FIELD HOCKEY TEAMS SHOOT FOR CUP; 101 SQUADS COMPETING FOR PRIZE IN MOORPARK.Byline: Gloria Gonzalez Daily News Staff Writer Field hockey field hockey: see hockey, field. field hockey or hockey Game played with curve-ended sticks between two teams of 11 players. It is played on a field 100 yd (91.4 m) by 60 yd (55 m) in size. players of all ages converged on six fields 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. on Saturday for the second day of the 26th California International Field Hockey Cup. Sikhs wearing top knots and young girls in preppy prep·py or prep·pie n. pl. prep·pies Informal 1. A student or former student of a preparatory school. 2. A person whose manner and dress are deemed typical of traditional preparatory schools. , pleated skirts dragging hockey sticks were common sights at the tournament, which this year attracted 23 Olympic-class players from nine countries. One hundred one teams in 10 divisions will compete over the weekend for prizes and a purse of $7,500 to be divided among the top three teams in the highest division. Divisions range from boys and girls boys and girls mercurialisannua. 9 and under to Super Division teams, featuring international superstars of the sport. Among those stars are 23 Olympic players, including U.S. Olympic players Steve Danielson Steven Patrick ("Steve") Danielson (born March 15, 1972 in Livermore, California) is a former field hockey midfielder, who competed for the United States since 1991 and finished twelfth with the national squad at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. , John O'Neill John O'Neill may refer to:
The tournament also includes a social division, for adult players interested in less competitive play. Thousand Oaks resident Tom Harris founded the tournament 26 years ago, in part to spur interest in the sport among young people. The sport is more common on the East Coast, Harris said, where women's high school teams are particularly popular. ``Our hope is to get more young people interested, especially boys and young men,'' Harris said. ``This is the only opportunity they get to play field hockey because most high schools don't have field hockey teams.'' Parental misconceptions about the sport may contribute to the problem, Harris said. ``It's more like soccer than ice hockey,'' Harris said. ``It's not a contact sport, and kids just wear shin guards. They aren't all padded up like in ice hockey. It's a lot of fun and good exercise.'' Harris' efforts have met with some success. This year, 52 teams compete in youth divisions ranging from women under 19 to mixed boys and girls under 9. One under-12 team of boys and girls hails from Taipei, Taiwan, and is reputed to be unbeatable. ``We played them last year, and they beat us 18-nothing,'' said Willie Knecht, a 10-year-old Moorpark Coyote slated to play the Taiwanese on Sunday. ``Can we beat 'em this year?'' ``Heck yeah!'' shouted Jacob Schlosser, another Coyote. ``I think we have a chance!'' The tournament continues through Monday, with games played on all six fields from 7 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. today and Monday. Admission to the tournament is free, and food and drink are for sale at refreshment tents. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (ran in SIMI SIMI Sea Ice Mechanics Initiative SIMI Search for Intelligent Monkeys on the Internet SIMI Students Islamic Movement in India SIMI Society of Irish Motor Industry SIMI Smallholder Irrigation Markets Initiative and CONEJO editions only--color) Elise Morgan of the Palo Alto Slime blocks an opponent's shot during Saturday's field hockey action at Moorpark College. Jeremy Greene/Special to the Daily News |
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