CHAMINADE SUBS DO VICTORY DANCE : CHAMINADE 67, RIO MESA 48.Byline: Jim Inghram Daily News Staff Writer To understand the ease in which Chaminade Chaminade can refer to:
There were 14 in all; 12 of them scored. Chaminade won 67-48 Friday. ``We've got a lot of weapons,'' Chaminade coach Jeff Young
Jeff Young is an American guitarist. He graduated from Musicians Institute in 1985, and is best known for his time with the thrash metal band said. ``It's fun to watch. It's fun to to figure out which one of our guys is going to score.'' It likely wasn't very amusing for the Spartans, who were at a significant size disadvantage. Rio Mesa's tallest player was Issac Romero at 6-3. He was lost among the Eagles inside height, which includes four players 6-5 or taller. Chaminade (6-1) opened a 24-8 lead after one quarter and stretched it in the second quarter to nearly 30 points. A flourish at the end of the quarter by the Spartans kept it under 20 points at 40-22. The Eagles continued to pound away inside on the Spartans in the third quarter, and when they weren't dominating inside, 6-6 Justin Beach was hitting 3-point shots on the wing. ``Justin shot the ball well,'' Young said. ``I know when Justin is Justin I, c.450–527, Byzantine emperor (518–27); successor of Anastasius I. He was chief of the imperial guard and became emperor when Anastasius died. Justin persecuted the Monophysites and maintained close relations with the Western Church. open out there, it's going up.'' Beach led the way with 16 points in about 16 minutes of play. Justin Borchart, a 6-7 freshman who was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player, had 11 points and nine rebounds. Junior point guard Cayce Cook had eight points, six assists and four steals. None of the three played in the fourth quarter. A big lead, which reached 29 points at 62-33, allowed Young to get a look at everyone. ``We don't drop off a whole lot,'' Young said. ``That's one of the toughest things I'm dealing with (spreading around quality minutes).'' As well as the Eagles played on the offensive side, it was defense that impressed im·press 1 tr.v. im·pressed, im·press·ing, im·press·es 1. To affect strongly, often favorably: Young the most. ``If we can hold teams to under 50 points,'' he said, ``we'll be able to win a lot of games.'' The defensive play throughout the tournament for the Eagles was superb. In fact, the team was awarded the most valuable defensive player award, typically reserved for an individual. Mike Arreguin scored 17 points and Mike Coleman Mike Coleman is the voice actor for Cannonball on . See Also Beach and Cook were selected to the all-tournament team for the Eagles. Others were Ryan Moss of 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:
v. hus·tled, hus·tling, hus·tles v.tr. 1. To jostle or shove roughly. 2. To convey in a hurried or rough manner: hustled the prisoner into a van. award. Chaminade, with its loss coming to Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. , the area's No. 1 team, in the championship of the Simi Valley tournament, will fly to Hawaii and participate in the Walter Wong Tournament beginning Monday. ``We keep playing like this,'' Young said. ``We'll go a long way, literally.'' |
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