Upward Sports league forms in Salisbury

Dozens of kids will be playing soccer for the first time this spring in hopes of gaining more experience on the soccer field in Upward Sports, a league focused more on a friendly, positive sports environment than win-at-all-cost competition.

"I want to provide a sports atmosphere where the kids can stay active, find a love for soccer and shape a skill for the game," Jared Willimen, pastor of Crosse Point Church of the Nazarene, said.

The church is teaming up with Upward Sports League and is offering a spring soccer league in Salisbury for children in kindergarten through fifth grade this ...