ALEMANY GIRLS DRAW NO. 1 SEED IN REGIONAL.Byline: Chris Branam and Vincent Bonsignore / Daily News Staff Writers The Alemany High girls' basketball team, which has been on the cusp of appearing in the state-championship game twice, was given a strong stamp of approval on Sunday when it was awarded the top seeding 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, Regional Division III
Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. playoffs. The Indians, who advanced to a regional final in 1992 and '94 but lost both times, will host unseeded Shafter (22-5) at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at L.A. Baptist High. The Chaminade boys, the Southern Section III-A champions, will play host to Barstow and the Harvard-Westlake girls will host San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. University in other regionals. Those games also are at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. ``It was absolutely a nice compliment Not to be confused with Complement. Compliment may be
n. A position of control or authority. .'' The Indians (24-6) beat La Puente La Puente (lä pwĕn`tē), city (1990 pop. 36,955), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a suburb of Los Angeles; laid out 1841, inc. 1956. Primarily residential, the city manufactures hardware, electronics, and paper products. 62-39 on Saturday in the Southern Section Division III-AA final. The Chaminade boys (27-1), who won their first section title of any kind since 1971 when they beat Bishop Montgomery 80-66 on Saturday, were seeded third. The Eagles have won 24 straight games. ``This is a whole different goal for us now,'' Eagles forward Scott Borchart said. ``We set one goal, and that was to win a CIF (1) (Common Intermediate Format) A standard video format used in videoconferencing. CIF formats are defined by their resolution, and standards both above and below the original resolution have been established. The original CIF is also known as Full CIF (FCIF). championship, which we did. Now we want to see how far we can go in the state playoffs.'' Borchart isn't worried that the Chaminade doesn't know much about Barstow (26-3). At this point, he feels the Eagles need to continue to do the things that got them this far. The Harvard-Westlake girls (25-6) are trying to bring the school its third straight state title. The boys won the last two Division III championships. The second-seeded Wolverines, who were co-champions in the Mission League with Alemany, won the Southern Section Division III-A championship on Friday, beating Morningside 45-41. This is their first trip to the state playoffs. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO The Chaminade boys, celebrating their Southern Section III-A title, play host to Barstow in the state regionals on Tuesday night. Myung J. Chun/Daily News |
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