AVC BEAT: A.V. TRACK TEAM SET FOR CHALLENGE JC MEET IN BAKERSFIELD.Byline: Art Avila Staff Writer The Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. track team isn't likely to be one of the favorites, but that won't stop the Antelopes from taking their place among many of the strongest teams in the state Saturday at Bakersfield College BC was founded in 1913 and initially housed on the campus of Bakersfield High School (then Kern County Union High School) before moving in 1956 to its current location "on the hill" in northeast Bakersfield. . ``We'll see virtually everyone 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, ,'' said AV coach Mark Covert, whose team will compete against a lineup of almost 40 schools, including perennial powers Long Beach City and 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. . ``It's an oppportunity to get our kids in great competition,'' Covert said. ``There is a little bit more pressure.'' 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 team is coming off second- and third-place finishes at Citrus College According to the Public Policy Institute of California, Citrus College had 632 students who transferred to universities during the 2005-2006 academic year, ranking seventh in the area. Citrus College students are represented by ASCC the Associated Students of Citrus College. . Its men's team was second to Citrus and its women's team was third in the four-team meet. Citrus also won the women's division. ``The women's meet was close,'' Covert said, adding that the conference meets tend to ``have very good competition.'' Individually, Kevin Richards of A.V. had a personal best in the triple jump, going 47 feet 3/4 inches, the fifth-longest jump in Southern California. ``He's struggled a bit in putting things together. Hopefully, he's leading in the right direction,'' Covert said of Richards. Craig Hall Craig Hall is a rugby league player currently playing for Hull FC in the Super League. Primarily a centre, he broke into the first team in 2007 after progressing through Hull's academy. has been one of AVC's top performers in the 100-meters and, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Covert, he ``has run very well every week.'' Hall, who has the fourth fastest time in Southern California, has been running consistently under 10.6 Covert said his athletes ``have with us have worked hard . . . they are running up to their potential.'' However, there could be surprises, the coach said, later, in the Southern California regional meet, when ``anything could happen.'' After Saturday's meet, the Marauders have a week off of competition before another month of tough meets. ``This ends the first part of the season,'' Covert said of his team, which has survived a difficult eight-week schedule, with only one player seriously injured. --Softball update: The 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 softball team knew there was a chance they would face a tough challenge at the Golden West Tournament this past weekend. Of the 16 teams in the tournament nine were ranked in the latest state poll. The Marauders brought with them an undefeated record and a dominant all-around team to challenge the ranked schools. Schools like Long Beach City, ranked second in the state, Palomar, ranked third, and Fullerton, ranked fourth, were sure to end up in the championship game. But the Marauders lost its first game of the year Friday against Riverside College before finishing the tournament in the consolation championship game against Palomar. The Marauders defeated San Diego Mesa, Pasadena and Santa Ana colleges before losing 7-1 Sunday. Both of AVC's top pitchers took a loss in the tournament, giving up seven runs apiece. Mikki Goldwater (5-1) had her earned run average earned run average n. Baseball Abbr. ERA A measure of a pitcher's performance obtained by dividing the total of earned runs allowed by the total of innings pitched and multiplying by nine. Noun 1. drop to .800 in eight games pitched this year. AVC has never won the Golden West Tournament, having participated in three in the last four years. The Marauders (11-2) now head this weekend to the Fresno Tournament, which will feature 36 teams from both the southern and northern regions of the state. The Marauders face Shasta, Merced and Bakersfield colleges on the first day. |
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