Viking Chronicles - New Brighton Middle School!

SportsNew Brighton’s 8th Grade Girl’s Basketball Team Dominates Holy Crossby Amber CarltonOn Monday, October 10th,the eighth grade girls’basketball team beat HolyCross 43 to 13. NewBrighton started the gamequickly, making the firstcouple of baskets, and bythe second quarter thescore was 19-3 in favor ofNBMS.New Brighton’s teamplayed strong defense, aswell as consistentoffense throughout theentire game. NBMSmaintained a 20-pluspoint lead throughout theentire second half.Congratulations to NewBrighton Middle School’seighth grade girls’ basketballteam on completing anundefeated regular season.Way to go Vikings, keep itup!Capitola City Council Discusses Skate Park Siteby Joshua PurkeyIn 2006 and 2007, Capitolaheld a series of meetings todiscuss potential places for askate park, but none of theideas pleased everyone and theproject died.Now, the city is making a newattempt at putting in a skatepark. The city council held apublic hearing on Thursdayand considered using a part ofMonterey Park next to NewBrighton Middle School.“I personally feel we have anobligation to the community toprovide this recreationalopportunity for the kids in thatage group.’’ said mayorDennis Norton in a Santa CruzSentinel article. He wasreferring to the park’s targetgroup of elementary andmiddle-school-aged students.Emily Martin, a Capitolaresident and mother of threewho has supported a skatepark along with othercommunity members, said shelikes the Monterey park site.‘’It’s near a middle schoolwhich is a great place for it togo,’’ Martin said. ‘’Plenty ofkids, including my own,consider skateboarding asport.’’ I know a lot of peopledisagree, but it would befantastic for the kids to havesome place to skate.’’For now, no money has beenallocated for this project and itisn’t likely that the city willmove forward during thesechallenging economic timesunless private donors arefound.The hearing on Thursdaytalked about the suitability ofthe location, and whether ornot more planning should startfor the Monterey Park site.Skate Park consideredright next to NewBrighton MiddleSchool!A basic skateboard park, much like thisskateboard park at Jose Park, isplanned.Page 7 of 8