ANTELOPE VALLEY'S GROWING PAINS ARE STARTING TO EASE; MARAUDERS ENJOY MORE EXPERIENCE, HOT STREAK.Byline: Art Avila Staff Writer After struggling to get its first win of the season, the 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 men's basketball team seems to have come together. It has won five of its last six games and played solidly in the weekend's McDonald's Tournament hosted by AVC (1) (Advanced Video Coding) The video compression techniques used in the H.264 standard, jointly developed by ISO and the ITU-T. See H.264. (2) (Audio Visual C , losing to Moorpark 77-56 in the championship game. ``I think we just got better, played together better. There are so many new faces, inexperienced players hadn't played at the college level,'' said coach Newton Chelette. ``We'll be a much better team in a month than we are right now.'' Sophomore Jeronne Saxton, the only starter from last year's conference championship team, has shown his leadership on the court by leading the Marauders in rebounds and blocks. In the tournament, Saxton led the team in scoring against Mira Costa and in the loss to Moorpark. Saxton and Nick O'Neill were named to the all-tournament team. The Marauders opened the tournament with a 96-65 win over L.A. Trade Tech on Thursday and qualified for the final bracket with a 58-56 win over Mira Costa. Yet Chelette was not pleased with the team's performance Sunday. ``We weren't ready to play,'' he said, noting overconfidence o·ver·con·fi·dent adj. Excessively confident; presumptuous. o  ver·con may have been the Marauders' undoing against
Moorpark. ``When you have a young group like we have, these things "These Things" is an EP by She Wants Revenge, released in 2005 by Perfect Kiss, a subsidiary of Geffen Records. Music VideoThe music video stars Shirley Manson, lead singer of the band Garbage. Track Listing 1. "These Things [Radio Edit]" - 3:17 2. happen. They forgot what got them where they were.'' No rivalry here: The Marauders (4-6) face 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. (5-6) tonight at 7 at Canyons. Although the two schools are in close proximity of one another, Chelette said there is no rivalry between the schools. ``We've played every year for 11 years. There is mutual respect for each other. The programs are always competitive,'' Chelette said. The Marauders come in having played well recently, while Canyons has struggled. The Cougars have been getting production from freshman Nana Gbewonyo, who had 11 points in the team's final game at the AVC tournament. ``They are always well coached and play very tough defense,'' Chelette said. ``It puts pressure on us to play well. If you don't play well against them, you will get embarrassed.'' Women's week off: The 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 has a week off before heading to the Monterey Peninsula The Monterey Peninsula in central California comprises the cities of Monterey, Carmel, Pacific Grove, some unincorporated area of Monterey County and the private community of Pebble Beach. Holiday tournament Dec. 17 in Monterey. On the road for most of the beginning of the season, the Marauders (3-5) have struggled early. In two of three tournaments to start the season, the Marauders won only one game. The team did have success at the Sacramento tournament, where they dropped the first game but won the final two. Ebony ebony, common name for members of the Ebenaceae, a family of trees and shrubs widely distributed in warmer climates and in the tropics. The principal genus, Diospyros, includes both ebony and persimmon trees. Sullivan leads the team in scoring with 10.8 points a game and led the team in points in the final game of the Foothill-Pacific Coast Challenge - a 61-28 win over Southwestern on Saturday. The Marauders open against Napa Valley Napa Valley, Calif.: see under Napa. Napa Valley greatest wine-producing region of the United States. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 2990] See : Wine in the Monterey tournament. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO (color) Sophomore Jeronne Saxton is a leader at AVC. Eric Grigorian/Special to the Daily News |
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