BOYS' VOLLEYBALL: NO DOUBT FOR CHATSWORTH.Byline: Daily News Playing against a weaker opponent hasn't always been the easiest thing for the Chatsworth 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 this year. The Chancellors usually start sluggishly slug·gish adj. 1. Displaying little movement or activity; slow; inactive: a sluggish stream; sluggish growth. 2. Lacking alertness, vigor, or energy; inert or indolent. 3. and scrap about for a little while. Sooner or later, though, they get it together in time to pull out a victory. ``It seems like we've had to wait a little while, you know, get the proverbial pro·ver·bi·al adj. 1. Of the nature of a proverb. 2. Expressed in a proverb. 3. Widely referred to, as if the subject of a proverb; famous. kick in the back before we start playing like we should,'' Chatsworth outside hitter Robert Pate said. That's why Pate was pleasantly surprised Thursday when the Chancellors took care of business early and often against outmatched Canoga Park in the first round of the City Section playoffs. Chatsworth had no trouble with the Hunters, winning 25-9, 25-13, 25-15 to move on to Tuesday's second-round match against Verdugo Hills of Tujunga. Canoga Park, the 31st seed, moves into the 16-team Invitational in·vi·ta·tion·al adj. Restricted to invited participants: an invitational golf tournament. n. An event, especially a sports tournament, restricted to invited participants. Adj. 1. tournament, where the Hunters (3-11) will play San Pedro. ``I think we're maturing a little bit more because we usually start slow against teams we should beat pretty easily,'' Pate said. ``That's a good sign for us.'' Pate is the lone returner from last year's team, which won the City Championship for the third year in a row. His leadership was obvious Thursday, as he contributed 17 kills and three blocks. Tony Lunnon added 11 kills and three blocks while Rasta Naderi had 38 assists. The Chancellors (10-1) barely noticed the absence of 6-foot-8 middle blocker Cody Loe, who sat out for disciplinary reasons. Saltzberg said Loe should be back for Tuesday's second-round home match. - Vincent Bonsignore --Granada Hills d. Locke 3-0: Trevor Westmoreland, Josh Chong and Arthur Mogilevski each had six kills for top-seeded Granada Hills (13-1) in a 25-10, 25-12, 25-10 victory over visiting Locke of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. (10-4). Granada Hills advances to the second round Tuesday against University of Los Angeles, a team it lost to in five games in last year's semifinals. ``It's like deja vu See DjVu. all over again,'' Granada Hills 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. said. ``Historically, University has one of the top programs in the City (Section). There will be some added motivation to play better this time around. We have to remain focused.'' --Grant d. Franklin 3-0: Seniors Gilbert Feinstein (11 kills), J.C. Sitchon (27 assists), David Castaneda (6 blocks) and Danny Jacobo and Danny Oh all provided steady play in a 25-10, 24-13, 25-17 victory for third-seeded and host Grant of Van Nuys (14-0). ``This is it for the seniors. The last dance,'' Grant coach Howard Chan said. ``It's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a to roll the dice. We're eager to go as far as possible.'' --Taft d. Garfield 3-0: Mo Noorzay had 10 kills and six aces as Taft of Woodland Hills (9-5), the fourth seed, won at home 25-6, 25-15, 25-15 to advance to Tuesday's second round against Bell of Los Angeles. --Verdugo Hills d. San Pedro 3-0: Edvard Aydinyan had 10 kills and Kalvin Hermoso added 27 assists in a 25-14, 25-16, 25-20 victory for host Verdugo Hills (12-2), the 15th seed. --Van Nuys d. Birmingham 3-1: James Shon had 14 kills and six blocks and Matthew Pak had 43 assists as visiting and 19th-seeded Van Nuys (8-6) pulled off a mild upset, 22-25, 25-23, 27-25, 25-21 over Birmingham of Lake Balboa Balboa, town (1990 pop. 2,751), Colón prov., in the former Panama Canal Zone, on the Gulf of Panama. The port for Panama City, Balboa was the administrative headquarters of the Panama Canal Zone. It was also the site of a U.S. navy base (closed 1999). , the 14th seed. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Chatsworth's Tony Lunnon returns a shot in Thursday's 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. victory. Andy Holzman/Staff Photographer |
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