ATHLETES OF THE WEEK.ALLEN MACHUCA Burroughs soccer, sophomore Burroughs is the only undefeated boys' soccer team in the Foothill League, and its sophomore goalkeeper is a big reason why. Machuca took over as the Burbank school's full-time starter when league started and he enters the week with three shutouts and a 1.2 goals-against average. Last week, he kept surging Burroughs (7-8-5, 3-0-3) in games against Burbank and Hart. The Indians came from behind to beat Burbank 3-1 on Tuesday and Machuca made nine saves in Friday's 1-1 tie against league-leading Hart to keep Burroughs within one point of Hart in the standings. The first-year varsity player will miss Friday's game against Canyon to attend a national training camp this weekend. KATE BECKLER Alemany basketball, senior The 5-foot-8 guard has led the Indians to first place midway through their Mission League campaign and continues to put up big numbers with an improved supporting cast. Beckler had two more big games last week as the Indians, ranked first in the area by the Daily News, improved to 15-4, 4-0. On Friday, Beckler had 23 points, nine steals and six assists as Alemany built a 34-point lead after three quarters and went on to win 72-46. Five days before, Alemany traveled to the Bay Area to play Acalanes, the defending Division III
Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. state champion. The Indians lost, but Beckler scored a game-high 32 points. ``It was a good learning experience for us because we haven't had an opportunity to play a game like that before,'' Beckler said. Beckler, whose sister Kelly is also a guard on the Indians' varsity team In the United States and Canada and UK, varsity sports teams are the principal athletic teams representing a college, university, or high school or other secondary school. Such teams compete against the principal athletic teams at other colleges/universities, or in the case of , has committed to Rice University. Alemany faces Flintridge-Sacred Heart in two league games this week, on the road today and at L.A. Baptist on Thursday. HEAD TO HEAD Quentin Harvey Cleveland High 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. Ronald Gray Taft High shooting guard This is one of the region's biggest City Section games in recent memory, a matchup of the West Valley League's top two teams and an opportunity for some of the best players in the area to showcase their skills. Harvey, a 6-1 guard, has been invaluable for the Cavaliers (13-6, 4-0), especially over the last few weeks. He's averaging 17 points overall, and Friday he hit seven 3-pointers in a victory over Birmingham. His shooting has been consistent all year, and he's probably Cleveland's best defender. Harvey gives Cleveland a capable scoring threat to complement the Cavaliers' other weapons, namely guard Anthony Davis Anthony Davis can refer to:
Guenther played basketball and football at the University of Southern California. . If Gray can give Taft a defensive presence against Harvey, the Toreadors should have enough to win. UP AND COMER Stefen Rubinfeld Taft High Rubinfeld, 14, excels in karate. He helped his three-person team win the age 12-14 division at the National Blackbelt League World Games
The World Games, first held in 1981, are an international multi-sport event, meant for sports that are not contested in the Olympic Games. in Niagara Falls Niagara Falls, waterfall, United States and Canada Niagara Falls, in the Niagara River, W N.Y. and S Ont., Canada; one of the most famous spectacles in North America. The falls are on the international line between the cities of Niagara Falls, N.Y. , Canada. He finished second out of the division's 40 competitors. He also played linebacker and tackle on Taft's West Valley League-champion JV team. Nominate outstanding junior varsity junior varsity n. Abbr. JV A high-school or college team that competes in interschool sports on the level below varsity. Noun 1. and middle school athletes by calling (818) 713-3611. STATLICIOUS Before the City realigned its leagues for the 1999-2000 year, the six best girls' soccer teams were in one league. Teams such as Chatsworth, Grant of Van Nuys and El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
Date -- Score Jan. 21--Chatsworth 7, Taft 0 Jan. 18--Grant 7, Hollywood 0 Jan. 14--Chatsworth 13, Cleveland 0 Jan. 14--El Camino Real 7, Birmingham 0 Jan. 13--Grant 4, Canoga Park 0 Jan. 11--Chatsworth 14, Birmingham 0 Jan. 11--El Camino Real 8, Taft 0 QUOTE: ``We were overconfident o·ver·con·fi·dent adj. Excessively confident; presumptuous. o  ver·con . The girls were so sure that they were
going to win and finally get rid of that third-place mentality that we
forgot to actually play the game.''
- Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks girls' basketball coach Keith Case after the Knights' 61-53 loss to Harvard-Westlake of North Hollywood in overtime Friday. BY THE NUMBERS: 211 Number of points the Grant girls' basketball team scored in two wins last week. ON DECK: Highlights in the week of local sports: This week's must-see: Cleveland at Taft boys' basketball --Analysis: Both teams are undefeated in West Valley play. Cleveland was expected to be in this position, but Taft, led by the play of Greg Gunther, is the surprise of the league and one of the top teams in the region. The winner remains in first, while the other team has to wait until they meet again in the regular-season finale for a second chance. --The vitals vi·tals pl.n. 1. The vital body organs. 2. The parts that are essential to continued functioning, as of a system. : Wednesday at Taft, 4 p.m. TODAY (25) --Girls' basketball: Saugus at Hart, 7 p.m. --Girls' soccer: Chatsworth at El Camino Real, 2:30 p.m.; North Hollywood at Grant, 2:30 p.m. --Women's basketball: Occidental at Cal Lutheran, 7:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY (26) --Boys' basketball: Cleveland at Taft, 4 p.m.; Harvard-Westlake at Crespi, 7 p.m. --Girls' basketball: Westlake at Moorpark, 7 p.m. --Girls' soccer: Louisville at Harvard-Westlake, 5 p.m. --Prep wrestling: Highland at Quartz Hill, 7 p.m. THURSDAY (27) --Girls' basketball: Palmdale at Highland, 7:30 p.m. --Girls' water polo water polo, swimming game encompassing features of soccer, football, basketball, and hockey. The object of the game is to maneuver, by head, feet, or hand, a leather-covered ball 27 to 28 in. : Crescenta Valley The Crescenta Valley is a small inland valley in Los Angeles County, California. Its name derives from its crescent-like shape, with the convex portion facing roughly northeast and the concave portion southwest. at Agoura, 3:30 p.m. --Prep wrestling: Ventura at El Camino Real, 5 p.m. FRIDAY (28) --Boys' basketball: Crespi at Chaminade, 7 p.m. --Boys' soccer: Burroughs at Canyon, 4:45 p.m. --Girls' soccer: Valencia at Saugus, 3:15 p.m.; Louisville at Chaminade, 5 p.m. --Men's basketball: San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden at Pepperdine, 7 p.m. --College baseball: Nevada at CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge , 2 p.m. SATURDAY (29) --Girls' soccer: Crescenta Valley at Buena, 11 a.m. --Prep wrestling: Moorpark tournament, 9 a.m. --Men's volleyball: Stanford at USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. , 7 p.m.; UC Irvine at Pepperdine, 7:30 p.m. --College baseball: Concordia at The Master's (DH), 11 a.m.; USC at Pepperdine, noon. CAPTION(S): 5 photos Photo: (1) Allen Machuca (2) Kate Beckler (3) Quentin Harvey (4) Ronald Grey (5) Stefen Rubinfeld |
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