PAST, FUTURE STARS COLLIDE IN TOURNEY.Byline: Eric Sondheimer Daily News Deputy Sports Editor Noun 1. sports editor - the newspaper editor responsible for sports news newspaper editor - the editor of a newspaper It will be a look back at the past and a peek into the future today and Sunday when hundreds of football enthusiasts of all ages converge at Balboa Park Balboa Park is the name of several municipal parks, including the following:
abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga Air-It-Out four-on-four flag football tournament. There are 575 teams entered in the tournament, with players ranging in age from 7 to 61. The Top Gun division is loaded with ex-high school, college and pro players. But there are also divisions for current high school students, other youth, amateurs and armchair quarterbacks who think football is about sitting in front of a TV with a remote control, beverage and pretzels. Tim Wrightman Tim Wrightman (born March 27, 1960 in Harbor City, California) is a former professional American football player who played tight end for two seasons for the Chicago Bears. , a former UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX tight end who played on the Chicago Bears' 1985 Super Bowl team, is looking forward to this weekend. ``There's no pressure,'' he said. ``If you drop a ball, you drop a ball. To some people, this might be their Super Bowl. I've already been in a Super Bowl.'' That doesn't mean there won't be some heated battles during the 30-minute games in which the first team to reach 28 points wins. One of the Top Gun teams entered includes a group of players from City 4-A finalist Taft High School. Quarterback Nick DiPadova, the 4-A co-Player of the Year last fall, will direct a team that includes receivers Ryan Long, Damon Coleman and Keith Johnson. Also on the team is ex-Faith Baptist QB Judd Granzow, who was a fourth-round draft pick of the Dodgers two years ago before he retired after a shoulder injury. There will be a 10-team high school division made up of underclassmen. L.A. Baptist, with All-Southern Section quarterback Peter Dirksen, will be challenged by four-man teams from Newbury Park, Westlake, Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. , Crespi, Birmingham and Chatsworth, among others. Former Brigham Young quarterback John Walsh
John E. Walsh (born December 26, 1945 in Auburn, New York) is the host of the TV show America's Most Wanted. is on a team. So is actor Dean Cain of ``Lois and Clark.'' Games begin at 9 a.m., with finals on Sunday. Admission is free. AIR-IT-OUT What: NFL Air-It-Out flag football tournament. Where: Balboa Park in Encino. When: All day today and Sunday. Who: 575 teams, with players ranging in age from 7 to 61. CAPTION(S): Box Box: AIR IT OUT (See Text) |
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