AVC NOTEBOOK: AVC'S BEST NOT GOOD ENOUGH.Byline: Sean Ceglinsky 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. football team played its best game of the season Saturday against Grossmont, ranked No. 2 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, . But 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 lost 52-49 and now can only wonder about what could have been. ``We didn't just hang in there, we played pretty well,'' said coach Brent Carder, whose team could have made a statement with a victory while increasing its chances of qualifying for a bowl game. But it didn't happen, and now Antelope Valley (5-4, 4-3) must regroup re·group v. re·grouped, re·group·ing, re·groups v.tr. To arrange in a new grouping. v.intr. 1. To come back together in a tactical formation, as after a dispersal in a retreat. quickly, focus on the season finale Saturday against Desert, and hope a number of teams ranked ahead of it in the Commission On Athletics poll lose this weekend. ``There's an outside chance we can make a bowl game,'' Carder said. ``But there's so many different possibilities, I'm not even trying to figure them out. It's out of our control.'' Antelope Valley's chances aren't all that strong considering it needs to be ranked among the top 12 teams in Southern California to earn an at-large berth to a bowl game. The team was ranked 18th last week and doesn't figure to improve when the poll comes out later today. But the strong showing against undefeated Grossmont could help. Grossmont was beating opponents by an average of 37 points entering the game. --Opportunistic defense: Defensive back Jerry Williams
Williams had two interceptions, increasing his total to six on the season, tops in the conference. And safety Richard Newton Richard Newton (1777 – 1798) was an English caricaturist. Short lived but brilliant British Caricaturist. He published his first caricature at 13. Pioneer of the strip form of cartoon. also had a pick, which he returned 73 yards for a touchdown, his second of the season. ``There's a learning curve involved, and he's moving right along,'' Carder said of Williams, a freshman. ``We knew he was a good athlete, and he's improving every week. He's been in the right place at the right time.'' --Prime-time player: Laurie Hodges nearly had a triple-double Sunday, when 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 beat San Diego Mesa 89-60 in the consolation final of the San Diego Mesa tournament. The 5-foot-8 sophomore guard had eight points, 11 assists and 11 rebounds and was named to the all-tournament team. Antelope Valley (2-1 overall) opens play in the Glendale tournament Friday at 5 p.m. against Ventura. Sean Ceglinsky, (818) 713-3607 sean.ceglinsky(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Jamel Williams, Cory Gray and Richard Newton, left to right, helped 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 challenge second-ranked Grossmont on Saturday, when the Marauders held a 10-point fourth-quarter lead before losing 52-49. John Lazar/Staff Photographer |
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