CHATTER: CHANGE IN TRAVEL PLANS FOR H.-W.Byline: Erik Boal Special to the Daily News The girls' soccer team at Harvard-Westlake of Studio City is no stranger to competing against the elite teams 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, , including nonleague opponents Westlake and Buena of Ventura. The Wolverines also played Capistrano Valley of Mission Viejo Mission Vi·e·jo A community of southern California southeast of Irvine. It is mainly residential. Population: 96,300. , Esperanza of Anaheim and University of 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. in the recent 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:
Santa Ana (sän'tä ä`nä), city (1993 pop. 129,873), W El Salvador. It is the second largest city in the country and the commercial and processing center for a sugarcane, coffee, and cattle region. . Before they went on their Christmas break, the Wolverines were excited about facing two of the best high school teams in Arizona, Desert Vista of Phoenix today and Horizon of Scottsdale on Saturday. Unfortunately for Harvard-Westlake, its travel plans were canceled at the 11th hour. Harvard-Westlake coach Stacy Schwartz learned late last week that Horizon backed out of its contract leaving a less-desirable flight to play just one game. ``At the last minute, Horizon reneged on their commitment to play us,'' said Schwartz, whose team, as a result of the cancellation, is only scheduled to play 17 regular-season games, three short of the maximum allotted al·lot tr.v. al·lot·ted, al·lot·ting, al·lots 1. To parcel out; distribute or apportion: allotting land to homesteaders; allot blame. 2. number by Southern Section officials. ``We wanted to go over there to play two friendly games against two teams with good reputations and enjoy a little change of scenery. But we determined it wasn't in the best interest of our program to travel to play just one game. Because of Horizon backing out, we now have to endure the ramifications ramifications npl → Auswirkungen pl of their decision.'' All is not lost for the Wolverines; they will use the time that would have been devoted to playing to go on an overnight team retreat. ... Flintridge Sacred Heart The Sacred Heart is a religious devotion to Jesus' physical heart as the representation of the divine love for humanity This devotion is predominantly used in the Roman Catholic Church and also used in the Anglican Church. of La Canada enjoyed one of its more memorable sports days in the school's history Saturday as the girls' soccer team won the Don Lugo Tournament - the program's first tournament title - with a penalty-kick victory against host Don Lugo of Chino Chino (chē`nō), city (1990 pop. 59,682), San Bernardino co., S Calif.; founded 1887, inc. 1910. It is the business and processing center of a diversified farming (notably dairying) area. after the teams played to a 2-2 tie. The Tologs improved to 6-0-1 with Wednesday's 2-1 nonleague victory against Westridge of Pasadena. The Flintridge Sacred Heart girls' basketball team also won its first tournament in nearly a decade, capturing the Pasadena Poly Tournament title with a 33-25 victory against defending champion Arcadia. Flintridge Sacred Heart improved to 6-0 with Wednesday's 53-28 nonleague victory against Ramona Convent of Alhambra. ... Thousand Oaks' top boys' soccer player, Jason Leopoldo, made his debut for the Lancers lanc·er n. 1. A cavalryman armed with a lance. 2. A member of a regiment originally armed with lances. 3. lancers (used with a sing. verb) a. A kind of quadrille. b. on Wednesday in a Marmonte League opener. The team was happy to have him back. Thousand Oaks (1-4), the defending Southern Section Div. II champions, lost its first four games this season before a 6-2 league victory over Newbury Park. ``We're one of the better 0-4 teams around,'' coach Mark Tietjen said before the Newbury Park game .Leopoldo was out due to club commitments and a hip injury. ... The Saugus boys' soccer team surprised many as the winner of the two-week Ralph Brandt Tournament, which concluded Monday. The Centurions beat 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:
The Loyola of Los Angeles and St. Francis of La Canada boys' soccer teams will play in the Admiral Invitational in Tampa, Fla., which starts Saturday. The national tournament features teams from Florida, Texas, Louisiana and California. The top two teams from the Mission League are in the same bracket and could meet before league play starts after the winter break. ... Pierce College wide receiver Daniel Smith has signed a letter of intent to play for Idaho next season, according to Pierce coach David Banuelos. Smith, a second team All-Western State Conference selection, caught 43 passes for 785 yards and four touchdowns this season for the Brahmas. Smith is the first of several Pierce players who are expecting to sign with Division I colleges. Punter Greg Fullerton (Chatsworth High) has taken a recruiting trip to TCU (Transmission Control Unit) A communications control unit controlled by the computer that does not execute internally stored programs. Contrast with front end processor, which executes its own instructions. , and defensive back Kellan Yancy has taken a recruiting trip to Nevada and plans to go on a trip to Houston this weekend. Also, Pierce tight end Ruben Resnick (La Canada High) was a first-team Academic All-American as selected by JC Grid-Wire. Wide receiver Mike Guevarra was honorable mention. ... Tom Harp and Daryl Stroh shared the football coaching duties at Granada Hills for most of the past 19 years. Together, they won a City championship in 1987 and made Granada Hills a perennial contender in the West Valley League. Apart, it never seemed to last. Harp resigned as coach this week, a year after Stroh retired. He will remain at the school as boys' volleyball coach and physical education teacher. ``I've been doing two sports for 23 years,'' Harp said. ``I need a break. It will be good to have a fall off.'' |
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