A.V. JUDO CLUB WINS MORE AWARDS.Byline: Greg Botonis Staff Writer 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 Judo Club members have tucked 19 more wins under their black belts after the California Golden State Championships held earlier this month. The team, now one of the top clubs in the country, brought in nine first-place, eight second-place and two third-place honors from the state competition. ``We took 23 of our members, and 22 of them placed, so we did extremely well,'' said club assistant Karen Wood. ``They did better than any other club there, I think.'' The team credits part of its success to the addition of two foreign exchange students who will be in the Antelope Valley for 10 months. Philippe Oertli from Switzerland, a Swiss judo team member and current Swiss national champion, earned a first place. He attends Quartz Hill High School Quartz Hill High School is a public, co-educational high school located in Lancaster, California. Founded in 1964, it is the third oldest comprehensive high school in the Antelope Valley High School District (AVHSD). . Sebastian Boldt from Germany, who is attending Rosamond High School, earned a third place. ``Philippe and Sebastian were up against some tough competition, but they still performed extremely well,'' Wood said. ``They are a great addition to our club because they bring new techniques and inspiration to the team.'' Other first-place medal-winning members are team coach Steve Bell Steve Bell is the name of:
Jon Wood (born October 25, 1981), in Stuart Virginia, is a NASCAR Busch Series driver for Wood Brothers/JTG Racing. , D.J. Watts, Cruz Macias and Ruben Dedman. Second-place medal winners are Ed Larson, Pauline Macias, Samantha Macias, D.J. Holden Holden, town (1990 pop. 14,628), Worcester co., central Mass., a residential suburb of Worcester; settled 1723, set off and inc. 1741. Manufactures include electrical and metal products, plastics, and machinery. , Nick Fitzgerald, Jake Harwell, Rob Gonzales and Mark Cagalawan. Ben Wood also captured a third-place finish Noun 1. third-place finish - a finish in third place (as in a race) finish - designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race); "excitement grew as the finish neared"; "my horse was several lengths behind at the finish"; "the winner is the team with the . ``We just totally blew away all the competition in California practically, and we just keep getting better,'' said Karen Wood. The next major tournaments for the team will be the Nanka Team Tournament in 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. and the Silver State Tournament in Nevada, both of which are in November. Bell also will compete in the 1999 Judo World Championships in Birmingham, England, as well as the British Nationals during his three-week stay in England. The Antelope Valley Judo Club is located at 202 W. Pondera Ave. in Lancaster. For more information on the club or to join, call (661) 723-9533. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO The Antelope Valley Judo Club brought home 19 trophies from the California Golden State Championships held earlier this month. |
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