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Come see all of the things you wish you could do when Gymnastics Plus holds the 7th Annual 2009 Ho Ho Ho Gymnastics Meet on Saturday, December 12, 2009. The event will take place at Gymnastics Plus located at 2121 West Lincoln Avenue in Yakima. The competition will be fast paced and will feature contestants from 7 to 18 years of age as they go head to head in class levels, rather than age groups. There are 7 levels that will be represented at this event and any age can qualify for any level.

It's basketball season again and the Yakima Valley SunDome gets things kicked off with two high school events during the month of December.

The "Hall of Fame Classic" will take place on December 4-5 and is a series of one game match-ups of boys and girls teams form all over the state.

Friday's matchups are: Granger v. East Valley (B/G) and Riverside Christian v. Selah (B/G). Between the 2nd and 3rd games there will be a Hall of Fame selection. Any former high school basketball player who has played in a past SunDome event is eligible. One male and one female will be honored.

Saturday's games are: Graham Kapowsin v. Ellensburg (B/G), Toppenish v. White Swan (B/G), Grandview v. Squalicom (B). There will be a Hall of Fame selection after game 3.

On December 29-30, the "SunDome Shootout" will feature several good boys and girls matchups. The high school teams involved in this Christmas break tournament this year are: Zillah, Cashmere, Lakeside, Colfax, Naches Valley, White Swan, Granger, Burbank, Newport, Colville, Connell, LaSalle, Deer Park, and Vashon Island.

Mixed Martial Arts returns to the Yakima Valley SunDome for Arena Rumble 2 on Saturday, November 28th at 7:00pm. There will be fifteen fights and three championship belts on the line.

Tickets are $20 and available at the SunDome box office or by calling 1-800-325-seat

The 20th Annual Mat Classic, a pre-season high school wrestling tournament will be held at the Yakima Valley SunDome on December 18-19, 2009. High School wrestlers from all over the region will compete in this preview of what the regular season has in store.

This tournament has previously attracted over 400 wrestlers, with as many as 26 teams. The action begins with weigh-ins at 8:00am Saturday morning.

Local AAU basketball will have more teams than ever as the local tournament season begins action with the 7th Annual "Bring Your Game" tournament on December 18-20, 2009. This tournament will take place across Yakima at several school gymnasiums and feature boys and girls teams from 2nd to 8th grade.

For more details, call the AAU office at 509-453-2696.

The 2009 SunDome Volleyball Festival and YVCC JV Tournaments were held on September 11th-12th. A very competitive group of state wide teams played into the evening each day. Kings High School of Seattle won the 1B-2B-1A championship on Friday and North Central High School of Spokane won the 2A-3A-4A championship on Saturday.

The Festival offered a preview of some of this year's state championship contenders in the same venue that the 1B, 2B, and 1A WIAA Championships take place on November 12-14, 2009.

Results are posted online at www.YakimaValleyVolleyball.com.

Meeting Max is an on-line housing website now available for event planners, to facilitate and track room reservations for their event.

Participating hotels commit a block of rooms to the event and provide a complete description of their facility, prices and policies.

Event participants would be able to go to the Meeting Max website,click on the event they wish to attend, and follow the seven easy steps to reserve their room!

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If you have any questions, please contact Rich Austin or Mike Carey at the Yakima Valley Sports Commission at 1-800-221-0751.

The 2009 Yakima Hot Shots 3-On-3 Basketball Tournament was a resounding success on August 29th and 30th.

Played on the Streets of downtown Yakima, 2009 saw 319 teams and 1229 players compete in thirty classifications to see who had the most "game".

The 2010 Hotshots 3-On-3 Tournament is set for August 28th-29th.For information on that tournament and for photos and results of the 2009 Tournament, visit:

www.hotshots3on3.com