CITY THEME TO HERALD MOORPARK GAME.Byline: Alicia Doyle Doyle , Sir Arthur Conan 1859-1930. British writer known chiefly for a series of stories featuring the brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes, including The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902). Daily News Staff Writer Mayor Paul Lawrason will give the official coin toss at Moorpark College's first home football game Saturday night, when the City Council will join neighborhood fans to cheer on the Moorpark Raiders. Lawrason, who also gave the coin toss last year, said home games give locals the chance to support college events while bringing the entire community together. ``This college is a very significant part of what happens in our city,'' Lawrason said. ``This is a nice opportunity to be part of it.'' Saturday night's game plays on the theme, ``City of Moorpark Night.'' To promote the first home game, 200 football tickets were given to City Hall employees, said Jim Keever, athletic director Athletic director (commonly, "athletics director") is a position at many American colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, which oversees the work of the coaches and related staff involved in intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic at Moorpark College Moorpark College is a California-state funded community college located on a 134 acre (542,000 m²) property reclining on a hill in Moorpark, a town in Ventura County, California. . This is the second year the college has come up with a different theme for each home game, Keever said. He has found that the themes create more community interest in athletic events at the college. ``We're just trying to get the city to be involved with us as much as possible,'' Keever said. ``It's important for the local community to be involved with the college, and important for the college to be involved with the community.'' Other themes for home games this year include Moorpark Country Days and Chamber of Commerce Night. In October, Youth Sports Night
Sports Night is an American television series about a fictional sports news show and the people who worked there. will offer free admission to youngsters attending the game in their team uniforms. In November, the Moorpark College Raiders will celebrate their homecoming Homecoming Odyssey concerning Odysseus’s difficulties in getting home after war. [Gk. Myth.: Odyssey] You Can’t Go Home Again revisiting his home town, a writer is disillusioned by what he sees. [Am. Lit. game by kicking off the 30th anniversary of the college. Saturday's game against Bakersfield is expected to be a match of intense rivalry Rivalry Robbery (See THIEVERY.) Rudeness (See COARSENESS.) Brom Bones and Ichabod Crane bully and show-off compete for Katrina’s hand. [Am. Lit. , Keever said, with Bakersfield's football team ranked second in the state playing against Moorpark's team ranked 17th in California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). . The game will be broadcast live at 7 p.m. Saturday on KNJO-FM (92.7). THE FACTS WHAT: ``City of Moorpark Night'' - Moorpark College's first home football game against Bakersfield WHEN: 7 p.m., Saturday WHERE: Moorpark College, 7075 Campus Road COST: $5 for adults, $3 for seniors and for children 12 years and younger INFORMATION: Moorpark College Athletic Department, 378-1457 Box: THE FACTS (see text) CAPTION(S): Box |
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