VALENCIA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM REALLY LIGHTS ITS IT UP FANS FIND 'LUXURY BOXES' ON GRASS DURING KICKOFF EVENT.Byline: Naush Boghossian Staff Writer VALENCIA - For the first time in the school's history, Valencia High's football team was able to play a night game at home Friday, with four new 90-foot-high stadium lights illuminating il·lu·mi·nate v. il·lu·mi·nat·ed, il·lu·mi·nat·ing, il·lu·mi·nates v.tr. 1. To provide or brighten with light. 2. To decorate or hang with lights. 3. the field. ``It feels great,'' said Robert Dechellis, 16, a varsity football player who was waiting on the sidelines On the sidelines An investor who decides not to invest due to market uncertainty. on the sidelines Of or relating to investors who, having assessed the market, have decided to avoid committing their funds. for the game to begin. ``I'm out here on my own field, playing with the team in front of all my friends and family.'' Valencia High teams have been playing all their night games at either 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. or Canyon High School Canyon High School can refer to:
Since the field has no bleachers, family and friends of the players brought blankets and folding chairs to the field for the high school's annual Purple and Gold Kickoff and the football scrimmage with Alemany High School. Many parents confirmed that Friday night's crowd was the largest ever in attendance at a Valencia High game. Spectators sat around the field, and some even watched the game perched atop a hill overlooking the field. Kathy Anderson and her father, Bob McCarty, had one of the best seats in the house - what McCarty described as the luxury box, since they had set up their folding chairs on a large mound of dirt overlooking the center of the field. Anderson, who attends all of her son's games, had watched her son play the junior varsity junior varsity n. Abbr. JV A high-school or college team that competes in interschool sports on the level below varsity. Noun 1. game but was excited to watch the scrimmage under the lights. ``It's nice to be able to play at your home field,'' she said. While the freshmen and junior varsity teams For the American rock band, see . In sports, usually at the high school and college levels, members of a team who are not the main players in a competition (such as a football or basketball game) are called junior varsity players. played before sunset, the varsity team In the United States and Canada and UK, varsity sports teams are the principal athletic teams representing a college, university, or high school or other secondary school. Such teams compete against the principal athletic teams at other colleges/universities, or in the case of was the first to play under the stadium lights, which were turned on at 7 p.m. Those in attendance said that being able to play home games at their own school would boost the players' morale. ``It goes to school spirit. It builds school pride,'' said Steve Hale, whose son plays on the junior varsity team. Another die-hard Valencia fan, Steve Quale qua·le n. pl. qua·li·a A property, such as whiteness, considered independently from things having the property. [From Latin qu , whose son plays junior varsity, concurred. ``We don't want to go to Canyon (High) anymore,'' he said. During a special presentation prior to the scrimmage, the Saugus Centurions - who will also use the field - gave Valencia High a sign to hang at the school that reads: ``Future stadium site. Home of the Centurions and Vikings.'' City officials approached The Newhall Land and Farming Co., asking it to donate more than $200,000 needed to purchase and install the lights. Though the donation was larger than normal, it agreed because it would benefit the community. ``It's both a donation to the school district, but it also is an improvement to that area, which is an area in Valencia,'' said Marlee Lauffer, Newhall Land spokeswoman. Valencia High Principal Paul Priesz said the lights allow the school to expand use of its facilities, including using the fields for band or football practice during cooler night hours The Night Hours are the fixed times of prayer in the Divine Office of the Roman Catholic Church, that take place after sunset and before sunrise. In the Latin Rite, the main Office is traditionally Matins, said in the early hours of the morning, and which is joined to the office of , and the possibility of offering night physical education classes. School officials would like to see a stadium built around the lights for players at Valencia and Saugus high schools Saugus High School may refer to:
Despite the new scoreboard and electricity wired for a public announcement system and a snack bar, all the rest of the season's night games are scheduled at College of the Canyons or Canyon High since Valencia's fields have no bleachers. ``There's no question we need another stadium within the district,'' Priesz said. ``Our location is a good location.'' But Hart Union High School District officials have yet to make any decisions on whether a facility will be built, the principal said. CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Fans cheer from lounge chairs during Valencia High's scrimmage under the lights Friday. (2) Kathy Anderson and her dad, Bob McCarty, enjoyed some of the best seats - folding chairs on a mound that were dirt cheap Adj. 1. dirt cheap - very cheap; "a dirt cheap property" cheap, inexpensive - relatively low in price or charging low prices; "it would have been cheap at twice the price"; "inexpensive family restaurants" . (3) Valencia High's varsity football team kicks off under the lights Friday night for the first time at home. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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