CHATTER: A LINE AS GRAY AS EVER.Byline: Chris Branam Daily News Staff Writer There's finally a name associated with illegal high school recruiting in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. : Charles Wasserman. Is that fair to Wasserman? Wasserman's son, Zac, is Westlake's quarterback. Zac Wasserman played youth football with Michael Brignac, who lives in Reseda. Brignac, a junior, transferred to Westlake with the intention of getting a better education and playing football with his childhood friend. Here's the rub: Brignac's eligibility for this season was taken away by the Southern Section prior to the season, and that decision was upheld by the California Interscholastic Federation The California Interscholastic Federation (abbreviated CIF) is the governing body for high school sports in the state of California. It mirrors similar governing bodies in other states; however, it differs from others in that it covers most high schools in the state of last week. John J. Hayes, the executive director of the CIF (1) (Common Intermediate Format) A standard video format used in videoconferencing. CIF formats are defined by their resolution, and standards both above and below the original resolution have been established. The original CIF is also known as Full CIF (FCIF). , found no reason to overturn the Southern Section's ruling that Charles Wasserman acted ``as an agent for recruiting youngsters to Westlake High School Westlake High School may refer to:
Parents are often accused of influencing (recruiting) high school athletes to come to their school. What happened here isn't the most blatant case of influence; take a walk around a summer basketball tournament next July. Charles Wasserman, a Tarzana psychologist, said he can't talk specifically about the Brignac situation, which indicates this story is far from over. . . . For those who were wondering, Corey Neal's eight-touchdown performance for Sylmar in a 55-8 win over Poly two weeks ago wasn't close to the state record. Frank Greene (remember him?) scored 11 TDs for Coronado in a 108-0 win over National City Sweetwater in 1929. Neal became the 11th player in state history to score at least eight times in an 11-man game. He scored two more in a 41-0 rout of North Hollywood on Friday. . . . Sylmar has won 62 consecutive Valley Pac-8 Conference games. Taft, the Spartans' cross-Valley rival, made it 17 Northwest Valley Conference wins in a row after beating San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. 21-0 on Friday. . . . Phenoms: Brooke Borisoff, a sophomore girls' tennis player at Agoura, is already one of the area's top talents. She is 27-0 and beat San Marcos' Kelly Schmandt last week. Schmandt is ranked No. 12 in the state's girls' 16 rankings. Another unbeaten is Campbell Hall's Melissa Nguyen, a junior transfer from Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. who is also 27-0. Nguyen is ranked No. 23 in 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, . Honors: As expected, Gabe Kapler (Taft, Moorpark College) was named to Baseball America's 1998 minor league all-star team. Kapler, a 23-year-old drafted in the 57th round in 1995, hit .322 with 28 homers and 146 RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in for Double-A Jacksonville last season. |
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