BOYS' BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK: LANCASTER HAS FATE IN ITS HANDS.Byline: Vincent Bonsignore Staff Writer By tonight, the Golden League boys' basketball champion finally will be determined. That much is known. Who that champion is remains to be seen. Lancaster Lancaster, city, England Lancaster (lăng`kəstər), city (1991 pop. 43,902) and district, county seat of Lancashire, NW England, on the Lune River. (18-7, 8-2) holds all the cards, going into its season finale For the music notation program, see . A finale (italian word) is a closing part, act or movement of a dramatic or musical composition, or more generally any event or procedure with a dramatically concluding effect. against Littlerock Littlerock may refer to: Cities, towns, townships etc.
The Antelope Valley . A Lancaster victory assures the Eagles the title. A loss makes things a little murkier, although Lancaster can finish no worse then tied for the top spot thanks to its victory over Highland (14-9, 6-3) Tuesday Tuesday: see week. . Not that the Eagles are crazy about the idea of sharing the championship. ``I told our guys that all the win over Highland did was put us in position to win this thing outright but that nothing had been accomplished yet,'' Lancaster coach Jesse Jesse (jĕs`ē), in the Bible, the descendant of Rahab, the grandson of Boaz and Ruth, and the father of David. Referring to the restoration of the Davidic monarchy, the Book of Isaiah speaks of a shoot coming from the "stump of Jesse. Parker said. ``We still have some business to take care of.'' Littlerock beat Lancaster in double overtime, so the Lobos know they can play with the Eagles. ``They're they're Contraction of they are. they're be not going to come in here thinking this is just a season-ending game,'' Parker said. ``They're coming in here wanting to win.'' The Eagles will rely heavily on Michael Webb, their best player and undisputed leader. ``He means quite a bit to us because he does so much,'' Parker said. ``He scores, passes, rebounds, defends. And he leads by example. The guys see him working hard and being unselfish and that inspires them.'' Should Lancaster falter, Antelope Valley (18-7, 6-3) and Highland both have a chance to end up tied for the title with wins in their finales. Antelope Valley plays host to Palmdale and Highland travels to Quartz quartz, one of the commonest of all rock-forming minerals and one of the most important constituents of the earth's crust. Chemically, it is silicon dioxide, SiO2. Hill. ``We're not going to worry about what others do, we're just going to worry about Palmdale,'' Antelope Valley coach Tom Hegre said. ``They're clearly a team that can pull something off, and they almost did that against Lancaster. So we're preparing for Palmdale, that's where our focus is.'' Hegre also thinks Falcons' coach Gary Phelps will have his team prepared to mount an upset. ``He does such a great job with his players, and every year they win one or two games they're not supposed to,'' Hegre said. ``And of course, that's in addition to the years where they just win a lot of games.'' --Keeps getting better: Saugus center B.J. Willkomm, a 6-7 sophomore, has grown leaps and bounds over the course of the year, and over the next two seasons he'll develop into one of the top players around. Like most young big men, it's taken Willkomm time for his coordination to catch up to his body, but it's obvious over the past month that the gap has closed considerably. Nevertheless, he has a way to go, which is a compliment Not to be confused with Complement. Compliment may be
``He's still just a babe in the woods,'' Centurions coach Jeff Hallman said. |
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