CHATTER: CANYONS ADDING MEN'S SOCCER TEAM.Byline: Heather Gripp Staff Writer Starting in the fall, soccer players from Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, won't have to travel as far to find a place to play beyond high school. College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. last week approved the addition of a men's soccer program. Phil Marcellin will coach the team in addition to remaining as head coach of the women's program. Tryouts are scheduled to be in June, but interest already is high in the region that is a soccer hotbed hotbed, low, glass-covered frame structure for starting tender plants. It differs from a cold frame only in that the soil is heated—either artificially as by underground electric wiring or steampipes, or naturally with partially fermented stable manure, which . School officials said students have long inquired about starting a team. The Cougars also expect to attract players from surrounding areas because Moorpark, Mission and Glendale are the only local junior colleges to offer men's soccer. Canyons, which will be the Western State Conference's ninth team, is expected to begin play in August. ... Quintin Daniels, a wide receiver and defensive back from Loyola High 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. , made an oral commitment to Washington. Daniels, who also considered UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX and Arizona State, said he chose Washington because he wanted to go away from home for college. ``I've been in L.A. all my life,'' Daniels said. ``My parents said it would be a good idea to get away and I kind of want to get away, too. I liked the coaches and overall atmosphere at Washington.'' Despite being one of the top defensive backs in the area, making it to the All-Daily News first-team with seven interceptions, Daniels said he was recruited to Washington at his preferred position of wide receiver. He had 22 catches for 352 yards and one touchdown as a senior. ... After spending his high school career as an All-Ventura County outfielder at Westlake, Cory Taillon got a chance to return to his favorite position of catcher while he was at Moorpark College Moorpark College is a California-state funded community college located on a 134 acre (542,000 m²) property reclining on a hill in Moorpark, a town in Ventura County, California. . The move has made more than just Taillon happy. He did well enough with the Raiders last season to earn All-Western State Conference honors and a spot with Cal Poly Cal Poly may refer to:
 `ĭs ōbĭs`pō), city (1990 pop. 41,958), seat of San Luis Obispo co., S Calif., near San Luis Obispo Bay; inc. 1856. this season. Taillon was the Mustangs' starting catcher in Friday's season-opening 12-5 victory at San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. . He went 3 for 5 with two 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 . The three-game series also marked the debut of two other local products playing for San Diego. Westlake graduate Justin Blaine started Saturday's game and did not get a decision as the freshman left-hander struck out three and allowed one earned run earned run n. Baseball A run scored without the aid of an error, used in computing earned run averages. Noun 1. earned run - a run that was not scored as the result of an error by the other team in three innings of the Toreros' 4-1 loss. Randy Curtis (Calabasas High/Pierce College) made his first start Sunday in left field and went 3 for 5 with a double. ... USC's baseball hall of fame was dedicated over the weekend and can be seen by the public for the first time during Saturday's 1 p.m. alumni game. The exhibit at Dedeaux Field Dedeaux Field is a college baseball stadium in Los Angeles, California, and the home field of the University of Southern California Trojans baseball team. The stadium holds 2,500 people and was built in 1974, the year USC won its record fifth consecutive College World Series title. includes the Trojans' 12 national-championship trophies as well as other items such as jerseys from former players who have gone on to the major leagues. The hall of fame will be open to the public during home games. Valencia High football lineman Alex Gottlieb, a 6-foot-4, 280-pounder who was one of the region's top blockers the past two seasons, has committed to New Mexico State. USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. junior guard Rometra Craig has been named the Pacific-10 Conference women's basketball player of the week after leading the Trojans to victories over No. 6 Stanford and California. The victory over Stanford snapped the Cardinal's conference winning streak of 28 games. Craig averaged 16.5 points, six rebounds, 3.5 steals and 2.5 assists in the two games. ... David Goosen has been permanently relieved of his duties as boys' basketball coach at Burbank High, Burbank Unified School District A unified school district is a school district which includes both primary school (kindergarten through middle school or junior high) and high school (grades 9-12). In Illinois, these districts are called unit school districts. assistant superintendent Alexis Sheehey confirmed Monday. Goosen, cited for several rules violations, remains a teacher at the school. Staff Writers Matthew Kredell, Gerry Gittelson and Ramona Shelburne contributed to this report. STATILICIOUS The Daily News Baseball Victory Invitational will be March 5-10. Practice begins Feb. 17. Here's a look at the past winners. 