CAMPBELL HALL MAKES QUICK WORK OF LACES C. HALL 91, LACES 60.Byline: SEAN n. 1. A seine. See Seine. CEGLINSKY Special to the Daily News LACES 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. entered Thursday's Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Div. IV regional playoff game Noun 1. playoff game - one game in the series of games constituting a playoff game - a single play of a sport or other contest; "the game lasted two hours" playoff - any final competition to determine a championship against Campbell Hall Campbell Hall can refer to:
Then things quickly fell apart. The Vikings stepped up the defensive pressure with a stifling full-court press full-court press n. 1. Basketball An aggressive defensive strategy in which one or two players harass the ball handler in the backcourt while the rest of the team maintains a close man-to-man or zone defense. 2. and went on a 16-0 run over a two-minute stretch of the second quarter to take control en route to a 91-60 victory at Crespi High in Encino. "We knew they were going to make a run, but there was nothing we could do to stop it," LACES coach Ernest Baskerville said. Campbell Hall (30-1), ranked No. 2 in the state by Cal-Hi Sports and No. 19 in the nation by USA Today USA Today National U.S. daily general-interest newspaper, the first of its kind. Launched in 1982 by Allen Neuharth, head of the Gannett newspaper chain, it reached a circulation of one million within a year and surpassed two million in the 1990s. , advances to Saturday's semifinal. Joe Finnerty's layup and 3-point play on the next trip down the floor started the second-quarter onslaught and gave the Vikings a 30-23 lead with 3:39 left before halftime. Joe Ford buried a 3-pointer, Jrue Holiday hit a pair of jumpers, Finnerty added another layup and Ford followed with a basket from the baseline to give Campbell Hall a 41-23 lead, an advantage that was extended to 20 points at halftime. "We haven't had a run like that in a while," Campbell Hall coach Terry Kelly said. "We wore them down." It was more of the same in the second half as LACES (13-23) struggled to find any answers. Ford hit two jumpers to open the third quarter and Holiday scored nine consecutive points, highlighted by a breakaway two-handed dunk to give Campbell Hall a 58-28 lead with 5:06remaining in the third quarter. "We got after them on defense, and that led to easy baskets," Ford said. "Once we got a couple of buckets things just started snowballing for us. It was a classic run." Jrue Holiday wasn't done. The 6-foot-4 junior stole the ball from Kevin Jackson Kevin Jackson won a gold medal in Freestyle wrestling at the 1992 Olympic Games. He is also a former UFC fighter who has won the UFC 14 Middleweight tournament. He fought Frank Shamrock for the Middleweight title at Ultimate Japan, but lost by armbar in 16 seconds. , took the ball coast to coast and dunked over Sean Butler to make it a 66-36 game at the 3:01 mark of the third quarter. He threw an alley-oop to brother Justin seconds later and exited the game, along with the rest of the starters, with 3:57 remaining left in the fourth quarter. "Once Campbell Hall starts playing its game, getting out in transition, they're tough to beat," Baskerville said. "Impossible to beat." Jrue Holiday finished with 27 points, 11 rebounds, and eight assists. Justin Holiday added 10 points and 15 rebounds. Ford had 17 points and eight assists. sean.ceglinsky@dailynews.com (818) 713-3612 |
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