CYBERSPORT : A YOUTH LEAGUE'S TICKET TO THE INTERNET.Byline: - Tom Hoffarth Northridge resident and longtime long·time adj. Having existed or persisted for a long time: a longtime friend; a longtime resident of Detroit. longtime Adjective youth-sports coach Don Rann isn't sure why a free Web site he supports called SportsCombine.com - a vehicle to help youth leagues, athletic directors 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 , coaches and league administrators make their jobs easier and more fun - hasn't been embraced in this part of the country. ``Back East, it's big, but here it's been a tough sell,'' admitted Rann, the site's 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). state coordinator. ``Maybe because it takes some extra volunteer work. But there's a terrific opportunity out there.'' Based in Fairfax, Va., the site provides teams with a place to build their own Web pages, maintain and update stats, post schedules and network with other leagues and coaches. And because it allows leagues to accept advertising, it can be a cutting-edge source of generating more fund-raising fund-raising, large-scale soliciting of voluntary contributions, especially in the United States. Fund-raising is widely undertaken by charitable organizations, educational institutions, and political groups to acquire sufficient funds to support their activities. . Rann, a retiree coaching a midget-division Pop Warner Pop Warner refers to
The Youth Sports Network site (ysn.com), another source for helping with sign-ups for PONY baseball (www.pony.org) and Pop Warner football leagues, will produce Saturday's noon telecast of the PONY World Series from its headquarters in Washington, Pa., that is shown on Fox Sports Net. The tournament for 13- and 14-year-olds, which began Aug. 6, can also be followed at the site. |
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