CHATTER: TWO STEP INTO TEXAS.Byline: Vincent Bonsignore Staff Writer A bleary-eyed Cleveland High of Reseda boys' basketball team will board a 6 a.m. flight to San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. today with a clear objective: earn some respect for West Coast basketball. Cleveland and the girls' team from Sylmar will compete in the Air Force Lone Star Lone Star (or Lonestar) may refer to:
Cleveland is one of three teams from Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, , joining Dominguez of Compton and Ocean View of Huntington Beach Huntington Beach, city (1990 pop. 181,519), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast, across from Santa Catalina Island, in an oil-producing area; inc. 1909. It manufactures aerospace vehicles, aircraft parts, optical instruments, and heat transfer equipment. . The Cavaliers are looking forward to representing the region. ``The kids are excited about bringing their game to another part of the country and seeing how they stack up,'' Cleveland coach Andre Chevalier said. ``It's going to be a great experience for them.'' Cleveland's trip to San Antonio is a case of Chevalier being in the right place at the right time - namely, home. Chevalier is the husband of Sylmar girls' coach Michelle Chevalier, and when Sylmar accepted an invitation to play in Texas, Michelle put in a word to the tournament director about her husband's team. ``It worked out really well for both of us,'' Andre Chevalier said. The Cavaliers have one of the area's top three teams - along with Harvard- Westlake of Studio City and Taft of Woodland Hills - and feature USC-bound forward Nick Young. Young is joined in the starting five by forward Matt Harrison
Matt Harrison (b. 1984), is an American libertarian writer, and executive editor of The Prometheus Institute, a libertarian think tank based in Orange County, California. and guards Andre Bright, Loren Leath and Jason Hill. They will open Thursday against Winston Churchill of San Antonio, and a victory sets up a potential second-round game against Germantown (Pa.) Academy, which features 6-foot-6 forward Randy Ayers Randall (Randy) Duane Ayers (born April 16 1956) is an American former college basketball player and current assistant coach of the Washington Wizards. He has also coached in the National Basketball Association (NBA). , one of the top junior prospects in the country. ... Pierce College outfielder Brian Lee, a former All-City baseball player at Chatsworth, committed to UC Santa Barbara. ... Former Crespi of Encino basketball standout Andrew Moore isn't the only player from the region who earned a walk-on job at USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. . Moore is joined by Greg Gaudino from La Canada High. Dion Cook, who played basketball at Chaminade of West Hills, is the sixth man at Cal Poly Pomona, a Division II school that advanced to the Elite Eight last season. ... Former Montclair Prep of Panorama City football standout Gary Sonkur had three interceptions this season for Harvard. ... 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 soccer player Dru Hoshimiya suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament anterior cruciate ligament n. Abbr. ACL The cruciate ligament of the knee that crosses from the anterior intercondylar area of the tibia to the posterior part of the lateral condyle of the femur. in his left knee and will miss the rest of the season. Hoshimiya was injured during the second half of Sunday's NCAA Tournament third-round game in a collision with a Florida International player. Junior defensive midfielder Aaron Lopez also was injured in the game. He sprained his left medial collateral ligament The medial collateral ligament or MCL (or tibial collateral ligament) is one of the four major ligaments of the knee. It is on the medial or inner side of the joint. and is questionable for top- ranked UCLA's quarterfinal against eighth-seeded Indiana on Saturday at 7 p.m. at Drake Stadium. Hoshimiya, an honorable-mention All-Pacific-10 Conference player and a first-team Academic All-District selection, scored the game-winning goal in the 81st minute of UCLA's second-round victory over Tulsa. ``We are all saddened for Dru,'' UCLA coach Tom Fitzgerald said. ``He has been a great player for us this season in the back after taking over for senior captain Tony Lawson when he got hurt early in the year. It's unfortunate that Dru's senior season is ending this way.'' Staff Writer Ramona Shelburne contributed to this report. Vincent Bonsignore, (818) 713-3612 vincent.bonsignore(at)dailynews.com |
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