CHATTER: ARE THE RATINGS RANK?Byline: Chris Branam Daily News Staff Writer The first Southern Section basketball rankings came out last week, and the 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. boys and Harvard-Westlake girls were ranked No. 1 in their respective divisions. The Pioneers were ranked ahead of No. 3 Mater Dei Mater Dei is Latin for "Mother of God", referring to the Virgin Mary. The term has been used to name various institutions, often Catholic, including:
National U.S. daily general-interest newspaper, the first of its kind. Launched in 1982 by Allen Neuharth, head of the Gannett newspaper chain, it reached a circulation of one million within a year and surpassed two million in the 1990s. . Simi Valley, which beat Sylmar 81-66 on Saturday at the Double Pump Challenge at Cal State Dominguez Hills, isn't ranked in USA Today's Western regional rankings. The 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, Interscholastic in·ter·scho·las·tic adj. Existing or conducted between or among schools. in  ter·scho·las Basketball Coaches Association makes the rankings for
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Even though he's running one of the area's top baseball programs, Crescenta Valley The Crescenta Valley is a small inland valley in Los Angeles County, California. Its name derives from its crescent-like shape, with the convex portion facing roughly northeast and the concave portion southwest. coach Phil Torres has been forced to become a creative fund-raiser. The Glendale Unified School District The Glendale Unified School District is a school district based in Glendale, California, United States. The school district serves the city of Glendale, portions of the city of La Cañada and the unincorporated communities of Montrose and La Crescenta. only provides money for varsity baseball, but Torres doesn't want the parents of the players on lower levels to have to pay for such expenses as shoes and travel costs for tournaments. So there were the Falcons players, selling hamburgers before the girls' basketball game against Buena on Saturday. The players also sold Christmas trees in December. ``I try to ease the burden on the parents,'' said Torres, who guided the Falcons to the Southern Section Division I championship last year. . . . Jordan Olson, Crescenta Valley's all-section senior left-hander, said he hasn't made a decision for college. He wants to improve his SAT score. Torres said there is no doubt Olson will make an impact wherever he plays next year. ``I know (Olson) wants to go to a Pac-10 school,'' Torres said, ``and I know he can win games in the Pac-10.'' . . . Alemany High plans to break ground on an on-campus gym in March. The boys' and girls' basketball teams, which play their home games at L.A. Baptist, haven't had a gym since it was damaged and condemned in the Northridge Earthquake. . . . The area's best boys' water polo player - Harvard-Westlake's Peter Hudnut - hasn't made a college commitment yet. He visited Pepperdine, the 1997 NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association champion, last week. . . . Buena girls' basketball coach Joe Vaughan didn't think rankings meant much after the Bulldogs, ranked No. 2 in Division I-A, beat unranked Crescenta Valley 60-52 on Saturday. ``(The Falcons) will beat some teams that are ranked, that's for sure,'' Vaughan said. . . . Michelle Palmisano, who played basketball at Thousand Oaks and Vanderbilt, is now living in San Diego and competing as a triathlete tri·ath·lete n. One who competes in a triathlon. as she works toward her doctorate at UC San Diego. Palmisano won the women's 20-24 age group in the United States Triathlon Association championships in October. . . . Antonio Sanchez, an all-conference offensive lineman at Sylmar, committed to Fresno State last week. Sanchez is 6-foot-5-1/2 and 275 pounds. Sanchez's teammate - defensive back Corey Neal - also committed to FSU FSU Florida State University FSU Former Soviet Union FSU Ferris State University FSU Fayetteville State University (North Carolina) FSU Frostburg State University FSU Finance Sector Union . . . . Former Simi Valley High outfielder Todd Scherwin will play baseball at NCAA Division III UC San Diego. . . . Give Highland girls' basketball coach Ron Haywood credit for creativity. Haywood, a first-year coach who was an assistant with the Bulldogs last year, lists himself on the roster. His position: ``Coach.'' His year: ``Freshman.'' |
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