BOYS' BASKETBALL: BULLDOGS WORK THEIR WAY INTO THE GOLDEN LEAGUE PICTURE.Byline: Chris Cocoles Daily News Staff Writer The Golden League's boys' basketball coaching fraternity warned not to dismiss 0-4 Highland High as a contender. Bulldogs coach Lyn Boop, though, wondered whether his team hadn't already peaked in December, when it went a respectable 9-7 in nonleague play after winning just eight games in all of 1997-98. So much for Highland reaching its crest. The Bulldogs suddenly are having an impact on the league race and could still make the playoffs. The second of two consecutive league victories was a 66-65 upset of visiting Littlerock last Friday that dropped the Lobos (4-2) a game behind front-running Quartz Hill, which had to dodge the upset bid of 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 60-57. Just when you thought the Golden League couldn't get any more unpredictable than the previous week, when Highland won at Palmdale and Lancaster stunned stun tr.v. stunned, stun·ning, stuns 1. To daze or render senseless, by or as if by a blow. 2. To overwhelm or daze with a loud noise. 3. Quartz Hill. ``Right now everything is up for grabs,'' said Lancaster coach Travis Brown Travis Brown is a common name shared by multiple people. Some of the more notable Travis Browns include:
Littlerock coach Ben Dale said the race for first and third place, the last available playoff berth, is wide open. Just two games separates the second-place Lobos and the deadlock See deadly embrace. (parallel, programming) deadlock - A situation where two or more processes are unable to proceed because each is waiting for one of the others to do something. for fourth between a trio of 2-4 teams, Highland, Lancaster and Antelope Valley. Palmdale: The Falcons' blowout of Lancaster might signal some stability for a team that hasn't hit its stride all season. Palmdale coach Garry Phelps put his team through a fundamentals review after the Falcons lost by 29 to Littlerock and were defenseless in allowing 93 points to Highland. ``We worked on all the little things that you do to be successful - boxing out
Boxing out is a technique used in basketball to obtain rebounds. A player boxes out another player by positioning himself between the other player and the basket; he or she then uses their buttocks to , taking charges and defense,'' Phelps said. ``We haven't really done those things this year.'' Palmdale's recent success, notably three Golden League titles since 1993, has made the Falcons' a target for their opponents. ``Littlerock beats us for the first time ever. Quartz Hill's always up for us, and of course Highland is our crosstown cross·town or cross-town adj. Running, extending, or going across a city or town: a crosstown street; crosstown traffic. adv. rival,'' Phelps said. ``Teams are always going to get up and be ready to play Palmdale.'' Highland: Many of the Bulldogs' practices end with Boop asking his players to watch television. Specifically, Boop suggests that his players watch the plethora of college basketball College basketball most often refers to the American basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, or NCAA. History
``There are plenty of good games on tonight,'' Boop told the Bulldogs while they were preparing to break practice one weekday afternoon. ``I want these guys to finish their homework first,'' Boop said. ``But I tell them instead of going to the mall, they can watch a game and learn something.'' Senior guard Humberto Zamora has taken his coach's advice to heart. ``He tells us to watch some games whenever we can,'' Zamora said. ``There a lot of little things that would go unnoticed. You pick up a lot of those little things by watching games.'' Mojave: The High Desert League was once Rosamond's to lose. However, the Roadrunners' first loss to Mojave should make for an interesting last couple weeks. The Mustangs (15-2, 6-1) upset the visiting Roadrunners (14-3, 6-1) 52-49 on Friday to avenge a·venge tr.v. a·venged, a·veng·ing, a·veng·es 1. To inflict a punishment or penalty in return for; revenge: avenge a murder. 2. an earlier loss. There are five HDL (Hardware Description Language) A language used to describe the functions of an electronic circuit for documentation, simulation or logic synthesis (or all three). Although many proprietary HDLs have been developed, Verilog and VHDL are the major standards. games left to play. Desert: The Mojave-Rosamond result gives the Scorpions some hope of turning the High Desert League upside Upside The potential dollar amount by which the market or a stock could rise. Notes: This is basically an educated guess on how high a stock could go in the near future. See also: Bull, Downside down. Desert's 59-36 win at Bishop last Friday puts the Scorpions at 5-2, one game behind the leaders entering this week's games. Coming attractions Noun 1. coming attraction - a movie that is advertised to draw customers motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, film, picture show, flick, picture - a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence : Among the big games this week is tonight's Golden League matchup between Palmdale and host Quartz Hill. The Rebels quickly turned around their fortunes after an upset loss to Lancaster on Jan. 19 that dropped a game behind Littlerock. A win over the Lobos that moved Quartz Hill into a tie for first and Littlerock's loss to Highland suddenly put the Rebels back on top of the Golden League. |
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