BOYS' BASKETBALL: POLY'S SUPPORTING CAST KEY ROLE PLAYERS HELP GAY THRIVE.Byline: SEAN n. 1. A seine. See Seine. CEGLINSKY Special to the Daily News Even the most knowledgeable City Section boys' basketball observer is hard-pressed to name a Poly (language) Poly - 1. A polymorphic, block-structured language developed by D.C.J. Matthews at Cambridge in the early 1980s. ["An Overview of the Poly Programming Language", D.C.J. Matthews, in Data Types and Persistence, M.P. Atkinson et al eds, Springer 1988]. 2. of Sun Valley player other than DJ Gay, and it's somewhat understandable considering how well the senior has played this season. "DJ is great, but honestly, I can't think of anyone else on that team," said John Gavert, a regular at local games throughout the region for the past 30 years. It's not uncommon to hear such a response. Many struggle to come up with the Parrots' starting five. Gay and Poly (23-4) would not be in tonight's Championship semifinal showdown against host Westchester (22-5) at 7 p.m. without the steady contributions from Andy Guerra, Mauricio Gonzalez, Santiago Moreno Santiago Moreno (born 2 February 1964 in San Miguel de Cornesa) is a retired Spanish triple jumper. His personal best jump was 16.93 metres, achieved in July 1991 in Ávila.[1] This is the current Spanish record. and Mike Rojas. "They have one or two good players besides DJ," said Garry Teague, who grew up watching basketball in the Valley. "I think one of them is named Guerra or something, but I really don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. ." Close enough. Better than most who have only heard of Gay, a 6-foot point guard who leads the City in scoring, averaging 29.9 points per game. Gay, bound for San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. State, also averages 5.4 assists, 4.4 rebounds and 2.5 steals per night. "I have all the confidence in the world in my teammates," Gay said. "I know who's going to be on the left and who's going to be on the right at all times. I trust all these guys." Guerra has developed into a reliable option on the perimeter when Gay is faced with double-, and sometimes triple-, teams. He's shooting better than 40percent from beyond the 3-point arc. "DJ is the Lone Ranger Lone Ranger arch foe of criminals in early west. [Radio: “The Lone Ranger” in Buxton, 143–144; Comics: Horn, 460; TV: Terrace, II, 34–35] See : Crime Fighting Lone Ranger , but this Lone Ranger has four Tontos by his side," Poly coach Brad Katz said. "Really though, it's the Guerras and the Morenos, and the rest of the guys, that truly make this team a team. "My philosophy is shooters shoot, rebounders 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 and passers pass. These guys understand their roles and have flourished because of it." Gonzalez is second on the team in scoring, averaging 11.1points per game. Moreno provides a solid presence down low and leads the team in rebounding with 6.5 per game, and Rojas is a close second with 5.4 boards per night. Robert Espinoza, Justin Cubia, Razi Haq, Joevany Osorio and Ben Hernandez have provided timely contributions off the bench. "DJ gets a lot of the attention and he deserves it, he's a great player," Gonzalez said. "But it takes five players to win a game. DJ knows that. We know that. There's been teams that took us for granted and we made them pay." Westchester, however, is a different story. The second-seeded Comets Non-periodic comets are seen only once. They are usually on near-parabolic orbits that will not return to the vicinity of the Sun for thousands of years, if ever. Periodic comets usually have elongated elliptical orbits, and usually return to the vicinity of the Sun after a number are a deep and talented group, quite possibly the best team third-seeded Poly has faced all season. "DJ makes us look good on the court but it's our job to make sure he looks good, too," Moreno said. "You can't judge a book by the cover. You can't underestimate our heart." sean.ceglinsky@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Poly's Santiago Moreno, going to the basket against Palisades Palisades, cliffs along the west bank of the Hudson River, NE N.J. and SE N.Y., extending from N of Jersey City, N.J., to the vicinity of Piermont, N.Y., with a general altitude of from 350 ft to 550 ft (107–168 m). , and teammates are overshadowed by DJ Gay. Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer |
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