HART BALLFIELD FENCE DESTROYED BY VANDALS.Byline: Amy Raisin raisin, in botany and cooking raisin, dried fruit of certain varieties of grapevines bearing grapes with a high content of sugar and solid flesh. Although the fruit is sometimes artificially dehydrated, it is usually sun-dried. Darvish Staff Writer NEWHALL - Vandals destroyed a portable fence earlier this week at Hart High School Hart High School may refer to:
n. Abbr. JV A high-school or college team that competes in interschool sports on the level below varsity. Noun 1. softball outfield, leaving the red netted fence and its plastic pipes in tatters tat·ter 1 n. 1. A torn and hanging piece of cloth; a shred. 2. tatters Torn and ragged clothing; rags. tr. & intr.v. on the field, officials said. A junior varsity softball coach on Tuesday morning discovered the fence at the upper field on campus had been ripped from its moors and shredded. Only two of the estimated 50 plastic pipes that supported the fence were not broken. Jim Sudik, whose daughter plays on Hart's varsity softball team, helped the Booster Club A booster club is an organization that is formed to contribute money to an associated club, sports team, or organization. Booster clubs are popular in American schools at the high school and university level. acquire the fence two years ago to create a demarcation on the previously limitless outfield. ``We got the temporary fence so (the players) could practice in the infield and the outfield at the same time and not (worry about) colliding with football players'' practicing on an adjacent field, Sudik said. ``I don't understand why kids have to be mean like that.'' It is not clear who's responsible for the vandalism, as school officials were filing a criminal report on Wednesday, Sudik said. The fence, purchased by the Booster Club, cost between $1,300 to $1,500, Sudik said. He doubts there will be another temporary fence in Verb 1. fence in - enclose with a fence; "we fenced in our yard" fence inclose, shut in, close in, enclose - surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence" 2. place for the reminder of the JV season, which ends in mid-May. Without a fence marking the outfield, out-of-the-park home runs - the kind that leave no question as to how to score the hit - are not a factor. Minus the fence, a batter will be able to round the bases while an outfielder chases down the ball until it runs out of steam. ``I was there until 6:30 Monday night, watering down the field,'' Sudik said. Amy Raisin Darvish, (661) 257-5254 amy.raisin(at)dailynews.com |
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