BRAVES RELISH 4-A CHALLENGE.Byline: Lee Barnathan Daily News Staff Writer In the end, Jerry Seliga's pride won out over ambivalence ambivalence (ămbĭv`ələns), coexistence of two opposing drives, desires, feelings, or emotions toward the same person, object, or goal. The ambivalent person may be unaware of either of the opposing wishes. , so the coach of the Birmingham High girls' soccer team helped place the Braves up a division and in the City Section 4-A playoffs. Birmingham, the champion of the 3-A West Valley League, earned the No. 5 seed in the eight-team 4-A division and will travel to No. 4 Granada Hills for a first round match Feb. 25. Seliga could have kept quiet during the meeting but decided the 14-2-1 Braves were good enough to play up. ``I think we're proud. It's a good seeding,'' Seliga said. ``The kids are going to have to stretch.'' Birmingham and defending 3-A champion Hamilton were selected to fill out the 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. bracket In programming, brackets (the [ and ] characters) are used to enclose numbers and subscripts. For example, in the C statement int menustart [4] = ; the [4] indicates the number of elements in the array, and the contents are enclosed in curly braces. , since there are just six 4-A teams. It originally was thought Grant might be dropped to the 3-A for the playoffs, but City commissioner Barbara Fiege said that would be discussed at the next coach's meeting. Belmont also was considered for the 4-A, so Seliga could have kept his mouth shut and allowed Belmont to move up. He didn't because of ``a little bit of pride, and I think we're stronger than Belmont.'' Chatsworth received the No. 1 seed and will open its quest for Verb 1. quest for - go in search of or hunt for; "pursue a hobby" quest after, go after, pursue look for, search, seek - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the an eighth title in 10 years Feb. 25 against Grant. El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
Cleveland (15-4-1), last season's 3-A runner-up, earned the top seed in the 3-A and will host North Hollywood. Kennedy (second) and Monroe (fourth) also earned top-four seeds. In the 32-team boys bracket, Poly and El Camino Real were seeded third and fourth, respectively, and will host first-round matches Friday. Poly meets Hamilton and El Camino Real plays Elizabeth Street Elizabeth Street can refer to:
Reseda (eighth), Birmingham (11th) and Monroe (13th) also received first-round home matches. The City tournament continues Feb. 25 and Feb. 27, with the semifinal March 3 and the final March 7 at East Los Angeles College ELAC is a two year college, offering associate degree programs in over 25 fields as well as both academic transfer courses which prepare students for admission to the University of California and California State University system and occupational programs which prepare students for . |
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