CHATTER: LA CANADA IS RIGHT ON SCHEDULE.Byline: Heather Gripp Staff Writer La Canada High boys' water polo water polo, swimming game encompassing features of soccer, football, basketball, and hockey. The object of the game is to maneuver, by head, feet, or hand, a leather-covered ball 27 to 28 in. Larry Naeve couldn't decide if his team's scheduling should be described as genius or stupid. Without even playing a scrimmage, the Spartans opened against the defending Southern Section Div. III champion and a day later headed north to face some of the top teams in Central California Central California can refer to one of several divisions or regions of the U.S state of California:
Taking on the best right away proved a good move for La Canada as the Spartans did well enough to climb to No. 1 in this week's Div. III rankings. La Canada began what Naeve believes is the program's most challenging schedule ever by upsetting then-No. 1 Montebello 15-11 on Thursday. The Spartans (3-2) followed with a 2-2 showing at the Menlo tournament over the weekend, where they came within a goal against defending Central Section champion 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. . La Canada's confidence has soared and playing for a section title in November does not seem out of reach. The Spartans get a preview of the championship venue Wednesday when they face Long Beach Millikan at Belmont Plaza. ... The Mission League lost one of its top water polo players This is a list of water polo players: Contents: Top - A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A
The Cubs, however, don't seem rattled by Lennon's departure. They reached the final of the season-opening Conejo Valley The Conejo Valley is a region spanning both Southeastern Ventura County and Northwest Los Angeles County in Southern California, United States. It was discovered in 1542 by Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, and eventually became part of the Rancho El Conejo land grant by Classic, where they lost by one. Loyola (4-1) is ranked ninth in Div. I. Senior Alex Edmunds, a left-handed 2-meter player is picking up much of the slack for the Cubs, emerging a the team's offensive leader with 20 goals in five games. Loyola's big test is Oct. 7 when it plays host to seven-time defending league champion Harvard-Westlake of Studio City, the division's No. 2 team. The Wolverines will likely be without a top player of their own as Stanford-bound Will Hindle-Katel is sidelined with a leg injury. ... More than three months after clinching the school's first Southern Section baseball title, the celebrating continued for the Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. High baseball team Friday. The Pioneers received their championship rings during a halftime ceremony during the football game against visiting Highland of Palmdale. The Pioneers won the Div. II title by defeating El Dorado El Dorado, legendary country of South America El Dorado (ĕl`dərä`dō, –rā`–) [Span.,=the gilded man], legendary country of the Golden Man sought by adventurers in South America. of Placentia 5-4 in the final in June. ... The national champion Conejo Valley Little League team was honored on the field at Angel Stadium before Sunday's game. Coach Tom Ginther threw out the ceremonial first pitch The ceremonial first pitch is longstanding ritual of American baseball in which a guest of honor throws a ball to mark the end of pregame festivities and the start of the game. . ... Valley sophomore running back Edric Prim and College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. sophomore receiver Tyrell Smith were named Western State Conference football players of the week. Prim ran for 152 yards and three touchdowns in a victory over Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. . Smith caught a school-record 13 passes for 165 yards and a touchdown in the Cougars' victory over Pierce. ... Locals were well represented on the National Junior Olympic water polo All-America teams. Agoura junior Meghan Corso was honored for the third consecutive year, earning second team recognition in the 18-and-under division. Her L.A. Water Polo Club teammate and Harvard-Westlake graduate Julie Spataru was an honorable mention selection. Other LAWPC LAWPC Los Angeles Water Polo Club (California) girls honored were: Meredith Butte Butte, city, United States Butte (by  t), city (1990 pop. 33,336), seat of Silver Bow co., SW Mont.; inc. 1879. It is a trade, ranching, and industrial center. (16U, honorable mention), Casey Flacks (14U, first team), Rachel Robinson Rachel Robinson, born Rachel Annetta Isum (July 19, 1922), is a former nurse and the widow of the famous African-American baseball player, Jackie Robinson. Rachel was born in Los Angeles, California, and attended UCLA. (14U, second team), Colleen O'Donnell (12U, first team), off!Paige Dewey (12U, second team), Molly McBee (12U, honorable mention), Ali Solaro (12U, honorable mention). LAWPC boys honored included: Jay Connolly (18U, first team), Cole Cosani (18U, second team), Lennon (18U, honorable mention), Brian Pingree (16U, honorable mention), Scott Breitenstein (12U, second team), Paul Mitre (12U, honorable mention). La Canada players Devon Borisoff and Jordan Thompson earned honorable-mention recognition in the 16-and-under division, and Newbury Park graduate Robbie Bauer made the 18-and-under first team as a member of Pepperdine's club program. ... Junior Heather Wordon of the Cal Lutheran cross country team set a team record for fastest time on the Westmont course when she finished fourth at Saturday's Westmont Invitational in 19 minutes, 22 seconds. ... Former Glendale High football player and assistant coach Jaiya Figueras is holding a strength and speed training clinic at 2 p.m. Saturday at Glendale College. The cost is $20 for athletes and $30 per coach or parent. Information: (949) 455-9922. Heather Gripp, (818)713-3607 heather.gripp(at)dailynews.com ATHLETES OF THE WEEK DYLAN (DYnamic LANguage) An object-oriented programming language developed at Apple in the late 1980s with assistance from Harlequin Group plc, Carnegie Mellon University and others. Dylan was designed to provide the simplicity of Smalltalk with the efficiency of C++. JAEDTKE Senior Royal High of Simi Valley Jaedtke anchored a first-place finish for the Highlanders cross country team at the Woodbridge Invitational at Woodbridge High in Irvine on Saturday night. His time of 14 minutes, 49 seconds (ninth place overall) was the Highlanders' fastest and it helped the team pass 2003 champion 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. Hills and a touted team from Winter Park, Fla. Jaedtke's teammates, Hudson Andrews, Michael Cybulski, Matt Gulden and Daniel Benson all posted sub-15:45 times on the 3-mile course. ANGELA VILLELA Freshman Granada Hills Villela, who tied for fourth in her age group at the Callaway Junior World Championship this summer, started her high school golf career on a tear by earning medalist honors in her first two matches for the top-ranked Highlanders. She shot even-par 37 in a 219-236 nonleague victory over Chaminade of West Hills at Woodley Lakes, then 1-over-par 34 in a 190-298 City 1-A League win over Birmingham of Lake Balboa as Granada Hills opened its bid for a fourth consecutive City Section championship. UP AND COMER KATIE KUYKENDALL Sophomore Hart Kuykendall, a Foothill League frosh/soph champion at 800 and 1,600 meters last season in track, is one of the youth centerpieces on a young Hart varsity girls' cross country team. She is running at No. 2 behind Brooke Russell, who also is a sophomore. CAPTION(S): 3 photos, 4 boxes Photo: (1) DYLAN JAEDTKE (2) ANGELA VILLELA (3) KATIE KUYKENDALL Box: (1) ATHLETES OF THE WEEK (see text) (2) UP AND COMER (see text) (3) STATILICIOUS (4) ON DECK: Highlights of the coming week |
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