BOYS' WATER POLO: H.-W. ON PACE FOR LEAGUE TITLE PINGREE'S 14 SAVES KEY IN WIN.Byline: HEATHER GRIPP Staff Writer Brian The name Brian (sometimes spelled Bryan) comes from an Irish backround. It is of Celtic origin and its meaning may be "hill" or "strong, noble, and high"[1]. Pingree recently committed to play his college water polo water polo, swimming game encompassing features of soccer, football, basketball, and hockey. The object of the game is to maneuver, by head, feet, or hand, a leather-covered ball 27 to 28 in. at Stanford, but before he heads north, the Harvard-Westlake of Studio City senior goalkeeper For the close-in weapon system, see . In many team sports, a goalkeeper (termed goaltender, netminder, goalie, or keeper in some sports) is a designated player that is charged with directly preventing the opposite team from scoring by defending the has some unfinished business at the high school level. He wants to leave the Wolverines as a champion, and he did his part Tuesday Tuesday: see week. to all but assure a league title. After Pingree blocked a fourth-quarter penalty shot by Loyola of Los Angeles' Forest Monroe Monroe. 1 Industrial city (1990 pop. 54,909), seat of Ouachita parish, SE La., on the Ouachita River; founded c.1785, inc. as a city 1900. The center of the great Monroe Natural Gas Field (discovered 1915), it has important chemical plants, as well as , visiting Harvard-Westlake escaped with an 8-7 victory and a season sweep of the Cubs. The win keeps the Wolverines undefeated in Mission League play since losing to Loyola in 1996, and gives them a two-game lead over the second-place Cubs with threeleague games remaining. ``We have a long tradition to live up to,'' said Pingree, who made 14 saves. ``Winning league is something we had to do. So this was an important win for us.'' Loyola, ranked No. 9 in Southern Section Div. I behind No. 3 Harvard- Westlake Westlake, city (1990 pop. 27,018), Cuyahoga co., NE Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland; inc. as a city 1956. A growing city, its various manufactures include ink and plastics. is the only team in the league to hold the Wolverines (18-3, 5-0) to fewer than 10 goals. Harvard-Westlake has outscored its other Mission League opponents 47-5. The Cubs lost by just one when the teams met earlier in the season, and Loyola provided a bigger scare this time. The score was tied 1-1 after the first quarter before the Cubs took their biggest lead of the afternoon at 5-2 on a goal by Jack Maxwell with 3:01 left in the second quarter. Maxwell finished with a game-high four goals, including the only score of the fourth quarter. Teammate Kevin KEVIN Keepers of the Eternal Vigilance of the Islamic Nation (fictional, from White Teeth by Zadie Smith) Kuhn Kuhn , Richard 1900-1967. Austrian chemist. He won a 1938 Nobel Prize for research on carotenoids and vitamins but declined the award by order of the Nazi government. contributed three goals. Harvard-Westlake began to settle down late in the second quarter and had closed within 5-4 at halftime. Jeff Schwimer tapped in a pass from Billy Evashwick to put the Wolverines ahead for good at 6-5 with 4:59 remaining in the third quarter. Max Eliot followed with a no-look, back-handed shot for his team-high third goal of the game. Loyola's best opportunity to even the score again was on Monroe's penalty shot with 3:26 left in the game, but Pingree lunged to his right to block the shot and set off a celebration on the Wolverines' bench. ``It was not our best game,'' Pingree said. ``We made things tough on ourselves. The second quarter was a rough quarter. They definitely have a good squad and were able to give us a good game. But we fought back. It was a good reality check.'' heather.gripp@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Harvard-Westlake goalie Brian Pingree blocks a Loyola shot during their Mission League water polo match Tuesday. Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer |
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