2021 IMPACT Magazine FALL/WINTER EDITION

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CROSSOVER

LIONS

We are committed to producing athletes that excel both on and off the field.

Pictured above: Crossover Community Center Fitness & Weight rooms

Adult Sports & Excerise by Rondalyn Abode

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ne of the things I have learned about having a toddler as a 40-year-old mother is I often reflect on how similar or dissimilar Baby Truth was to Baby Temple. Temple was my first baby and Baby Truth make me feels like I’ve become a first-time mother all over again because as she celebrated her first birthday on September 4th, her big brother, Priest, celebrated his 11th birthday on September 16th, and her big sister, Temple, celebrated her 14th birthday on September 20th. Yes, they all have September birthdays, and no I’m not quite ready to have one birthday party for all three kids! But I digress. More than anything, I remember Baby Temple toddling around in her walker at the Crossover Men’s Basketball League in 2008.

Now, the Crossover League was aptly named, because it was the best Men’s Basketball League in the Tulsa metroplex. The men had team names and jerseys and there were championship games, and guys that I saw play in the Elite 8 for the University of Tulsa during my time as a student came out and put on an incredible show even though they too were graduates with families of their own. One of the things that gets me most excited about the Crossover Community Center will be the addition of Adult Sports to the Crossover Sports Association’s offerings. We have had to put a lot of our youth sports on hold because


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