CITY SECTION: GRANADA EYES TITLE.Byline: Heather Gripp Staff Writer Jasmin Dao beat out Granada Hills' returning No. 1 singles player to earn the spot herself as a ninth-grader in 1997. Ron Wood Ronald David "Ronnie" Wood (born June 1, 1947 in Hillingdon, London) is an English rock guitarist and bassist best known as a member of The Rolling Stones, Faces, and The Jeff Beck Group. , coach of the Highlanders girls' tennis team, envisioned big things from her and several other talented ninth-graders. And, indeed, the group has reached great heights and could end their careers as Highlanders by achieving another first. Dao and fellow seniors Caryn Linder, Shannon Slotnick, Andrea Blieden and Jessica Lee Jessica Lee (born February 18 1975) is a model originally from Binghamton, New York. She was Playboy's Playmate of the Month for August 1996. In January 2006 she gave birth to her first child, a girl named Almeida. play their final team match today when Granada Hills faces Carson in the City championship at 12:30 p.m. at the Balboa Balboa, town (1990 pop. 2,751), Colón prov., in the former Panama Canal Zone, on the Gulf of Panama. The port for Panama City, Balboa was the administrative headquarters of the Panama Canal Zone. It was also the site of a U.S. navy base (closed 1999). Sports Center. North Hollywood plays Venice for the Invitational in·vi·ta·tion·al adj. Restricted to invited participants: an invitational golf tournament. n. An event, especially a sports tournament, restricted to invited participants. Adj. 1. title at the same time and place. The defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del título defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre and No. 1-seeded Highlanders could become the first Granada Hills team to finish a season without losing a set if they sweep No. 2 Carson. ``We were always good,'' Wood said. ``But all of a sudden these girls came in and we were really dominant.'' This year's seniors have lost just two matches in high school. The last loss came in the 1998 City final. Slotnick and Linder teamed to win the City doubles title as juniors and are the No. 1 seed for this year's individual tournament. Blieden and Dao also earned first-team All-City honors while helping Granada Hills go undefeated last season. With freshmen Christine Dao and Canna canna [Lat.,=cane], any plant of the genus Canna, tropical and subtropical perennials, grown in temperate regions in parks and gardens for the large foliage and spikelike, usually red or yellow blossoms. Furuta and sophomore Yuka Otaka complementing the seniors by filling out the singles lineup, the Highlanders (16-0) have yet to receive a challenge. In the semifinals against Westchester, the best the fourth-seeded Comets Non-periodic comets are seen only once. They are usually on near-parabolic orbits that will not return to the vicinity of the Sun for thousands of years, if ever. Periodic comets usually have elongated elliptical orbits, and usually return to the vicinity of the Sun after a number could manage in a set was taking two games. ``It's definitely been easier,'' Wood said. ``With no one losing a match, that makes it easier. Even last year, Jasmin lost in the semifinals.'' Undefeated Carson, which defeated Marshall 7-0 in the semifinals, has advanced through the playoffs with almost equal ease and is out for revengeafter losing 4-3 in last year's final. ``They want revenge, but we won't let them have it,'' Wood said. |
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