CHATTER: NEWS AND NOTES FROM LOCAL SPORTS MISSING MRI SIDELINES CRESPI FOOTBALL STAR, TOP RECRUIT FUA.Byline: Gerry Gittelson Staff Writer Crespi High of Encino's Sione Fua, one of the nation's top football recruits, remains sidelined with an ankle injury and can't be cleared until he undergoes an MRI 1. (application) MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2. MRI - Measurement Requirements and Interface. . The Celts The following pages provide lists of nations or people of Celtic origin, arranged by branch of Celtic ethnicity or language grouping: Goidelic Celts
Insurance hassles have prevented Fua from having an MRI after X-rays were inconclusive, first-year Crespi coach Jeremiah Ross said. ``As of right now, we're still waiting,'' Ross said. ``Dealing with insurance companies is hard. It's a problem.'' Fua, a 6-foot-2, 300-pounder with just 10 percent body fat, has been offered a scholarship by seven Pacific-10 Conference The Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) is a college athletic conference which operates in the western United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I. Membership Full members schools, Tennessee, LSU LSU Louisiana State University LSU Large Subunit LSU La Salle University (Philadelphia, PA) LSU La Sierra University LSU Link State Update (OSPF) LSU Learning Support Unit , Boston College Boston College, main campus at Chestnut Hill, Mass.; coeducational; Jesuit; est. and opened 1863. Actually a university, the school's Chestnut Hill campus comprises colleges of arts and sciences and business administration, the graduate school, and schools of nursing , Maryland and others. He has missed one game but is walking better and has been upgraded to questionable - providing an MRI shows nothing serious. ``The ankle is a little swollen,'' Ross said. ``The problem is we need to find out if he's got a broken bone, because two doctors looked at the X-rays and said they were `negative/inconclusive.' We've got some people that want to go ahead and just pay for the MRI, but that's not what Sione's mom wants to do. She wants to go through their insurance.'' Ross said Crespi (2-2) is a different team without Fua, who's been replaced on offense by junior Matt Scioscia (son of Angels manager Mike Scioscia
``I don't like to make excuses, but not having Sione has really been hurting us,'' Ross said. ``If we would have had Fua in that loss to St. Bonaventure (of Ventura) last week, I think it might have been a different game.'' --Harvard-Westlake of Studio City basketball player Alex Stepheson Alex Stepheson is an American basketball player at the University of North Carolina. Grabbed 20 or more rebounds in 16 games as a senior at Harvard-Westlake High School in North Hollywood • Fourth-team Parade All-America selection • Averaged 20.4 points and 17. , on Monday began an official visit 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 . The 6-foot-8, 210-pound senior forward has visited Connecticut, Georgia Tech and North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. , and is scheduled to visit Washington next weekend, although that trip might be canceled after the Huskies received an oral commitment from Seattle Prep center Spencer Hawes Spencer Hawes (born April 28 1988, in Seattle, Washington) is an American basketball player who was selected by the Sacramento Kings in the 2007 NBA Draft. He is the nephew of Steve Hawes, a retired National Basketball Association (NBA) player. . Torrance center Deon Thompson is expected to visit UCLA next weekend. He has visited Gonzaga, Connecticut and North Carolina and plans to visit Kentucky. UCLA likely will use only one more scholarship in its 2006 class. --USC's Amanda Fink, the 2004 Daily News Girls' Tennis Player of the Year, won three singles and doubles matches last weekend during the prequalifying portion of the Riviera/ITA Women's All-American Championships at UCLA. Fink, who led Calabasas High to the Southern Section Div. I title last season, and fellow Calabasas product Celia Durkin of Stanford are competing in the 64-player qualifying event, which began Monday at the Riviera Tennis Club in Pacific Palisades Palisades, cliffs along the west bank of the Hudson River, NE N.J. and SE N.Y., extending from N of Jersey City, N.J., to the vicinity of Piermont, N.Y., with a general altitude of from 350 ft to 550 ft (107–168 m). . The main draw will be played Thursday through Sunday. Fink teamed with San Marino graduate Luana Magnani to reach the qualifying draw in doubles. Durkin and former Granada Hills standout Jessica Nguyen also are in the doubles draw. --Canyon product Nini Loucks scored her first collegiate goal as USC's women's soccer team beat Loyola Marymount 3-0 Friday. Loucks, part of the Trojans' nationally top-ranked freshman class, has three assists. Erik Boal, Brian Dohn and Scott French contributed. Gerry Gittelson, (661) 257-5218 gerry.gittelson(at)dailynews.com ATHLETES OF THE WEEK JUSTIN RAPPEL Senior, Harvard-Westlake Rappel scored two goals Saturday, including the winner with 1:53 remaining in sudden-death, triple-overtime, as the Wolverines scored a dramatic 8-7 upset of Wilson of Long Beach, the top-ranked team in Southern Section Div. I boys' water polo. SAMANTHA ORLANDINI Sophomore, Flintridge Sacred Heart Orlandini recorded 136 assists in 12 games and received all-tournament honors after leading Flintridge Sacred Heart of La Canada Flintridge to a third-place finish in Saturday's Royal of Simi Valley girls' volleyball tournament. The setter, who had 43 assists in a four-game victory last Tuesday over La Canada, has 401 assists in 39 games this season and 1,310 in 142 career games. UP & COMER SEAN n. 1. A seine. See Seine. BRANDON JR. Village Christian of Sun Valley The 5-foot-10, 145-pound freshman had his best game of the season for the Crusaders' junior-varsity football team in an Olympic League-opening 35-6 win over St. Genevieve of Panorama City. Brandon, a starting quarterback/safety, threw a 40-yard touchdown pass, ran 15 yards for another score and returned his third interception of the season 50 yards for another touchdown - all in two quarters. CAPTION(S): 3 photos, 7 boxes Photo: (1) JUSTIN RAPPEL (2) SAMANTHA ORLANDINI (3) SEAN BRANDON JR. Box: (1) ATHLETES OF THE WEEK (see text) (2) UP & COMER (see text) (3) THINK YOU KNOW? (4) RANDOM NUMBER (5) THEY SAID IT (6) DAY PLANNER (7) TRIVIA ANSWER |
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