CHATTER: PALMDALE RELIEVES COACH OF DUTIES.Byline: Ramona Shelburne Ramona Shelburne is an American sports journalist currently writing for the Los Angeles Daily News. Shelburne was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She attended El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, California where she was a class valedictorian. Staff Writer Littlerock High girls' basketball coach John Konrad has been replaced, effective immediately, by junior varsity junior varsity n. Abbr. JV A high-school or college team that competes in interschool sports on the level below varsity. Noun 1. coach Sarah Adams. Konrad said he was dismissed Wednesday afternoon following a ``scheduling mix-up'' with Highland High on a make-up game that was scheduled to be played Wednesday night in the small gymnasium at Littlerock, but had to be canceled because of the miscommunication. ``It came as a complete shock to myself and everybody who knows me,'' Konrad said in a telephone interview. ``The whole thing was just a big miscommunication.'' Senior guard LaShanna Bridgeforth said she and her teammates were equally shocked by the situation. ``We're all pretty upset because Konrad has done a lot for us,'' she said. ``I really think he had our best interests at heart.'' ... Grant High of Van Nuys' boys' basketball coach Howie Levine knew exactly where he wanted to celebrate Wednesday's victory over Verdugo Hills, his 300th victory at the school: at the Tarzana Rehabilitation Center with his father Norman, who suffered a major stroke two years ago. ``If there's anything (sad) about reaching 300, it's the fact my dad hasn't been around to share the most recent wins,'' Levine said. ``After the game I went right over there and told him we got No. 300. He just nodded and said, 'That's good.' '' Levine isn't in the mood to get nostalgic over reaching 300 wins at Grant. ``I'm worried about (North Hollywood) tonight, not winning No. 300 two days ago,'' Levine said. But after 19 years at the school, even Levine couldn't resist taking a trip down memory lane, even if it was just a short one. ``Look, every win is sweet,'' Levine said. ``That is, until I put the tape in and watch it. Then I go 'Oh jeez jeez interj. Used to express surprise or annoyance. [Alteration of Jesus1.] , we've got a lot of work to do.' '' Next season will be Levine's 20th at Grant and he plans to stick around a little longer. ``I'm not ready to hang them up, no way,'' Levine said. ... The top-ranked 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 men's volleyball team hosts cross-town rival USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. at 7 tonight in the 28th Annual Kilgour Cup at Pauley Pavilion Edwin W. Pauley Pavilion, informally and commonly known as Pauley Pavilion, is an indoor arena located on the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles, California. It is home to the UCLA Bruins men's and women's basketball teams. The men's and women's volleyball teams also play here. . The Bruins, (6-0, 2-0 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 ) hope to extend an 11-match winning streak against the Trojans (1-4, 0-3), whom they've beaten in 23 of the past 24 meetings over 13 years. The Kilgour Cup is one of UCLA volleyball's oldest traditions, with all proceeds from the match awarded annually to a disabled UCLA student. The match is in honor of Kirk Kilgour, who died in 2002. Kilgour led the Bruins to their first two NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association championships in 1970 and '71, earning NCAA Most Outstanding Player honors in 1971. ``Kirk Kilgour set the standard for all UCLA volleyball players,'' Bruins coach Al Scates said. ``He was a true competitor and champion in every sense. We are proud to host the Kilgour Cup every year.'' Kilgour severed his spinal cord spinal cord, the part of the nervous system occupying the hollow interior (vertebral canal) of the series of vertebrae that form the spinal column, technically known as the vertebral column. while training in Italy in 1976, an injury that confined him to a wheelchair. Scates launched the Kilgour Cup in 1977. Vincent Bonsignore contributed to this report. |
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