BACK FOR MORE QUARTZ HILL BOYS LOOK TO IMPROVE ON RUNNER-UP FINISH.Byline: Erik Boal Special to the Daily News The members of the Quartz Hill High boys' swim team walked to the parking lot at Belmont Plaza in Long Beach last season knowing they couldn't have performed any better in the Southern Section Div. IV championship meet. The Rebels outscored Los Altos Los Altos (lôs ăl`tōs, lŏs), residential city (1990 pop. 26,303), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1952. There is diversified light manufacturing. of Hacienda Heights Ha·ci·en·da Heights An unincorporated community of southern California, a suburb of Los Angeles. Population: 56,100. by 22 points in the 11 swimming events at the division final. But Los Altos had divers take four of the top eight places in their portion of the championships the day before, resulting in an insurmountable 57-point cushion over Quartz Hill entering the swimming part of the meet. ``I told them to walk out of (Belmont Plaza) with their heads held high because they actually won the swimming portion of the meet,'' said Quartz Hill coach Mark Thibault, whose team took runner-up honors to Los Altos 244-209. ``We just had no divers.'' Other coaches in Thibault's position might have panicked in the offseason and tried to incorporate a diving A DIV Associate of Divinity program to complement the swim team to offset points from Bonita Bonita (Spanish and Portuguese for "beautiful") is the name of:
``It is always our goal to do well at (the Southern Section final),'' said Thibault, who returns seniors Evan Lopez, Jimmy Rodriguez, Matt Smith and Viet Tran, along with sophomore Dan Tran. ``We have to handle our business in (Golden) league, but (the Div. IV meet) is always something to look at long term. We're marked men and women, so to speak. ``They've been there before and they know what to expect. Evan Lopez and Viet Tran are going to be serious point scorers and Matt Smith is an exceptional leader.'' Although Quartz Hill is an overwhelming favorite to win a sixth consecutive league title, Thibault is taking on the role of an ambassador for all the swim teams in 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 , hoping the competition will be the best its ever been to prepare his team for the Div. IV final May 12. ``Six years ago, nobody from the Antelope Valley qualified for (the Southern Section championships),'' Thibault said. ``But now all the programs are improving with the increase in club swimmers. It's making things within our league more competitive.'' At the top of that list of potential competition for Quartz Hill is Highland, which, despite graduating Bryce Bieri, returns Div. IV finalists William Bishop
William Bishop (1553?-1624) was the first Bishop (officially the Bishop of Chalcedon), over England, Wales and Scotland after Catholicism was banned in England in 1559. and Andrew Steele. ``They're definitely up and coming,'' Thibault said. ``They have a great coaching staff (with Keith Otto and Judy Remy).'' Another team with aspirations of moving into the league's upper half is Lancaster. Under the guidance of first-year coach Amanda Orlando, the Eagles feature seniors Carl Forbes, Richy Parra and Shay shay n. Informal A chaise. [Back-formation from chaise (taken as pl. )] Noun 1. Rhodes, along with junior Brett Urban. ``We have a big team and I'm expecting us to come out really strong,'' said Orlando, who is guiding the Eagles, along with Brian Parks. ``We want to try to show that we belong with Quartz Hill.'' Antelope Valley, Knight, Littlerock and Palmdale will all try to send individual qualifiers to the Div. IV preliminaries May 10. Erik Boal, (818) 713-3607 erik.boal(at)dailynews.com SWIMMERS TO WATCH William Bishop, So., Highland Evan Lopez, Sr., Quartz Hill Shay Rhodes, Sr., Lancaster Jimmy Rodriguez, Sr., Quartz Hill Matt Smith, Sr., Quartz Hill Andrew Steele, Sr., Highland Dan Tran, So., Quartz Hill Viet Tran, Sr., Quartz Hill Brett Urban, Jr., Lancaster MEETS TO WATCH Saturday - Antelope Valley Invitational in·vi·ta·tion·al adj. Restricted to invited participants: an invitational golf tournament. n. An event, especially a sports tournament, restricted to invited participants. Adj. 1. at Eastside Pool Monday - Quartz Hill vs. Valencia at Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, Aquatic Center April 13 - Highland vs. Lancaster at Eastside Pool April 20 - Lancaster vs. Quartz Hill at Eastside Pool April 23 - Royal Invitational at Rancho Simi Rancho San José de Nuestra Senora de Altagarcia y Simi is one of the land grants in California by the Spanish government. The name derives from Shimiji, the name of the Chumash village here before the Spanish. Pool April 28 - Quartz Hill vs. Highland at Eastside Pool May 4 - Golden League final at Eastside Pool CAPTION(S): photo, 2 boxes Photo: Senior Viet Tran, right, and sophomore brother Dan hope to push Quartz Hill over the hump hump (hump) a rounded eminence. dowager's hump popular name for dorsal kyphosis caused by multiple wedge fractures of the thoracic vertebrae seen in osteoporosis. . Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer Box: (1) SWIMMERS TO WATCH (2) MEETS TO WATCH |
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