BOYS' BASKETBALL: LANCASTER COACH HUMPHREYS: LONG BEACH POLY 'IN FOR SHOCK'.Byline: Kevin Connelly Kevin Connelly was born in Middlesbrough, England. He is an impressionist comedian, and after dinner speaker and is probably most famous for his role on the popular BBC television programme 'Dead Ringers'. Special to the Daily News If there was a film documenting Robert Arnold's senior boys' basketball season at Lancaster High, a highlight would be his game-changing sequence Friday at Highland. Lancaster led 41-33 with 4:32 remaining when the 6-foot-4 guard blocked a shot, drove the length of the court and finished with his left hand as he was fouled. ``M-V-P, M-V-P,'' Lancaster's student section chanted with Arnold at the free-throw line free-throw line n. See foul line. . ``Reggie, Reggie,'' they chanted moments later, serenading the Reggie Miller Reginald Wayne Miller (born August 24, 1965, in Riverside, California) is a retired American professional basketball player. Miller spent the entirety of his 18-year NBA career with the Indiana Pacers. look-alike. Arnold finished with 17 points, nine in the fourth quarter, to lead the Eagles (18-9 overall, 10-2 Golden) to a 52-38 victory and its third Golden League title in four years. Lancaster, which advanced to the second round of the Southern Section Div. I-AA playoffs last season, will play host to Long Beach Poly (16-10, 8-4) - the third-place finisher in the intensely competitive Moore League - tonight at 7:30 in the first round of this year's playoffs. Lancaster coach David Humphreys David Humphreys may be:
- De Quincey. To force off by a blow or by beating. To assign to a bidder at an auction, by a blow on the counter. To leave off (work, etc.). See also: Knock Knock Knock Knock Poly and make a deep postseason run. ``Long Beach is in for a shock,'' Humphreys said. ``Some teams take us lightly because they don't think too highly of (the Golden League), but we're playing very well right now. ``I've talked to four or five coaches about Long Beach. They're a good team. They're big, quick, they shoot well, and they can really crash the boards.'' Although Arnold's perimeter presence gives Lancaster an edge in the backcourt back·court n. 1. Sports a. The part of a court between the service line and the base line in tennis and other net games. b. , Poly outsizes the Eagles in the post. The Jackrabbits are led by 6-5, 210-pound forward Chris Brown Chris Brown may refer to:'''
Highland (16-11, 8-4), which finished second in the Golden League, is the only other 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 team reamining in the postseason. The Bulldogs figure to be underdogs tonight when they visit Millikan of Long Beach (16-10, 10-2), the Moore League's second-place team. Senior Darnell Porter averages 20.3 points per game for Millikan, and junior Deno Anderson leads Highland with averages of 15.2 points and seven rebounds. Highland is without senior forward Chris Hill, who was suspended from school for five days and removed from the team after throwing a punch at Lancaster's Tielden McKissic in Friday's game. Hill, a role player for the Bulldogs, averaged 5.1 points and 6.4 rebounds. Without Hill, Highland coach Jeff Smith said his Bulldogs have to play a near-perfect game to contend with Millikan. ``They're the favorite,'' Smith acknowledged . ``We need to execute nearly every time down the court to win. We played poorly against Lancaster in our last game, but thank goodness these kids are 15, 16 and 17 years old and can rebound from games like that.'' Kevin Connelly, (818) 713-3607 kevin.connelly(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Lancaster's Javaughn Espritt and Robert Arnold Robert Allan Arnold (13 August 1982), commonly known as Rob Arnold, is a postie from Wellington, New Zealand, who achieved more than his fair share of fifteen minutes of fame in a New Zealand boy band, Boyband, as the gay boy. are two keys for the Eagles' hopes against Long Beach Poly tonight. John Lazar/Staff Photographer |
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