at Blackburn Elementary School on Wednesday nights, Friday nights, and Sunday afternoons.  Indoor soccer will be offered for 7-9 year olds and 10-13 year olds.  Both age groups will be coed.  Skill evaluations will be on Sunday, November 23 at Blackburn Elementary School.

Registration

Basketball & Cheerleading     Early Registration (before Tuesday, November 4):  $70.00          Late Registration (after Tuesday, November 4):  $80.00

Indoor Soccer                      Early Registration (before Tuesday, November 18):  $70.00          Late Registration (after Tuesday, November 18):  $80.00

A $10.00 discount will be given for the registration of additional siblings

*a $2.50 processing fee will be applied to all online registrations

Check our winter sports flyer below for full details about  sports offered, registration times/locations, and skill evaluation times/locations.  For a printable copy of the flyer click on the flyer below.  You may also click on the link below the flyer for a printable registration form.

See you on the courts this winter!

Click here for a printable registration form

This winter, Mountain View Recreation is offering a Winter Baseball Training Camp.  The camp will begin on November 1^st and run through the winter up to the start of the Spring Baseball season.  The goal of the camp is to help children learn proper form and techniques in throwing, batting and fielding in baseball.  The camp will be split into two age groups.  The first group will be for children that are now playing or will be playing machine pitch baseball in the coming spring.  The second group will be for kid pitch players.  Both groups will focus on the fundamentals of baseball and proper technique.  The older group will also include focus on pitching, catching, stealing bases, and sharpening the core skills.

 The camp is offered at no cost to players.

Age Groups/Camp Dates

Machine Pitch (Age 7-8)

Sundays from 2:00 - 3:30 PM beginning on November 2, 2014

Kid Pitch (Age 9-12)

Saturdays from 1:00 - 2:30 PM beginning on November 1, 2014

By the end of this camp, the expectation is that the boys will be coming into the spring baseball assessment ready to play and with an improved skill set and knowledge of the game.  It is very hard to get boys ready to play when there are so many on a team and so little time to get them ready for games.  Hopefully, this offseason camp can help teach where in the regular season time is limited.

Todd Jenkins will be heading up the machine pitch group and Andrew Lail will head up the kid pitch group. 

The camp will try to work around the winter sports so that everyone can take advantage of the camp.  If you miss a Saturday, we can work on some fundamentals on Sunday, or vice-versa.  Since it will be running for such a long span, anyone can come in at any point and we will work with them to get them up to speed.

For information or interest contact our Winter Baseball Camp Director:

Andrew Lail

andrewlail76@yahoo.com

Announcing…..Lacrosse at Mountain View Recreation!  The first season of Lacrosse at Mountain View Recreation will begin in the spring of 2015!

Please join us for an informational meeting to be held at Huffman Park at the upper concessions area under the shelter on Sunday, October 26 at 2:00 pm.  We will be discussing the game, equipment, and how lacrosse teams generally function.  Our goal is to field 2-3 age based teams welcoming both boys and girls.  Bring your potential player to the meeting.  There will be equipment and players on hand to demonstrate lacrosse skills on the field while the meeting is underway.  If any parents have experience with the game of lacrosse or a desire to learn your help is welcome.

Soon we will be announcing several future opportunities for the children to come out and learn and try out lacrosse.  These introduction dates will include on site local youth, high school, and college athletes in the area who have played lacrosse here in Hickory.

 If interested in exploring lacrosse, here are some links to local area programs:

http://www.eteamz.com/hickory/

http://lrbears.com/sport.asp?sportID=12

 For questions please contact our Lacrosse Program Director:

 Ernie Ceccato

mtviewlax@gmail.com

828-294-8811