CANYON SUMMER LEAGUE SUMMER LEAGUE POPULAR; CANYON'S GYM FILLS WITH FANS.Byline: Scott Magoloff Staff Writer CANYON COUNTRY - A sizable siz·a·ble also size·a·ble adj. Of considerable size; fairly large. siz  a·ble·ness n. crowd filled the bleachers on one side of the Canyon High gym in Canyon Country on Tuesday night. They came to see some quality high school boys' basketball. It didn't matter that the regular season is six months away. The Canyon High summer league began last week, with games from 6-10 p.m. on Tuesdays. Local basketball fans have been taking advantage of the early look at the talent that will dominate the games when they count. ``Last week (the gym) was packed,'' Canyon junior varsity junior varsity n. Abbr. JV A high-school or college team that competes in interschool sports on the level below varsity. Noun 1. coach Chad Phillips said. ``It's great having three or four cross-town cross·town or cross-town adj. Running, extending, or going across a city or town: a crosstown street; crosstown traffic. adv. rivals in here. It's like a league atmosphere.'' It would have been more like a Foothill League environment Tuesday, but several varsity teams In the United States and Canada and UK, varsity sports teams are the principal athletic teams representing a college, university, or high school or other secondary school. Such teams compete against the principal athletic teams at other colleges/universities, or in the case of were competing in the War on the Floor tournament, including Canyon, Hart and Valencia, which played their junior varsity teams For the American rock band, see . In sports, usually at the high school and college levels, members of a team who are not the main players in a competition (such as a football or basketball game) are called junior varsity players. in the league. Saugus was the only area team that had its full varsity roster present, and it played the game of the night. The Centurions lost 55-52 to Chaminade of West Hills, which was without 6-foot-9 center Scott Borchart. The lead changed hands a number of times in the first half before Chaminade pulled away in the second half. The Centurions - with only four players back from last year's team, which advanced to the second round of the Southern Section playoffs - rallied but were never able to catch Chaminade. Coach Jeff Hallman said it was typical of early summer play that his Centurions could not do something as basic as foul to regain possession in the final minute. ``We play this many games (in the summer) to see a variety of situations,'' Hallman said. ``We didn't play smart tonight. We needed to foul and we didn't foul. We have to learn from that.'' --Barnstorming basketball: Hallman is a believer in using summer basketball to build team chemistry on the court, but off-court chemistry is also emphasized. Hallman has four away tournaments scheduled for the next four weekends, beginning with an extended weekend in Tahoe. ``We're renting a house and they're all going to be in sleeping bags,'' Hallman said. ``We'll have some fun, go on hikes and see the lake. We'll bond. This is a good group of kids to take up there.'' Returners from last year's team include Chad Krogh, Marc Holmquist, Justin Muszalski and Brandon Choi. After Tahoe, they'll participate in a Channel Islands tournament. The following week, Saugus will play in a tournament at UC San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , where they will stay in dorms. Saugus already stayed in Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. for a tournament last weekend. --Shrinking: The Centurions are shorter this year. Gone from last year's team are three players taller than 6-foot-4. This year's starting center is expected to be 6-2 Jeff Reder. ``We're not going to say the 'S' word too much - short,'' Hallman said. ``We were still pretty guard-oriented last year.'' Saugus went 18-10 last year and made its second consecutive appearance in the playoffs. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Hart's Paul Gonzales Paul Garza Gonzales (born April 18, 1964 in East Los Angeles, California) was an American boxer, who won the light flyweight gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Amateur Career , left, and Canyon's Lincoln Sterling battle for a rebound rebound (rē´bownd), n/v 1. a recovery from illness. n 2. an outbreak of fresh reflex activity after withdrawal of a stimulus rebound adjective in a JV game Tuesday. Eric Grigorian/Special to the Daily News |
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