BOYS' VOLLEYBALL: CANYON TURNS MATCH AROUND CANYON 3, VALENCIA 2.Byline: Lee Barnathan Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - Facing match point, and with it his rival's ascension Ascension, in Christianity Ascension, name usually given to the departure of Jesus from earth as related in the Gospels according to Mark (16) and Luke (24) and in Acts 1.1–11. to Foothill League supremacy, Canyon's Jesse Alo prayed. Then he saw his 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. teammates suddenly shake off almost three games of sluggishness, poor hitting, inconsistent serving and shaky defense. Alo now believes in the power of prayer, but he also knows his team was lucky. The host Cowboys withstood five Valencia match points in the third game and turned things around for a 13-15, 8-15, 16-14, 15-8, 15-5 victory Tuesday night. ``On game point, everyone on our team wanted it,'' said Alo, who led the Cowboys (7-1, 2-0) with 22 kills despite saying he was in a slump. ``We gave out so much more effort on game point. We got more scrappy scrap·py 1 adj. scrap·pi·er, scrap·pi·est Composed of scraps; fragmentary: scrappy evidence. scrap .'' Valencia (5-2, 1-1) had dominated the first two games and led 14-8 in the third with balanced hitting from senior Chris Haigh outside and junior Chris Savage in the middle. Plus, the Vikings defense dug just about everything and their block lessened Alo's dominance. Haigh finished with 26 kills and 15 digs, Savage had 14 kills and 10 blocks, and senior outside hitter Corey Feldt had 19 digs. Valencia coach Kevin Kornegay said his team could be proud of how it pushed the Cowboys, but how the Vikings recover remains to be seen. They play Hart on Thursday, then play in a tournament in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. next week before resuming league play with Saugus on April 17. The Canyon rematch REMATCH Cardiology Clinical trials–Randomized Evaluation of Mechanical Assistance Therapy as an alternative in Congestive Heart failure–related to use of a portable, electric left ventricular-assist system–LVAS–eg, HeartMate® is two days later. Senior outside hitter Marcos Borja and senior middle blocker Skyler Chambers had 14 kills each for Canyon, and senior middle blocker Brian Waite added 10 kills. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Canyon's Adam Kaminsky, left, and Skyler Chambers put the block on Valencia's Chris Haigh (7) on Tuesday at Canyon High. Michael Owen
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