VALLEY WELL REPRESENTED AT 13TH MACCABI GAMES.Byline: Lee Barnathan Daily News Staff Writer Brynne Blumstein scanned the girls' soccer roster for next month's Maccabi Youth Games and couldn't believe the skill level. There was so much talent that four 14-year-olds made the under-16 team. ``We have a young team, relative to the other teams,'' coach Steve Landis said. The squad is just one of several with youth and talent that will be participating in the 13th version of the Youth Maccabi Games, Aug. 17-22 in Seattle and Pittsburgh. The Youth Maccabi Games is a national, Olympic-like festival sponsored by the Jewish Community Centers of North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. that brings together the best Jewish athletes based on the love of sport and Jewish heritage. Of the 197 athletes on Team 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. , 147 of them are from 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. area. The Games, which began in 1982, is the largest single program for Jewish teens in the country. More than 25,000 have participated. Team Los Angeles is so large that it's splitting its delegation for the first time. Most of the athletes, including the girls' soccer team, will compete in Seattle. The under-14 baseball, basketball and in-line In-line Used in the context of general equities. (1) An order or market in a specific security within the inside market; 2) any announcement (earnings) that adheres closely to Wall Street analysts' expectations. hockey teams are heading to Pittsburgh. Fifteen of the 16 players on the girls' soccer roster play in clubs, and the one who doesn't used to. ``There's so much talent in the valley, so much competitiveness,'' said Adolfo Perez, who coaches five of the players on the L.A. Force club team. ``Girls' soccer has just blossomed here.'' ``I'm excited to play with all these girls,'' Blumstein said. Beth Taylor, the mother of 14-year-old Kim Taylor, said the explosion of soccer, from the 1994 World Cup to the U.S. women's national team The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. winning a gold medal gold medal traditional first prize. [Western Cult: Misc.] See : Prize at the 1996 Olympics, has led to women soccer players becoming role models for the girls. It makes them want to play even more and work at improving. Also on the roster is Molly molly see mare hinny. Cahan, who helped Harvard-Westlake to the Mission League title last season. Taylor, who has a reputation as a good goal scorer at the club level, will join a Chaminade team that won the Southern Section Division III
Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. title. Sarah Landis (Agoura) and Sarah Leibowitz (La Reina La Reina (Spanish: "The queen") is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. It consistently ranks in the top five communes with the best quality of life in the Metropolitan Region. ) are top goalkeepers, although Leibowitz played in the field last season. Blumstein and Deanna Linder helped Cleveland reach the City 3-A final. Blumstein said she plays to stay in shape, meet people and hopefully earn a college scholarship. Cahan enjoys the top-notch coaching and competition she receives, and the weather's warm enough to play year-round. Steve Landis can't hide his excitement at the talent level. All he did was announce tryouts, and this group was among the 60 that tried out. ``I'm just collecting their talents and trying to meld them as a unit for a short-game span and letting them play,'' Landis said. ``With the experience these kids have, they understand the game quite well and need only strategic support from my hand - recognizing what the other team does and change positions.'' YOUTH MACCABI GAMES What: Top Jewish teen athletes competing in sports. When: Aug. 17-22. Where: Seattle and Pittsburgh. Who: 147 San Fernando Valley athletes competing in baseball, basketball, bowling, soccer, golf, 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' , swimming, tennis, table tennis, in-line hockey and track. CAPTION(S): Photo; Box PHOTO (color) Sarah Landis, goalie for Team Los Angeles' under-16 soccer team in the Youth Maccabi Games, blocks a shot in practice. The Games are scheduled for Aug. 17-22 Myung J. Chun / Daily News BOX: YOUTH MACCABI GAMES (see text) |
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