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Officials of the National Women’s
Soccer League announced the
league will play a 24-game schedule
for the 2018 season. For the second
consecutive season and third time
overall, NWSL teams will play 12
home and 12 away regular-season
games. The 2018 preseason training
camps begin Feb. 19, while the
regular season kicks off the weekend
of March 24-25. The regular season
will culminate the weekend of Sept.
8-9 and be followed by the playoffs,
including two semifinal matches
Sept. 14-16 and the championship
Sept. 22.
Orlando City Soccer Club representatives
announced their plans
for the club’s 2018 Kickoff to Soccer
events, which is a monthlong celebration
to commence the start of the
Major League Soccer and NWSL
seasons in Central Florida. Kickoff
to Soccer begins Feb. 23 with the
Soccer Ball presented by Orlando
Health. At this event, fans have an
opportunity to celebrate the start of
the MLS and NWSL seasons, meet
the players from both the City and
Pride, and experience soccer culture
from around the world. Other events
include the annual Purple Pride 5K,
Scarf the City, Kids vs. Pros, Orlando
City Pub Crawl, and more.
For more information, visit
orlandocitysc.com.
The ninth annual Golf for H.O.P.E.
Tournament will take place Feb.
19 at The Golden Bear Club at
Keene’s Pointe. The event, the
only annual fundraiser for Helping
Other People Eat, has raised more
than $200,000 during the past eight
years. It has funded scholarships for
eating disorder treatment, updates
to the nonprofit’s educational outreach
resources, and many other
community initiatives.
For more information, visit www.
hopetolive.com.
The nonprofit Futures Wood-
Bat League is accepting registrations
for its 2018 summer program.
www.SouthwestOrlandoBulletin.com x February 15 — 28, 2018 x 29
To register, players must be graduating
high school and committed to
play baseball in college. They also
can be a current college player rostered
at a NCAA, NAIA or JUCO
school.
The registration deposit is a nonrefundable
$200, and the registration
deadline is April 28, 2018. Cost
for position players is $750, and
primary pitchers are $450.
For more information or to
register, visit www.fwlbaseball.com/
registration.
In a continuing effort to promote
health and wellness, the Orlando
Magic Youth Basketball Academy
celebrated NBA Fit Week 2018 with
a Magic Fit Fun Day. Southwest
residents and Magic Community
Ambassadors Nick Anderson
and Bo Outlaw joined other
Magic players and representatives
at the Kids Community College in
Ocoee to host a fun day for 300
students who participated in the fourweek
challenge. The event included
a variety of physical fitness challenges
for the youngsters, including five
stations: the Running Relay Obstacle
Course, Egg and Spoon Race, Overthe-Head
Basketball Handoff Game,
Basketball Passing on Court, and
Canvas Painting With a Basketball.
This year, 31 local schools and
more than 17,000 students participated
in the four-week challenge,
logging more than 12 million minutes
of exercise. Of those 31 schools, 14
completed the challenge with 100
percent school participation. After
a random drawing, Kids Community
College was selected as the
grand-prize winner of a Magic Fit
Fun Day.
The Nspire Network will sponsor
a 5K run at Omni Orlando Resort
on Feb. 24 to benefit Now We
No Foundation. Funds raised by
the $25 entry fee will help underprivileged
women and young girls.
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