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Parents tell council recreation manager blocked youth team from tournaments
Summary
Two Needles residents told the City Council that a city recreation manager barred their youth basketball team from the Needles All-Star Tournament and contacted neighboring jurisdictions to discourage participation; the council heard the complaint and residents asked staff for a review and a city letter to outside programs.
Two Needles residents told the City Council on March 18 that the city recreation manager prevented their youth basketball team from entering the Needles All-Star Tournament and then discouraged other municipalities from accepting the team into outside events.
"Our team was denied the opportunity to participate in the Needles All Star Tournament," said Gina Guzman, who identified herself as a parent and Needles resident. She told council members her family was attempting to provide playing opportunities for boys not on the all-star roster and that the division that listed eight teams ultimately had only five. "If the division was designed to hold 8 teams and…
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