RAIN DROPS MANY GAMES OFF SCHEDULE STORMY WEATHER CAUSES POSTPONEMENTS, NEED FOR MAKEUPS.Byline: Vincent Bonsignore Staff Writer The recent storms that have drenched drench tr.v. drenched, drench·ing, drench·es 1. To wet through and through; soak. 2. To administer a large oral dose of liquid medicine to (an animal). 3. Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, have forced several schools in the Antelope, Conejo, San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. and Santa Clarita valleys to scramble to reschedule re·sched·ule tr.v. re·sched·uled, re·sched·ul·ing, re·sched·ules To schedule again or anew: rescheduled the meeting for the following week; rescheduled the debts of many developing nations. events. The Foothill League soccer schedule took a big hit. Boys' and girls' games were postponed today - last Friday's games also were postponed - Valencia athletic director Athletic director (commonly, "athletics director") is a position at many American colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, which oversees the work of the coaches and related staff involved in intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic Enrique Lopez Go to this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrique_Lopez_III said. ``We plan to make up all the matches, but we really can't do anything until the rain stops,'' Lopez said. ``It gets to be a problem when you start talking about three or four lost league matches. Then you're in a situation where you might have to play makeup matches on back-to-back days. ``It's not the ideal situation, but you have to do what you have to do. We'll make it work.'' Saugus and Burbank did their best to beat the storm by moving boys' and girls' league openers, which were scheduled for Friday, to Thursday at 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. , meaning one less makeup game later in the season. Hart of Newhall and Canyon of Canyon Country, as well as Burroughs of Burbank and Valencia, saw their league openers rained out; they have rescheduled their games for Jan. 24. Chaminade of West Hills postponed its girls' soccer game against Louisville of Woodland Hills, which was to be played Monday at Crespi of Encino. That game will be played Jan. 24. In addition, Chaminade's girls' basketball game at Flintridge Sacred Heart The Sacred Heart is a religious devotion to Jesus' physical heart as the representation of the divine love for humanity This devotion is predominantly used in the Roman Catholic Church and also used in the Anglican Church. of La Canada, originally scheduled for tonight, was delayed until Friday. ``The roads heading up to (La Canada) are pretty (dangerous),'' Chaminade athletic director Joe Shapiro said. ``Hopefully, we'll get that in on Friday.'' Other Mission League events that were canceled Monday included Harvard-Westlake of Studio City vs. Alemany of Mission Hills in basketball and soccer. Because of flooding on Coldwater Canyon Boulevard - the street on which Harvard-Westlake is located - transportation to and from the school was a cause for concern. The boys' basketball game has been rescheduled for Jan. 24 at Harvard- Westlake. The boys' soccer game is tentatively rescheduled for today at Harvard-Westlake, and the girls' soccer game is rescheduled for Thursday at Alemany. The Southern Section office leaves decisions to play or postpone sporting events up to school districts and individual schools. Makeup dates also are the decision of the teams involved. ``It's up to them to decide how much effect the weather has, as far as whether they play or not,`` said Thom Simmons, the Southern Section's director of sports information. The Golden League postponed seven basketball and six soccer games last weekend because of rain and, in some cases, snow. It will decide today whether to play games scheduled tonight, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Lancaster boys' basketball coach Jesse Parker. ``It's a tough deal, but when it comes to the safety of our students, in terms of getting behind a wheel of a car or traveling to a game (on a bus), obviously, safety is the biggest concern,'' Parker said. ``There are a lot more important things than sports sometimes.'' Highland of Palmdale girls' soccer coach Juan Paolo said the rescheduling of league games might force the remainder of the Lancaster girls' soccer tournament to be canceled. The tournament's second day was rained out Dec. 28 and is supposed to be played Saturday at the Lancaster National Soccer Center. ``There's a lot of ifs right now,'' said Paolo, whose team, like most of the other Golden League girls' soccer teams, is scheduled to play today and Thursday. The Golden League boys' teams play Wednesday and Friday. ``All of the intersections are flooded, so it's hard to tell what's going to happen with transportation,'' Paolo said. ``The one good thing about (the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley ) is the drainage is really good, so once it stops raining, we should be OK. But if there's a school closure, I think it's against the rules to play.'' Rain-soaked fields haven't been much of a problem for schools that have synthetic FieldTurf. 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. , which installed the artificial turf Artificial turf, or synthetic turf, is a grass-like man-made surface manufactured from synthetic materials. It is most often used in arenas for sports that were originally or are normally played on grass, however, it is now being used on residential lawns and commercial at the start of football season, will continue to play its soccer games, unless the storms produce lightning. Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. was scheduled to play host to Thousand Oaks on Monday, but, because of field problems, Thousand Oaks hosted a boys' and girls' varsity doubleheader. The FieldTurf surface, which also is installed at Chaminade, Hart, Harvard-Westlake, La Canada, Newbury Park, Oaks Christian of Westlake Village, St. Francis of La Canada, Westlake, Valencia and College of the Canyons, can adequately absorb substantial amounts of rainfall. All six soccer games contested Friday were played on FieldTurf, although more than a dozen that were to be played on the surface were postponed or canceled. Newbury Park played host to Agoura in a boys' and girls' varsity doubleheader. La Canada was home against Monrovia in a Rio Hondo Rio Hondo may refer to:
Westlake was able to play host to Thousand Oaks in its annual Super Soccer Saturday Gillette Soccer Saturday is a television programme broadcast on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland during the football season. Soccer Saturday grew out of Sports Saturday, which started in 1992 hosted by Paul Dempsey. event because of the FieldTurf, which also enabled the Warriors to play Monday's game at Newbury Park. The Marmonte League has two ``rain days'' scheduled for the final week of the regular season, in the event makeup games need to be played. But Westlake coach Frank Marino said if teams get bogged down with too many games that need to be rescheduled, the Warriors might, in an attempt to get caught up, stage an all-day schedule - featuring all Marmonte teams - on a Saturday this month or in February Erik Boal and Justin Frank contributed to this report. Vincent Bonsignore, (818) 713-3612 vincent.bonsignore(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Westlake is one of the lucky ones; its field, made of synthetic FieldTurf, allowed games to go on. Joe Binoya/Special to the Daily News |
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