CHATTER: CITY PLAYOFFS NEED SOME RETHINKING.Byline: Lee Barnathan Staff Writer It's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a to renew the objection of the City Invitational football final being played at the same place as the City final. There's no way the teams playing for 17th place deserve the chance to play at the Coliseum when 14 other teams in the championship division were denied a chance. The City basketball final was at the Forum in Inglewood, one day after the City Invitational final was held at L.A. Southwest College. Why can't it be the same for football? City officials were out of the office on Monday, but Kennedy of Granada Hills coach Bob Francola, whose team lost in the Invitational final Friday to Narbonne, has raised this issue before and been told it's a matter of logistics and money. The City wants the bigwigs to be at one place at one time, Francola said, and it's likely not worth the money to rent the Coliseum for just one game. OK, then how about a third-place game to precede the championship. Undoubtedly, Fremont and Crenshaw cren·shaw also cran·shaw n. A variety of winter melon (Cucumis melo var. inodorus) having a greenish-yellow rind and sweet, usually salmon-pink flesh. [Origin unknown.] wouldn't have minded. Francola has a different idea: He would like to see one City playoff of 28 teams. The top four seeds earn first-round byes while the other 24 teams knock themselves down to 12 teams. What's left is a 16-team bracket. For this to work, officials would have to approve an extra week in the season. Since so many schools are year-round, what's the harm? ... Harvard-Westlake's girls' volleyball team started the season ranked third in the Student Sports national rankings. After a 27-2 record and a state Division III
Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. title, the Wolverines finished 34th. Huh? John Tawa Tawa may refer to:
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``We just felt we needed to do something different,'' Pierce athletic director Athletic director (commonly, "athletics director") is a position at many American colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, which oversees the work of the coaches and related staff involved in intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic Bob Lyons said. ``We wanted to change the direction of the progam. Now, we want to get a new coach in here and start the recruiting process.'' Lyons would not confirm any potential candidates for the position, only saying it will be filled in the next couple of weeks. David Banuelos, the offensive coordinator An offensive coordinator typically refers to the coach on a football team in the National Football League or College football who is in charge of the offense. This position aids the head coach by designing and scripting plays, delegating work to offensive position coaches during at Valley College, was also fired and is being replaced by Billy Parra, former offensive coordinator at Kennedy High of Granada Hills. No local women's volleyball team will play in this weekend's NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association Final Four, but one local player will be there. Arizona middle blocker Jolene Killough, a Canyon High graduate, will join the Wildcats in 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. . ATHLETES OF THE WEEK MATT MOORE Senior Hart Football Moore ended his career at Hart in style, guiding the Indians to their fourth consecutive Southern Section Division III football championship by completing 14 of 18 passes for 277 yards and four touchdowns Friday in a 42-13 victory over Valencia. Moore, who is headed to 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 , also had a 49-yard touchdown run. He finished the season with 3,350 yards and 33 touchdown passes. The 6-foot-4 senior was brilliant from the start. He directed Hart on a 10-play, 93-yard drive on its first possession, capped by a 15-yard touchdown strike to Chris Steck. His 49-yard scoring run put the Indians ahead 14-0, and they were never threatened. ASHLEE TREBILCOCK Freshman Hart basketball In her first significant games with the Indians, Trebilcock made a major impact at point guard as the Indians finished third in the Buena tournament. Trebilcock scored 30 points in the third-place game victory over Buena, the Indians' first victory over the Bulldogs since 1990. Over four games in the tournament, she averaged 18.3 points, 4 assists, 6.8 rebounds, made 8 of 18 3-point attempts and made 15 of 16 free throws. In the first month of the season, the 5-foot-9 Trebilcock is averaging 17.7 points, 3.5 assists and 3 steals per game, and she is shooting 54 percent from the field and 52 percent from 3-point range. The Indians face 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. (today) and Quartz Hill (Thursday) in nonleague games this week. UP AND COMER BRANDON CLAYTON Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame High Clayton, a 5-5, 140-pound sophomore running back, was named the team MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. after rushing for more than 1,400 yards and 17 touchdowns. In one game, he had a 98-yard touchdown run. He also had back-to-back 250-yard games. Nominate other outstanding junior varsity and middle school athletes by calling (818) 713-3611. HEAD TO HEAD Matchup of the week: JOSIAH JAMES North Hollywood Basketball BRYCE TAYLOR Harvard-Westlake Basketball In a matchup of two of the region's top players, James, a senior, has the advantage of experience on the sophomore Taylor, although James will go into Wednesday's game still not 100 percent after getting poked in the eye during a recent game. James plays center out of necessity, although his 6-foot-5 frame is better suited for forward. He's an outstanding scorer around the basket, but also shows a knack for stepping outside and hitting the jumper. A 6-4 forward with great leaping ability, Taylor has improved his scoring from last season, showing more confidence on his jumper and better strength and quickness on drives to the basket. He's just a bigger, stronger, more confident player than last year. Wednesday, 7 p.m. at Harvard-Westlake. CAPTION(S): 5 photos, 5 boxes Photo: (1) MATT MOORE (2) ASHLEE TREBILCOCK (3) BRANDON CLAYTON (4) JOSIAH JAMES (5) BRYCE TAYLOR Box: (1) STATILICIOUS (2) ATHLETES OF THE WEEK (see text) (3) UP AND COMER (see text) (4) HEAD 2 HEAD (see text) (5) ON DECK: Highlights of the coming week |
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