DEPUTIES, TEEN-AGERS SQUARE OFF : BASKETBALL GAME AIMS AT PROMOTING GOODWILL.Byline: Mary Schubert Daily News Staff Writer The men in green met their match this week against boys half their age in a friendly game of hoops between Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County sheriff's deputies and local teen-agers from the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. Boys & Girls Club Girls Club is a 2002 American television series created by David E. Kelley, who was also it's producer and executive producer. Only two out of a total of thirteen episodes created were broadcast on Fox Television in the United States and Global Television in Canada. . The basketball game Wednesday night was a chance for the youths to interact with the off-duty Santa Clarita Valley station deputies, with not a badge, gun or uniform in sight. Your basic male bonding male bonding Psychology The formation of a close nonsexual relationship between 2 or more men; guy stuff. Cf Bonding. , with sports and sweat as the facilitators. Sgt. Bruce Sonnenblick traded his sheriff's-issue tan and olive drab olive drab n. 1. A grayish olive to dark olive brown or olive gray. 2. a. Cloth of this color, often used in military uniforms. b. also olive drabs A uniform made from cloth of this color. for a hunter-green No. 44 jersey to run around the Newhall Avenue gymnasium. He and his teammates, ranging in age from 31 to 41, held their own against the teens for much of the four quarters but ultimately came up short, 53-49, in a fast-paced game with a nail-biter finish. The idea, Sonnenblick explained, was to promote some goodwill between the department and the local kids, and ``to show the youths that deputies can be human,'' he said. ``We hope . . . when they need a deputy, they will look upon us as friends as opposed to the enemy.'' A self-effacing Sonnenblick described his team as ``a group of middle-aged, balding, out-of-shape, doughnut-ingesting deputies. ``We will dispel their belief we ingest in·gest tr.v. in·gest·ed, in·gest·ing, in·gests 1. To take into the body by the mouth for digestion or absorption. See Synonyms at eat. 2. doughnuts.'' The blue-jersey-clad boys, he acknowledged, were probably not the ones who get in trouble with the law. ``Even the good kids need some reinforcement,'' Sonnenblick said. ``It's always nice for them to see that we appreciate them.'' Last month, another Boys & Girls Club team beat the deputy squad by about 20 points, but Sonnenblick was glad to see the deputies' margin of defeat had narrowed considerably since that contest. ``I'm tired. These guys are too young for me,'' parking control officer Ron Haywood, his team's top scorer, said late in the game as he bent over and tried to catch his breath. ``I figure one of these days, one of (the deputies) is going to pull me over and give me a ticket. They can laugh at me in court, but not on the court,'' joked Ramone Floyd, 18, a College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. freshman whose team-high 13 points included an impressive reverse ``monster jam'' slam dunk. The teens had more than youth and agility on their side, said George Garcia, 17. The generation gap was evident in the two teams' style of play, which was more flashy among he and his teammates, the COC See chip on chip. freshman said. ``We grew up watching Michael Jordan This article is about the former basketball player. For other uses, see Michael Jordan (disambiguation). Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17 1963) is a retired American professional basketball player. . They grew up watching Gail Goodrich Gail Charles Goodrich Jr. (born April 23 1943 in Los Angeles, California) is a former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is best-known for his part in the Los Angeles Lakers' 1971-72 season. and Larry Bird,'' Garcia explained. Floyd was a bit more diplomatic. ``They have full-time jobs, so they're not really practicing as much as we are,'' said Floyd, who sports a tattoo of a basketball on his left arm. ``Fifty weeks out of the year, we're playing basketball, and the other two weeks we're watching it.'' CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1-2--color) Brian Wallace, left, of the Santa Clarita Valley Boys & Girls Club All-Stars, above, puts up a shot over Sheriff's Sgt. Bruce Sonnenblick (No. 44). Left, Jose Molina (No. 9) cheers with other team members after defeating the sheriff's team 52-49 in Wednesday's game in Newhall. Sonnenblick explained the game was to promote some goodwill between the department and the local teen-agers. Shaun Dyer/Special to the Daily News |
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