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By John Perez
Saipan Tribune
Newly crowned Princess of the Lanes winner Jamie Vales hopes to follow in the footsteps of older sister Jerrie.
Jerrie, who is a former CNMI National Bowling Team member and a consistent fixture in women's bowling events on Saipan, is currently in her freshman year at the University of Guam where she is taking nursing.
Though she believes she has bigger shoes to fill, the younger Vales said she will take it slowly. “Following my sister's footsteps is always a challenge. Hopefully I will be as successful as her in the sport and win more titles in the future.”
The 16-year-old Jamie, who will turn 17 on March 17, began her quest of accomplishing her sister's past triumphs by emerging on top of a boys-dominated Prince/Princess of the Lanes.
Jamie said advancing into the stepladder finals was somewhat a challenge and surprise for her since she is expected to go up against two bowlers who are knocking down an average score like the one's in the King of the Lanes.
By Tom Kuyper
January 2nd, 2008
Since this is the season for giving, what would be the perfect gift that a coach could give his baseball team?
New gloves for everyone? New uniforms? Discounted team shoes? A Christmas party at his home with lots of festive nights and burgers on the grill? Or even springing for arcade tokens at a pizza place?
OK, we all know there are more important gifts than what can be bought, like: The league championship, or free private lessons for a guaranteed improvement in your batting average … Whoops! This is youth sports, where none of those things should be a priority. So let's stick with this gift list:
*** Learn better sportsmanship.
*** Learn how to play as a team.
*** Learn to honor and respect officials.
Here's the coach with the best gift. His gift was Samantha West. A girl on a boys' baseball team? That isn't even the half of it. How about a girl with Down syndrome? What coach would let a girl with Down syndrome play on the boys' team? There goes the state title!
Can you believe the holidays are here? We’re saying good-bye to 2007, and preparing to embark on a new year. Most of us are reflecting on past memories and hoping to create more beautiful ones in the future.
With the holidays upon us and resolutions being contemplated, this month I have decided to write about your U.S. Tennis Association District of Southern Arizona (SAZ) and elaborate on the numerous ways you can participate and help others.
SAZ is a volunteer-based 501-C3 organization that supports tennis throughout Southern Arizona. Currently I’m president of the group.
SAZ has offerings for players of all ages and levels. There are tournaments with separate age divisions and leagues for all levels of play, including adults (19 and up), seniors (over 50), Super Senior (over 60), mixed doubles, senior mixed doubles and more. The possibilities are endless and I know a lot of you are already a part of these programs
With Silver Stick coming, teams see fewer kids joining
By Jim Whymer
December 21st, 2007
Port Huron once was known as a youth hockey hotbed.
In addition to being the home of the prestigious North American Silver Stick International Hockey Tournament, Port Huron had a youth program that was busting at the seams.
"Back when I played, I think there might have been 1,000 to 1,500 kids in the program," said Bill Warren, a former player and coach in the Port Huron Minor Hockey Association. "Those numbers were big from 1980 to the mid-1990s.
"Everybody loved playing hockey. There weren't as any many distractions for kids in those days."
McMorran Pavilion and arena were packed with house and travel teams from morning to night.
But there also was one association in town.
S.J. PROGRAM GIVES BETTER RIDES TO YOUNG DISABLED ATHLETES
By Bruce Newman
December 20th, 2007
Dominic's old wheelchair was the kind you see in airports and hospitals - functional, unless you happen to be a boy who dreams of playing rugby and basketball. And dancing.
"It got to the point that he wasn't really active because he was scared to go over cracks in the sidewalk or the garden hose," said Iben Rodriguez, Dominic's dad. "He was afraid of tipping over because the chair wasn't stable."
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Innocent Chileshe, a major in the African Union, believes he can help change the future of war-torn Africa. All he needs are a few soccer balls.
