SCV'S SPECIAL OLYMPIANS STRIKE GOLD AT EVENT.Byline: Daily News Around 200 bowlers from all over 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, , including 70 athletes from 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. , participated in the second annual Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Regional Bowling Tournament hosted by the Santa Clarita Valley Special Olympics Special Olympics International sports program for people with intellectual disability. It provides year-round training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type summer and winter sports for participants. Aug. 23 at Valencia Lanes. Several local athletes took home gold medals, including the Tigers, a team composed of Marcia Hickman, Pamela Murphey, Malia Schneiderman and Sherry Stanton, which took first place in the female division. The gold medal winner in the men's wheelchair division was Ron Hoover, another local athlete, and the female wheelchair winner was Beth Brodie from Tri-Valley Special Olympics. Athletes as young as 8 years old participated. Gold medal winners in the youth division were The 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, Bowling Kids, which included team members Riley Bowers, Monica Monheim, Trevor Ryan and Ryan Schubert. Santa Clarita recently added a new addition to its bowling program, in part due to a Community Service Grant awarded by the city of Santa Clarita. ``Unified Bowling'' was initiated this year, which pairs two Special Olympics' athletes with two nondisabled peer partners from the community. This inaugural pilot program features four Special Olympic Unified Teams. The winner of the gold medal in the Unified Division was The Jaws team from Santa Clarita, consisting of Special Olympians Beverly Cates n. pl. 1. Provisions; food; viands; especially, luxurious food; delicacies; dainties. Cates for which Apicius could not pay. - Shurchill. Choicest cates and the fiagon's best spilth. - R. Browning. and Carlos Villasenor and Unified Partners Cindy and Andrew Drescher. Noteworthy standouts of the competition include high scorer Carlos Villasenor from Santa Clarita with a best-game score of 201, and Michael Bernhardt from the South Bay with a best-game score of 191. Athletes from Long Beach, Bakersfield, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. , Torrance, Ventura and the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. traveled to the event, which opened with the Santa Clarita Barbershop Quartet singing the National Anthem and closed with an awards ceremony. Volunteers are needed for the next Santa Clarita Valley Special Olympics competition, scheduled for Oct. 11. The cycling event at Saugus Speedway requires timers, lap counters and volunteers to assist with registration and serving meals. For information about Special Olympics, or to volunteer for the cycling competition, call the local office at (661) 253-2121. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Olympians Beverly Cates, left, and Carlos Villasenor, right, were joined by their Unified partners Cindy and Andrew Drescher. |
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