BOYS' BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK: HIGHLAND TAKES AIM AT GOLDEN TITLE.Byline: Sean Ceglinsky Staff Writer Highland High's boys' basketball team set several goals at the beginning of the season. The Bulldogs on Friday can accomplish one of them: winning a Golden League title. All that is standing in the way of second-place Highland (15-10 overall, 7-3 Golden) is tonight's game against fifth-place Palmdale (8-15, 5-5) and Friday's showdown against first-place Lancaster (16-10, 8-2). Victories in both games would clinch Clinch, river, c.300 mi (480 km) long, formed by the junction of two forks in SW Va., and flowing generally SW across E Tenn. to the Tennessee River at Kingston. at least a share of the title. ``We understand what needs to be done,'' Highland coach Jeff Smith said. ``We can't look past Palmdale. If we do, we're in trouble. ``If we get by Palmdale, the Lancaster game will be the biggest game these kids have ever been a part of.'' Lancaster carries some momentum, with a five-game league winning streak Noun 1. winning streak - a streak of wins streak, run - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" (by an average 11.4 points) and victories in nine of its past 11 games. The Eagles moved into the Daily News' Top 20 for the first time last week; they are No. 19. Highland has won seven of its past eight games. The only loss was a one-pointer against Lancaster in mid-January. ``We want a league title and (to) make a deep run in the playoffs,'' Smith said. ``Another one of our goals is to make it to the (Southern Section) quarterfinals. ``We're playing our best basketball of the season right now. We're starting to execute for 32 minutes everyday. We're peaking at the right time.'' Southern Section playoff play·off also play-off n. Sports 1. A final game or series of games played to break a tie. 2. A series of games played to determine a championship. Noun 1. brackets brackets: see punctuation. will be unveiled Sunday. --Long-distance threat: Raymond Cody has been pivotal for Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley (14-11, 6-4), which quietly has put together a solid season and is tied for third place with Quartz quartz, one of the commonest of all rock-forming minerals and one of the most important constituents of the earth's crust. Chemically, it is silicon dioxide, SiO2. Hill (13-13, 6-5), the defending league champions, entering the final week of the regular season. Cody, a 6-foot-4 junior wing, leads the league in 3-pointers - he's connected on 39 - and is fifth in scoring (14.3 points per game). The top four: Quartz Hill's Andrew Dantzler (15.0), Highland's Deno Anderson (16.1), Lancaster's Robert Arnold Robert Allan Arnold (13 August 1982), commonly known as Rob Arnold, is a postie from Wellington, New Zealand, who achieved more than his fair share of fifteen minutes of fame in a New Zealand boy band, Boyband, as the gay boy. (16.3) and Quartz Hill's Troy Ross (17.5). Cody leads the Antelopes tonight at Lancaster and Friday at home against Quartz Hill. A.V. then heads to the playoffs, provided it finishes among the Golden League's top four. Sean Ceglinsky, (818) 713-3607 sean.ceglinsky(at)dailynews.com |
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