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By Ted Allen
Times Community Newspapers Staff Writer
ooking for the perfect r /| \ Christmas gift for the ath/
J lete or sports fan on your
* shopping list?
Here are a few ideas to
get you started.
The most obvious and practical present for the athlete in the family is the actual equipment used in the sports he or she plays — bats, balls, gloves, hats and cleats for baseball and softball players, racquets or clubs for tennis or golf enthusiasts, shoes for runners, sticks, skates or Rollerblades and pucks for hockey players and balls for bowlers, basketball, soccer or football players.
Sporting good stores such as Rankin’s Sports and the Sportshack in Warrenton have a wide variety of equipment and baseball-styled hats, respectively, priced in the $15-$50
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