CHATTER: DEFENDING WEST VALLEY LEAGUE CHAMP BIRMINGHAM ADDS QB.Byline: Lee Barnathan Staff Writer The Taft High of Woodland Hills football team might be favored to win the West Valley League and City titles next season, but Birmingham of Van Nuys isn't letting its reign slip quietly away after two years. The Patriots landed a much-needed quarterback in Garrett Feig, who transferred from Crespi of Encino. Whether Feig will be as good as Scott Jensen was the past two years remains to be seen, but at least coach Ed Croson has a quarterback. ``I haven't seem him play,'' Croson said. ``But he's been in our weightlifting class and he works hard. ... My experience is, with L.A. City schools, kids come and kids go. You never know until you get into summer.'' ... Defensive back Adam Verdugo of Crespi signed to play with Holy Cross. ... The 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 of Sherman Oaks and Crespi boys' basketball teams are tied for fourth place in the Mission League. Four playoff play·off also play-off n. Sports 1. A final game or series of games played to break a tie. 2. A series of games played to determine a championship. Noun 1. berths are guaranteed, so it comes down to tonight's finales, league champion Loyola of L.A. at Crespi and Notre Dame at second-place Harvard-Westlake of Studio City. If both teams win or lose, there will be a game at 7 p.m. Friday at Crespi to determine the fourth playoff team. Admission will be free. There's one more detail. If Crespi finishes fifth, it can petition the Southern Section for a wild-card berth because it has the minimum 11 victories. Notre Dame has nine victories. ... Verdugo Hills' No. 2 pitcher, Brandon Sonalia, will miss the first few weeks of the season after breaking his upper jaw, coach James Mulcahy said. Sonalia walked into a teammate's swinging bat. ... On the Student Sports Magazine list of the Top 25 seniors in the nation by position, Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. quarterback Ben Olson For the American soccer player, see . Benjamen James Olson (born February 23, 1983 in Thousand Oaks, California) is a redshirt junior quarterback for the 2006 UCLA Bruins football team. is No. 3, Hart's Matt Moore No. 12 and Muir's Ryan O'Hara Ryan O'Hara (born August 18, 1980 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian rugby league player for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League competition, he previously played for the Canberra Raiders and has represented New South Wales in the State of Origin on one occasion. No. 19. At other positions: Lorenzo Booker of St. Bonaventure is the No. 1 running back; Chaminade's Jesse Taylor is No. 6 at tight end, and Loyola's Kevin Harbour is No. 14 among defensive ends. ... Nevada outfielder Chris Dickerson For the baseball player of the same name, see . Chris Dickerson (born August 25, 1939 in Montgomery, Alabama), is an American bodybuilder. Bodybuilding career Dickerson was born to Mahala Ashley Dickerson as the youngest of three triplets. , from Notre Dame, suffered a knee injury in last weekend's series at Pepperdine, but a Wolfpack spokesman said X-rays on Dickerson's knee were negative. The All-Western Athletic Conference An athletic conference is a collection of sports teams, playing competitively against each other at the collegiate or high school level. In many cases conferences are subdivided into smaller and smaller divisions, with the best teams competing at successively higher levels. player should play this weekend against Nevada-Las Vegas. Staff writer Chris Cocoles contributed to this report. |
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