CITY SECTION: SYLMAR ABLE TO HOLD OFF OLD RIVAL POLY SYLMAR 3, POLY 1.Byline: Ross Siler Staff Writer Spectators were on their feet and screaming while the players from both schools scrambled scram·ble v. scram·bled, scram·bling, scram·bles v.intr. 1. To move or climb hurriedly, especially on the hands and knees. 2. all over the floor Thursday. In the end, the City Section girls' volleyball volleyball, outdoor or indoor ball and net game played on a level court. An upright net, 3 ft (or 1 m) high, the top of which stands 8 ft (2.43 m) from the ground for men, 7 ft 4 1/8 in (2. quarterfinal quar·ter·fi·nal adj. Of or relating to one of four competitions in a tournament, whose winners go on to play in semifinal competitions. n. 1. quarterfinals A quarterfinal round. 2. A quarterfinal match. between Sylmar and Poly (language) Poly - 1. A polymorphic, block-structured language developed by D.C.J. Matthews at Cambridge in the early 1980s. ["An Overview of the Poly Programming Language", D.C.J. Matthews, in Data Types and Persistence, M.P. Atkinson et al eds, Springer 1988]. 2. felt a lot like old times for the two former East Valley League rivals. And the ending lived up to expectations as Sylmar needed seven tries to secure the final point in its 3-1 victory. Spartans junior Domonique Cisneros placed the match-winning shot just well enough that Poly couldn't return it, letting third-seeded Sylmar celebrate on its home court. ``It was really hectic hec·tic adj. 1. Characterized by intense activity, confusion, or haste: "There was nothing feverish or hectic about his vigor" Erik Erikson. 2. out there,'' Cisneros said after Sylmar's 15-2, 11-15, 15-9, 15-12 victory. ``I was just so happy when it went in and we finally won. Everything we hit, they caught up to. It was just a relief.'' Poly nearly pulled off a miracle comeback Comeback Australian breed of wool sheep, bred by crossing Merino with Corriedale, Polwarth or Zenith sheep; wool is 21 to 25 microns. It is a registered breed, but the term is more commonly used in the sense of a type of sheep produced by crossbreeding a crossbred Merino back to Merino. in the fourth game, rallying from 14-7 down to pull within 14-12 before Cisneros's shot ended the late bid. Poly senior Melissa Gillard had two big kills during the run as the Parrots
But Sylmar (15-2) ultimately was able to regroup re·group v. re·grouped, re·group·ing, re·groups v.tr. To arrange in a new grouping. v.intr. 1. To come back together in a tactical formation, as after a dispersal in a retreat. just in time and pull out the victory. The Spartans advanced to play the winner of Thursday night's quarterfinal between Taft and 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). in the semifinals Tuesday. Sylmar reached the semifinals last year before falling to Palisades. Poly, which had been swept 3-0 in a preseason defeat to Sylmar in September, ended its season at 11-4. The Parrots pulled off a first-round upset against Granada Hills before losing Thursday. But first-year coach Aileen Feri could not have been more proud. ``They just came out and played strong against (Sylmar),'' Feri said. ``They were down 14-7, turned it up and came back. It was just an awesome, awesome job. And Sylmar's a really good team.'' The best battle of the match came at the net between Sylmar junior middle blocker Luz Rodriguez and Gillard, her counterpart from Poly. Both players wore No. 1 on the court and every critical point on the evening seemed to feature either one or the other. Rodriguez finished with 11 kills and Gillard led Poly with 12 kills and seven blocks. Rodriguez said she fed off both the enthusiasm of the crowd and playing against Gillard. ``She's such a good player,'' Rodriguez said. ``Every time she would block me, I was just like, `Whoa.' But then when I'd block her it was a pretty good feeling.'' At the end of the third game, Rodriguez had one of her kill attempts blocked by Gillard, before she put down another to give her team a sideout and the chance to serve out the game. Rodriguez delivered a huge block, one of three in the match, for the final point as Sylmar moved in front for good. In the opening game, however, Sylmar looked to be in for a quick night. The Spartans took to a 10-1 lead behind junior Nancy Villalobos's serve and three kills by Rodriguez. Feri called three timeouts in the game, which lasted barely 20 minutes. |
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