BOYS' BASKETBALL: FREMONT OUT OF CITY PLAYOFFS.Byline: - Sean Ceglinsky Second-seeded Fremont High 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. was booted boot·ed adj. Wearing boots. Adj. 1. booted - wearing boots shod, shodden, shoed - wearing footgear Tuesday from the City Section boys' basketball playoffs after it was discovered the Pathfinders used six ineligible players this season. The City Section did not identify the players, and Fremont coach Sam Sullivan Sam Sullivan, CM (born 1960) is the Mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. As a mayor, he is entitled to the pre-fix 'His Worship' while he is in office, based on Canadian Heritage protocol. could not be reached for comment. The Pathfinders, who were 22-3, had been expected to contend with top-seeded Fairfax of Hollywood, third-seeded Taft of Woodland Hills and fourth-seeded Westchester for the City Championship title. The final will be played March 4 at the Sports Arena. Three San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. teams figure to benefit most from Fremont's disqualification dis·qual·i·fi·ca·tion n. 1. The act of disqualifying or the condition of having been disqualified. 2. Something that disqualifies: illness as a disqualification for enlistment in the army. . No. 15 Birmingham of Lake Balboa, which was to play the Pathfinders on Friday, receive a first-round bye. Seventh-seeded Sylmar, which opens against No. 10 Washington of Los Angeles, becomes a likely semifinalist. Taft's road to the title game has been made far easier, and the Toreadors would play at home, where they are 6-0 this season, in the semifinals. ``Anytime you lose a No. 2 seed, things are going to change,`` Taft coach Derrick Taylor said. ``You can't count your chickens before they hatch, because sometimes they never do. We still have some tough games ahead of us, but we like the position we're in.'' |
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