The Sanatoga Post

POTTSTOWN PA – Now officially in its 25th season, the Lower Pottsgrove Athletic Association (LPAA) will begin accepting registrations beginning next Monday (Nov. 1, 2010) from boys and girls in grades 3-8 interested in playing recreational basketball, LPAA Director Jim Kaiser reported in an e-mail.

• This event has been added to The Post calendar.

Registration and medical release forms – which are available from the LPAA website, here – and accompanying fees can be delivered to the upper lobby of Pottsgrove Middle School, 1351 N. Hanover St., Pottstown PA, on these dates and times:

• Nov. 1 (Monday), 6-8 p.m.;
• Nov. 2 (Tuesday), 6-8 p.m.;
• Nov. 3 (Wednesday), 6-8 p.m.; and
• Nov. 6 (Saturday), 9 a.m. to noon.

Registration costs are unchanged from last year, at $45 for players in grades 3-6 and $50 for grades 7-8. Cash or checks will be accepted. A $15 late fee will be charged for registrations postmarked after Nov. 20. Checks must be made payable to LPAA Basketball. For more information, call 610-970-2175.

Practices, skills training, and games for grades 3-6 will be held Saturdays from Dec. 4 (2010) through March 19 (2011) at the middle school, for four 90-minute periods that range from 9 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., depending on grade and team gender. Practices for 7th and 8th graders will run Mondays through Thursdays from 6-9 p.m. at the middle school starting in January; their games will be similarly scheduled from early February through the end of March.

LPAA is a local youth sports program that “continues to grow year after year,” its website notes. Directors for the program include Kaiser; Steve Klotz, 7th and 8th grade boys director; Chuck Bleakley, personnel; and Brian Carroll, facilities. A director for 7th and 8th grade girls has yet to be named.

New for this year is the program’s presence on Twitter, which will be used to deliver announcements, weather alerts and cancellation notices.

The start of the season is close at hand.

POTTSTOWN PA – The Lower Pottsgrove Athletic Association (LPAA) begins accepting registrations for its 24th season tonight (Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009) from 6-8 p.m. in the upper lobby of Pottsgrove Middle School, 1351 N. Hanover St., Pottstown PA. Boys and girls in grades 3-8 interested in playing recreational basketball are eligible to enroll.

• These events have been added to The Post calendar.

Registration costs $45 for players in grades 3-6, and $50 for grades 7-8. Cash or checks will be accepted. Checks must be made payable to LPAA Basketball. Registrations must be accompanied by appropriate medical release forms. For more information, call 610-970-2175.

LPAA enrollment continues at the middle school this week on:

• Wednesday (Oct. 28 ), 6-8 p.m.;
• Thursday (Oct. 29 ), 6-8 p.m.; and
• Saturday (Oct. 31), 9 a.m. to noon.

The season officially starts Nov. 28 (2009).

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The season starts Nov. 28.

POTTSTOWN PA – Although its 24th season won’t officially start until Nov. 28 (2009), the Lower Pottsgrove Athletic Association (LPAA) will begin accepting registrations Oct. 27 (2009; Tuesday) from boys and girls in grades 3-8 interested in playing recreational basketball, LPAA Director Jim Kaiser said Thursday (Oct. 15, 2009) in an e-mail.

• These events have been added to The Post calendar.

Registration and medical release forms and accompanying fees can be delivered to the upper lobby of Pottsgrove Middle School, 1351 N. Hanover St., Pottstown PA, on these dates and times:

• Oct. 27 (Tuesday), 6-8 p.m.;
• Oct. 28 (Wednesday), 6-8 p.m.;
• Oct. 29 (Thursday), 6-8 p.m.; and
• Oct. 31 (Saturday), 9 a.m. to noon.

Registration costs $45 for players in grades 3-6, and $50 for grades 7-8. Cash or checks will be accepted. Checks must be made payable to LPAA Basketball. For more information, call 610-970-2175.

LPAA is a local youth sports program that “continues to grow year after year,” Kaiser said. Its staff “looks forward to another great year providing a fun and educational basketball season,” he added. Directors for the program include Kaiser; Steve Klotz, 7th and 8th grade boys director; Rusty Bealer, 7th and 8th grade girls; Chuck Bleakley, personnel; and Brian Carroll, facilities.

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A reminder Sunday outside Richards Field on Buchert Road.

Registration for intramural league basketball play, sponsored by the Lower Pottsgrove Athletic Association, will be held Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (Nov. 4-6, 2008) from 6-8 p.m., and also on Saturday (Nov. 8, 2008), from 9 a.m. to Noon in the upper lobby of the Pottsgrove Middle School, 1351 N. Hanover St., Pottstown PA. For information, call 610-334-6044.