CHATTER: WAVES GUARD TRADED SPIKES FOR SNEAKERS.Byline: Heather Gripp and 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 Writers It's always better to have too many options than none at all, but still, Pepperdine point guard Shandrika Lee wonders what might have been had she decided to play softball instead of basketball. Before she picked up a basketball, Lee was an outfielder alongside future 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 pitcher Keira Goerl during their freshman year at Valley View High in Moreno Valley Moreno Valley (mərē`nō), city (1990 pop. 118,779), Riverside co., S Calif., inc. 1984. In 1990, Moreno Valley was California's fastest-growing city, with a population increase of more than 300% between 1980 and 1990, but major reductions . One day after school, a basketball coach saw Lee shooting on the playground and asked her to come out for the team. Although she was accomplished enough in softball to be invited to the Junior Olympic Team tryouts as a sophomore, Lee enjoyed playing basketball more and decided to take a chance. ``I think the thing that drove me away from softball was that at the high school level, nobody could hit off Keira and I played outfield so it got really boring,'' Lee said. ``But in basketball, I really started from scratch. I had to work on everything. I barely got recruited out of high school because I only started playing organized ball my junior year.'' Despite her inexperience, Lee has had a standout career for the Waves and is looking to rebound her senior year after suffering a season-ending knee injury in the 11th game of last season. Before the injury, Lee was averaging a team-high 17.6 points a game. Lee says that her surgically repaired left knee feels better than ever, but she's out for at least another week with a sprained right knee, suffered in practice two weeks ago. The Waves will host Stanford at 5 p.m. Friday in their season opener. ... Goerl, her high school teammate, was in Washington, D.C., on Monday as the White House honored the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association spring sports national-championship teams, including the UCLA softball team and USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. women's golf team. ``Whether you are politically active or not, it makes you feel very patriotic and proud to be so close to the center of power in this country,'' UCLA softball coach Sue Enquist said. ``It's really a great event. It's very exciting for the kids.'' ... Former Chatsworth High soccer player and Pierce College In 2006 the Library won a national Excellence award. Academics Pierce College offers associate's degrees, mainly in the arts and sciences. There are also certificate programs in early childhood education, social services, dental hygienist, and others. forward Casey Dodd has been named the Most Valuable Player of the Western State Conference South Division. Dodd scored 26 goals and had 11 assists in 19 games this season. Pierce coach Adolpho Perez was named Coach of the Year. Pierce's first-team selections include Elizabeth Baumwirt (Granada Hills), Tootsa Coughlin (Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks), Nicole Freeman (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:
Brittany Coffin (Chaminade of West Hills), Marissa Macias (Kennedy of Granada Hills), Kim Quijano Canoga Park) and Priscilla Cannistraci (Chatsworth) were second-team selections. Pierce was seeded fourth and will open the WSC WSC Winter Symposium on Chemometrics WSC Winter Simulation Conference WSC Wayne State College WSC Westfield State College (Westfield, MA) WSC Western State College (Colorado) playoffs at 2 p.m. today at home against Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. City. Moorpark was seeded 11th and will travel to sixth-seeded Ventura for a 2 p.m. game. ... A local team has not won a Southern Section boys' water polo water polo, swimming game encompassing features of soccer, football, basketball, and hockey. The object of the game is to maneuver, by head, feet, or hand, a leather-covered ball 27 to 28 in. championship since La Canada in 1999. But two locals remain on track for titles this season. Harvard-Westlake of Studio City and La Canada - No. 1 seeds in their respective division - earned berths in semifinals Wednesday. La Canada faces No. 4 Peninsula of Palos Verdes Palos Verdes is often used to refer to a group of coastal cities on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in the Los Angeles/South Bay area of California. This affluent bedroom community is known for its dramatic views, good schools [1] extensive horse trails [2] in a Div. III game at Pasadena City College at 4 p.m. Harvard-Westlake, in the semifinals for the sixth time in seven years, will face No. 4 El Toro in a 3:15 p.m. Div. I game at Westlake High. ``We're excited,'' said La Canada senior Jasper Kim, who is the only returning starter from last year's semifinalist team. ``This is the last year for all us seniors and we really want this. We all want rings on our fingers.'' ... College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. sophomore quarterback Jason Beck, Pierce running back Roger Daley and Valley freshman running back Edric Prim were named WSC football Players of the Week. ATHLETES OF THE WEEK CHAD KACKERT Senior Grace Brethren of Simi Valley It might have been easy to overlook the speedy Kackert, who plays for tiny Grace Brethren. At least until his performance in a 62-6 victory over Centennial of Compton on Friday. Kackert rushed for 306 yards and seven touchdowns on 24 carries. He has rushed for 1,251 yards and 34 touchdowns this season. MICHELLE MICHELLE Mid-Infrared Echelle Spectrograph BYRD Senior Taft of Woodland Hills Byrd, an outside hitter for the girls' volleyball team, has been one of Taft's top players this year. But she was pressed into an even bigger role the past three weeks when standout middle blocker Danielle Fernandes was sidelined by a lower-left-leg injury. With Fernandes out, Byrd had to take over more of the offense. She had a game-high 20 kills to lead Taft past Garfield of Los Angeles in the City playoff quarterfinals Thursday. Taft will host 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). of Pacific Palisades tonight at 7 in the semifinals. UP AND COMER COREY SCHWARTZ Harvard-Westlake of Studio City The freshman water polo player earned All-America honors after helping the Los Angeles Water Polo Club to a third-place finish at this past summer's Junior Olympics. He has received occasional playing time on varsity for a Harvard-Westlake team that is ranked No. 1 in Southern Section Div. I. THIS WEEK IN HISTORY Basketball practice officially began Saturday, and the Harvard-Westlake of Studio City boys' team might be one of the area's best teams of all time. Here's a look at another outstanding area high school team: ``Cleveland High School, led by three NCAA Division I-bound players, has been rated No. 1 in the Daily News preseason basketball ratings. The Cavaliers, upset in the first round of last season's City 4-A playoffs, have much better offensive players. Their top players are 5-foot-11 guard Adonis Jordan (bound for Kansas), 6-5 forward Lucious Harris (Cal State Long Beach) and 6-6 center Warren Harrell (New Mexico State). Cleveland's superior depth features three-point specialist Eddie Hill, a transfer from Burroughs, 6-6 center Trenton Cornelius, the co-JV 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. , and 6-6 freshman Randy Coleman.'' - Originally published in the Daily News Nov. 28, 1988 CAPTION(S): 3 photos, 5 boxes Photo: (1) CHAD KACKERT (2) MICHELLE BYRD (3) COREY SCHWARTZ Box: (1) ATHLETES OF THE WEEK (see text) (2) UP AND COMER (see text) (3) THIS WEEK IN HISTORY (see text) (4) STATILICIOUS (5) ON DECK: Highlights of the coming week |
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