BASKETBALL SEEDING DECISIONS TAKE SOME COACHES BY SURPRISE.Byline: Kathy Orton Special to the Daily News A few eyebrows were raised when the Southern Section office released the girls basketball playoff pairings. Many coaches were surprised that Palmdale with its 23-3 record wasn't seeded in the Division I-AA playoffs. Peninsula (25-1), 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. (24-2), Fountain Valley Fountain Valley, city (1990 pop. 53,691), Orange co., S Calif.; inc. 1957. Chiefly residential, Fountain Valley also has diverse manufactures, including apparel, computer equipment, semiconductors, and medical equipment. A U.S. navy helicopter facility is there. (23-4) and Lynwood (22-2) received the top four seeds instead. Although Falcons coach George Corisis said he was fairly pleased with the pairings the first 10 years Palmdale was in the playoffs, recently he's questioned Southern Section Commissioner Dean Crowley on how teams are placed into the brackets. Corisis wants more than just the team's win-loss record to be considered. He wants the seeding committee to take into account which tournaments a team played in, the level of the competition it faced during the season and where the team was ranked by the local newspapers. "(Crowley) told me they don't have the ability to look at all that," Corisis said. Palmdale, ranked No. 2 in the area by the Daily News, participated in the Brea-Olinda tournament, the Basic (Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , Nev.) tournament - which had the No. 2-ranked team in the nation as one of its participants - and the Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. tournament. The Falcons handed Crescenta Valley The Crescenta Valley is a small inland valley in Los Angeles County, California. Its name derives from its crescent-like shape, with the convex portion facing roughly northeast and the concave portion southwest. , the No. 3-ranked team in Division I-A, its only loss of the season. They also defeated Thousand Oaks, the No. 4 seeded team in Division I-A. Until this year when its enrollment surged, Palmdale had competed in Division I-A. Last season, the Falcons lost to Buena in the quarterfinals. Now in Division I-AA, the Falcons ended up with Lakewood (13-11), the at-large team from the Moore League. "The Moore League is one of the most competitive leagues in the Southern Section," Corisis said. The league is so tough that five of its teams made the playoffs. One reason the Lancers lanc·er n. 1. A cavalryman armed with a lance. 2. A member of a regiment originally armed with lances. 3. lancers (used with a sing. verb) a. A kind of quadrille. b. were able to advance to postseason play was their 10-4 preseason record and second-place finishes in the Downey and Cypress tournament. Palmdale has the advantage of hosting its first round game. "It's real important (to have the home court in the first round)," Corisis said. "It's the first playoff game Noun 1. playoff game - one game in the series of games constituting a playoff game - a single play of a sport or other contest; "the game lasted two hours" playoff - any final competition to determine a championship . They've got jitters jitters 'Butterflies' Psychology An episode of nervousness or anxiety that often precedes a public event; jitters is a type of performance anxiety which may affect actors in a stage production–stage fright or soloist musicians; it may respond to anxiolytics . It's a long, long way (for Lakewood) to travel that far for a game." Quartz Hill (15-6) also earned a first round home game in Division I-AA. The Rebels face Arroyo Grande (11-10) on Saturday. Kim Whisler, ranked No. 20 in the state among girls scoring leaders, leads the High Desert League champion Paraclete (17-5). The Spirits play Beaumont (17-5) on Saturday at Paraclete. Bethel Christian of Lancaster (15-8) hosts Hesperia Christian (10-9) in a first-round game Saturday. |
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