Local Sports

City of York Parks and Recreation Department is now registering for Dixie Youth Baseball for ages 9-12. Participants must be 9 before May 1 and cannot turn 13 before May 1, 2010. A birth certificate is required at registration for all participants. Registration fee is $25 for all participants.

The Region 3-AAAA Wrestling Tournament, postponed last week due to inclement weather, will be held Thursday at Fort Mill High School.

The Clover High School Future Business Leaders of America club is hosting the “Valentines for Veterans” 5k fun run and walk Feb. 13 at Clover High School to benefit the Clover American Legion and the Clover Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Girls on the Run of the Tri County, presented by Piedmont Medical Center, is gearing up for the spring season. Registration is open for all sites.

The Clover Recreation Department will be holding registration for spring baseball, ages 4-14; softball, ages 7-18 and soccer, ages 4-17 on Mondays and Tuesdays, 4 - 8 p.m., Monday, Feb. 1 - Tuesday, Feb. 23.

The search continues for a new head football coach at York Comprehensive High School.

Hikeya Davis was out with the flu when the Lady Cougars lost to unbeaten Northwestern last week.

Playing before a frenzied crowd in the Clover High School gym, longtime basketball rivals Clover and York split double-header action last Friday.

The York Comprehensive High School wrestling team defeated rival Clover 51-13 in a Region 3-AAAA match at Clover last week.

The York-Clover rivalry reaches every athlete at both schools, regardless of the sport. And let the record show that wrestling is no exception. All one has to do to gauge the impact of the rivalry is talk to Clover High School coach Mike Fitzgerald.