Chileshe has spent the past year of his observatory mission in Sudan's Darfur region building a sports outreach program for children. Using donated equipment — essentially cast-off American volleyballs and soccer balls — Chileshe has taught about 16,000 kids how to play. They learn about sports, he says, and gain much moreBy Brian Flagg
October 29th, 2007 on iBerkshires.com
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As I sat Sunday watching my son's football game, I realized how much youth sports means to a young child.
That is not to say I have never thought it before. Sunday, however, I thought it from a dad's point of view rather than as a coach. I have coached kids for more than 15 years now and I have seen the role it plays in their lives.
Some play because they want to; others because their parents signed them up to give them something to do. Many play because their friends are there and that's where they can hang with them and have some fun. Whatever the reason, it plays a significant role in their development.
By Julie Creek
November 11th, 2007
Pulished in the Journalgazette
In 1988, Bob Burnsworth slipped on a patch of ice and fell off the roof he was repairing. The accident changed his life irrevocably, leaving him partly paralyzed and often dependent on a wheelchair.“I was trying to get used to the disabled world,” he recalled, “and I got involved with wheelchair basketball at Turnstone (Center for Disabled Children and Adults), playing with the Fort Wayne Bandits.”
His experience with the Bandits, Turnstone’s adult wheelchair basketball team, inspired Burnsworth to switch gears. He began volunteering at Turnstone, “hanging out with the kids” while earning a degree in recreational therapy. Noticing that there were no wheelchair sports programs for children and teens, he organized a wheelchair soccer team as part of his college internship
By C. W. NeviusLast March, after an exhausting nine-month schedule, the White Buffaloes, a boys Danville soccer team coached by John Wondolowski, won the prestigious California Soccer State Cup.
That was when Wondolowski got the news. He was out and would not be asked
back to coach this season. The players needed someone to develop their skills
and move on to the next level. So the Mustang Soccer League was bringing in a
professional coach. The kicker? The kids on the White Buffaloes were 11 years
old.
The parents and coaches will be banned from attending one game sponsored by Capital Area Soccer League, many of whose teams have matches this weekend. The suspensions stemmed from altercations in three separate Challenge-division games, according to league officials.
In one that CASL officials documented in e-mail messages to league coaches and parents this week, spectators stood back and watched as a fight broke out among parents, leaving a youth referee to break up the altercation.
"It never ceases to amaze me the insensitivity of parents to kids," said Apex High Principal Matthew Wight, who coaches two of his daughters' CASL teams. "Not just the kids playing, but oftentimes there are kids refereeing."
"I think people lose their perspective and forget these are just little kids."
| Adirondack CC | 4/1 & 4/8 |
| Broome CC | August 21, 2008 |
| Cayuga CC | Fall 2008 |
| Clinton CC | May 27, 2008 |
| Corning CC | |
| Columbia-Greene CC | July 19, 2008 |
| Dutchess CC | May 18, 2008 |
| Erie CC | TBA |
| F.I.T. | TBA |
| Finger Lakes CC | June 11th, 2008 |
| Fulton-Montgomery CC | August 5, 2008 |
| Herkimer CC | June 17th 2008 |
| Hudson Valley CC | May 6, 2008 |
| Jamestown CC | March 2008 |
| Jefferson CC | May 21, 2008 |
| Mohawk Valley CC | March 29, 2008 |
| Monroe CC | August 6, 2008 |
| Nassau CC | 3/1 & 3/11 |
| Niagara CC | 8/7, 9/13, 10/25 |
| Onondaga CC | April 26, 2008 |
| SUNY Orange CC | TBA |
| SUNY Rockland CC | May 6, 2008 |
| Schenectady CC | Summer 2008 |
| Suffolk CC | June 6, 2008 |
| Sullivan CC | TBA |
| Tompkins Cortland CC | May 5, 2008 |
| Ulster CC | October 7, 2008 |
| Westchester CC | 6/9, 7/16, and 8/14, 2008 |
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