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Partners in Sports Hosts Fourth Annual Punt, Pass, and Kick Competition
Event benefits Boys and Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley

 
Partners In Sports hosted the Third Annual Punt, Pass, & Kick for the Boys and Girls Club of the Tennessee Valley on Monday

Feb. 18, 2008 -- Partners in Sports and the University of Tennessee football team and hosted the 4th annual Punt Pass and Kick Competition for the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley on Monday. The event was once again held in the Neyland-Thompson Sports Complex. Over 100 boys and girls between the ages of 8 and 12 competed in the event.

Kids were seperated in 10 groups and then competed for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place trophies within each group. Each participant received an official adidas Partners in Sport Punt, Pass and Kick t-shirt and a certificate acknowledging their excellece and participation.

The participants also had the opportunity to interact with UT football players during the event.

This marks the fourth consecutive year that Partners in Sports has helped to organize the competition at Tennessee. Partners in Sports is an organization that combines the efforts of adidas America and the University of Tennessee for the purpose of serving as a professional preparation program sport management undergraduate and graduate students.

Partners would like to thank Johnny Long, Head Strength and Conditioning coach at UT, the UT men's athletics training room, and all volunteers for for their help in organizing and putting on the event.

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