BASKETBALL BEAT : THE KID CAN PLAY.It's still early, but the reviews are starting to come in on Chaminade freshman Scott Borchart. He can play. Borchart, a 6-foot-7 14-year-old, began his varsity career with 21 points and 17 rebounds in a Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. tournament game. The Eagles finished second behind the host Pioneers. Chaminade coach Jeff Young
Jeff Young is an American guitarist. He graduated from Musicians Institute in 1985, and is best known for his time with the thrash metal band was especially impressed im·press 1 tr.v. im·pressed, im·press·ing, im·press·es 1. To affect strongly, often favorably: with Borchart's defense, especially against Simi Valley center Rafael Berumen. ``As good as Rafael Berumen is, and he's very good, he had a real hard time with Scott,'' Young said. Showing some respect Their top returning player averaged 10 points per game last season and they feature eight players in their first varsity season. But the Simi Valley girls were still mentioned by Marmonte League The Marmonte League is a high school sports league primarily made up of schools from Ventura County. The Marmonte Leauge is part of the CIF Southern Section. Click here to view the league schedule. coaches as one of the favorites to win the league. ``I've coached a long time,'' Pioneers coach Dave Murphy said. ``You win and people take notice.'' The Pioneers, unlike most of the top area teams, will not play in the Buena tournament, which begins today. Instead, they won their first game against Riverside Nogales Nogales (nōgä`lās), city (1990 pop. 19,489), Santa Cruz co., S Ariz. on the Mexican border with its adjacent city, Nogales (1990 pop. 105,873), Sonora, NW Mexico. There are copper, silver, and lead mines. in the less-heralded St. Lucy's tournament in Glendora. Simi Valley (3-0) plays Apple Valley today in the second round. ``I think this is the type of group that as the year progresses, we're going to get better,'' said Murphy, who is in his 17th season. ``We're just laying in the wings and nobody is talking about us. To sneak up Verb 1. sneak up - advance stealthily or unnoticed; "Age creeps up on you" creep up advance, march on, move on, progress, pass on, go on - move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on" on people, it's fun.'' December madness Over the next few days, several girls' teams will find out where they stand among the area's basketball elite. Alemany, which opened with an easy win over a depleted de·plete tr.v. de·plet·ed, de·plet·ing, de·pletes To decrease the fullness of; use up or empty out. [Latin d Bell-Jeff program last week, could possibly meet Buena, the defending Southern Section Division I-A champion, in the championship game of the Buena tournament. On Thursday, one of the season's best scheduled intersectional games features North Hollywood traveling to rival Harvard-Westlake. CAPTION(S): 2 Boxes Box: (1) BOYS' TOP 10 (2) GIRLS' TOP 10 |
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