BOYS' BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK: TAFT MOVES GAME TO PIERCE TO OBLIGE FARMAR FANS.Byline: Vincent Bonsignore Staff Writer The hype and excitement surrounding Taft High of Woodland Hills boys' basketball standout Jordan Farmar Jordan Robert Farmar (born November 30, 1986) is an American professional basketball player at starting point guard for the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers. He was previously the starting point guard for the UCLA men's basketball team. continues to grow. Farmar scored 38 points Tuesday to lead the Toreadors past Mission Viejo Mission Vi·e·jo A community of southern California southeast of Irvine. It is mainly residential. Population: 96,300. 83-68 in the first round of the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Div. I state regional playoffs, setting up a second-round game tonight against Etiwanda. Fan interest in Farmar, the McDonald's All-American and future UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX Bruin, is so high that tonight's game was moved to Pierce College In 2006 the Library won a national Excellence award. Academics Pierce College offers associate's degrees, mainly in the arts and sciences. There are also certificate programs in early childhood education, social services, dental hygienist, and others. at 7:30 to accommodate an anticipated overflow crowd. ``It's beyond anything I've ever seen,'' Taft coach Derrick Taylor said. ``Obviously, Jordan is the key to all this. People just want to see him play.'' Especially UCLA fans. ``It's crazy, but they all want to see the future of UCLA basketball,'' said Taylor, who was surprised to discover a family from Bakersfield regularly makes the two-hour trip to Woodland Hills to watch Farmar play. ``They've been season ticket holders at UCLA for 20 years, and they come out to see Jordan play because they've read and heard so much about him.'' Taylor said. ``That's the ultimate sign of respect. To see someone drive that far to watch you play, that's awesome.'' --The switch: Taft was planning to play tonight's game at its home gym, but the huge crowd that showed up Tuesday made school administrators consider finding a bigger venue. ``People were lining up to buy tickets for the game at 4 p.m.,'' Taft athletic director Athletic director (commonly, "athletics director") is a position at many American colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, which oversees the work of the coaches and related staff involved in intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic Mark Drucker said. ``We had to do something. I'm not sure Pierce will be big enough to accommodate everybody, but it's definitely bigger, so that will help.'' Drucker is urging fans to purchase presale tickets on campus today between 7:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. ``The earlier the better,'' Drucker said. ``I just got off the phone with (Etiwanda's) A.D. and he told me they were bringing more than 500 people on presales. It's going to be crazy.'' --Fourth time the charm? Harvard-Westlake of Studio City is looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. its fourth consecutive victory over Centennial of Compton when the schools meet tonight in the second round of the Southern California Div. III playoffs. Tipoff is 7:30 at Harvard-Westlake. After a 73-64 victory over Centennial in the Southern Section Div. IIIAA championship game and last year's victories in the Southern Section final and state playoffs, it appears Harvard-Westlake has Centennial's number. The Wolverines just hope it continues. ``The question becomes how many times can you do it, especially considering how good they are,'' Harvard-Westlake coach Greg Hilliard said. ``They know us extremely well, and they've all been extremely close games that come down to a break here and there and momentum and all those things you don't always have control of.'' One key for the Wolverines has been the inside play of senior Evan Harris Evan Leslie Harris BM BCh MP (born 21 October 1965) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He is the Member of Parliament for Oxford West and Abingdon. Education and professional career and sophomore Alex Stepheson Alex Stepheson is an American basketball player at the University of North Carolina. Grabbed 20 or more rebounds in 16 games as a senior at Harvard-Westlake High School in North Hollywood • Fourth-team Parade All-America selection • Averaged 20.4 points and 17. . They controlled the paint in Saturday's championship game, and offered reliable scoring options to Wolverines star Bryce Taylor, who will play next year at Oregon. Vincent Bonsignore, (818) 713-3612 vincent.bonsignore(at)dailynews.com |
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