BOYS' VOLLEYBALL: PARACLETE LOSES SEMIFINAL IN FIVE.Byline: JAHMAL CORNER Special to the Daily News SANTA MONICA Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. -- The Paraclete of Lancaster and Santa Monica 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. teams entered their Southern Section Div. III semifinal knowing very little about each other. They got to know each other pretty well Wednesday night as Paraclete pushed top-seeded Santa Monica to five games, but fell short, losing in five games 16-25, 25-22, 25-23, 19-25, 15-6. All Santa Monica knew of Paraclete is that it was from the Olympic League, as were the past two opponents the Vikings had faced. The Spirit was relegated to asking former opponents about the Vikings. Paraclete won the first game, but Santa Monica (21-8) turned things around with its defense. Willie Goetz, Ari Feldman and Nick Leonard gave Santa Monica blocks on the first fourpoints of the fifth game to allow the Vikings to take a 4-0 lead. Paraclete (18-6) never really recovered, and floundered to the finish. "They knew exactly where we were going, and who we were going to," said Paraclete coach Mike Kelley Mike Kelley could refer to:
The player the Spirit were going to for much of the match was senior Jon Gurr. He was the barometer for his team, and when the 6-foot-4 red-head was fiery, so were the Spirit. But when he wasn't, his team flamed out. With Paraclete up a game in the match, and leading the second game 18-17, Gurr injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. his shoulder on a kill attempt. The setback setback In architecture, a steplike recession in the profile of a high-rise building. Usually dictated by building codes to allow sunlight to reach streets and lower floors, the building must take another step back from the street for every specified added height interval. seemed to mellow mel·low adj. mel·low·er, mel·low·est 1. a. Soft, sweet, juicy, and full-flavored because of ripeness: a mellow fruit. b. him, and Santa Monica took advantage, scoring eight of the next 12 points to take the game. With momentum on their side, the Vikings stormed out early and won the third game. "I think the injury affected me for maybe a half game," Gurr admitted. "I took an Advil and was OK. Their crowd was crazy; I think they got to us a little bit." With Gurr feeling better, and showing it, the Spirit got back into the match with a run midway Midway, island group (2 sq mi/5.2 sq km), central Pacific, c.1,150 mi (1,850 km) NW of Honolulu, comprising Sand and Eastern islands with the surrounding atoll. Discovered by Americans in 1859, Midway was annexed in 1867. A cable station was opened in 1903. through the fourth game that helped it take a 21-12 edge and hold on. Santa Monica will play another Olympic League opponent, Cerritos Valley Christian, in the final. dnlasports@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 |
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