CHATTER: A.V. CHRISTIAN GETS TOP CENTER PROSPECT.Byline: Vincent Bonsignore Staff Writer Chawn Johnson, one of the top basketball prospects in the region, is enrolled at Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Christian High after transferring from Antelope Valley High at the start of the school year. Johnson, a 6-foot-9 center, is the top big man in the Antelope Valley and a Division I college prospect. His departure followed the loss of Antelope Valley coach Mike Vargas, who was replaced by former Highland of Palmdale girls' coach Ed Campbell in the summer. Vargas, an A.V. graduate, is now the head coach at Paraclete of Lancaster. ``It was tough leaving the school I graduated from, but they wanted to hire a coach who worked on campus, and since I'm an off-campus coach, they went with someone else,'' said Vargas, who was at Antelope Valley for one season. Antelope Valley Christian coach David Nurse said he welcomes the addition of the highly regarded Johnson, but cautions that much work is still ahead. ``I'm excited, no doubt, but it's still a wait-and-see attitude because you never know how things will work out,'' Nurse said. ``As of right now, our starting five is pretty solid, but we have to get some things worked out as far as our depth. So, for the coaching staff, we have a big challenge ahead of us.'' Antelope Valley Christian, which lost to Price in the Southern Section Division V-A V-A abbr. ventriculoatrial title game last season, should get a boost this year with Johnson on board, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Vargas. Vargas said he is looking forward to his first season at Paraclete, although he got a late start after getting hired at the end of the summer. ``It's sort of like when I took over late at A.V.'' Vargas said. ``We really didn't have much time to get any summer work in, so it was uphill all the way.'' ... Van Nuys girls' volleyball volleyball, outdoor or indoor ball and net game played on a level court. An upright net, 3 ft (or 1 m) high, the top of which stands 8 ft (2.43 m) from the ground for men, 7 ft 4 1/8 in (2. standout Polina Kopman has an interesting sports background: She was a top rhythmic rhyth·mic also rhyth·mi·cal adj. Of, relating to, or having rhythm; recurring with measured regularity. rhyth  mi·cal·ly adv. gymnast in Russia
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Kopman changed sports because gymnastics gymnastics, exercises for the balanced development of the body (see also aerobics), or the competitive sport derived from these exercises. Although the ancient Greeks (who invented the building called a gymnasium was too hard on her body. ... Former Taft of Woodland Hills football standout Nick DiPadova, a senior linebacker at Southern Utah, was named Great West Football Conference Defensive Player of the Week following his performance last Saturday at Stephen F. Austin Stephen Fuller Austin (November 3, 1793 – December 27, 1836), known as the "Father of Texas," led the second and ultimately successful colonization of the region by the United States. The capital city of Austin, Texas, Austin County, Texas, Stephen F. . Vincent Bonsignore, (818) 713-3612 vincent.bonsignore(at)dailynews.com |
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