CHATTER: FORMER VALLEY GIRL STARTS FOR ISRAEL'S BASKETBALL TEAM.Byline: Scott French Staff Writer Former Encino resident Marisa Gobuty, a rising star in Israel's national women's basketball Women's basketball is one of the few games which developed in tandem with men's. It became popular, spreading from the east coast of the United States to the west coast, in large part via women's colleges. program, returned to 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, last weekend and will play through the summer on a Rancho Cucamonga-based national travel team. Gobuty, a 16-year-old point guard, splits her time between Israel and IMG IMG International medical graduate, see there Academy in Bradenton, Fla., where she carries a 4.22 GPA GPA abbr. grade point average Noun 1. GPA - a measure of a student's academic achievement at a college or university; calculated by dividing the total number of grade points received by the total number attempted at The Pendleton School and stars in IMG's multisport mul·ti·sport also mul·ti·sports adj. 1. Composed of, involving, or accommodating several sports: a multisport competition; a multisport stadium. 2. training institute. She's an ambassador of sorts for Israel, where she moved with family at age 9 after living two years in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. . ``Some of my most rewarding moments,'' she says, ``have been talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" lecture, speech rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to other teenagers about what it's like to grow up in a country that is constantly on alert in a wartime-like state and being able to share my experiences.'' Gobuty, who carries U.S., Canadian and Israeli passports, fell in love with basketball while in Encino. By the fourth grade, she told the Canadian Jewish News The Canadian Jewish News (CJN) is a weekly, English-language tabloid-sized newspaper serving Canada's Jewish community. Though independent, the newspaper has been, since 1971, owned by a group of Jewish leaders involved with Canadian Jewish Congress and is generally seen as , ``I was addicted to the game. It was the excitement of it all, the quickness and the skill it required. It became my life.'' She plays for Israel's 16-under national team and has joined Finest Basketball Club, which last weekend played in a tournament at Cal State Dominguez Hills. Alumni includes UCLA's Noelle Quinn Noelle Quinn (born January 3, 1985 in Los Angeles, California) is a professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx. Quinn attended college at UCLA and graduated in 2007. , and 16 FBC-affiliated players signed with colleges this year, including IMG's Monique Alexander (with 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 Canyon of Canyon Country's Cheryl Stevens (Princeton). --Glendale High's boys' tennis team last week snapped Arcadia's 36-match Pacific League winning streak Noun 1. winning streak - a streak of wins streak, run - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" , posting a 10-8 victory to improve to 10-0. The Nitros, in position for their first Pacific title since 1997, were the first league team to beat Arcadia (7-3) since Hoover of Glendale in April 2002. --Harvard-Westlake of Studio City's girls' and Palmdale's boys' soccer teams finished in the final California top 20, according to StudentSportsSoccer.com. Harvard-Westlake (16-3-5), which reached its first Southern Section Div. I final, was ranked seventh. The Wolverines were third in Southern California, trailing only top-ranked Upland (27-0-4), the Div. I champion, and No. 6 Mayfair of Lakewood (30-1-2), which shared the Div. III title with Orange Lutheran (22-2-5). Palmdale (24-1-5), a Div. I semifinalist, finished fifth. Central Section champ Clovis West (31-2) was No. 1, followed by Santa Margarita of Rancho Santa Margarita (26-4-1), Damien of La Verne (21-3-6) and Los Alamitos (19-2-4). Erik Boal contributed. ATHLETES OF THE WEEK NICK GIARRAPUTO Senior, Simi Valley Giarraputo on Thursday hit a fifth-inning grand slam, doubled and pitched 6 2/3 innings for his third win of the season to lead the Pioneers' baseball team to a 5-4 Marmonte League upset of previously undefeated Agoura, which entered the game ranked No. 1 in the nation by Baseball America. JORDAN TAYLOR Junior, Valencia Taylor threw a one-hitter, striking out 12, to lead Valencia's softball team to a 5-0 victory Thursday over Foothill League rival Saugus, then threw a 12-inning no-hitter with 22 strikeouts in Friday's 2-1 triumph over La Serna of Whittier in the Brea Olinda tournament final. UP & COMER STEVEN KELLER Agoura The sophomore has helped ease concerns about who would catch for Agoura High's baseball teams when usual starting catcher Robert Stock is on the mound. Keller also plays second base and has started at designated hitter for the nationally ranked Chargers (10-1), for whom he is batting .286. CAPTION(S): 3 photos, 7 boxes Photo: (1) NICK GIARRAPUTO (2) JORDAN TAYLOR (3) STEVEN KELLER Box: (1) ATHLETES OF THE WEEK (see text) (2) UP & COMER (see text) (3) THINK YOU KNOW? (4) RANDOM NUMBERS (5) THEY SAID IT (6) DAY PLANNER (7) TRIVIA ANSWER |
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