CITY PLAYOFFS: UNBEATEN GRANT EARNS NO. 1 SEED IN VOLLEYBALL.Byline: Daily News The third-year Sunset 6 League, a doormat among City section leagues in its previous two years, received a measure of respect Thursday when Grant of Van Nuys earned the No. 1 seed for the City volleyball playoffs that begin Tuesday. On the strength of it being the City's only undefeated team and its victory over two-time defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del título defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre Taft of Woodland Hills, Grant (13-0) became the first Sunset Six team in any sport to be seeded No. 1. Taft (12-1) earned the second seed, followed by West Valley League rival Chatsworth (11-2). Valley teams earned a sweep of the top seeds when Monroe, by virtue of it's victory over Venice, earned the No. 4 seed. Grant coach Howard Chan said he ``humbly accepts the honor'' but knows it will be difficult to win the championship. A potential second round match with perennial power 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). looms. ``It'll be a dogfight,'' Chan said. ``Being ranked No. 1 isn't like being No. 1. We have four matches to prove it.'' Chatsworth coach Greg Saltzberg had hoped his team would drop to the fourth seed to avoid playing Taft until the final, but the third seed was fair. Half of the 16-team City bracket are Valley teams. Eagle Rock, Granada Hills, North Hollywood and Sylmar were also drawn in. Poly, Verdugo Hills, 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:
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The Conquistadores (22-5), champions of the West Valley League, have not lost to a City section school all season, but head coach Lori Chandler was not upset. ``We didn't have any common opponents and then when they out vote you on the strength of league, its out of my hands,'' Chandler said. ``San Pedro won the title last year, Carson has been to the finals two years in a row and we lost in the semi's last year. We have to win four games anyway, so it doesn't matter when we have to play the better teams.'' Verdugo Hills, champions of the Sunset 6 League, received their highest ranking ever in the City bracket, earning a No. 4 seed, and will face Eastern League champion South Gate on Tuesday. Eagle Rock, champions of the Northern League, was seeded fifth and hosts Crenshaw cren·shaw also cran·shaw n. A variety of winter melon (Cucumis melo var. inodorus) having a greenish-yellow rind and sweet, usually salmon-pink flesh. [Origin unknown.] . Granada Hills, seeded sixth, hosts Kennedy. In other City bracket first-round matches, eighth-seeded 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. hosts Venice and 15th-seeded Taft travels to San Pedro. In the Invitation bracket, Birmingham of Van Nuys, which had their best season in recent memory, earned a No. 1 seed and hosts 16th-seeded Garfield. -Jack Pollon BOYS' VOLLEYBALL CITY PLAYOFFS CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET All games Tuesday 7 p.m. --Sylmar (16) at Grant (1); North Hollywood (15) at Taft (2); Freemont (14) at Chatsworth (3); Granada Hills (13) at Monroe (4); Eagle Rock (12) at Venice (5); Franklin (11) at Roosevelt (6); Hunnington (10) at Narbonne (7); Carson (9) at Palisades (8). INVITATIONAL BRACKET All games Tuesday 7 p.m. --Jefferson (16) at University (1); Valley Alternative (15) at San Pedro (2); Westchester (14) at Garfield (3); Elizabeth Street Elizabeth Street can refer to:
PREP SOFTBALL CITY PLAYOFFS CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET All games Tuesday 2:30 p.m. --Fairfax (16) at Carson (1); Taft (15) at San Pedro (2); Washington (14) at El Camino Real (3); South Gate (13) at Verdugo Hills (4); Crenshaw (12) at Eagle Rock (5); Kennedy (11) at Granada Hills (6); Westchester (10) at Banning (7); Venice (9) at San Fernando (8). INVITATIONAL BRACKET All games Tuesday 2:30 p.m. --Garfield (16) at Birmingham (1); Roosevelt (15) at Narbonne (2); Bravo BRAVO Cardiology A clinical trial–Blockade of the GP IIB/IIIA Receptor to Avoid Vascular Occlusion– which evaluated lotrafiban in preventing strokes and acute MI. See GP IIB/IIIA. Medical (14) at Lincoln (3); Poly (13) at Freemont (4); Marshall (12) at Dorsey (5); Huntington Park Huntington Park, city (1990 pop. 56,065), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential and industrial suburb of Los Angeles; founded 1856, inc. 1906. Its varied manufactures include metal, glass and rubber products and industrial equipment. (11) at North Hollywood (6); Canoga Park (10) at Hamilton (7); Bell (9) at Vany Nuys (8). CAPTION(S): box Box: BOYS' VOLLEYBALL: CITY PLAYOFFS (see text) |
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