BOYS' BASKETBALL: STRUGGLING G.H. DRAWS FAIRFAX IN CITY PLAYOFFS.Byline: Sean Ceglinsky Staff Writer The Granada Hills boys' basketball team ended the regular season in a nosedive nose·dive n. 1. A very steep dive of an aircraft. 2. A sudden, swift drop or plunge: Stock prices took a nosedive. Noun 1. , losing three consecutive and six of its last eight overall, and it appeared as if the Highlanders had squandered squan·der tr.v. squan·dered, squan·der·ing, squan·ders 1. To spend wastefully or extravagantly; dissipate. See Synonyms at waste. 2. any chance at receiving a berth in the Championship bracket In programming, brackets (the [ and ] characters) are used to enclose numbers and subscripts. For example, in the C statement int menustart [4] = ; the [4] indicates the number of elements in the array, and the contents are enclosed in curly braces. of the City Section playoffs. But despite the late-season swoon, the Highlanders received some good news and a small measure of respect on Saturday when they were announced as the 16th-seeded team in the Championship bracket. That was the good news. The bad news for Granada Hills is that it opens the playoffs against top-seeded Fairfax 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. . ``We're honored to be up there playing with the big dogs Big Dogs, based in Santa Barbara, California, is a chain of stores in the United States which features clothing and apparel holding the "Big Dogs" brand name. The Company ,'' Granada Hills coach Don Loperena said. ``Our plan was to just let the chips fall where they may. Tell us where we're going to play and we will.'' The Highlanders have the unenviable task of traveling to Fairfax (22-2) for a first-round game Friday at 7 p.m. to face the defending Div. I state champion. The Lions have won 13 consecutive and 48 of their last 56 over the past two years. ``It's David vs. Goliath,'' Loperena said. ``Athletically, we don't have a chance at matching up against them. But remember, these are high school kids. Anything can happen. If we go down, it's going to be fighting.'' Granada Hills (15-10) is battled-tested having played in the highly competitive West Valley League, a league from which three other teams - No. 3 seed Taft of Woodland Hills, No. 9 seed Chatsworth and No. 15 seed Birmingham of Lake Balboa Balboa, town (1990 pop. 2,751), Colón prov., in the former Panama Canal Zone, on the Gulf of Panama. The port for Panama City, Balboa was the administrative headquarters of the Panama Canal Zone. It was also the site of a U.S. navy base (closed 1999). - received berths in the Championship bracket, giving the league four entries. The Highlanders lost to No. 7 seed Sylmar earlier this season, defeated No. 11 seed Poly of Sun Valley and played seven Southern Section teams that will likely qualify for the postseason when the pairings for each division are announced later this afternoon. ``We're not into the hoopla hoop·la n. Informal 1. a. Boisterous, jovial commotion or excitement. b. Extravagant publicity: The new sedan was introduced to the public with much hoopla. 2. ,'' Loperena said. ``Let's play.'' Sean Ceglinsky, (818) 713-3607 sean.ceglinsky(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): box Box: CITY SECTION PLAYOFFS: BOYS' BASKETBALL |
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