BOYS' BASKETBALL: TAFT FALLS SHORT VS. WESTCHESTER.Byline: SEAN n. 1. A seine. See Seine. CEGLINSKY Special to the Daily News Taft High of Woodland Hills has emerged as the premier boys' basketball in the area over the past couple of years, but entered the season knowing it had some work to do in order to attain such status in the City Section basketball landscape where perennial powers Fairfax and Westchester still reside. The Toreadors took a step in the right direction this past week with a solid showing at the Westchester Tournament, but ended up losing to the host Comets Non-periodic comets are seen only once. They are usually on near-parabolic orbits that will not return to the vicinity of the Sun for thousands of years, if ever. Periodic comets usually have elongated elliptical orbits, and usually return to the vicinity of the Sun after a number 60-55 Saturday night in the final. ``Westchester is the team to beat,'' Taft coach Derrick derrick: see crane. Derrick famous hangman; eponym of modern hoisting apparatus. [Br. Hist.: Espy, 170] See : Execution Taylor said. ``You have to beat them in order to get a City title. We know that.'' Taft (3-1), the Daily News' top-ranked team, held a three-point lead at halftime but Westchester (4-0) went on a 13-0 run to take a 42-33 lead in the third quarter. Justin Hawkins scored Taft's final seven points to cut the deficit to two points with 37 seconds left. But the Comets made 9 of 10 free throws down the stretch to seal the victory. ``Westchester knows how to win the close games,'' said Taylor, whose team lost to the Comets 68-58 in last season's City title game. ``Give them all the credit.'' One of the more interesting subplots to the showdown was the matchup between Larry Drew Larry Donnell Drew (born April 2 1958 in Kansas City, Missouri) is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the 1st round (17th overall) of the 1980 NBA Draft. Jr. and Oscar Bellfield. The two played in the same backcourt back·court n. 1. Sports a. The part of a court between the service line and the base line in tennis and other net games. b. at Taft a season ago but Bellfield transferred to Westchester over the summer amid some controversy. Drew had the upper hand in their first encounter, finishing with 17 points and five assists. Bellfield had 10 points. The Toreadors must regroup re·group v. re·grouped, re·group·ing, re·groups v.tr. To arrange in a new grouping. v.intr. 1. To come back together in a tactical formation, as after a dispersal in a retreat. quickly and turn their attention toward the War on the Floor Tournament, beginning Monday against Blair of Pasadena. sean.ceglinsky@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 |
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