The Butler Eagle sports department seeking reader input for its weekly youth sports page, which will consist of subject matter pertaining to all youth sports: baseball, football, basketball, hockey, soccer, swimming, trapshooting, golf, cheerleading, tae kwon do, bowling, etc.

If you know of any team or individual shining in any youth sport, a longtime league organizer and/or coach, or any unique story on this subject, please contact sports editor John Enrietto at 724-282-8010, by email at sports@butlereagle.com, by fax at 724-282-4180 or write to Sports Editor, P.O. Box 271, Butler, Pa., 16003.

Youth league schedules and submitted team photos are also encouraged.

Discovery Sports will host a football camp this summer for children ages 6 to 13 as of Aug. 1, 2004. Guest speaker will be Kendall Simmons of the Pittsburgh Steelers.The camp will run Monday through next Friday at St. Ferdinand Church in Cranberry Township. Cost is $70 thereafter.Head coach of the camp is Gateway High School assistant football coach Russ Gratton. Other coaches featured on a daily basis will be Duquesne University coach Jerry Schmitt, Grove City College coach Chris Smith and Gateway High School head coach Terry Smith.Call 724-779-1010 for details.

The Global Scouting Bureau will conduct a professional baseball tryout camp June 25 at Quigley High School.Call Claudio Reilsono for details at 412-983-2216.

Ajax America will hold a national soccer training school June 26 to 30 at Robert Morris University.Ajax America is the pioneering leader in professional youth soccer development in the country and the first America soccer entity to be affiliated with a pro European soccer club, AFC Ajax (Amsterdam).Call 407-839-1982 or go online at www.AjaxAmerica.com.

The Keystone State Games Great Lakes Region volleyball team will be held at Redbank Valley High School at 6 p.m. Tuesday for 16-and-under and Wednesday for 18-and-under players.For information, call Matt Darr at 814-275-3146 or go online at keystonegames. com.

Signups for the Butler Area Midget Football League will be held July 23 and 30 from 9 a.m. to noon at Memorial Park.Players must reside in the Butler Area School District and can be ages 9 to 14. Boundaries will be strictly enforced.Each player must be accompanied by a legal parent or guardian with a valid driver's license in order to sign up. First practice is Aug. 1.For details, call Steve Monteleone at 724-282-7616.

The Westminster College Softball Camp, open to all girls ages 8-18, will run Monday through Thursday at the softball field on campus.Cost is $75 per player for all four sessions, which run from 9 a.m. to noon daily.Call 724-946-7319 for details.

The Raider Youth Soccer Camp will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. June 27 through July 1 for boys entering grades three through 12.The camp will be held at Seneca Valley High School. Cost is $85.Registration deadline is June 13. Call Coach Williams at 724-777-3021 for details.

A series of camps will be held at the Butler High School football practice field in the coming weeks.A quarterback receiving camp will be held at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. There is no cost.The Tornado Tykes Football Camp runs from 9 to 11 a.m. Monday through Wednesday for players in kindergarten through third grade. Pre-registration is $40.Coach Cathell's Football Youth Camp is for grades four through 12 and runs July 26 to 28. Cost is $50.For details on any of these camps, call Garry Cathell at 724-214-3402.

The Seneca Valley Junior Football Association of Cranberry is selling personalized bricks to complete the field house at Cranberry Park.Any community member interested in buying one can email Bev Stanek from the svjrfootball.org web-site. Bricks are $50 for families, $150 for businesses.Deadline for purchase is June 10.

F.H. Buhl Club in Sharon will be the site of a basketball skills camp for boys June 28 to July 1.The camp is for boys grades three through eight. Cost is $75 includes basketball, T-shirt and awards.For details, call Justin Magestro at 724-813-7210 or visit www.pennohioathleticclub.com.

The Seneca Valley coaching staff will be holding Raider Summer Baseball Camps June 20 to 30 for boys ages 8 to 16.Call Eric Semega at 724-778-9869 for details.

The DuBois Soccer Association is sponsoring an open tournament for any under-8, under-10, under-12, under-14 and under-19 boys or girls teams June 25 and 26 at the Spider Lake Complex.For an informational packet, call Joe Gribik at 814-372-4673 or Nathan Hughes at 814-375-0765.

Geneva College will host World Cup Soccer camps for boys and girls, under the leadership of Tornadoes coach Dave Murray.Sessions are: June 19 to 23 and June 26 to 30 for ages 8 to 13; July 10 to 14 for ages 12 to 17 and July 17 to 21 for ages 13 to 17.Cost is $345 for each resident camper, which includes accommodations at the college. For commuters, cost is $225 per person, which includes lunch, or $295, which includes three meals a day.For details or a free brochure, call 412-749-9969 or go online at www.worldcupcamps.com.

The third annual Females-Only Soccer Camp will be held under the lights at the Seneca Valley High School soccer fields July 11 to 15.The camp will run from 4 to 10 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday.Fee is $75 and includes a T-shirt. Call Dave Sylvester at 724-452-4095 for details.

The Allegheny College Soccer Camp for boys and girls ages 10 to 18 takes place July 24 to 28 in Meadville.Fee is $240 for day campers, $320 for overnight campers. Call Angelo Panzetta at 814-332-5208 for details or a brochure.

Tryout dates and times have been released for the Great Lake/Nittany Region ice hockey team in the Keystone State Games.Games will be held in the York area Aug. 29 to 31 with teams fielded at the bantam, midget, junior male and female levels.Tryouts will be June 4 at the Erie Igloo and June 25 at the Indiana Ice Center.Tryout times follow:Male Junior (coach Mike Sargo):2:45 to 4 p.m.Female Junior (coach Jared Pavic):2:45 to 4 p.m.Midget (coach Jeff Mauro):1:15 to 2:30 p.m.Bantam (coach John Mooney):11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The Mars basketball Camp for boys entering grades four through nine will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 20 to 24 at Mars High School.For information, call Rob Carmody at 724-772-9707.

The Thiel College Boys Basketball Camp, an instructional camp for boys in grades 4-12, takes place June 20 to 23 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.Cost is $90 and campers should bring their own lunch. Fee is due by June 13.Call Mike Snell, Thiel men's basketball coach, at 724-589-2134 for details.

The Seton Hill University Summer Baseball Skills camp will be held from 9 a.m. to 12 noon July 5 to 7 at Lynch Field in Greensburg.For details, contact head coach Marc Marizzaldi at 724-830-1169 or marizzaldi@setonhill.edu