BOYS' BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK: LANCASTER'S TITLE NO HELP IN PLAYOFFS.Byline: Sean Ceglinsky Staff Writer When Lancaster High's boys' basketball team clinched the Golden League title in the final game of the regular season two weeks ago, the Eagles figured they had bettered their position for the Southern Section playoffs. It didn't work out that way. Lancaster took on powerhouse A fourth-generation language from Cognos that was introduced in the late 1970s for midrange computers. It supports both character-oriented, terminal-based applications as well as Windows clients. Applications developed under PowerHouse can be imported into Cognos' Axiant client/server environment. Long Beach Poly in the first round of the Div. I-AA playoffs Friday and lost 50-47, its season ending sooner than expected. ``We got screwed. Hosed,'' said Lancaster coach David Humphreys David Humphreys may be:
It was a sad end to a fine season by the Eagles (18-10), who closed the regular season with seven successive wins and played well during a difficult nonleague schedule in which it faced five teams ranked in the Daily News Top 20 or Small Schools Top 10. ``I couldn't have asked for more,'' Humphreys said. ``We overcame a lot this year.'' The Eagles will lose seven players to graduation Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the associated ceremony. The date of event is often called degree day. The event itself is also called commencement, convocation or invocation. , including stars 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. and Javaughn Espiritt. Arnold shot 49 percent from the field and led the team in scoring (17.3 points per game), 3-pointers (34), steals (50) and assists (65). The 6-foot-4 wing has received recruiting interest from Cal State San Bernardino San Bernardino, city, United States San Bernardino (săn bûr'nədē`nō), city (1990 pop. 164,164), seat of San Bernardino co., S Calif., at the foot of the San Bernardino Mts.; inc. 1854. . Espiritt averaged 12.9 points and 7.8 rebounds per game and likely will play at Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. . ``Robert and Javaughn were big for us this year,'' Humphreys said. ``They provided us with leadership. That will be hard to replace. I wish I had them both back next year. That's the way high school basketball is, though.'' Returning will be Tielden McKissic and Joshua Cribbs Joshua Cribbs (born June 9, 1983 in Washington, D.C.) is an American football player who currently plays wide receiver and special teams for the National Football League's Cleveland Browns. He played collegiately for Kent State University. , and Humphreys expects several junior-varsity players to step up and contribute. ``I'm going to give the guys three weeks off, and then it's back to work,'' Humphreys said. ``We're going to work on getting better now and be in good position to make a run at the playoffs next year.'' Sean Ceglinsky, (818) 713-3607 sean.ceglinsky(at)dailynews.com |
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