CHATTER: NEWS AND NOTES FROM LOCAL SPORTS TOUGH SCHEDULE PAYS OFF FOR VIEWPOINT TENNIS TEAM.Byline: Erik Boal Special to the Daily News Viewpoint School  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . of Calabasas girls' tennis coach Travis Kikugawa knew that playing Brentwood and Campbell Hall Campbell Hall can refer to:
In Saturday's second-round match against fourth-seeded Lakewood, Kikugawa saw the benefits first-hand. Behind a sweep from Samantha Yeung and two victories by Gaby Massoth in singles, Viewpoint (13-5) knocked off visiting Lakewood 10-8 in what Kikugawa called ``the biggest win in program history.'' Four of Viewpoint's losses were against Brentwood and Campbell Hall. Yeung (32-9 set record) and the No. 1 doubles team, Brittany Beisswanger and Farah Samarrai (43-5), have been the Patriots' stars, but Kikugawa believes depth has been a big factor in their success. ``We have really relied on our overall team balance from day one,'' Kikugawa said. ``We sent eight girls to league individuals this year.'' Viewpoint plays at Garden Grove Garden Grove, city (1990 pop. 143,050), Orange co., S Calif., a suburb of Long Beach and Los Angeles, on the Santa Ana River; founded 1877, inc. 1956. Many of its residents work in nearby aerospace and defense installations, and there is light manufacturing. in today's quarterfinals. A victory likely would set up a third match against top-seeded Brentwood in Thursday's semifinals. --Cheryl Stevens, a fashion model-turned-basketball standout from Canyon of Canyon Country, has committed to play in the Ivy League Ivy League Group of eight universities in the northeastern U.S., high in academic and social prestige, that are members of an athletic conference for intercollegiate gridiron football dating to the 1870s. , at Princeton. ``It's official, and I'm so excited,'' said Stevens, a senior who has grown to 6-foot-3 1/2. ``I've been back there twice on an unofficial visit, then an official visit, and I just like everything about Princeton - the girls on the team, the coach, everything. And the fact it's the best college in the country doesn't hurt.'' Stevens, who averaged just six points per game as a junior but blossomed over the summer during club tournaments in 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. , Florida and Georgia, turned down a scholarship offer from Long Beach State. She also considered Penn. ``I took a visit to Penn, but I just love Princeton: the team, the whole vibe in general,'' Stevens said. ``I know it's going to be a tough school, but, believe me, they still know how to party there. I can't wait.'' At 14, Stevens landed a $50,000 modeling contract, traveling the globe while working as runway model for such high-profile designers as Jill Stuart, Miguel Adrover, Jeremy Scott Jeremy Scott is a Missouri-born fashion designer. He is homosexual. He attended the prestigious Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. Jeremy is best known for his outrageous and sometimes comical designs. , Richard Tyler Richard Tyler is a fictional character in the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400. Character One of the first 4400s to be shown, Richard is Lily Tyler's husband, and is the father of her second daughter, Isabelle Tyler. , Michelle Jenk and Petrozilia. By her sophomore year at Canyon, she was so busy with modeling that she dropped from the varsity team In the United States and Canada and UK, varsity sports teams are the principal athletic teams representing a college, university, or high school or other secondary school. Such teams compete against the principal athletic teams at other colleges/universities, or in the case of to JV. But as Stevens grew taller, she outgrew out·grew v. Past tense of outgrow. her modeling career. She began focusing on basketball and academics last year. ``Cheryl Stevens is the real deal,'' Canyon coach Stan Delus said. ``She's really worked hard over the past year and a half, and she learned some post moves. During club season, she averaged 16 points per game.'' --Loyola High infielder Kevin Muno, from 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. , has committed to the University of San Diego. Simi Valley pitcher Frankie Reed has committed to Cal Poly. --After breaking the state career passing record and becoming the first California prep quarterback to surpass 10,000 yards, Valencia's Michael Herrick celebrated in style after Friday's game against Saugus. ``Oh, it was great,'' he reported. ``We went to In-N-Out, and I had a double-double.'' Gerry Gittelson contributed. Erik Boal, (818) 713-3607 erik.boal(at)dailynews.com ATHLETES OF THE WEEK MICHAEL HERRICK Senior, Valencia Herrick passed for 280 yards in Friday's 34-7 Foothill League win over Saugus to become state's first player to pass for more than 10,000 career yards. Herrick, who has verbally committed to Mississippi, has thrown for 10,002 yards for the Vikings, leading them to the Southern Section playoffs three times. With 3,167 yards as a sophomore, 4,065 yards as a junior and 2,770 this season, he needs 220 more yards to become the first Foothill Leaguer to pass for 3,000 yards in three seasons. STEVY LOY n. 1. A long, narrow spade for stony lands. Senior, Valencia Foothill League MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. Loy helped Valencia finish a program-best seventh in the Southern Section girls' golf team final Thursday at Indian Hills Golf Club in Riverside, three days after she shot a co-medalist 73 in the Northern Divisional at River Ridge Golf Club in Oxnard to lead the Vikings to a second consecutive berth in the section final. She was upgraded from provisional qualifier to entry status in the Southern California Regional - the last qualifier for this week's state final. UP & COMER HALEY KENNEDY Paraclete The freshman ran the 2.91-mile Mt. San Antonio College Mt. San Antonio College (commonly called Mt. SAC; pronounced as the word "sack") is a community college located in the Los Angeles suburb of Walnut, California, next to California State Polytechnic University, Pomona which is just over a hill. Mt. course in 19 minutes, 35 seconds to finish sixth in her heat and help the Spirits' girls' cross country team win its race at the Southern Section Div. IV prelims Saturday. Paraclete of Lancaster, ranked third in Southern Section Div. IV, posted the second-best team time in its division and advanced to this week's section finals. All five Spirits Five Spirits, n.pl five body-mind aspects recognized in Chinese medicine and housed in the yin aspects of the person. They are shen, hun, yi, zhi, and po. scoring runners finished in the top 20. CAPTION(S): 3 photos, 7 boxes Photo: (1) MICHAEL HERRICK (2) STEVY LOY (3) HALEY KENNEDY Box: (1) ATHLETES OF THE WEEK (see text) (2) UP & COMER (see text) (3) RANDOM NUMBER (4) THEY SAID IT (5) THINK YOU KNOW? (6) DAY PLANNER (7) TRIVIA ANSWER |
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