Article: HAVING A BALL IN SIMLA, EVERY KID WHO SIGNS UP MAKES THE BASKETBALL TEAM AND EVERYONE ELSE IS A SUPERFAN.(Local)

Byline: Stories by Deborah Frazier Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer

SIMLA -- It takes a community to raise a basketball team.

Simla, a farm town about 75 miles southeast of Denver, has just over 500 residents. At the 2A regional championships here this weekend, more than 400 fans - from infants to great-grandparents - cheered the boys team and the girls team to wins that sent them to the state championships next weekend.

``Going to games is just a habit we've always had,'' said Dallas Reed, 75, who has cheered from the sidelines since 1948.

This is the time of year rural communities across Colorado have the girls and boys basketball ...

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