BOYS' VOLLEYBALL: THE LAST LAUGH : RICKS HELPS CANYON TO TITLE.Byline: Brian Dalziel Daily News Staff Writer Scott Ricks is a character, to say the least. As Canyon's senior middle blocker, Ricks last Halloween dressed as his coach, Spencer MacCuish, decked out in a bald bald adj. Lacking hair on the head. bald 1. loss of hair, see alopecia. 2. in cattle and horses used to describe an animal with a white face. Called also baldy. cap, glasses and a fake goatee. ``I couldn't think of anything to dress up as, so it was a last-minute thing,'' Ricks said. His car, a 1986 Chevy Nova, has been molded mold 1 n. 1. A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance. 2. A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped. 3. Something that is made in or shaped on a mold. to show Ricks' personality. He's added black-and-silver racing stripes to the red four-door, and on the driver's side door he taped his jersey number (20). On the passenger door he added the number `8,' his best friend's football number. In addition, he attached two surfboard scags to the trunk A communications channel between two points. It generally refers to a high-bandwidth, fiber-optic line between telephone switching centers (central offices). Telephone "trunks" handle thousands of simultaneous voice and data signals, whereas telephone "lines" are the wires from the and just last week added a bicycle bicycle, light, two-wheeled vehicle driven by pedals. The name velocipede is often given to early forms of the bicycle and to its predecessor, the dandy horse, a two-wheeled vehicle moved by the thrust of the rider's feet upon the ground. horn because the real horn doesn't work. ``It's a (beaten-up) car and I'll never get any money out of selling it,'' Ricks said with a laugh. Ricks is known for his wit and humor humor, according to ancient theory, any of four bodily fluids that determined man's health and temperament. Hippocrates postulated that an imbalance among the humors (blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile) resulted in pain and disease, and that good health was . But there's nothing funny about his play on the 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. court. The 6-foot-7 Ricks is one of the main reasons Canyon captured the Foothill League championship this season. The 18-year-old, who is in his third varsity season, has improved immensely from a year ago, MacCuish said. ``He's matured physically as far as getting stronger and quicker,'' MacCuish said. ``He's also matured mentally as far as his approach to the game is. In certain ways he's become a leader and our go-to guy. ``In clutch situations he wants the ball and that makes my job easier.'' Ricks' presence has also helped his teammates overcome tense situations at times during the season. ``When we're down, he gets us back up,'' said teammate Andrew Lee For other persons named Andrew Lee, see Andrew Lee (disambiguation). Andrew Lee (born July 1, 1986) is a player with the Essendon Bombers in the Australian Football League. . ``He's funny. When we're down, he sometimes cracks a joke and that loosens everybody up.'' Ricks did not grow up playing organized sports; he played just one year of T-ball when he was 5. Volleyball, though, became a part of his life as a sophomore, when he and his family moved back to Canyon Country after spending two years in Utah. ``I was looking to have fun,'' Ricks recalled. ``And to get in shape and be a part of something. Some friends were trying out for the team, so I decided to give it a try.'' Ricks, who earned a 3.5 grade point average last semester se·mes·ter n. One of two divisions of 15 to 18 weeks each of an academic year. [German, from Latin (cursus) s , admits it was hard at first to adjust to his new sport. ``It took me a while,'' he said. ``Halfway through my first season I was starting to feel comfortable on the court. Because I hadn't played any sports in the past, and I was tall, I was really uncoordinated un·co·or·di·nat·ed adj. 1. Lacking physical or mental coordination. 2. Lacking planning, method, or organization. un . I had trouble passing and getting my body over to get balls.'' Ricks certainly doesn't have that problem anymore as he and his teammates look to make some noise when the playoffs begin next week. ``So far we've been doing really good,'' he said. ``Now is the time to change gears and get pumped up. We're just going to have to get serious.'' CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Canyon senior Scott Ricks, whose team won the Foothill League championship this season, looks forward to postseason challenges. John Lazar/Daily News |
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