ALUMNI HOOPS TRADITION RETURNS TO HART HIGH.Byline: Mary Schubert Daily News Staff Writer The approach of Thanksgiving means one thing at Hart High School Hart High School may refer to:
This year, the returning alumni will tip off for the first time in the new campus gymnasium, dedicated to retired Hart High Principal Laurence Strauss. The gym opened last December in time for the school's annual Holiday Classic basketball tournament, but not for the traditional Thanksgiving-eve alumni game. ``Last year's team actually beat the alumni, but then last year's team also went 21-6'' and advanced to the third round of the California Interscholastic in·ter·scho·las·tic adj. Existing or conducted between or among schools. in  ter·scho·las Federation-Southern Section
playoffs, said David Montgomery David Montgomery (1927) is Farnam Professor of History Emeritus at Yale University. Montgomery is considered one of the foremost academics specializing in United States labor history and has written extensively on the subject. , coach of the boys' varsity.
``It's usually a pretty close game - it's competitive, but
it's also a family reunion.''
The Hart Hoopster Boosters organize the yearly contest, inviting back former players who graduated at least three years ago. The varsity boys' and girls' teams will play against male and female graduates, respectively. The boys' junior varsity squad will square off against a team of faculty members, Montgomery said. ``It's a family night at Hart,'' Montgomery said. ``It'll be a good, fun night for everybody to get introduced to the hoops season.'' Hart has an established basketball tradition, and the 1990s has been a successful decade for the Indians. The boys' varsity has won the Foothill League basketball crown every year except 1995, Montgomery said. This year, the 13-member varsity team will include three returning seniors: Greg Pitzer, Jeff Whitmore and J.T. Stotts, last year's Foothill League player of the year, Montgomery said. ``We also have five of our varsity players still playing football,'' the coach noted, referring to David Neill, Jerry Owens, Scott Hunt, Jon Lyons and Trevor Rich. Those players - who suited up Friday for 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). playoff game against Torrance High School Torrance High School, the oldest of four high schools in the Torrance Unified School District in Torrance, California, is one of the oldest high schools in continuous use in California and a popular location for television and motion picture production. at College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. - probably won't be available to play in the alumni game because they haven't practiced with the basketball team yet this season, the coach said. Among the Hart alumni expected to face off against their teen-age counterparts are Eric Ballew and Cody Patterson, the latter an All-CIF basketball player who now is a student at Brigham Young University Brigham Young University, at Provo, Utah; Latter-Day Saints; coeducational; opened as an academy in 1875 and became a university in 1903. It is noted for its law and business schools. . Patterson's sister, Natalie, plays for the girls' varsity, and his brother, Dylan, is on the freshman team, Montgomery noted. Meanwhile, the basketball season will get under way Tuesday with a practice game against Simi Valley, followed by a tournament game Dec. 2 against El Camino Real High School El Camino Real High School (also known locally as "ECR" and by some more recently as "ELCO") is a public secondary school located in the Woodland Hills district of the San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles, California. in the annual Simi Valley Basketball Tip-Off Classic. In that invitational contest, Hart will be among 16 teams, including Palmdale, Newbury Park, Santa Paula, Camarillo, North Hollywood, Canoga Park, Chatsworth, Granada Hills, Monroe, Chaminade and Notre Dame. Scheduled to take part in the Hart High School Boys Basketball Holiday Classic on Dec. 26, 27, 29 and 30 are 16 teams, including Canyon, Valencia, Cleveland, Hollywood, Simi Valley, Glendale, Bellarmine-Jefferson, Sylmar and San Fernando. |
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