American Family Insurance Badger State Games Youth And Women's Hockey, Archery, Bowling And Soccer This Weekend

The American Family Insurance Badger State Games, one of the Nation's largest winter amateur sports festival will start this weekend with competition in Youth Hockey, Archery and Bowling in and around central Wisconsin. ARCHERY Friday - Sunday January 26 - 28, 2007 Rib Mountain Bowmen Archery Club, Brokaw. 5 miles N of Wausau. Exit I-39 at Brokaw, go west on WW to the first right (there is a sign to the club). Take 32nd Ave north about 2.5 miles, turn right on club road at sign. Rib Mountain Bowmen is a smoke free environment. BOWLING Saturday - Sunday January 27 - 28, 2007 Dale's Weston Lanes 5902 Schofield Ave., Weston, WI 54476 YOUTH HOCKEY Mites 1a, 2a - Shawano County Expo Center 3a, 4a - Rhinelander Ice Arena 3a, 4a - SARA Park Arena, Tomahawk Pee Wees 1a - K.B. Willet Arena, Stevens Point 2a - Mosinee Rec. Center 3a, 4a, 1b, 2b - Merrill Area Rec. Complex 3b,4b,1c,2c - Simek Rec. Center, Medford WAHA - Shawano County Expo Center Squirts 1a - K.B. Willet Arena, Stevens Point 2a - Mosinee Rec. Center 3a, 4a, 1b, 2b - Rhinelander Ice Arena 3a, 4a, 1b, 2b - SARA Park Arena, Tomahawk 3b,4b,1c,2c - Waupaca Expo Center Bantams 1a, 2a - Marathon Park, Wausau 1b, 2b - Marathon Park, Wausau 3a, 4a - Reedsburg Area Com. Arena 3b,4b,1c,2c - Reedsburg Area Com. Arena Girls U12 - U19 - Oshkosh YMCA Schedule Start Time: Friday, January 26, 4:00 pm Saturday, January 27, 7:00 am Sunday, January 28, 7:00 am WOMEN'S HOCKEY Friday - Sunday January 26-28, 2007 Schedule Start Time: Friday, January 26, 4:00 pm Saturday, January 27, 8:00 am Sunday, January 28, 8:00 am Oshkosh YMCA 3303 W. 20th Ave, Oshkosh, WI 54901 SOCCER Saturday - Sunday January 27 - 28, 200 Oshkosh YMCA 3303 W. 20th Ave, Oshkosh, WI 54901 Schedule U14 and U16 on Saturday U18 on Sunday Visit www.badgerstategames.org for directions and more information. The 2007 American Family Insurance Badger State Games will take place the last weekend in January and the first weekend in February. Archery, Bowling, Indoor Soccer and Youth and Women's Hockey will take place January 26-28, 2007, while the remaining sports, Alpine Skiing, Badminton, Billiards, Curling, Figure Skating, Freestyle Skiing, Men's Hockey, Nordic Skiing, Quadrathlon, Ski Jumping, Snowboarding, Snowshoe Racing and Speed Skating will occur February 2-4, 2007 in and around north-central Wisconsin. For more information on the American Family Insurance Badger State Games, log on to www.badgerstategames.org or call 608-226-4780. The American Family Insurance Badger State Winter Games major sponsors include Charter Communications, the Ho Chunk Nation, Time Warner Cable, Wausau Insurance the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board and Ministry Health Care with special thanks to TravelWisconsin.com. Wisconsin Sports Development Corporation is a nonprofit sports management organization that helps develop sports tourism in Wisconsin and promotes positive lifestyles and physical fitness through amateur athletic events and health education programs. WSDC owns the American Family Insurance Badger State Games, the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame, the Wisconsin Sports Foundation, Paddle & Portage, Shape Up Wisconsin Kids, Lighten Up Wisconsin and the Fit Kids Challenge. WSDC is also the local host of Ironman Wisconsin