CLEAN SWEEP ON THE ICE FOR CHP.Byline: Amy Raisin Darvish Staff Writer VALENCIA - It was cops versus cops on the ice in five games of broomball broom·ball n. A kind of ice hockey that is played with the players using brooms and a soccer ball instead of hockey sticks and a puck and wearing shoes or boots instead of ice skates. , all to raise money and awareness for the city's Blue Ribbon blue ribbon denotes highest honor. [Western Folklore: Brewer Dictionary, 127] See : Prize Youth Memorial. Sheriff's deputies played California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. officers Thursday evening at the Ice Station, where Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, city staffers and teens from the local sheriff's Explorer program
The Explorer program was the United States's first successful attempt to launch an artificial satellite. also took to the ice. Players dressed in jeans, T-shirts and knee- and elbow-pads slid around as they tried to sweep a ball into the goalie's net. After five games, it was the California Highway Patrol's Newhall station team that claimed tops honors, scoring a total of five goals in the three games it played. ``I'd say the biggest game was the last one, where we played the sheriff's team,'' said CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan Officer Tom Mann. ``I expected there would maybe even be a little tripping here and there, but everyone was very sportsmanlike. There were a lot of laughs.'' The CHP team shut out the sheriff's team 3-0. City staffers and the Explorer squad tied for second place with a total of one goal each. ``I've ice skated once in my entire life,'' said Tony Arnold, a sheriff's deputy who works in the traffic division. ``I know we don't wear skates for broomball, but knowing me, I'll probably be the one out there bleeding.'' The event raised money to help build a memorial honoring local youth killed in traffic crashes. A final count on proceeds was not available Friday. Amy Raisin Darvish, (661) 257-5254 amy.raisin(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) It was CHP officers from Newhall vs. employees of the city of Santa Clarita at the Ice Station on Thursday. Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer |
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