CHATTER: COACHES PROVE TOUGH FIND FOR NEWBURY PARK'S MILES.Byline: Lee Barnathan Staff Writer Brad Miles doesn't enjoy hiring coaches, but the Newbury Park High 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 has no choice with several opening that need filling. Miles has to find a junior varsity football coach, a junior varsity girls' volleyball coach, three lower-level water polo coaches and a varsity wrestling head coach. Of these, the wrestling position concerns him the most. Since Jeff Magruder was arrested in March on suspicion of having unlawful sex with two female high school students in early 2001, no one has applied. ``Like water polo coaches, wrestling coaches don't grow on vines,'' Miles said. Miles has sought water polo coaches since March but has had few leads. ... Among area schools, Harvard-Westlake of Studio City won the most section titles this past school year: boys' basketball, girls' soccer, boys' tennis and girls' volleyball, plus an individual title for Lindsay Flacks in cross country. Among area City Section schools, 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:
Twenty-two area schools won at least one section title. ... Thousand Oaks was not included in the list of league champions in the All-Area softball team that appeared in Saturday's edition. 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. were co-champs of the Marmonte League with Royal of Simi Valley. ... Wes and Allyson Felix of Santa Clarita and Palmdale's Lashinda Demus have been selected to compete for the United States in the IAAF IAAF abbr. International Amateur Athletic Federation World Junior Track and Field Championships in Kingston, Jamaica on July 16-21. Wes, a USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. freshman and Valencia High graduate, will compete in the 200 meters and 400 relay. Allyson, a L.A. Baptist of North Hills junior who won state 100 and 200 titles in June, will run the 200. Demus, a South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. freshman who set a world junior record to win the 400 hurdles at the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association championships, has been chosen in the 400 hurdles and 1,600 relay. The team was selected based on performances at the U.S. Junior Championships at Stanford University on June 21-23. Wes Felix won the men's 200 and sister Allyson was second in the women's 200. Demus won the 400 hurdles. |
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