TOUCH FOOTBALL FAN FORMING SANTA CLARITA LEAGUE FOR FALL ENOUGH PLAYERS FOR EIGHT TEAMS SOUGHT IN DEBUT SEASON.Byline: Amy Raisin raisin, in botany and cooking raisin, dried fruit of certain varieties of grapevines bearing grapes with a high content of sugar and solid flesh. Although the fruit is sometimes artificially dehydrated, it is usually sun-dried. Staff Writer 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. - Steve Rizzo's got the beautiful wife, the adorable a·dor·a·ble adj. 1. Delightful, lovable, and charming: an adorable set of twins. 2. Worthy of adoration. daughter and the dream house. So what's missing? An organized local touch football league where he can indulge his lifelong love of the gridiron sport. ``I've been playing since I was 5 years old,'' said Rizzo, 34. ``I was always in leagues back in Baltimore. Lately I've played in pickup games where I could find them.'' Yearning for a more organized system, Rizzo is setting up 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. Touch Football League, debuting in September and based at the Castaic Sports Complex. While fees and schedules are still being hammered out, Rizzo, a bartender and Stevenson Ranch resident, expects to have eight teams ready for the inaugural season, with at least 10 players on each game-day roster. ``It's like the pickup games at the park, but it'll be organized,'' he said. ``And it will be cheaper than those baseball leagues and 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' leagues, absolutely.'' Unlike the pickup games, however, organizing a league requires much more than rounding up a few friends and a football on a Saturday. Rizzo has researched various sites and, as required, has gone through the 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. County Department of Parks and Recreation for permission and insurance purposes. ``I've been all over this valley to find some place to play. Then I found the Castaic Sports Complex. They will line the field for me and the (player) fees will go toward maintenance, materials, things like that,'' Rizzo said. After communicating with the Sports Complex staff, Rizzo designed a Web site that explains the league and offers an e-mail link for questions and sign-ups. ``This is going to be very organized. Everything is on the Web site,'' he said. ``I'll keep weekly stats. There'll be a championship. I'm naming the championship trophy after Jake Kuredjian, as a community honor.'' Hagop ``Jake'' Kuredjian, 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, sheriff's deputy, was killed on Rizzo's street in August during a shootout Shootout Venture capital jargon. Refers to two or more venture capital firms fighting for the startup. between law enforcement officers and a disgraced former police officer. For information about the Santa Clarita Valley Touch Football League, log on to www.geocities.com/scvtfl, or e-mail questions to scvtfl(at)hotmail.com. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Stevenson Ranch resident and football fan Steve Rizzo is forming the Santa Clarita Valley Touch Football League, debuting in September and based at the Castaic Sports Complex. Shaun Dyer/Special to the Daily News |
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