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@MizzouVB Announces Annual Black & Gold Scrimmage / Youth Clinic

Mizzou Volleyball will host its annual Black & Gold Scrimmage and popular Youth Clinic on Aug. 17, announced Thursday by head coach Wayne Kreklow. Activities are scheduled to begin at 4:15 p.m. with the hour-long clinic, followed by the Tigers' exhibition match at 6 p.m.

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Volleyball will host its annual Black & Gold Scrimmage and popular Youth Clinic on Aug. 17, announced Thursday by head coach Wayne Kreklow. Activities are scheduled to begin at 4:15 p.m. with the hour-long clinic, followed by the Tigers' exhibition match at 6 p.m.

The 2018 Mizzou Volleyball Youth Clinic will take place inside the Hearnes Center Fieldhouse from 4:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. Admission is free for all youth participants entering grades K-8. Registration on the east side of Hearnes will begin at 3:45 p.m.

Parents can preregister their children for the clinic by contacting the Mizzou Volleyball offices (mutigersvolleyball@gmail.com).  

Student-athletes and coaches from Mizzou Volleyball and Columbia College Volleyball will serve as instructors throughout the clinic inside Hearnes. The Cougars Volleyball program is led by head coach Melinda Wyre-Washington, who was a team captain and All-Big Eight selection for Mizzou from 1990-93.

Participants of the 2018 Mizzou Volleyball Youth Clinic and Black & Gold Scrimmage will be treated to free pizza after the clinic and free cupcakes following the scrimmage. All fans in attendance are encouraged to stick around following the exhibition match for an exclusive autograph session with the 2018 Tigers.

New this year, University of Missouri Freshmen in attendance will have the opportunity to walk over to Faurot Field following the Tigers' scrimmage for the popular "Paint the M" group activity. The decades-old tradition of whitewashing the famous Rock M in the north end zone before the first Mizzou Football game of the season will begin at 7:30 p.m.

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