An additional date has been set to register to play SYAC softball in the spring. Girls from kindergarten through eighth-grade are invited to sign up to learn the game of softball and then play in fun league competition on ball fields all around Syosset and Woodbury.

Interested parents and children should come to H.B. Thompson Middle School on Saturday, February 9, from 10 am to noon, for registration and for a skills evaluation for the purpose of selecting softball teams.

Girls should wear sneakers (no cleats!) and bring a fielderâ€(tm)s glove. Please leave jewelry at home. The cost of the season is $105 per child, and parents must pay by check or cash at registration.

All girls in grades 2 through 8 must register in person with their own parents and then have a skills evaluation. Parents may not register someone else's kids. Girls in kindergarten and first grade need not have a skills evaluation. They may register by mail; a registration form can be printed out at www.syacgs.org.

SYAC softball games are played on weeknights. The season will begin in early April and extend to playoffs in early June, except in Instructional League, where there are no playoffs. Skills clinics will be offered on Saturdays, dates to be announced.

Teams are coached by parent volunteers, and parents who are interested in coaching may sit for a brief interview with board members at registration. Parents, local businesses and practices are invited to sponsor teams at a cost of $225.

SYAC also has a travel program that plays on weekends in the fall and spring and on weeknights in summer. Tryouts are held in late May and early June. For more information: www.syacgs.org.