BOYS' BASKETBALL: LIFE'S A BEACH FOR TOREADORS TAFT ADVANCES TO MALIBU FINAL.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 POLLON Special to the Daily News Taft of Woodland Hills, behind junior-to-be Michael Williams Michael Williams may refer to:
1 Residential city (1990 pop. 28,434), San Bernardino co., SE Calif.; inc. 1956. It has some light manufacturing. 2 Town (1990 pop. 37,729), Essex co., NE N.J. Prep of Van Nuys and Grant of Van Nuys. More impressive, however, was that Taft won with no regular varsity players from last season's team. In its 50-43 quarterfinal quar·ter·fi·nal adj. Of or relating to one of four competitions in a tournament, whose winners go on to play in semifinal competitions. n. 1. quarterfinals A quarterfinal round. 2. A quarterfinal match. victory against Montclair Prep, Williams scored 18 points and sophomore-to-be Pierson Williams added 12 points. Michael Williams again led the Toreadors in its 53-51 nailbiter against Grant with 22 points. Williams made nine 3-pointers on the day and is out to prove he is one of the most improved guards in the area. "I am just trying to go out and improve myself every day," Williams said. "I am playing as much as I can and hope to do well next year. There are a lot of good players at Taft but if I just stick to getting better and listening to the coaches, that will be the best help I could give myself. Everything else will work itself out." Williams isn't the only guard trying to make name for himself. Junior-to-be Daymond Cowlah of Montclair Prep and senior-to-be Jamal Johnson of Grant had big games at the tournament and will be counted on to lead their teams next season. Cowlah scored 13 points against Taft and had 23 in a conslation loss to St. Bonaventure of Ventura. Cowlah displayed a wide arsenal, driving to the basket and draining 3-pointers. Johnson, who transferred from Birmingham of Lake Balboa Balboa, town (1990 pop. 2,751), Colón prov., in the former Panama Canal Zone, on the Gulf of Panama. The port for Panama City, Balboa was the administrative headquarters of the Panama Canal Zone. It was also the site of a U.S. navy base (closed 1999). a season ago, scored 15 points in each contest for Grant. Johnson might be a little undersized undersized see dwarfism, runt. for the rigors of City Section play, but more than makes up for it with hard-nosed and gritty grit·ty adj. grit·ti·er, grit·ti·est 1. Containing, covered with, or resembling grit. 2. Showing resolution and fortitude; plucky: a gritty decision. play. Taft will face Birmingham or Agoura for the championship at 4 p.m. today. Grant finishes play in the third-place game at 3 p.m. |
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