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Hockey moves into pool
Ben Jarvis stood on the side of the pool. It was the winter of 2005, and steam was rising off the water. With the temperature sitting at just above freezing, Jarvis dove in, effectively bringing underwater hockey to the Santa Clarita Valley. Underwater what? Believe it or not, the sport of underwater hockey — or “octopush” as it was originally called — dates back nearly 60 years. “People basically just want to know why,” Jarvis ...

	Masters team attracts talent They come from all over. Not just different cities and careers, but also levels of experience. But no matter the skill level, the Santa Clarita Masters swim team has given athletes the opportunity to hit the pool for myriad reasons. Among them, a chance to give back. This rings particularly true for Brian Roney, a qualifying member of the 1980 U.S. Olympic team that boycotted the Games in Moscow, who has spent time as a ...
	Post-career moves A million things go through an athlete's mind when his or her playing career faces mortality. Do I keep trying to play? Do I give it up? What's next?
	Previously impossible Monday's Los Angeles Marathon will be a triumph against athletic odds for many individuals, but there may be no group which represents the ability to overcome obstacles more than a team of handicapped people that are slated to finish the event thanks to the help of the Center of Rehabilitative Enhancement (C.O.R.E.) and Together Each Other Achieves More (T.E.A.M.) Rise Above. On May 25 at 1 p.m, approximately 15 individuals who have sustained debilitating injuries ...
	'Signal Community Sports' page on horizon The Signal will soon provide local youth and adult sports leagues a new outlet for submitting and publishing their game results, news and photos in print and online in the Santa Clarita Valley's only daily newspaper and most-visited news Web site.