A GIANT RENAISSANCE SMALL SCHOOL SHOWING IT CAN PLAY WITH THE BIG TEAMS.Byline: Kevin Connelly Kevin Connelly was born in Middlesbrough, England. He is an impressionist comedian, and after dinner speaker and is probably most famous for his role on the popular BBC television programme 'Dead Ringers'. Special to the Daily News Lanky Shane Jones Shane Geoffrey Jones is a New Zealand politician. He stood in the 2005 elections for the Labour Party, being ranked twenty-seventh on its party list. This is the highest position given by Labour to someone who was not already a member of Parliament. looked across the court during pregame warmups and saw whom he wouldd be guarding that night. The senior center from tiny Renaissance Academy Renaissance Arts Academy is an alternative public charter high school of the Los Angeles Unified School District in Los Angeles, California. Curriculum The school Website states: The study method developed by L. Ron Hubbard is the key to effective learning. Mr. of La Canada-Flintridge figured he'd have his hands full with Pierre Prince, a 6-foot-9, 255-pound junior for Granada Hills High. Oh no, thought Jones, who stands 6-6 but only 185 pounds. I have to guard this guy? In many ways, it was similar to the difference in size between the schools. Granada Hills has 3,787 students, Renaissance just 55. The only numbers that mattered at the end of their Dec. 8 matchup at the Montclair Prep of Panorama City/Slam Jam Tournament was Renaissance's 69-52 upset of Granada Hills, ranked No. 20 by the Daily News. Jones held Prince to two points. Texas transfer Ryan White Ryan Wayne White (December 6, 1971 – April 8, 1990[1]) was a young man with AIDS from Kokomo, Indiana who became a national spokesman for AIDS, after being expelled from school because of his infection. , averaging 27 points in 11 games this season, scored 18 for Granada Hills (8-3). ``They just kicked our butts,'' first-year Granada Hills coach Don Loperena said. ``I didn't know much about them at the time, so I didn't know what to expect.'' Four players scored in double figures for the Wildcats, led by 6-foot senior Archie Robb (20 points) and 6-2 Justin Cook Justin Ryan Cook (born April 4, 1982 in Lubbock, Texas) is the line producer for YuYu Hakusho and Fullmetal Alchemist. He is also a voice actor and does the voices of Yusuke Urameshi and Puu in the English version of the YuYu Hakusho (18). Cook, a sophomore, is considered a Division I college prospect. Renaissance Academy, a non-religious private school east of Tujunga and just west of the Angeles Crest Highway The Angeles Crest Highway is a two-lane (one lane of travel in each direction) segment of California State Route 2 in the United States. The road is 66 miles in length, with its western terminus at the intersection at Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge and its eastern , wasn't surprised by any of this. It won a school-record 23 games last year, finishing 7-0 in the American League American League (AL) One of the two associations of professional baseball teams in the U.S. and Canada designated as major leagues; the other is the National League (NL). with a whopping 61.6-point average margin of victory. The Wildcats were 10-0 at home, had a 12-game winning streak Noun 1. winning streak - a streak of wins streak, run - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" that spanned more than a month, and went to its first Div. V-A V-A abbr. ventriculoatrial final. ``We've just outgrown (the American League),'' sixth-year Renaissance Academy coach Sid Cooke said. ``We take basketball a bit more seriously than some of the other schools in our league. Winning league games by 60 points is not really helping us at this point.'' With just 110 students enrolled in the K-12 school, only half of them at the high school level, Renaissance Academy has a pool of just 30 boys from which to field a basketball team. Cooke, a point guard on professional teams in Europe 15 years ago who played high school basketball at South Pasadena, has his Wildcats playing a tougher schedule this year. He successfully campaigned the Southern Section this year to remove his team from American League. Renaissance Academy, which has not yet been assigned to a league or a division for next season, played well in Montclair Prep's tournament, beating Granada Hills and playing with a tough Montclair Prep team, the Daily News' No. 16 team and 2004 Div. IV-A champion. Renaissance Academy (5-3) lost to Montclair Prep (6-2) 64-54 on Dec. 9. It played well early in a loss to perennial City Section power Crenshaw cren·shaw also cran·shaw n. A variety of winter melon (Cucumis melo var. inodorus) having a greenish-yellow rind and sweet, usually salmon-pink flesh. [Origin unknown.] of Los Angeles. ``You don't want to overlook Renaissance Academy anymore,'' said Montclair Prep assistant coach Jack Pollon, the tournament director. ``You do that now and you lose. They played us tough last year, and they're continuing to get better. Sid Cooke is a very good coach, and I really think (his program) is a mainstay.'' Although Renaissance Academy lost 6-5, 230-pound senior Lief Williams (20 points and nine rebounds per game) to graduation, it has had a recent influx of talent that bodes well for the future. But with a young, improving program such as Renaissance Academy's, real validation will come only with victories over top basketball programs. In Div. V-A, the best is defending seven-time champion Price of Los Angeles. Renaissance lost to Price 67-27 in last year's V-A final. ``I was shocked with how (Price) beat us last year,'' Robb said. ``I think we are a more talented team this year, and I can't wait to play them again.'' Does Renaissance Academy have a real chance to knock off to cease, as from work; to desist. - De Quincey. To force off by a blow or by beating. To assign to a bidder at an auction, by a blow on the counter. To leave off (work, etc.). See also: Knock Knock Knock Knock the best team in its division? Did anyone believe it would defeat Granada Hills? ``Those guys (at Price) are monsters,`` Jones said. ``They always seem to have a couple (potential NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I) players, but we're an improving program, so I don't think it's a long shot for us to beat them anymore.'' Kevin Connelly, (818) 713-3607 dnlasports(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Sid Cooke, the boys' basketball coach for tiny Renaissance Academy, has a program that is capable of taking on - and defeating - larger area schools. Andy Holzman/Staff Photographer |
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