BOYS' BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK: `GAME-BY-GAME' WORKS FOR VALENCIA.Byline: Vincent Bonsignore Staff Writer For some teams, losing an emotional, close game to a bitter crosstown cross·town or cross-town adj. Running, extending, or going across a city or town: a crosstown street; crosstown traffic. adv. rival could linger lin·ger v. lin·gered, lin·ger·ing, lin·gers v.intr. 1. To be slow in leaving, especially out of reluctance; tarry. See Synonyms at stay1. 2. long after the final buzzer and affect the rest of the season. But Valencia boys' basketball coach Rocket Collins had no such concerns when the Vikings fell to Hart High last week. ``Not with this group of players, I didn't,'' Collins said. ``I was confident they'd put the loss behind them as quickly as possible.'' Which the Vikings did, winning their next two games. Along the way, they got some help from Saugus, which beat Hart to create a two-way tie for first place in the Foothill League between Valencia (16-4, 4-1) and Hart (17-4, 4-1). Not that Collins was paying attention Noun 1. paying attention - paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people); "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends without heed to the consequences" attentiveness, heed, regard . ``The thing I stress is that we've gotta got·ta Informal Contraction of got to: I gotta go home. take care of our own business and not worry about what anyone else is doing,'' Collins said. ``For us, it's just taking things on a game-by-game basis. That's all you can do.'' --Drained: Hart's boys' basketball team lost to Saugus three days after its victory over Valencia. The setback wasn't predictable, but it also wasn't surprising. After playing such an emotional game just a few days before playing a road game against a team that desperately needed a win, the Indians just didn't have enough energy to beat Saugus. ``We were spent,'' Hart coach Tom Kelly People named Tom Kelly include:
On the bright side, Hart played one of its worst games of the year - guard Mike Gentry scored just three points - and Saugus probably played its best, yet the Indians were in the game. ``That's something we can use as a learning tool,'' Kelly said. ``We know it's something we can't let happen again.'' --Cutups: The players at Canyon High get credit for sense of humor Noun 1. sense of humor - the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; "she didn't appreciate my humor"; "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor" sense of humour, humor, humour . All it takes is a glance at each player's bio in the Cowboys' game program under the category ``I'm proudest of'' to see they enjoy being funny. A few samples: Steve Farmer: My Harry Potter haircut Haircut 1. The difference between prices at which a market maker can buy and sell a security. 2. The percentage by which an asset's market value is reduced for the purpose of calculating capital requirement, margin, and collateral levels. Notes: 1. . Rick Torres: My really dirty car. Sean Coen: My legs, I have really nice legs. |
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