THEY'RE RARIN' TO BAT, OR SHOOT, OR KICK ...I like soccer because I have fun, I run a lot, I cover other players, and I use my hands. I also play the sport and I go see the Galaxy Team they play very well, and I want to play like them. - Carlos Flor, 9 Bellagio Road Newcomer School 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. I enjoy sports because I think that sports are not only for boys, but also for girls. My favorite My Favorite is an independent synthpop band from Long Island, New York. They released two CDs: Love at Absolute Zero and Happiest Days of Our Lives. My Favorite broke up on September 14, 2005, when singer Andrea Vaughn left the band. sport is baseball. I love it and enjoy playing. My family and I play baseball in the park. There's seven in my family so we're already a team, Family Pacheco! - Jessica Pacheco, 11 Blythe Street School Reseda My favorite sport is softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' because I am on a softball team in school. Softball gives you exercise for your hands when you throw the ball, for your legs as you run. I also like to make friends with new kids when we play each other. Sometimes our team goes places and we learn about those places. It is great being in a softball team. - Karla Calderon, 9 Canoga Park School Canoga Park Yes I like sports. I like Handball handball Any of a variety games in which a small rubber ball is struck against a wall with the hand or fist. It can be played in a three- or four-walled court or against a single wall by two or four players (in singles or doubles games, respectively). , Two Square, Jump Rope jump rope or skip rope Children's game in which players hold a rope (jump rope) at each end and twirl it in a circle, while one or more players jump over it each time it reaches its lowest point. and Basketball. My favorite sport is Handball. I play it a lot with my friends. I also play against my garage by myself. Swimming is also my favorite sport because I go swimming a lot during the summer. - Shane Sexton sex·ton n. An employee or officer of a church who is responsible for the care and upkeep of church property and sometimes for ringing bells and digging graves. , 10 Calabash calabash Tree (Crescentia cujete) of the trumpet-creeper family (Bignoniaceae) that grows in Central and South America, the West Indies, and extreme southern Florida. It is often grown as an ornamental. Street School Woodland Hills I enjoy participating in sports. My favorite sport is tennis. I enjoy watching Andre Agassi Andre Kirk Agassi (born April 29 1970, in Las Vegas, Nevada) is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from the United States who won eight Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. play on TV against Pete Sampras Peter “Pete” Sampras (born 12 August 1971), is a former World No. 1 tennis player from the United States. During his 15-year career he won a record 14 Grand Slam men's singles titles in 52 appearances. Sampras finished as No. . I also play tennis at the park with my dad. I want to be a professional. - Victor Caoyonan, 11 Canterbury Avenue School Pacoima My favorite sport is swimming. I like to dive off the diving board. I like to swim underneath the water. - Mia Thompson, 7 Chase Street School Panorama City I enjoy playing sports very much. My favorite sport is baseball because everybody gets to play. And because its fun, and you get to hit homeruns. I also like it because you get to catch fly balls and pop-ups. It is also fun to watch. - Paolo Ayala, 11 Coldwater Canyon School North Hollywood My favorite sports is Kick ball. I like to play kick ball, my father likes to kick the ball too. I play kick ball in the school with my friends. I like to play in the school. - Elizabeth Barcenas, 9 Danube Avenue School Granada Hills I like to participate in soccer and handball. Soccer and handball I participate in the best. In the afternoon I like to go to play soccer. When I play socer I try to take the ball away from them and kick it into the net, then my team get a point, then we win. Then I go home and play handball. When I play handball I hit the ball at the wall, if I hit it out of the line I lose then the next person goes up. When handball is over I go to sleep. - Melissa Ordono, 9 Fenton Avenue Charter School Lake View Terrace My favorite sport is vollyeball because I play with my brother-in-law and I threw the ball over the net. He said it is not if you win or lose it's how you play the game. - Diana Campos Campos (käm`p  s), city (1996 pop. 391,299), Rio de Janeiro state, SE Brazil, on the Paraíba River near its mouth. , 11 Glenfeliz Boulevard School Los Angeles I like gymnastics the best because it is fun to do all that stuff like a handstand. - Marie Hara Granada Elementary School elementary school: see school. Granada Hills I like to play T-ball because I get to hit the