CITY BOYS` BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: FAIRFAX TOES LINE, EDGES CLEVELAND.Byline: Gerry Gittelson Daily News Staff Writer Somebody forgot to tell Cleveland High how much better Fairfax is supposed to be. The Cavaliers matched the top-seeded Lions basket for basket, and if Fairfax had not been so prolific at the foul line foul line n. 1. Baseball Either of two straight lines extending from the rear of home plate to the outer edge of the playing field and indicating the area in which a fair ball can be hit. 2. in the final minutes, Wednesday's outcome might have been different. The Lions prevailed 67-61 to end Cleveland's 12-game winning streak Noun 1. winning streak - a streak of wins streak, run - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" and move into Saturday's City Championship semifinals. Fairfax (23-5) converted 9 of 10 free throws in the final three minutes "Three Minutes" is the 46th episode of Lost. It is the twenty-second episode of the second season. The episode was directed by Stephen Williams, and written by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. It first aired on May 17, 2006 on ABC. . Meanwhile, Cleveland star Kent Dennis had an off night with just 20 points, and his teammates could not pick up the slack. ``We played with a lot of heart - that is what kept us in the game,'' Dennis said. ``We could have beat these guys, but things just went the wrong way.'' Cleveland finished the season 21-5. ``I don't think Fairfax had any more talent than we did,'' guard Kenneth Mason Kenneth Mason MC (10 September 1887 - 1976) was a soldier and geographer notable as the first statutory professor of Geography at the University of Oxford. His work surveying the Himalayas was rewarded in 1927 with a Royal Geographic Society Founder's Medal, the citation reading said. ``We wanted to win this game bad, and we almost pulled it off.'' Dennis was hot in the beginning as Cleveland took the early lead. He scored Cleveland's first three baskets on an alley-oop dunk and two 3-pointers. But the City Section's second leading scorer did not have another field goal until early in the fourth quarter. ``Our main goal was to stop Kent Dennis,'' said Fairfax forward Jason Morrissette, who had 16 points. ``The stereotype of the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. is they are as not as good as City teams, but Cleveland is as good as anyone,'' Morrissette said. Fairfax's Joseph Shipp, a 6-foot-6 center, scored 20 points, including 12 off offensive rebounds to help the Lions dominate the inside. Mason hit a 3-pointer with with 1:05 remaining to pull Cleveland within 60-58. But Sam Thorne Sam Thorne (born September 19, 1873) was an American football player. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1970. hit four free throws down the stretch. ``I think we played great. We gave it all we had,'' Cleveland coach Adam Levitt said. ``We showed no fear, we just missed a couple of key rebounds.'' In other City Section boys' basketball playoffs: North Hollywood 48, Banning 41: The host Huskies trailed 12-3 in the opening quarter before dominating the rest of the half and holding on to win a City Division second-round game. Jason McKissick led eighth-seeded North Hollywood (14-12) with 11 points. The Huskies, who defeated Monroe in the first round, advance to play the San Fernando-Poly winner Saturday in the quarterfinals. Banning's season ends after the 16th-seeded team had a first-round overtime upset of No. 1 South Gate. Poly 74, San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. 68: James Word had 29 points and 17 rebounds as the visiting Parrots
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