USC and the Los Angeles Sports Council Foundation are accepting
donations for its annual Touchdown for Youth program.
The program will allow thousands of Southern California's
disadvantaged youth to attend the USC-Colorado State football game at
the L.A. Coliseum on Sept. 11.
The program is in its 12th year and is conducted by USC and the
Sports Council Foundation.
For each $25 tax-deductible contribution from an individual or
corporation, one select child will be provided a ticket to the game,
plus refreshments.
USC jump-started the program with a donation of 500 tickets, which
will be distributed to youth charities affiliated with the
university's athletic department.
Since its inception, the program has allowed more than 27,000
children to attend Los Angeles-area college and professional football
games. Twenty-three hundred youth attended last year's Touchdown for
Youth game between USC and Hawaii.
For more information, call (213) 482-6345.
CSA to hold fall ball registration Saturday
Crescenta Sports Assn. will continue to hold registration for its
upcoming fall season.
CSA is celebrating its 10th season of fall ball, offering softball
for ages 9-16 and baseball for ages 7-17.
Softball will be offered in two divisions -- 9- to 12-year-olds
and 16-and-under -- and baseball will be broken down into five
divisions -- 7-8, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14 and 15-17.
Registration will also be accepted at tryouts.
Softball tryouts will be held at Crescenta Valley Park in La
Crescenta on Saturday and Aug. 28, starting at 9 a.m. for the 9-12
division and beginning at 1 p.m. for the 16-and-under group.
The 7-8, 9-10 and 11-12 baseball division tryouts will be at Two
Strike Park in La Crescenta. The tryouts for the 7-8 group will begin
at 8 a.m.
The tryouts for the 9-10 division will start at 9:30 a.m. for all
individuals whose last name begins with the letters A through L.
Tryouts for all other participants will begin at 11 a.m.
The 11-12 age group tryouts will start at 1 p.m. -- for those
whose last name begins with the letters A through L -- and 2:30 p.m.
for all others.
The 13-14 division tryouts will be held at Scholl Canyon Park on
Sept. 11, starting at 9 a.m.
The 15-17 division will host tryouts at 1 p.m. Sept. 12 for all
individuals whose last name begins with the letters A through L. All
others will start their tryouts at 4:30 p.m.
Last year, more than 550 individuals on 45 teams competed in CSA's
fall season.
For more information, call the CSA hotline at (626) 569-4797 or