2002 Cleveland 2001 Kennedy 2000 Westlake 1999 Notre Dame 1998 Thousand Oaks 1997 No Champion 1996 No Champion 1995 South Gate 1994 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:
1993 Kennedy 1992 Granada Hills 1991 Narbonne 1990 San Fernando ATHLETES OF THE WEEK ASHLEE TREBILCOCK Sophomore Hart Trebilcock, who averages 20.6 points per game, had 30 in a Hart victory over No. 5 Valencia on Tuesday and followed that with another big game in an upset of No. 1 Saugus. She had 22 points, eight steals, eight assists and seven rebounds in Friday's 21-point rout of the Centurions. Including a victory over Southern Section Division I-AA power Etiwanda on Jan. 20, Trebilcock averaged 23.3 points against three of the top teams in Southern California. JORDAN FARMAR Junior Taft Taft of Woodland Hills had what was likely its most pivotal week considering it played rival Cleveland of Reseda on Wednesday in a showdown for first place in the West Valley League. Farmar had 28 points in Taft's 75-64 victory. Two days later Farmar had 29 points, 10 rebounds, nine assists and nine steals in a 95-53 victory over his former teammates at Birmingham of Lake Balboa. UP AND COMER MICHELLE MICHELLE Mid-Infrared Echelle Spectrograph SWEENEY Hart A sophomore point guard on Hart of Newhall's junior varsity girls' basketball team, Sweeney is averaging 13 points and eight assists per game. She scored 19 points in the Indians' 41-30 victory over Saugus on Friday. Hart (18-4, 4-1 Foothill League) is in a three-way tie for first in the Foothill League with Valencia and Saugus. ``Friday was a big win for us,'' coach Richard Banister said. ``And Michelle had a very good game. I was pleased with the intensity of the whole team.'' HEAD 2 HEAD OMAR Omar, caliph Omar: see Umar, caliph. Omar, in the Bible Omar (ō`mär), in the Bible, duke of Edom. WILKES Loyola of Los Angeles Guard BRYCE TAYLOR Harvard-Westlake of Studio City Guard Round 2 between the top teams in the Mission League takes place Wednesday at Loyola, and this is a critical game for Harvard-Westlake, which lost to the Cubs in Round 1 despite 40 points from Taylor. Clearly, Wilkes and Taylor will be the top players on the court, but as Loyola's victory in the first meeting showed, the Cubs can get by when Taylor has one of his best games. Still, the Wolverines need Taylor to be on top of his game again. The trick now is to get someone else to contribute. Both players are terrific scorers and competitors, but Wilkes might have the slight edge because he gets a little more help. Wednesday at Loyola 7 p.m. THEN AND NOW Brigham Young will open the 2003 softball season in the thin air of St. George, Utah St. George is a city located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Utah, and the county seat of Washington County, Utah.GR6 It is the principal city of and is included in the St. George, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. , on Friday, but junior Oli Keohohou won't need any of the extra distance balls tend to travel there. Keohohou has been a slugger since she was the Marmonte League Offensive Player of the Year at Newbury Park in 2000. Since then, she has been named a First-Team All-American as a freshman and sophomore. She made her debut in 2001 as the Mountain West Conference Freshman of the Year and was fourth in the nation with 21 home runs and 70 runs scored. She was also one of four finalists for the Honda Award, given to the nation's top athletes in their respective sports. Last season, Keohohou was second in the nation in home runs per game (.34) and led the MWC MWC Mountain West Conference MWC Mary Washington College MWC Mennonite World Conference MWC Married With Children MWC Medium Weight Coated (paper) MWC Municipal Waste Combustion MWC Municipal Waste Combustor MWC Married White Couple in hitting (.422), RBI (45), runs (54), walks (67), home runs (18) and slugging percentage (.891). CAPTION(S): 5 photos, 6 boxes Photo: (1) ASHLEE TREBILCOCK (2) JORDAN FARMAR (3) MICHELLE SWEENEY (4) OMAR WILKES (5) BRYCE TAYLOR Box: (1) STATILICIOUS (see text) (2) ATHLETES OF THE WEEK (see text) (3) UP AND COMER (see text) (4) HEAD 2 HEAD (see text) (5) THEN AND NOW (see text) (6) ON DECK: Highlights of the coming week |
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