BOYS' BASKETBALL: AURAND ERA BEGINS RIGHT WHERE HIS PREDECESSOR LEFT OFF.Byline: Jim Inghram Staff Writer It was the start of a new era for the 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. High boys' basketball team, but for one night anyway, it was remarkably similar to the previous ones. Christian Aurand coached the Pioneers to an 87-34 victory over Franklin of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. on Tuesday in the season opener for the Pioneers and the first round of the Simi Valley tournament. Aurand, who took over for Dean Bradshaw, had been an assistant for many years for the Pioneers before taking over this fall when Bradshaw retired. ``I'm not really concerned about that (first victory as a head coach),'' Aurand said. ``I'm glad the team got their first win of the season. It's not about me. It's about them.'' The Pioneers, who will play Granada Hills in a second-round game at 8 tonight at Simi Valley, jumped out to a 21-9 first-quarter lead and never looked back against the outmanned Panthers. Simi Valley dominated defensively and controlled the boards. On several possessions the Panthers could only manage a wild off-balance shot from well past the 3-point line. ``We pretty much had the upper-hand the whole way,'' Aurand said. ``It was a nice win for us.'' Senior forward Brett Michel paced the Pioneers with 23 points. Branduinn Fullove added 21 and junior forward Dustin Villepigue scored 19. The Pioneers stretched their lead throughout the game and led by as many as 57 when Jered Weaver Jered David Weaver (born October 4, 1982 in Northridge, California), is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Jered attended college at Long Beach State University where he was the 2004 College Baseball's Golden Spikes Award winner. hit a 3-pointer with 2:20 left in the game. Simi Valley made eight 3-pointers in the game, including four by Michel. Anish Sharda added 11 points for the Pioneers. Manuel Gutierrez, Alfred Martin and Jason Cook Jason John Cook (born September 13, 1980) is an American actor best known for playing the role of Shawn-Douglas Brady on the soap opera Days of Our Lives. Cook was born in Somerdale, New Jersey to Bill Cook (an engineer for amusement parks) and JoAnne (a pre-school each scored eight points for the Panthers, who scored in double figures in just one quarter - the second, when they reached 10. Littlerock 62, Los Angeles Marshall 50: Gene Myvett scored 17 points and Franklin Robinson added 15 as the Lobos (2-0) downed the Barristers (0-1) in a first-round game at Simi Valley High. ``We had a problem with turnovers tonight,'' said Littlerock coach Ben Dale. ``I think it might have been fatigue. We had an overtime game (Monday) night (a 70-63 victory over Barstow) and our legs looked soft.'' Roger Hayes and Brandon White Brandon Christian White (December 22, 1972- current, born in Baltimore, MD) is an entrepreneur known as an internet pioneer for starting an internet site called ChesapeakeAngler.com in 1995 which later became the better know recreational fishing site called WorldWideAngler.com. also scored in double figures for the Lobos with 11 and 10 points, respectively. Littlerock plays North Hollywood tonight in the second round and while Dale isn't overlooking o·ver·look tr.v. o·ver·looked, o·ver·look·ing, o·ver·looks 1. a. To look over or at from a higher place. b. the Huskies, he admitted he would relish a chance to play tournament host Simi Valley. ``I don't think we are in the same league as they are,'' Dale said. ``But if you want to get better and test yourself, you have to play the best.'' North Hollywood 56, Oxnard Santa Clara Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. 49: Kenny Hauser scored 24 points to lead the Huskies (1-0) past the Saints in a first-round game. Rafael Angel had 16 for Santa Clara. Granada Hills 78, 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. 61: Midwin Francis scored 17 points before fouling out to help the Highlanders (1-0) get past the Parrots
Jorge Price had 14 points and Walter Burch added 10 for the Highlanders, who led by as many 30 points. |
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