CITY 4-A FINAL : G.H. PUTS UP A FIGHT UNIVERSITY FORCED TO WORK FOR TITLE UNIVERSITY 3, GRANADA HILLS 1.Byline: Lee Barnathan Daily News Staff Writer If University High School thought it was going to waltz waltz, romantic dance in moderate triple time. It evolved from the German Ländler and became popular in the 18th cent. The dance is smooth, graceful, and vital in performance. into Occidental College History The Birth of Occidental College Occidental College (commonly referred to as Oxy) was founded on April 20, 1887, by a group of Presbyterian clergy and laymen. and quickly claim its third consecutive City Section 4-A volleyball title, Granada Hills' Donald Puathasnanon had other plans. Sure, the top-seeded Warriors (16-1) did prevail 15-1, 15-10, 6-15, 15-11 Friday night. And the Highlanders (14-3) weren't always able to contain junior outside hitter Mark Williams Mark Williams is the name of the following people: Great Britain
After that first game, which lasted 12 minutes, University might have been on its way to another quick victory. But Puathasnanon lit a fire under his team in a speech, yelling at his teammates. ``After that first game, I could not help but yell at them,'' the UCLA-bound setter-outside hitter said. ``I asked them if they were afraid of these guys. `Why are you backing up on defense all the time?' This whole week, we thought we could win. After the first game, our heads were down.'' The Highlanders responded by jumping out to a quick 6-1 lead, then built it to 8-1. They won the third game and overcame deficits of 4-0 and 8-4 in the fourth game. ``They were scrappy scrap·py 1 adj. scrap·pi·er, scrap·pi·est Composed of scraps; fragmentary: scrappy evidence. scrap . They played good defense. They got hands on the ball I was sure would go down,'' University coach Neil Newman said. ``Their short serve hurt us a bit.'' Puathasnanon set the example with 20 kills, but junior Paul DiSimone stepped up and contributed nine kills and four stuff blocks. ``Oh my God, he was my most reliable player,'' Puathasnanon said of DiSimone. ``We ran the quick chutes all the time. They couldn't stop him. Every time I got a good pass, I passed a chute to him.'' But in the end, Newman said, the Warriors had too much firepower fire·pow·er n. 1. The capacity, as of a weapon, weapons system, military unit, or position, for delivering fire. 2. The ability to deliver fire against an enemy in combat. Noun 1. . At times Strouse fired up his players, not only with his 19 kills but with his shouting and exalting ex·alt tr.v. ex·alt·ed, ex·alt·ing, ex·alts 1. To raise in rank, character, or status; elevate: exalted the shepherd to the rank of grand vizier. 2. after someone put down a kill or a block. On the other hand, the less demonstrative LEGACY, DEMONSTRATIVE. A demonstrative legacy is a bequest of a certain sum of money; intended for the legatee at all events, with a fund particularly referred to for its payment; so that if the estate be not the testator's property at his death, the legacy will not fail: but be payable Mark Williams pounded 25 kills, often from behind the 10-foot line. ``You don't see a team like this. They do things you don't usually see,'' Highlanders coach Tom Harp Tom Harp was a college football coach at Cornell, Duke, and Indiana State. From 1961 to 1965, he coached at Cornell, where he compiled a 19-23-3 record. From 1966 to 1970, he coached at Duke, where he compiled a 22-23-1 record. said. ``Mark Williams was blasting the ball off the back row. No one in our league hits like that.'' CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Granada Hills' Mike Ripberger (7) spikes the ball inthe third game of the City Section 4-A championship match at Occidental College. Shaun Dyer / Special to the Daily News |
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