BASKETBALL: TAFT'S BOYS, GIRLS WIN WAR ON FLOOR.Byline: JACOB Jacob (jā`kəb), in the Bible, ancestor of the Hebrews, the younger of Isaac and Rebecca's twin sons; the older was Esau. In exchange for a bowl of lentil soup, Jacob obtained Esau's birthright and, with his mother's help, received the blessing H. POLLON Special to the Daily News The Taft of Woodland Hills boys' and girls' basketball teams claimed championships at the 13th annual War on the Floor Summer Tournament on Tuesday night. The girls' team, which won the City Section championship in March, beat Oaks Christian of Westlake Village 46-39. Taft had leads of 10-0 and 18-6 before heading into the half with a comfortable 29-13 advantage. The Lions, under the direction of new head coach Andre Chevalier, would not go away quietly, cutting a 20-point deficit to eight with two minutes remaining. "Our girls just being in the game shows heart and character," Chevalier said. "I am very excited to work with the girls this summer and get better as a team." Taft was led by sophomore-to-be point guard Rmanii Haynes' 13 points. Haynes, Danielle Tyler and Haley Newell each hit 3-pointers in the first half to get Taft ahead. Christine Escoto led Oaks Christian with 16 points and and Chelsea Carlisle added 15. Sophomore forward Katie Brooks finished with nine points. "We don't have a lot of height so we have to be fast and we have to shoot well to win games," Taft coach Mark Drucker said. "A lot of our offense next season will come from our speed on defense to cause turnovers." The boys' team had its toughest test of the tournament after winning easily against Burroughs of Burbank, San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. , View Park Prep of LosAngeles and Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. . Westlake put up a good fight in the first half and the opening minutes of the second half, but Taft finally shook loose for a 69-62 victory. Leading 44-42, Taft went on a 9-2 run highlighted by a dunk by Terran Carter and a 3-pointer from Michael Williams Michael Williams may refer to:
Used in the context of general equities. Easily executed trade or order. See: Lead pipe. by Williams and a put-back from Justin Hawkins extended the lead to six points on both occasions. Hawkins sealed the game with a three-point play with 1:08 left to give Taft a 63-54 lead. Westlake got to within three points with 25 seconds left, but couldn't come up with a rebound rebound (rē´bownd), n/v 1. a recovery from illness. n 2. an outbreak of fresh reflex activity after withdrawal of a stimulus rebound adjective after Carter missed the front end of a one-and-one. Drew got the rebound, was fouled and made both free throws for a five point advantage. "It was good to be pushed a little bit tonight," Taft coach Derrick derrick: see crane. Derrick famous hangman; eponym of modern hoisting apparatus. [Br. Hist.: Espy, 170] See : Execution Taylor said. "We started a little bit slow but finally got untracked. Make no mistake, Westlake is a very good team. They can shoot, they play hard and are surprisingly more athletic than they look. Westlake is a top-five team in the Valley, for sure." Eugene Phelps scored 17 points to lead Taft, and Hawkins and Larry Drew Larry Donnell Drew (born April 2 1958 in Kansas City, Missouri) is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the 1st round (17th overall) of the 1980 NBA Draft. added 16 and 15,respectively. Senior forward Andreas Svennefiord led Westlake with 20 points. Westlake made eight 3-pointers, four in each half. |
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