ANTELOPE VALLEY COLLEGE NOTEBOOK: INJURIES CAN'T DERAIL AVC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM CLOSES IN ON FOOTHILL TITLE.Byline: Gideon Rubin Special to the Daily News LANCASTER - Several pivotal players on 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 College's 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 have been lost to injuries or for personal reasons. The Marauders have kept winning because somebody has stepped up nearly every game. Such as LaShanna Bridgeforth, a freshman guard/forward who has made a major impact after starting the season as a role player. Bridgeforth (Littlerock High) scored 19 points and grabbed 11 rebounds - both career highs - in AVC's 76-53 Foothill Conference victory Saturday over Desert of Palm Desert. She scored 13 points in Monday's 66-58 conference win over Cerro Coso of Ridgecrest. ``She's been hurt, and she's just starting to get back into shape,'' 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 coach John Taylor John Taylor, or Johnny Taylor may refer to: Academic figures
Because of players such as Bridgeforth, AVC (19-8 overall, 9-1 Foothill) is in a strong position to win its fourth consecutive conference championship. The Marauders can secure the a title by winning its four remaining regular-season games. ``Considering everything that's has been thrown at us, it's really a credit to the kids that we're in this position,'' Taylor said. ``We're not going to out-talent everybody with this team. They've had to grind out some wins, but they're doing the job right now, and that's the sign of a champion.'' --Shocker: The women's softball team won the Mt. San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. of Walnut tournament Sunday, upsetting Mt. San Antonio, the state's top-ranked team and defending state champion, 6-1 in the title game. Freshman Nikki Perez (Littlerock) struck out 10 batters and allowed three hits. She had a perfect game for 5 2/3 innings before allowing a solo homer Noun 1. solo homer - a home run with no runners on base solo blast home run, homer - a base hit on which the batter scores a run . Katie Cornelison (Lancaster) hit two solo homers. Cornelison's second homer started a controversial seventh inning. The game had been called by umpires after six innings because tournament rules stipulate stip·u·late 1 v. stip·u·lat·ed, stip·u·lat·ing, stip·u·lates v.tr. 1. a. To lay down as a condition of an agreement; require by contract. b. that an inning cannot start after an hour and forty minutes had elapsed e·lapse intr.v. e·lapsed, e·laps·ing, e·laps·es To slip by; pass: Weeks elapsed before we could start renovating. n. in a game. Mt. San Antonio coaches successfully argued that the sixth inning ended a minute before the time deadline. ``When we went back on the field, the girls were pretty fired up, and (Katie) just crushed it over the right-field fence,'' Antelope Valley coach Cindy Vargas said. The victory over a top-ranked team is believed to be the first in school history. Previously unranked AVC is now 11th in the state and fifth in 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, . --Tall order: A tough 73-67 overtime loss Saturday to Desert dealt a major blow to the men's basketball team (12-15, 5-5), which likely must win its four remaining regular-season games to keep hope alive of reaching the playoffs. The Marauders have made the playoffs every year since Newton Chelette, who is retiring after 17 seasons as coach, took over the program. Inexperience has hurt AVC, which has blown big late leads in several conference losses. The Marauders returned just one player (shooting guard The Shooting guard (SG), also known as the two or off guard,[1] is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. Deonte Huff) with significant experience. ``Believe it or not, it really doesn't bother me,'' Chelette said. ``I'm not going to let one season dampen everything we've accomplished here in 16 years. I'd just like it for these players to experience some success. ``This group has improved (since the season's start) more than any group I've coached at AVC, it's just that they had so far to come.'' Gideon Rubin, (818)713-3607 gideon.rubin(at)dailynews.com |
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