KIDS DON'T MIND THE COLD; GYM NEEDS WORK, BUT IT PLAYS.Byline: Stacy Brown Daily News Staff Writer It's cold, damp and windy, but Santa Clarita's new warehouse-turned-gymnasium does the job. City leagues are playing basketball on temporary courts inside a former cosmetic warehouse, part of a 20-acre property purchased by the city for $3 million to house a recreation center. Mike Norton, the coordinator of youth sports in 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. , said the warehouse was the most practical solution for the city because of the rapidly growing popularity of sports in the area. ``It's not the greatest of surroundings right now, but by using this warehouse we were able to get more than 400 additional kids involved,'' Norton said. The waiting list for basketball shrank - from 235 last season to just 91 this year - Norton said. He said more than 2,100 children have signed up for teams. The warehouse-turned-gymnasium is located behind Soledad Canyon Soledad Canyon is a long narrow canyon / valley located in Los Angeles County, California between the cities of Palmdale and Santa Clarita. Soledad Canyon contains the localities of Vincent, Acton, Ravenna, and Agua Dulce. Road tucked behind unincorporated Adj. 1. unincorporated - not organized and maintained as a legal corporation unorganised, unorganized - not having or belonging to a structured whole; "unorganized territories lack a formal government" land. ``It's in no-man's land No-Man's land Hand surgery A fanciful term for the fibrous sheath of the flexor tendons of the hand, specifically in the zone from the distal palmar crease to the proximal interphalangeal joint. See Rule of threes. ,'' said one man, who came to see his son play. Norton said the completion date for the gym, which will include a racquetball racquetball, sport played indoors by two or four players, combining elements of court handball and such racket games as squash racquets. It is played on a standard handball court 40 ft (12.2 m) long, 20 ft (6. center and additional hardwood for basketball, may have been pushed back because of the recent storms. ``The originally scheduled completion date was set for June and now it may be August because of the wind and rains,'' Norton said. With cardboard covering gaping holes around the warehouse and plastic hanging from the ceiling, the Mighty Mite League continued play with reckless abandon Reckless Abandon is an episode of The WB drama series, Charmed. Synopsis Detective Morris puts his job on the line when he allows Phoebe to take a seemingly abandoned baby home so the Charmed Ones can protect him from a vengeful ghost Phoebe has seen in a . Among the more exciting games, which included the Lakers See Lake poets vs. Sonics and Bulls vs. Raptors, was the Suns against the Pistons. Matthew Cajigal helped warm the crowds, who had bought cups of coffee and hot chocolate, with three consecutive steals and two incredible baskets in the Suns' 18-10 victory. Cajigal's uncle, who urged his 8-year-old nephew on, said the Suns star learned from playing with more experienced players. ``His dad taught him a lot and he likes to play with the older kids,'' said Ferdinand Cajigal. ``It's lots of fun watching him and the rest of the kids go at it,'' he said. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1--Color) Young basketball players and spectators have some fun Saturday in a 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, warehouse converted into a gym by the city. (2--Color) Joshua Rodman gets set to take a free throw at the warehouse-turned-gym. Hans Gutknecht/Daily News |
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