CORRECTION: Voting actually ends on Thursday, not Tuesday, of this week.  So keep on voting!  (Thanks the Dan for the heads up)

The Decatur Bulldog Boosters write in…

Our Decatur Bulldogs are up for Fox 5’s Team of the Week! Right now we are in last place and after Friday’s amazing double-overtime win over Blessed Trinity, we deserve to win this one too!

Go to:  www.High5 sports.com

Look for Team of the Week (on the right side of the Web page) and vote!! Voting is open until 3:00 PM Thursday. You can also text Team2 to 78015. You can only submit 3 votes per hour via text message. NO limit to voting online! Get your friends and family to vote!! We need to get out of last place!Thanks and GO BULLDOGS!

TeeRuss sends along this announcement…

The Atlanta Rough Riders fastpitch softball league, located at Glen G. Orth field (behind the First Baptist Church of Decatur on Clairmont), is open for registration for the Spring season.  The league has been growing in recent years into one of the most vibrant in and around Decatur, and now has 4 age divisions for girls between the ages of 5-18 years old.  The league also works closely with City of Decatur Youth Athletics and City Schools of Decatur softball programs, to help our girls gain skills, experience, and a love for the game.  We welcome participants of all skill and experience levels, and offer a full league schedule, skills clinics, and new this year, we will be organizing “select” teams for our upper age divisions.

Registration is open through January 25^th.  More information and online registration can be found at the league website, arrbc.com.

Jim sends in this press release from the Bulldog Boosters…

The Decatur Bulldog Boosters (DBB) is a volunteer group of parents, teachers, administrators and community members who through their efforts support all the athletic teams at Renfroe Middle and Decatur High Schools. There are currently 25 teams representing 14 sports at RMS and DHS. And we are the only Booster Club for the middle and high school and support all sports. Over 55% of the students at the middle and high schools participate in at least one sport. No school district money or gate receipts can go to funding the uniforms, equipment, and/or student recognition awards for athletics at either the middle or high school. Therefore, the DBB must raise this money, annually. Athletics is a significant part of the City Schools of Decatur experience which augments the fine academic tradition that has served all our graduates so well and contributes each year to our sense of community.

The Decatur Bulldog Boosters would like to invite the business community to join us in supporting these fine student athletes by supporting the DBB.

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Bryan writes in…

Where do folks in Decatur go for group sports? Suppose I were new to town and wanted to play basketball or softball or ultimate frisbee or tag football or tennis or racketball or something along those lines. I am going on 47 years old, not interested in pretending to be an athlete or imagining myself to be 18, but enjoy playing sports with others. Are there good pick-up games to be had anywhere? Clubs or gyms only? I want to stay as close to Decatur as possible.

I’ll point out the obvious, the Rec, and leave the rest open to discussion.