CHATTER: SAN PEDRO EXPECTED TO BE TOP SEED.Byline: Lee Barnathan Staff Writer How does a playoff seeding committee choose among the West Valley League girls' soccer tri-champions? It names somebody else as the top seed for the City Section playoffs. It's likely Chatsworth High and El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
Those two area schools have won 11 of 13 City titles, including the past six. But because they finished in a three-way tie with Granada Hills, the committee will name San Pedro No. 1 because of its tradition (multiple Marine League titles, several No. 2 seedings and one City runner-up finish Noun 1. runner-up finish - a finish in second place (as in a race) second-place finish finish - designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race); "excitement grew as the finish neared"; "my horse was several lengths behind at the finish"; "the ). Plus, it beat Chatsworth during the regular season. El Camino Real coach Scott Holloway, Chatsworth coach Robert Hayes
What's next? In talking with other City coaches, here is the most likely scenario: Perhaps it doesn't matter because San Pedro, ECR ECR Efficient Consumer Response ECR European Congress of Radiology ECR Electron Cyclotron Resonance ECR El Camino Real (Kings Highway; California) ECR Electronic Cash Register ECR East Coast Radio (South Africa) , Granada Hills and Chatsworth are the four best teams in the City and they'll beat anyone else they play and occupy the four semifinal berths. But because the committee needs to slot schools, defending City champion El Camino Real will be second, by virtue of it winning a coin flip. Granada Hills will be seeded third and 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). fourth. Palisades? The Dolphins, although losing to Granada Hills in the El Segundo El Segundo (ĕl sēgŭn`dō), industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and tournament, won the Western League with a perfect record. Chatsworth not only lost twice, it went 12-9 overall - too weak a record to be seeded fourth. The committee will overlook Palisades' weaker schedule. Chatsworth will be fifth and pound Palisades in the second round. Expect Kennedy of Granada Hills to be sixth. The Cougars were perfect in the Valley Mission League but lost to Granada Hills and El Camino Real. After that, it's really up in the air, but it wouldn't be bad if the committee puts Canoga Park seventh. The Hunters won their first Sunset Six League title over usual champion Grant of Van Nuys. The pick: an all-West Valley League final between El Camino Real and Chatsworth, with the Conquistadores repeating as champion. ... Crespi of Encino's boys' soccer team finished the regular season ranked first in the Southern Section Division V poll, but when the playoff brackets came out Monday, 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
``It's very disappointing,'' Crespi coach Rob Kodama said. ``I assume the rest of the teams are happier than heck that we're not in. It's kind of an unfortunate situation. It's a special team and playing in the Mission League is never easy.'' ... Several of the region's top high school softball players from last season are off to fast starts in college. Long Beach State pitcher Meredith Cervenka (Crescenta Valley) came within two outs of her first collegiate no-hitter before settling for a one-hit victory over UC Riverside on Saturday. Cervenka is 4-1 with a 0.92 ERA. Hawaii pitcher Melissa Coogan earned her first collegiate victory with a two-hit, four-strikeout shutout of San Diego State on Saturday. Brigham Young University Brigham Young University, at Provo, Utah; Latter-Day Saints; coeducational; opened as an academy in 1875 and became a university in 1903. It is noted for its law and business schools. catcher Lauren Watson (Valencia) went 2 for 4 with four RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in in a victory over St. Mary's last week. She's batting .333 in four games. ... Grant of Van Nuys' baseball team will hold its alumni game Feb. 23 at 11 a.m. Information: Jeremy Lawrence (818) 517-4036 Staff Writer Gerry Gittelson contributed to this report. ATHLETES OF THE WEEK MATT AUGUSTA Senior, Royal wrestling Four days after signing a football scholarship to Sacramento State, Augusta won three heavyweight wrestling matches, including two by pin, to help unseeded Royal of Simi Valley advance to the semifinals of the Southern Section Division IV team duals Saturday at Ventura High. Augusta, who won the Marmonte League individual championship a week earlier, improved to 30-5 with 25 pins. He'll participate in the Inland Division tournament Friday and Saturday at Ayala High in 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. , where top-five finishers qualify for the CIF (1) (Common Intermediate Format) A standard video format used in videoconferencing. CIF formats are defined by their resolution, and standards both above and below the original resolution have been established. The original CIF is also known as Full CIF (FCIF). Masters meet Feb. 22 and 23 in Fountain Valley. JESSI JESSI Joint European Submicron Silicon Initiative JESSI Joint European Semiconductor Consortium JESSI Joint European Submicron Silicon Institute LORING Junior, Saugus basketball Loring came through in perhaps the most important game of her three-year varsity career when she scored 16 points in a 52-48 victory over Hart of Newhall on Tuesday. Loring scored a layup with 90 seconds remaining to give the Centurions a three-point lead, then scored on an inbounds in·bounds adj. 1. Basketball Involving putting the ball into play by passing it from out of bounds to a teammate on the court. 2. Sports Within the designated boundaries. play with five seconds remaining. Loring started the season at shooting guard as the Centurions had a lineup that included four players at 5-foot-11 or taller, but coach Eric Olsson moved her to small forward during the season and the Centurions ``took off,'' Olsson said. The Centurions tied for the league title for the second consecutive season and earned the No. 8 seed in the Division II-AA playoffs. Saugus plays host to Simi Valley in a first-round game Thursday. UP AND COMER ZACH ZACH Zachary EVANS Chaminade Middle School Evans, 14 and in the eighth grade, led the basketball team to a 10-2 record. He averages 16.8 points and 10.2 rebounds and was named 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. of a tournament at Crespi. He also plays on a travel team in the South Bay. Nominate other outstanding junior varsity or middle school athletes by calling (818) 713-3611. HEAD 2 HEAD Matchup of the week: DEREK RASP Camarillo Forward ANDREW MORRIS Hart Forward Morris is a wiry wir·y adj. 1. Resembling wire in form or quality, especially in stiffness. 2. Sinewy and lean. 3. Filiform and hard. Used of a pulse. , 6-4 forward who has a nose for the ball and the ability to score from anywhere, although he does most of his damage inside the paint. He's an aggressive defender and has deceptive strength. He also isn't afraid to mix it up. As Morris, Rasp is a capable scorer from different spots on the floor. He's a solid defender and the second-best rebounder on the team. The key for Rasp is to make sure Morris doesn't have a big night offensively. When he scores 12 to 17 points per game, the Indians are difficult to beat. Camarillo at Hart, Friday at 7:30 p.m. CAPTION(S): 3 photos, 5 boxes Photo: (1) MATT AUGUSTA (2) JESSI LORING (3) ZACH EVANS Box: (1) STATILICIOUS (2) ATHLETES OF THE WEEK (see text) (3) UP AND COMER (see text) (4) HEAD 2 HEAD (see text) (5) ON DECK: Highlights of the coming week |
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