CHAMINADE SPEEDS TO 5-0 START.Byline: Daily News How good is top-ranked Chaminade? So far, the Eagles are better than fourth-year coach Mike Evans expected, improving their girls soccer record to 5-0 Wednesday with a 2-0 win over postseason nemesis Nemesis (nĕm`ĭsĭs), in Greek religion and mythology, personification of the gods' retribution for violation of sacred law; the avenger. Sometimes she was said to be the goddess of good and ill fortune. Ventura, which handed Chaminade first-round losses in the Southern Section playoffs of 1994 and '95. ``I didn't think we'd be undefeated at this point,'' Evans said after Jennifer Valentine scored twice and his defense turned in another big effort - limiting Ventura to just three shots as goalkeepers Kim Nelli and Katie Thomas combined for the team's fourth shutout. Evans expected Chaminade to be good - he returned all but one player from last year's Division III
Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. championship team - but his Eagles have faced tough teams early, including Westlake last week. The schedule won't get any easier, with perennial City power Chatsworth coming up next week and a possible Dec. 20 meeting with defending Division IV champ Maranatha - should Chaminade get past Brentwood in an El Segundo El Segundo (ĕl sēgŭn`dō), industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and Tournament matchup on Saturday. Evans just hopes the Eagles' defense remains the big equalizer it has been all season. ``We're defending incredibly,'' he said. ``The defense has been unreal.'' Season-best: Stephanie Deshields of Harvard-Westlake had the highest-scoring game of the girls 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. season Wednesday, totaling nine goals in a 17-3 nonleague win over El Segundo. In Marmonte League The Marmonte League is a high school sports league primarily made up of schools from Ventura County. The Marmonte Leauge is part of the CIF Southern Section. Click here to view the league schedule. action, Kelly Gunderson and Christy chris·ty n. Variant of christie. Hindly scored three goals each to help Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. defeat Newbury park 12-6. Musser advances: Leslie Musser of Van Nuys High qualified for the City Section singles semifinals Wednesday with a 6-0, 6-1 quarterfinal victory over Denisa Karpaty of University at Mountaingate. The Granada Hills doubles team of Karen Funk and Caryn Linder also advanced, winning in a 6-4, 76 (7-5) tiebreaker tie·break·er n. An additional contest or period of play designed to establish a winner among tied contestants. Also called tiebreak. tie over University's Lawrence McCoy and and Lauren Sykulsky to earn a berth in Monday's semis at Mountaingate. Musketeer power: Moorpark High continues to get good efforts in basketball, despite having two of last seasons starters still playing for the Musketeers' Southern Section-finalist football team. Kevin Lawrence (31 points) and Keith Donahue (25) helped pick up the slack Wednesday, leading Moorpark to a 73-56 win over Royal in the second round of the Westlake tournament. The win evened the Musketeers' tournament record at 1-1 and left them 2-3 overall going into today's final round of pool play. ``We'll be solid this year,'' said Moorpark coach Tim Bednar. ``I think we'll have an excellent starting five and we should be strong off the bench. Also, I think we'll perform well in pressure situations.'' Growing fast: Kennedy boys basketball coach Tim Guy says his Cougars are so young that then need all the experience they can gain to hold their own once Northwest Valley Conference play begins. So far, his team is piling up both experience and victories, improving their record to 3-0 Wednesday with a 61-59 win over Poly in the second round of pool play at the Westlake tournament. Montell Duhon, Trenton Doss and Sun Kim The subject of this article may not satisfy the notability guideline for Biographies. If you are familiar with the subject matter, please expand or rewrite the article to establish its notability. scored 14 points apiece to lead the Cougars, who outlasted a 19-point effort by Poly's Ellis Richardson to remain one of only two unbeaten teams in the tournament (at 2-0). Host Westlake also improved to 2-0 (3-1 overall) Wednesday with a 64-47 win over Van Nuys. Buena tournament: Traditional area girls basketball powers Hart and Alemany posted Buena tournament wins Wednesday, Hart rolling past Chatsworth 66-16 while Alemany took a 68-40 win over Santa Clara Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. . Melissa Harrison had 21 points and nine rebounds and Brianna Kentfield 14 points and 10 rebounds to lead Hart (2-1), which also got six assists from Shannon Spielbuehler. PRIME-TIME PLAYERS BOYS' BASKETBALL Brandon Meyer (Agoura) 33 points, 10 rebounds Ruben Douglas Ruben Enrique Douglas (born October 30, 1979 in Pasadena, California, U.S.) is a Panamaian-American professional basketball player currently with Pamesa Valencia of the ACB, the premier professional basketball league in Spain. (Bell-Jeff) 33 points GIRLS' BASKETBALL Veronica Ramos (Sylmar) 30 points CAPTION(S): Photo, Box PHOTO Thousand Oaks goalie Marie Middleton, right, keeps an eye on an attempted shot by the Newbury Park squad Wednesday. Myung J. Chun / Daily News BOX: PRIME-TIME PLAYERS (see text) |
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