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Parents and coaches urge PVUSD to restore Nancy Lane fields to community baseball league
Summary
A group of parents and volunteer coaches representing a new nonprofit youth baseball and softball program asked the Paradise Valley board to return use of Nancy Lane fields to Shadow Mountain Area Sports Home (SMASH), saying the league serves 250 children and that leaving the fields empty harms community opportunities.
Several parents and volunteer coaches on Thursday urged the Paradise Valley Unified School District governing board to make the Nancy Lane and Shea Middle School fields available to Shadow Mountain Area Sports Home (SMASH), a community nonprofit that says it serves more than 250 participants.
Speakers described SMASH as a community organization formed after Shadow Mountain Little League dissolved; they said the new league is up 25% in registrations and seeks local fields to avoid sending players outside the immediate…
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