[0] HOMETOWN HEROES : ATHLETES OF THE WEEK.Boys: Donte Morgan, Taft. What he did: The senior outside linebacker had three quarterback sacks, 10 tackles, recovered a fumble and forced another fumble in Taft's 30-6 season-opening football victory over Sylmar. The scoop:Morgan was a cornerback last season, but coach Troy Starr moved him to linebacker to take advantage of his 4.6 40-yard speed. Comment: ``He had a great game,'' Starr said. ``He's a focused kid right now. He's matured a lot.'' Girls:Andrea Neipp, Highland. What she did: Neipp won the senior division of the Seaside Invitational cross country meet in Ventura. Her time, 17:27, was 20 seconds better than runner-up Breann Schweitzer of Saugus. The scoop: It was a decidedly upbeat moment for Neipp, who was disappointed and embarrassed when her junior track season ended prematurely in academic ineligibility in May. An ambitious student, Neipp overloaded her plate last spring, getting up at 4:30 a.m. to attend seminary classes with her church, taking advanced courses in high school and pushing herself to make the state finals in the 3,200 meters. And her grades suffered for it. Comment: ``It wasn't like I said, `Oh, I don't feel like doing my homework,' '' explained Neipp, who said she had a 3.33 grade-point average before her slip. ``I just spread myself too thin. I definitely learned a lesson from it. I learned the hard way, but I learned.'' FOOTBALL RANKINGS No. School Record LW 1. Westlake 1-0 2 2. Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley 1-0 3 3. Hart 1-0 4 4. Taft 1-0 7 5. Quartz Hill 1-0 6 6. Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame 1-0 10 7. Saugus 1-0 9 8. Newbury Park 1-0 8 9. Sylmar 0-1 1 10. Kennedy0-1 5 SMALL SCHOOLS No. School Record LW 1. Calabasas 1-0 1 2. L.A. Baptist 1-0 2 3. Montclair Prep 1-0 3 4. Village Christian 1-04 5. Paraclete 0-1 5 SPORT-BY-SPORT UPDATE Prep basketball:Harvard-Westlake's Jason and Jarron Collins Jarron Collins (born December 2, 1978 in Northridge, California) is a professional American basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association. Collins is a notable graduate of Harvard-Westlake School and Stanford University. made a recruiting trip to Arizona over the weekend. . . . Notre Dame first-year coach Rob DiMuro is excited about 6-8 sophomore center Chris Williams. . . . Elan Buller, a 5-11 senior guard at El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
Prep golf:Justin Ohye, a 13-year-old freshman at Calabasas, has finished as the top golfer for his age group in the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Professional Golf Association Junior Golf competition. Ohye will join his brother, Jonathan, a junior at Calabasas, to form an imposing one-two punch one-two punch n. 1. A combination of two blows delivered in rapid succession in boxing, especially a left lead followed by a right cross. 2. Informal An especially forceful or effective combination or sequence of two things. in the prep ranks this spring. Softball: Christine Enea, an eighth-grader from Woodland Hills, has done something very rare - play on two national championship teams. She won a national softball championship with the Stealth ASA Asa (ā`sə), in the Bible, king of Judah, son and successor of Abijah. He was a good king, zealous in his extirpation of idols. When Baasha of Israel took Ramah (a few miles N of Jerusalem), Asa bought the help of Benhadad of Damascus and 14-and-under team and also won a national title with the Valley United Stars soccer team. College water polo:UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX won the Southern California water polo tournament championship on Sunday, beating USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. 8-7 in overtime. Former Harvard-Westlake star Jim Toring is one of the top players for UCLA. College soccer: Mission College's Luis Mesta scored seven goals in six games as Mission finished second in the Hancock tournament in Santa Maria, losing 1-0 to Irvine Valley in the final. Pro baseball: Former Agoura pitcher Bob Kazmirski finished with 29 saves and a 2.45 ERA for the Oakland Athletics' Single-A Western Michigan farm team. FAST FACT Hall of Fame material: Six former San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. prep athletes are among 100 charter members selected for the California High School California High School (commonly referred to as Cal High) is a public school located in San Ramon, California, a suburb of San Francisco, Oakland, and Silicon Valley. Its mascot is a Grizzly Bear. The school's newspaper is The Californian which is published monthly. Sports Hall of Fame. Created through Student Sports Magazine, the Hall of Fame inductees include San Fernando's Charles White and Anthony Davis, Cleveland's Bret Saberhagen, Notre Dame's Jack McDowell, Taft's Robin Yount and Granada Hills' John Elway. END QUOTE ``The only people that can catch Fletcher were down in Atlanta with medals around their necks.'' Notre Dame assistant coach Jeff Kraemer on Alemany tailback Miguel Fletcher CAPTION(S): 2 Photos, 2 Charts Photo: (1) no Caption (Donte Morgan) (2) No Caption (Andrea Neipp) Chart: (1) FOOTBALL RANKINGS (see text) (2) SMALL SCHOOLS (see text) |
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