The Sacramento City Unified School District board has voted to reinstate 80 percent of the sports budget for the coming school year.
District spokesman Gabe Ross said high school athletic directors will get together "to talk about what the structure will look like with the reductions, but the program as a whole will continue."
Board members voted earlier this year to eliminate funding for sports to help close a budget shortfall of $28 million that the district says could grow to $43 million if a statewide tax measure fails in November.
Each of the district's comprehensive high school sports programs had received $154,000 for coaching stipends, transportation and equipment.
"Everyone realizes what effect eliminating sports would have on our enrollment," Ross said.
– Bill Paterson
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• Mary Whipple of Orangevale will be the coxswain for the United States' women's eight for the Summer Olympics, which begin July 27 in London.
Whipple, 32, and rowers Caryn Davies, Caroline Lind, Eleanor Logan, Susan Francia and Erin Cafaro will bid for their second straight gold medal.
– Associated Press
• Sacramento middleweight and former top amateur Brandon Gonzales (16-0) pounded out an eight-round unanimous decision over Elie Augustama (6-5) of Miami in San Jacinto.
– Jim Jenkins, Special to The Bee
• Tyler Raber, who recently completed his senior season at UC Davis, lost to Toby Tree of England 2&1 in the round of 16 of the British Amateur Golf Championship in Ayrshire, Scotland, UCD reported.
– Bee Sports staff
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