A LESSON IN FAMILY VALUES; MOORPARK'S BACKCOURT HAS A FAMILIAR RING.Byline: Kirby Lee Special to the Daily News Alofa Tuimoloau and Christina Mosesso have left an impression as the starting backcourt for the Moorpark College Moorpark College is a California-state funded community college located on a 134 acre (542,000 m²) property reclining on a hill in Moorpark, a town in Ventura County, California. women's basketball Women's basketball is one of the few games which developed in tandem with men's. It became popular, spreading from the east coast of the United States to the west coast, in large part via women's colleges. team for the last two seasons. The sophomore guards are the latest members of the Tuimoloau and Mosesso family to leave their mark at Moorpark. Tuimoloau's sister Dolores Dolores (or Delores) was a common given name (until the 1960s in the USA); it is cognate with the English word "dolorous" (meaning sorrowful) and equivalent in meaning. was the State junior college runner-up in the shot put last year for the Raiders. Her father Junior has been the defensive line coach for the Moorpark football team for the last two seasons. Mosesso's sisters Gina, 23, and Angela, 21, also played basketball at Moorpark. Christina and Angela teamed on last year's Raiders team as well as at Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. High. Angela, who did not play her freshman year at Moorpark, has decided to forgo her final year of eligibility at Moorpark to concentrate on her nursing studies. Still, she keeps statistics at games and attends many practices. ``I really miss playing with her,'' Christina said. ``It is a lot of fun to have her come see me and play. It is so weird So Weird is a television series shot in Vancouver, British Columbia that aired on the Disney Channel as a midseason replacement from January 18th, 1999 to September 28th, 2001. because we get along so well on the court but at home, we fight like all sisters do.'' Tuimoloau also has plenty of family support at basketball games. And her sister Chenee, a junior guard at Channel Islands High, may be the next in line. Family ties, however, had little to do with Tuimoloau's choice to attend Moorpark. As a Channel Islands senior in 1997, Tuimoloau earned Marmonte League The Marmonte League is a high school sports league primarily made up of schools from Ventura County. The Marmonte Leauge is part of the CIF Southern Section. Click here to view the league schedule. MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. and All-Ventura County honors. She was also the basketball team's MVP for four years, and team MVP her senior year in volleyball. Tuimoloau lived across the street from Oxnard College Oxnard College is a California-state funded community college located in Oxnard, California. It was established in 1975. It serves the Oxnard Plain cities of Oxnard, Camarillo, and Port Hueneme. , but she opted for Moorpark based on the success of the Raiders' program and the opportunity to meet new people. ``Staying at Oxnard was like going to high school again,'' Tuimoloau said. ``I wanted to get away and start new at Moorpark.'' It's not been easy escaping the Tuimoloau name at Moorpark. Her father is a fixture in Ventura County football coaching circles, coaching for 17 seasons at Channel Islands before coming to Moorpark. Her sister Dolores, who set a Ventura County shot put record of 49 feet, 4 inches at Channel Islands in 1994 and now competes at Cal State Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , has not made the situation any easier. ``I am really proud of her and thankful,'' Tuimoloau said about Dolores, the 1994 State high school champion. ``She was pretty well known in high school and it's followed her. People ask if I am her sister and I do track too.'' Not yet. But Alofa, whose name means ``love'' in Samoan, does plan to give the javelin a try this spring. Next year, however, the Raiders' guard hopes to be playing basketball at a four-year university. The 5-foot-8 Tuimoloau has attracted scholarship interest from Arkansas State and Indiana after earning All-Western State Conference honors as a freshman. With only nine players on the roster, Tuimoloau has also seen duty at forward and center this season. Tuimoloau and Mosesso earned All-Western State Conference honors last season after helping the Raiders finish second in the WSC WSC Winter Symposium on Chemometrics WSC Winter Simulation Conference WSC Wayne State College WSC Westfield State College (Westfield, MA) WSC Western State College (Colorado) Northern Division and advance to the third round of 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, playoffs. This season, the former high school rivals led Moorpark to third in both the Valley and Hartnell tournaments and the consolation title of the Ventura tournament. The 5-foot-7 Mosesso, a Marmonte League and Ventura County first team selection as a Simi Valley senior in 1997, is averaging a team-high 18 points and was selected to the all-tournament teams in the Valley, Ventura and Hartnell tournaments. ``It's almost as if they know what each other is thinking from playing against each other in high school and the experience of playing together,'' Moorpark coach Sherry Ruter said. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Moorpark College basketball players Christina Mosesso, left, and Alofa Tuimoloau, were both All-WSC selections a year ago. Andy Holzman/Daily News |
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