ball hard. - Jessica Stichter, 6 Haskell Elementary School Granada Hills My favorite sport is ice skating ice skating, gliding along an ice surface on keellike runners known as ice skates. Skating as a Sport Skating, besides being an important form of winter recreation and the essential skill in the game of ice hockey (see hockey, ice) has developed because I take ice skating lessons. And I do backwards swissle and I do other things too. - Jennifer Bolbat, 7 Lorne Street School Northridge My favorite sport is baseball because I play baseball and we are in first place and I like baseball. I am second base on my baseball team. Our team name is the Diamond Backs. We are the best. - Devin Mills, 9 Monlux Magnet School magnet school n. A public school offering a specialized curriculum, often with high academic standards, to a student body representing a cross section of the community. North Hollywood I like soccer. Soccer is fun. You get a good work out in soccer. The goal box is 18 yards long. Soccer is the world's most popular sport. Millions of people in more than 140 countries play soccer. - Caitlin Bridges, 8 Mountain View School Saugus Yes I do enjoy playing some sports. Two of my favorite sports are ice skating and soccer. I like ice skating because it's graceful. I like soccer because it's fun. - Denise Morataya, 12 Oxnard Street School North Hollywood Basketball because I really like shooting baskets and dribling the ball. I sometimes practice at school with my friends Victor and Eric. Basketball is really my most favorite sport. - Enrique Santana, 11 St. Ferdinand School 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. My favorite sport is karate because karate teaches me how to fight if a stranger grabs me. Karate saves me! I am an orange belt. I can not wait until I am a black belt! - Georgina Brotsis, 8 St. Nicholas School Northridge My favorite sports are swimming and bike riding. Swimming is fun because you get to dive down to get diving toys and sometimes pennies. Bike riding is fun because you get to exercise your legs. It makes me feel happy. - Deanna Bowerman, 5 San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. Street Highly Gifted Magnet The Highly Gifted Magnet (HGM) is one of the Los Angeles Unified School District's Gifted and Talented programs, restricted to students who meet the criterion of 99.9% on an intellectual assessment that meets the eligibility requirements of the district which is an IQ of 145 or School Mission Hills My favorite sport is basketball because I like to bounce the ball and shoot hoops. And its a good exercise for my heart. - Randika De Silva, 9 Shirley Avenue School Reseda My favorite sport is Baseball because it's really fun. I like going up to bat, because when you hit the ball far you get to run as fast as you can at the same time the other team is trying to get you out, and then you might get to homebase and if you do you save the day. - Dylan Purcell, 12 Stonehurst Avenue School Sun Valley I have a lot of favorite sports, but my two favorites are skateboarding and football. I like them both a lot. - Joey Stanwyck, 10 Turningpoint School Los Angeles MEMO: NEXT WEEK: On the Fourth of July Fourth of July, Independence Day, or July Fourth, U.S. holiday, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Celebration of it began during the American Revolution. , we Americans celebrate freedom from the British and the beginning of our own country. What do you think is the best thing about America and why? Draw a picture of something that represents our nation. Parents and teachers should make sure that the student's name, address, age and school are CLEARLY PRINTED on the letters and the backs of drawings. Pictures should be drawn using black or dark blue ink or dark pencil on white, unlined paper. Drawings must be no larger than a standard, 8-1/2-by-11-inch sheet of paper. The deadline is June 24, and letters will be printed July 2. Letters received after the deadline cannot be considered. Send entries to Kids' Corner, Daily News Features Department, P.O. Box 4200, Woodland Hills, Calif. 91365-4200. Contributors whose letters or drawings are selected will receive a Daily News T-shirt. CAPTION(S): 3 Photos Photo: (1) ``My favorite sport is tennis,'' writes Erika Silva, 10, of Oxnard Street School in North Hollywood. (2) Patrick Rangsiyanondha, 9, of Stevenson Ranch Stevenson Ranch, California (in the 91381 ZIP Code) is a Los Angeles County, USA, unincorporated community west of Santa Clarita a few miles south of Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park. The Stevenson Ranch fountain was redone in 2007. School in Valencia likes to play hockey. (3) ``My favorite sport is mountain bike riding,'' writes Laura Gonzalez Olivares, 12, of Oxnard Street School in North Hollywood. |
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