LEWISTON – The Lewiston Blue Demons Middle School Hockey Club is having a bottle drive this Saturday, Oct. 16 from 9 a.m. to noon. Team members will head out from the LMS parking lot and canvas area streets collecting bottles and cans.

LMS Blue Demons Hockey currently has two teams playing the SMMSHL and is attempting to add a girls team. All proceeds will be used to fund Lewiston Middle School Hockey Club.

Donations of bottles and cans are welcome any time. If you wish to donate, please drop your returnables at Lewisiton Redemption on Lisbon St. and let them know they are for LMS Blue Demons Hockey.

Demons considering girls hockey team

LEWISTON – Lewiston Blue Demons middle school hockey is hoping to start a girls’ program. The team would play games on Sundays in the Southern Maine Middle School Hockey School League in the girls-only division.

Girls in grades six through eight attending Lewiston Middle School or girls who attend area schools that do not offer middle school hockey are eligible.

For more information, contact Steve Bannister at [email protected] or 838-8734.

Y hoop preparing for 43rd season

AUBURN – Auburn-Lewiston YMCA is set to begin its 43rd year of Youth Basketball. The YMCA Co-ed Youth Basketball League serves Auburn, Lewiston and surrounding communities by affording boys and girls in grades 2–6 an opportunity to involve themselves in an organized basketball program.

The YMCA’s Youth Basketball League for kids in grades 2-6 is designed to instruct the basic fundamentals of basketball, and to develop individual skills of dribbling, passing, and shooting within a team atmosphere.

The youth basketball league is divided into two divisions: Pee Wee and Junior. Each division will conduct a “draft” which will evaluate individual talent levels in order to provide the best possible scenario for equal play among teams. The Pee Wee Division is for boys and girls in grades 2-4.

Pee Wee draft will be held on Saturday, Oct. 30 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Edward Little High School. Pee Wee teams hold practice once a week, and games are played Saturday afternoons at the YMCA. The season begins Nov. 6 and comes to a close Feb. 12, 2011.

Junior Division is for boys and girls in grades 5 & 6. Junior draft will be held on Saturday, Oct. 30 from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at Edward Little High School. Junior teams hold practice once a week, and games are played at the YMCA on Saturday mornings. The regular season runs from Nov. 6 to Feb. 12.

Players in the YMCA League will also be eligible to try-out for travel teams involved in the Central Maine Basketball League and Western Maine Basketball League. More information on travel teams will become available during the season.

The Youth Basketball Program emphasizes the YMCA’s core values of Caring, Honesty, Respect, and Responsibility. The focus of the program is to have each child gain an understanding of the game, improve skill level, learn team play, build self-esteem, show good sportsmanship, and most of all have fun. All those who register by Oct. 30th will be placed on a team, so join today.

You may register at the front des at the Y. Cost is $35 for a member and $75 for a nonmember. Members may register online for the program.

As a volunteer organization, coaches, program assistants, and officials are needed. Anyone interested in volunteering can contact Josh LaPrell at [email protected]. For more program information, stop by the YMCA at 62 Turner Street, call the front desk at 795-4095, or go to www.alymca.org.

Y announces Rookies basketball program

AUBURN – Auburn-Lewiston YMCA announces that registration is open for YMCA Rookies basketball.

Boys and girls in kindergarten and the first grade who have completed the Skills & Drills Program are eligible to participate in the YMCA Rookies. It is a 14-week program designed to get your son or daughter ready for the YMCA Pee Wee Division in the Co-Ed Basketball League.

Each child will be placed on a team based on skill level to create balanced teams and will each receive a t-shirt to wear during games. The program will runs on Saturday mornings starting Nov. 6 at 8 a.m. For more information on the program, please contact Josh LaPrell, Youth Sports Director, at 795-4095 or by e-mail at [email protected].

The Auburn-Lewiston YMCA is a volunteer based organization so if anyone is interested in volunteering as a coach, referee, or score keeper, please contact LaPrell.