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    Sports Shorts for the Week of June 20

    By By Jason Olson,

    12 days ago

    Firemen's Softball Tournament

    The 66th annual Firemen’s Softball Tournament is set to return July 18-21 to Valley View Playfields. Tourney weekend begins the evening of July 18 with the annual Bloomington Fire versus Bloomington Police all-star softball game at 6 p.m. at Red Haddox Field. A Firemen’s Tournament All-Star game will follow at 7:30 p.m. Various concession offerings will be provided by non-profit organizations from across Bloomington including Kennedy High School and Jefferson High School.

    Tournament games start at 6 p.m. July 19 with the defending champions game on Field 4 at 7:15 p.m. The big tent closes at 11 p.m.

    Tourney games resume at 8 a.m. July 20 with breakfast served under the big tent. Pro wrestling will entertain the fans near the watertower at 4 p.m. and the big tent will close at 10 p.m. Tourney games resume at 8 a.m. July 21 with championship games starting at 1 p.m. with the tournament finishing by 3 p.m.

    Registration remains open through tournament director Jeff Barnes who can be reached at 612-801-8930 or by emailing barnsey164@outlook.com

    Summer training for Richfield CC

    Richfield cross country summer practice continues all summer starting from the Richfield High School flag pole starting at 7:30 a.m. Monday-Friday. Captains will lead the practices with coach Marty Huberty checking in throughout the summer for endurance and conditioning sessions.

    The official start to the season is Aug. 14 with the Meet the Spartans community event (all sports) at Spartan Stadium at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16 and the Alumni Run at Spartan Stadium at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 17. Contact \ Huberty at martin.huberty@rpsmn.org or 952-994-7762 or coach Jessica Okey at jessica.okey@rpsmn.org for more information or find the Richfield Cross Country group on Facebook or RichfieldCrossCountry on Instagram.

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