BOYS' BASKETBALL: GUARDS PUT IT TOGETHER FOR TAFT TAFT 69, CRENSHAW 66.Byline: Vincent Bonsignore Staff Writer It takes more than a McDonald's All-American to advance to the City Championship finals. Taft High of Woodland Hills All-American Jordan Farmar Jordan Robert Farmar (born November 30, 1986) is an American professional basketball player at starting point guard for the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers. He was previously the starting point guard for the UCLA men's basketball team. can attest To solemnly declare verbally or in writing that a particular document or testimony about an event is a true and accurate representation of the facts; to bear witness to. To formally certify by a signature that the signer has been present at the execution of a particular writing so as to that. More and more, opponents are focusing their defensive attention on the Toreadors' All-American guard, and more and more, Farmar is finding out he has some capable teammates to lean on when the defensive pressure intensifies. Take Wednesday, for example. Taft hosted Crenshaw cren·shaw also cran·shaw n. A variety of winter melon (Cucumis melo var. inodorus) having a greenish-yellow rind and sweet, usually salmon-pink flesh. [Origin unknown.] 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. in a City Championship quarterfinal quar·ter·fi·nal adj. Of or relating to one of four competitions in a tournament, whose winners go on to play in semifinal competitions. n. 1. quarterfinals A quarterfinal round. 2. A quarterfinal match. , and when the Cougars turned their defensive attention on Farmar, he didn't panic. Emerging sophomore guard Calvin Haynes decided to have the best game of his young career, scoring a game-high 27 points to complement Farmar's 23 and the Toreadors advanced to their second consecutive City Championship semifinal by hanging on for a 69-66 victory. Taft (25-2) will play at Dorsey of Los Angeles on Friday. A win puts the Toreadors into their first ever City final. ``Calvin was huge,'' Farmar said. ``He was on top of his game.'' Haynes was playing in just his sixth varsity game, having spent the majority of the regular season on the sideline sideline See on the sidelines. getting his grades in order. All he's done since joining the team is average 19 points per game and provide a dependable scoring alternative to Farmar and Matt Cook. ``I was feeling it tonight,'' Haynes said. ``Jordan was looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. me, and fortunately I hit a few shots early and I just carried that momentum through the game. It was frustrating frus·trate tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: not playing early in the season, but I got threw it and I've put it behind me. I feel like I'm hitting my groove at just the right time.'' Haynes' big night was particularly important because Cook struggled with his outside shot early in the game and didn't see much court time down the stretch. ``He had an off night, and the game was too important to try to ride it out,'' Taft coach Derrick derrick: see crane. Derrick famous hangman; eponym of modern hoisting apparatus. [Br. Hist.: Espy, 170] See : Execution Taylor said. ``That's why Calvin is so important for us. If someone is struggling, we have a third guy to turn to.'' Taft was never in total control, surviving a near disastrous final two minutes in which it nearly gave away an 8-point lead. Crenshaw, which trailed 69-61 with 2:03 left, drew tro within 68-66 with 11 seconds thanks to three straight Taft turnovers and missed free throws by Farmar and Cook. ``It was ugly those last couple of minutes but fortunately we hung in there and pulled it out,'' said Farmar who hit a free throw with nine seconds left to make it 69-66, then forced an off balance 3-pointer by Brandon Sampay that sailed long as time expired. ``We want to finish this thing out,'' Haynes said. ``We're in the semifinals, so why not get another win and go to the finals.'' Vincent Bonsignore, (818) 713-3612 vincent.bonsignore(at)dailynews.com |
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