CHAMINADE UPSETS HARVARD-WESTLAKE BOYS' BASKETBALL: EAGLES WIN MISSION GAME, SECURE PLAYOFF BERTH.Byline: Jahmal Corner Special to the Daily News The Mission League boys' basketball standings just got a lot more interesting. With Chaminade of West Hills' 64-54 upset win Wednesday night over visiting Harvard-Westlake of Studio City, the postseason outlook became less obvious. The Wolverines (18-6, 9-2) find themselves tied with Loyola 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. (16-7, 9-2), and no longer in the driver's seat driv·er's seat n. A position of control or authority. for the league crown. Chaminade, meanwhile, made itself eligible for an at-large berth in the Southern Section playoffs with its 12th victory, and also tied Verbum Dei of Los Angeles (11-7, 6-5) for fourth place in league, a position that lends an automatic bid to postseason play. "We've been circling (12 wins) and the fourth seed ever since we were out of the race for the league," Chaminade coach Bryan Cantwell said. "These guys knew they could do it, and they played as a team." Chaminade (12-12, 6-5) post Jules Montgomery led the way with 16 points, Evan Grossi's hot shooting provided 14, and Jamal McClerkin's hustle hus·tle 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. and 13 points helped the Eagles hold off a stunned stun tr.v. stunned, stun·ning, stuns 1. To daze or render senseless, by or as if by a blow. 2. To overwhelm or daze with a loud noise. 3. Harvard-Westlake team. The Wolverines, who dropped their second straight after opening league with nine consecutive wins, sputtered offensively from the start and trailed for all but a few minutes of the contest. Renaldo Woolridge led Harvard-Westlake with 18 points. His three-point play brought his team within 54-50 with 1:58 remaining. Chaminade responded with a perfectly executed press-breaker, producing a layup, and the dagger -- a baseline 3-pointer by Grossi. "The first time we played them (a 63-33 rout Jan.11) we hung in for three quarters and had a bad fourth," Grossi said. "This time we stayed with them the whole game and we really got after it defensively." Sophomore Austin Kelly Austin Kelly was the bandleader of the All-Ireland Irish Orchestra, a traditional Irish musical group based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The band's recordings were broadcast on the WTEL radio station in Philadelphia, which helped inspire the modern Irish music scene in added 12 points for Harvard-Westlake, which played without starting post Noun 1. starting post - a post marking the starting point of a race (especially a horse race) stake, post - a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track); "a pair of posts marked the goal"; "the corner of the lot was indicated by a Erik Swoope, who's suffering from back spasms that kept him out for the second half of the team's loss Monday to Crespi. jahmal.corner@dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Chaminade's Alex Wright Alex Wright (born May 17, 1975 in Nürnberg, Germany) is a German former professional wrestler. The son of British wrestler Steve Wright (one of many early rivals of the original Tiger Mask, Satoru Sayama), he wrestled professionally in Germany and Japan before signing with World , left, and Zane Ma of Harvard-Westlake fight for a rebound during Wednesday's game. Joel P. Lugavere/Special to the Daily News |
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