BOYS' TENNIS NOTEBOOK: VALENCIA RESTS.Byline: Lauren Lauren as a surname may refer to:
The Valencia Valencia, region, Spain Valencia (välān`thēä), autonomous region (1990 pop. 3,902,429) and former kingdom, E Spain, on the Mediterranean. It now comprises the provinces of Alicante, Castellón, and Valencia. boys' tennis team played a busy nonleague schedule and didn't did·n't Contraction of did not. didn't did not didn't do take a break before Foothill League play started three weeks ago, so the team will take off during the week-long spring break. ``I'm I'm Contraction of I am. Our Living Language Speakers of some scattered varieties of American English sometimes use I'm instead of I've or I have in present perfect constructions, as in looking forward to it,'' No. 1 singles player Kevin White Kevin White may refer to:
Valencia (11-4, 4-1) has had a rough time recently, edging Burroughs of Burbank 10-8 on Tuesday and losing to Burbank 12-6 a week ago. ``I thought it would be a close match,'' Canyon coach Bob Gravett said of the Burbank match. ``I thought Valencia had a better chance of beating (Burbank).'' Valencia will have to be fresh to beat the Bulldogs on April 19 in the Vikings' second-to-last match of the season in order to finish tied for first. If it doesn't, Valencia probably will earn the league's second 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. spot. It also would mean Burbank would return to the top of the league after having its streak of titles ended at 13 years by Valencia last season. --Race for third: With Valencia and Burbank battling for the top spots, Canyon and Hart are squaring off for third and the league's final playoff berth. Canyon was third last year, but the Cowboys cowboys, in American history. 1 Tory marauders, adherents to the British cause in the American Revolution, who fought in the contested area of Westchester co., N.Y. (2-3 in league) trail Hart (3-2) at the halfway point. Hart won the first meeting by a game, 80-89 in the tiebreaker tie·break·er n. An additional contest or period of play designed to establish a winner among tied contestants. Also called tiebreak. tie . ``If we had tied games we would've had to go back out there and make a super-tiebreaker out of it,'' Gravett said. Hart and Canyon meet in the second-to-last match of the year to likely decide the last playoff spot. --Bad break: Valencia's 12-6 loss to Burbank was a combination of bad breaks in doubles and the Bulldogs' great singles play. ``Two of my doubles teams were serving for matches at 5-4 and 6-5, and that should've been a given,'' Valencia coach Annie Kellogg said. ``Two of those sets ended up in tiebreaks. We should've been up 4-2. Instead we were down 2-4 in the first round.'' Nick Amico and David Foglesong have been sharing the third singles spot, with the player not at singles moving to first doubles. Lately, that's been Foglesong. White, who was swept by Burbank's No. 1 and No. 2 singles players, thinks it's the right move. ``David can play better doubles than singles,'' White said. ``He has a great overhead, and he's pretty good on volleys.'' |
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