BOYS' BASKETBALL: MONTCLAIR PREP: BACK-TO-BACK DOWNEY CC CAUGHT IN MOUNTIES' WEBB MONT. PREP 59, CALV. CHAPEL 48.Byline: Erik Boal Special to the Daily News WESTCHESTER - Seeing your Southern Section Player of the Year head to the bench with three fouls early in the second half of a championship game might be cause for some coaches to panic. When Craig Partovich sat down at the five-minute mark of the third quarter Friday night with his team trailing by four, Montclair Prep of Panorama City boys' basketball coach Greg Patterson didn't even flinch flinch intr.v. flinched, flinch·ing, flinch·es 1. To start or wince involuntarily, as from surprise or pain. 2. To recoil, as from something unpleasant or difficult; shrink. n. . With their senior captain watching from the sidelines Sidelines Hypothetical position referring to noninvolvement in a stock; merely watching. , the top-seeded Mounties responded with a 14-point run over the next 3 minutes, 42 seconds. Partovich returned early in the fourth quarter to help put the finishing touches finishing touches finish npl the finishing touches → der letzte Schliff finishing touches npl → ultimi ritocchi mpl on a 59-48 victory over Olympic League rival Calvary Chapel Calvary Chapel is a non-denominational, Protestant fellowship of churches which began in 1965 in Southern California. The term "fellowship of churches" is used in contrast to a denomination. of Downey in the Div. IV-A final at Loyola Marymount's Gersten Pavilion The Gersten Pavilion is a 4,156 seat multi-purpose arena in Los Angeles, California. It is the home of the Loyola Marymount University Lions. It was built in 1981. It is also the part-time practice home for the Los Angeles Lakers. . ``We knew what they were going to throw at us, and they knew what we were going to throw at them, so you have to pull things out of your hat,'' said Partovich, who scored 13 points - 10 in the fourth quarter - as the Mounties (23-8) successfully defended their Div. IV-A title and won their fifth division title in 30 years. ``I thought we came out and played well in the second half. I guess we had a few more answers than they did.'' After leading most of the first half, Montclair Prep fell victim to an 8-2 Calvary Chapel run to close the second quarter and fell behind 28-24 in the opening minutes of the third. But with Thomas (language) Thomas - A language compatible with the language Dylan(TM). Thomas is NOT Dylan(TM). The first public release of a translator to Scheme by Matt Birkholz, Jim Miller, and Ron Weiss, written at Digital Equipment Corporation's Cambridge Research Laboratory runs Franco, Danilo Raicevic, Daniel Rodgers and Anthony Green Anthony Green may refer to:
``Those guys have been coming through all year for us, including earlier this year against (Calvary Chapel), so it honestly doesn't surprise me,'' said Patterson, whose team defeated the Grizzlies The name Grizzlies may refer to:
tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. shoulder and Webb missing the second half after he was ejected. ``Franco has been playing really well of late, and he came in off the bench and fired us up.'' Calvary Chapel, which defeated Montclair Prep 59-53 Jan. 13 in their first Olympic League meeting, cut the deficit to 38-34 on the first possession of the fourth quarter. But Partovich's return sparked an 8-0 run over the next two minutes, and the Grizzlies never got closer than five the rest of the way. ``We'd already played two games against them and we knew they were going to make that run,'' said Green, who scored 13 points. ``we just had to stay calm and take care of the ball. ``I guess our run was bigger than their run.'' Erik Boal, (818) 713-3607 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Montclair Prep's Craig Partovich, right, tries to draw a charge from Calvary Chapel's Eric McNey. John Lazar/Staff Photographer |
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