AVC NOTEBOOK: AVC A PLAYOFF FAVORITE.Byline: Nathan Brown Nathan Brown may refer to:
LANCASTER - 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 women's basketball team is riding an avalanche of wins and, unfortunately for 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. , the Junior College Coaches Association deemed them the next possible victim. The Foothill Conference champion Marauders (28-2, 14-0) are currently riding a school-record 19-game win streak and will make their fifth consecutive playoff appearance, hosting COC See chip on chip. (16-11, 8-4) at 7 p.m. Friday. 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 enters the playoffs as the third seed in the state - the highest in the program's history. COC, a 14th seed which finished third in the Western State Conference South Division, has the daunting daunt tr.v. daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts To abate the courage of; discourage. See Synonyms at dismay. [Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin task of trying to stop AVC. Although COC defeated AVC 79-73 in the second round of last season's regionals, it will play a deeper Marauders team this time. ``We have seven sophomores who remember that game,'' Coach John Taylor said. ``We're just going to worry about ourselves though.'' Sophomore Mariqueta Starling starling, any of a group of originally Old World birds that have become distributed worldwide. Starlings were brought to New York in 1890; since then the common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) has spread throughout North America. and freshman RaChauna Randle lead Antelope Valley in scoring with 14.55 and 11.69 points per game, respectively. AVC will try to slow down COC's two hottest players - Jessi Loring of Saugus High (17.7 points per game) and Erica Doyle of Canyon Country High who leads the state in assists per game with 12.6. --Trying to beat history: The Antelope Valley men's basketball team has not won a playoff game on the road since 1964. With this in mind, No. 9 seed AVC (18-11, 7-7) travels to L.A. Southwest (18-9, 4-4) on Friday to try to change its playoff luck after an injury-plagued season. AVC has a 5-13 all-time record against Southwest but has a legitimate shot at defeating the South Coast Conference's third-place representative. ``We sure didn't prepare to lose,'' coach Newton Chelette said. ``They do have quick guards that can create offense and have a legitimate threat inside.'' The Marauders originally were seeded 12th but were moved to ninth to prevent matchups within the same conference. ``It doesn't matter if we're the first or the 20th seed right now,'' Chelette said. ``We still need to win two games to get past the prelims.'' AVC counters L.A. Southwest's threat with freshman Deonte Huff of Lancaster High who averaged 14.17 points per game - an opportunity that arose from the loss of preseason All-American Wendell White who broke his foot on Jan. 12. Brandon Murray of Rosamond High will bring a much needed inside presence. Murray broke the AVC school record with five blocked shots in a game and has 101 on the season. Nathan Brown (818) 713-3601 nate.brown(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: 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. players Shalonie Hutchinson, left, Jennifer Albertson, Sarah Williams, Renita Mitchell, Shenna Crenshaw cren·shaw also cran·shaw n. A variety of winter melon (Cucumis melo var. inodorus) having a greenish-yellow rind and sweet, usually salmon-pink flesh. [Origin unknown.] and Mariqueta Starling are ready for the playoffs. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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