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LONG BEA CH , CAL.
Cycle News has learned of tw o
pla ns to bring the possibility of
or ganized interscholastic high
school mo t ocross before the
Southern Secti o n Directors of the
Californ ia In t erschol astic Federation, wh ich sanctions high school
athle tic even ts in Califo rn ia. T he
fir st la kes the form of meetings between
r e pr e s ent at iv es of Yama ha
I nternational, In c. , spon sors of a
non -san ct ioned , non-sch o ol affiliated
h igh sc hool moto cr o ss series cu rre ntly
runni ng at Orange County International
Raceway in Irvine , California.
The seco nd move , revealed by Dr.
Da vid Brown, Supe rinten d en t of the
Walnut Va lle y Un ifie d Sch oo l District,
in an exclus ive teleph o n e interview with
Cycle News com es in response to efforts
b y 16 ye ar old Mik e Tha tc he r , a st udent
at Waln ut Hi~ Sc h ool.
Thatcher was the m as termind behind
th ree school m oto cross that was
planne d fo r May 9 w ith full financial
su pport from Yam ah a In te rna tio nal and
O range Cou nty In terna tional Race wa y .
After seve ral months of extensive
research an d effort on the part o f
Thatcher and so me of his frie nds, it
looked like his race would co me off as
t he
m ost
t i g ht l y
o rganize d
planned -t o-th e-las t de ta il high school
mo to cross ever.
Ho we ver. w hen he presented his
extensive sponsorshi p and planning
package to the Walnu t Valley Unified
S c hoo l District Bo ard, e ve ry t h in g
halt ed .
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