BOYS' VOLLEYBALL: A NEW FAVORITE IN TOWN GRANADA HILLS ROUTS DEFENDING CITY SECTION CHAMP CHATSWORTH G.H. 3, CHATSWORTH 0.Byline: Vincent Bonsignore Staff Writer Spring break beckoned for the Granada Granada, city, Nicaragua Granada (gränä`thä), city (1995 pop. 74,396), W Nicaragua, on Lake Nicaragua. It is Nicaragua's third largest city and the center of commerce on Lake Nicaragua. Hills High boys' volleyball volleyball, outdoor or indoor ball and net game played on a level court. An upright net, 3 ft (or 1 m) high, the top of which stands 8 ft (2.43 m) from the ground for men, 7 ft 4 1/8 in (2. team immediately after the Highlanders' 15-7, 15-3, 15-5 victory over visiting Chatsworth on Thursday. This is what they will take with them on their seven-day hiatus hiatus /hi·a·tus/ (hi-a´tus) [L.] an opening, gap, or cleft.hia´tal aortic hiatus the opening in the diaphragm through which the aorta and thoracic duct pass. : the West Valley League championship - Thursday's victory clinched the title - a four-game sweep of West Valley foes Taft of Woodland Hills and Chatsworth, which have combined to win the past four City Section titles, and orders from coach Tom Harp Tom Harp was a college football coach at Cornell, Duke, and Indiana State. From 1961 to 1965, he coached at Cornell, where he compiled a 19-23-3 record. From 1966 to 1970, he coached at Duke, where he compiled a 22-23-1 record. to be smart during their time off. ``As long as these boneheads don't get hurt snowboarding snowboarding: see under skiing. snowboarding Sport of sliding downhill over snow on a snowboard, a wide ski ridden in a surfing position. Derived from surfing and influenced also by skateboarding as well as skiing, snowboarding began to burgeon or doing something crazy like that, we should be all right,'' said Harp harp, stringed musical instrument of ancient origin, the strings of which are plucked with the fingers. Harps were found in paintings from the 13th cent. B.C. at Thebes. In different forms it was played by peoples of nearly all lands throughout the ages. , laughing. ``Right now, that's what I worry about most heading into the break.'' Snowboarding drama aside, the Highlanders (11-0, 7-0) clearly earned the weeklong week·long adj. Continuing through the week: a weeklong conference. Adj. 1. weeklong - lasting through a week; "her weeklong vacation" seven-day break after beating Taft on Tuesday and rolling through Chatsworth (7-3, 5-2) on Thursday to win the league championship. Barring an upset loss to El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
``That's what we went into this week thinking about,'' said Phillip Puathasnanon, who had 20 kills, six digs and four blocks for Granada Hills. ``Win the league championship and get the top seed. That's what this whole week was about.'' Now the attention turns to the playoffs. The Highlanders, who have two more matches left, haven't won the City title since 1997. They spent the past four years watching Taft and Chatsworth win it all, so there is incentive to keep their roll going through the postseason. ``We feel like this can be our year,'' said Kris Manansala, who had 17 kills and 13 digs. ``If we play to our abilities, we can definitely do it.'' If things go as well as they did Thursday, only an upset will prevent the Highlanders from winning the championship. After struggling to beat Chatsworth in five games in their last meeting, they focused on putting together a crisp practice Wednesday, then taking that intensity onto the floor against the Chancellors. ``The last time we played them we didn't practice very well the day before,'' Puathasnanon said. ``So we made sure we didn't let that happen again this time. After we beat Taft on Tuesday, we put that behind us as quickly as possible, then started thinking about Chatsworth. We were ready to play today.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Granada Hills' Tommy Patikamanant, left, and Jon Crabtree, right, fight for a point with Chatsworth's Daniel Kitzes in the Highlanders' three-game victory Thursday. Gus Ruelas/Staff Photographer |
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